Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-10-16

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>..t ''' s'''prN he forgot him.
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,.o,, ''''I ''s" :''i%i o. his hond. il
,;.t', '''' a'SS"rn :'.'n. Ellis hand clava
~.sf,,. s''' '.A''id' Oh. my brothers ana
,yIt,, -. -. US 90 into Christian coniirt
,.,, '. s,'h S''f'I OF self abnesation. Who
,,s,',|.,, =" ae'hcr the world praises rs or
r,., nm'''Nt> vs. What do wecarc for mis-.
4, a.loh or abuse or persecution in
oa''''. Z, li''r ih!S9 Let us forget our.
,;,, ,"N 'a1 :nan who is afraid of cot.
MI. ~, ','> SAND hnrt will never XIII q.
49,, "','s'''''' no cares whether Won cot
'''''' or i"t IL Won ge: the vic,oryp az 1h'
n ''u" "''lnF CHRISTIANS there are who ny
a'' ,'e time worrying about tho wav flo
"o''u treaties them. They are SO lived cd
.'n" 'h"' arr so abused, aud they ara 90
"5''"v'h. "hcn E!cazar did not thinL
" M"'thet my Mad hand or an arm ar n
! '" y, All he wanted was victory.
W. wv see now men forget themselves in
Worldly achievements. We have often
''''''' 'h"i' VINO in order to achieve worldly
s ,,, VIII forget all physical fatigue
aha a'i ah1"yancc and all obstacle. Inst
! , %'''r !'in baltic Of Yorktown, in tho
-N''efiHtt" Revolution, musician
"o''n'"a. was told he musthav his limbs
am pH'a'ed, and they were about tn
laS'rn ann to the surgeons tabIe-for
u Vas long before the merciful discovery
OF ahisslt"tics. lie said. "No. don,t
'i'>Iell me To that table: get me a violin >,
y Viol!n was brought to him and he
. sala, wow so TO work as I begin tn
play. and for forty minutes dlrinu tho
a"l"' l,d"Ss OF aniputaton he moved not
Il muscle nor dropped q note, while he
prayed some sweet tune. On, is it not
strange 'naf with the music OF the
u"Spslo Jesus Christ, and with this
grand march of the church militant on
me way To become the church triumph
, an'' we cannot forget ourselves and for.
get all pang, and all sorrow and all pcr.
sccut'on and all perturbation:
We know what men accomplish undcr
worldly opposition. Men do not shrink
oack for worldly antagonism or for hard
snip. You have admired PresGott's
conquest OF Mexico" rs brilliant and
beautiful IA history as was ever written:
but some of You may not know under
what disadvantages it was writtcn--that
Conquest of Mexico"-for Prescott was
totally blind, and he had two pieces of
wood parallel to each other fastened,
and totally blind, with his pen between
those pieces OF wood, he wrote, the
stroke against Que piece of wood telling
how far the pen must go in one way, the
stroke against the other piece OF wood
telling how far the pen must go In the
osGer way. Oh, how much men will en-
aurc for worldly knowledge and for
worldly success. and yet how little we
endure for Jesus Christ. How many
Christians there are that go around say.
saying. 'Oh, my hand, my hand, my
hutt hand: don't you see there il blood
on the hand and there is blood on the
Swordo" while E,caZar with the hilt i'm.
imddcd in the flesh of his right hand,
dues not know it.
Must he carried to the skies
On f1owery beds of ease
While others fought to win the prise
Or sailed through bloody seas.
What have we suffered in comparison
with tho>c who expired with suffOcation,
OF were burned, or were chopped tC
pieces for the truths sake? We talk OF
the persecution OF olden times. There
is just as much persecution going on
now in various ways. In 1S49, III NADIA.
gascar. eighteen men were put to death
for Christs sake. They were to be
hurled over the rocks, and before they
were hurled over the rocks, in order tt
make their death the more dreadful il
anticipation, they were put in basket
and swung to and fro over the precipc
that they might see how many hundred
feet they would have to be dashed down
and while the; we're swinging in thes
hn n - thov 90
Jesus, lover OF my soul,
Let NE to thy bosom fly.
Tt:i 10 the pillows near me roll.
Willis ths: tempest still is hig-.
~ uen they were dashed down to dealt,
i Oh, how much others have endured TO
| Christ, and how little We endure TO
Christ. We want to ride to Heaven in
Pullman sleeping car, our feet on sof
plush, the bed made up early SO we cal
sleep all the way, the black porter o
death to walks us up only in time to en-
ter the golden city. We want all tn
surgeons to fix our hand up. Let then
bring on all the lint and bandages an,
all the save, for our hand is hurt, Will
Eleazer does not know his hand is hurt
ellis hand clavc unto the sword
AS look ut E|caxars hand, come 4
deal or hard hitting. am notsurpriSe
! when 1 see that these four men-Eica2a
aud his three ompanious-drove bac
the enemy of Philistines, that Eleazar'
sword clave to his hand, for every tim
he struck all enemy with one end Of tn
sword, the other end of the swor
wounded him. When he took hold 9
the sword, the sword took hold OF hin
oh, we have found an enemy who cal
not be conquered by rose water and sol
speeches. 1t must be sharp stroke an
straightthru There is intemperanc'
and there is fraud. and there is gam
ling. and there is lust, and there al
100, 900 battalions of fntquity, armc
Phiistine iniquity. How are they to
captured and overthrown? Soft Sc
mons in morocco cases laid down in frot
of an exquisite audience will not do j
You have got to call things by their rist
names.
We have got to expel from our churche
Christians who eat the sacrament o
Sunday and dcvour widows houses a
the week. We have got to stop GU
indignation against the Hittites. and tn
Jebusitcs. and the Gcrgashites, and le
these Door wretchcs go, and apply on
Indignation to the modern transgression
which need to be dragged out and slalI
Ahabs here. Hcrods here. JezeDel
here The massacre of the infants hcrt