Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-02-13

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az. ,.,,s 30 $ srrnon from job NSNill,
..,i,..; thou entgred 'h'o Tue treas
af the snow 49,:
S,as.Iy maligncd is the scaseN, Oh VIM
,rSn spring and summer ana autumn
iaa many admirers. DIV "iiilef,
", Wv, headed and white oeafaca winter
~. ~ bod more enemies IMAM lrienas.
ct "i ~, name and cifortless. You
Foala ., w. of the winter as the mother
isi" ,ryt,. take it as the father of
it'i fa,nily OF physical, mental and
Nuo1 energies. The most people that
'V, VI, a,n strong in proportion to the
N'"" If snow banks they had to climb
'i'"l ,nsb through in childhood, while
Fti - hers drove the sled loaded with
l'li .,,,rb the crunching drifts high
rlp fences.
=. ..' nix season OF the year when we are
s,,,3Itar with the snow, those frozen
m, those falling blossoms 81 the
,ifosn white angels CT the atmos
~, ,hose poems of the storm, those
ly'' and Odysscys of the wintry tenn
t,,rn over the leaves OF my Bible
y.' ,lIourb most of it was written in
u" u.brrc snow seldom or never fell
ia many of these congelations.
r,'..yj the writer's may seldom or never
,a rr}t the cold touch of the snowflake
"| +r,.ir check, they had in sight two
'" .,.,,,sins. the tops of which were sug-
o,i,r Other kings sometimes take Off
-. crowns, but Lebanon and Mount
,I 'r,,,n all the year round and through
'i.fa,rrs never lift the coronetS OF crystal
trom their forehcads.
''g The iirst time we find deep fall of
a,. in the Bible is where Samuel de-
,.rgos A fight between Benaiah and a
r'n in a nit and though the snow may
hoya crimsoncd under the wounds of
Mn,I man and brute, the shaggy monster
r,fln over dead, and the giant was victor.
pn, ,hc snow is not fully recognized in
,h, Hibc until God intcrrogatcs Job, the
SCIENTIST concerning its wonders. saving,
Has, thou entered into the treasures of
the >now?"
rather think that Job may have cX-
,mincd the snowflake with Il microscope:
for although it is supposed that the mi
,roscope was invented long after Jobs
,tme. there had been wonders OF glass
long before the microscope and telescope
ri later day were thought Of. So long
ago as when the Coliseum was in its full
Splendor Nero sat in the empcror's box
of that great thcater, which held hun
bred thousand people, and looked at the
rombatants through a gem i'll his finger
ring which brought everything close up
to his eye.
Four hundred years before Christ, in
the stores at Athens, were sold powerful
glasses called burning Spheres, and
layard, the explorer, found magnify
ing glass amid the ruins of Nincvch ant
in the palace of Nimrod. Whether
through magnifying instrument or with
unadcd eye [ cannot say, but ] am sure
that Job somehow went through the gal
lerics Of the snowflake and counted it!
pillars and found wonders, raptures
mysteries, theologies, majestics, iniiini
ties Walking up and down it's corridors
asalesult of the question which thu
lord had asked him, "Hast thou entered
into the treasures of the snow?"
ON, 1t is a wonderous meteor! Hum
boldt studied it in the Andes, twclv'
thousand feet above the level of the sea
DE- Saussurc rcvclcd among these meteor
in the Alps, and DIR. Scorcsby counted
ninc,y-SiX varieties of snowflake ami'
the arctics. They are in shape of stars
i'll shape Of coroncts, in shape OF cylin
dcrc>: are globuar, are heXagonal, AZ
pyramidal, are castellated. After
fresh fall of snow, in one walk you cras
under your feet Tuilleries. Windso
castles ST Paul's, ST. Peters. st. Marks
cathcdrals, Alhambras and Sydenhar
palaces innumerablc. / know it depend
much on our own condition what impress
sion the flying metcors of the sno'
made.
Shall not forget two rough and VI
pretending wood cuts which saw in IN
boyhood side by side: one a picture of
prosperous farmhouse, with all signs c
comfort. and lad warmly clothed lool
ing ont of the door upon the first tlnrr
OF snow, and his mind no doubt file
with the sound of jingling sleigh bell
and the frolic with playfcllows in til
deep banks, and he, clapping his hand
and shouting, sit SHOWS! it Snows.'' Ih
n'her sketch was of Il boy, haggard an
hollow eyed with hunger, looking frol
'Ae broken door of a wrctchcd home, an
seeing in the falling flakes prophcsy 6
more cold and less bread and create
prIHaton, wringing his hands and wit
sFars rolling down his wan checks, CT,
Ihs "Oh, my God! it SHOWS! it SHOWS!
Wv vi VIC abundance tn1t. CnafaClcflZt
most OF our homes may there go speed
fellrl to all whom this winter finds
want and exposure.
And now propose. for your spiritu;
and everlasting profit, if you will acccl
my guidance, to take you through son
oi those wonders of disqualification. All
ho1lcc first God in the Titles. Yon ma
take aipenstock and cross the Mcr {
m,,iace, the sea of ice, and ascend Moul
n,thc, which rises into the clouds like
pillar OF the great white throne: or wit
arctic explorer ascend the mountain
around the north pole, and see glaciers
thousand feet high grinding again
Siaciers three thousand feet high. B'
VIII take you on less pretcntio'
Journey and show you God in the sno,
make. There is room enough betwet
us pillars for the great Jehovah to stan
in mat one frozen drop on the tip
sour hnger you may find the throne roo
VI 'he Almighty. take up the snow
ilF hand and see the courscrs of celesti
uo'1linlon paving these crystal pay
mentS.
:, The telescope is grand, but must co