The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-02-13

according to the use they made OF what
they had"
And then thought to myself: why.
that theory would make q snowflake
that falls cheerfully and Ia the right
place. and does all the work assigned
it. as honorab BILE as a whole Mont Blanc
of snovvfiakes-1 Eyes, yes" says the
celestial dragOman, many OF thess
pearls that You see on the forehead of
the righteous, and many OF the gems IN
the level case of Prince and Princess,
are only the Petrifed snOwhalSes OF
earthly tempest, for God does not forget
his promise made in regard to them:
They shall be mine, said the Lord OF
hosts, II the day when 4 make up my
Jewels -
Another treasure of the snow is the
suggestion of the usefulness Of sorrow
Absence of snow last winter made all
nations sick. That snOwless winter has
not vet ended its disasters Within a few
weeks II put tens of thousands into
the grave and left others in homes and
hospitals gradually TO go down Called
by a trivial name, the Russian grip
1t was an international plague Plenty
of snow means public health. There
Is no medicine that so soon cures the
worlds malaria as these white pellets
that the clouds administer. Like a
sponge every flake absorbs unhealthy
gases. The tables of mortality in New
York and Brooklyn immediately less
eued when the SHOWS OF last Decem Der
began to fall The snow is one OF the
grandest and best OF the worlds doc
tors. Yes; it is necessary for the lands
prOductiveness Great SHOWS in winter
are generally followed by great har-
vests next summer.
Alpine plants persisted in the mild
winter of England for lack of enough
snow to keep them warm Snow strikes
back the rich gases which otherwise
would escape in the air and be lost.
Thank God for the SHOWS. But who
with any analOgical faculty can notice
that out of such chill as the snow
comes the wheat, without realizing that
chilling SORROWS produce harvests OF
grace! The strongest Christians, with
/ out any exception, are those who were
/ by bereavements or sickness or power
| ty or persecution, or all of them to-
/ gether, showed under, and again and
/ again showed under. These snow
! storms of trouble! They kill the ma
larias of the sO1l. They drive us out
| of worldly dependence to God
The MarOnites say that one charac-
/ teristic of the cedar tree Is that when
/ the air IS full of snow, and it begins to
! descend, the tree lifts its branches in a
way better to receive the snow and
/ bear up under it, and I know by much
| observation that the grandest cedars OF
]
( branches toward God when the SHOWS
| of trouble are coming. Lord Nelson s
/ coffin was made out OF the maStS OF the
/ ship L'Orient, in which he had fought
so bravely, and your throne in Heaven,
0 suffering child OF God, will be built
out of conquered earthly disasters.
What gave John Bunyan such a Won
drOus dream of the celestial city? The
Bedford penitentiary. What gave Rich
ard Baxter such power to tell of the
Saints Everlasting Rest and give
his immortal call to the UncOnvert-
ed?'' Physical disease which racked
every nerve in his body.
| What mellOwed and glOrified WILDER
forces Christian character? A financial
misfortune that led him TO write: i
know not why my life Is spared SO long,
except II be to show that man can be
as happy without q fortune as with
one" What gave John Milton such
keen spiritual eyesight that he could
see the battle of the angels? Extinguish
ment of physical eyesight- What is the
highest observatory Tor studying the
stars OF hope and faith and spiritua
/ prOmise2 The believers sicIz-bed Wha
D PrOclaims the richest and most colder
l harvests that wave on the hills o.
; heavenly rapture? The SHOWS, deeI
SHOWS. the awful SHOWS of earthly
l calamity. And that comforting though
Another treasure of the snow is TIN
l suggestion that this mantle covering
the earth IS like the soul after it is for
. given. Wash me- said the Psalmist
and shall be winter than snow
In the time of Graham, the essayist
1 in one mountain district of Scotland al
/ average OF ten shepherds persisted ever.
, winter in the snow drifts, and so n
proposed that, at the distance of ever
mile, pole fifteen feet high and viii
two cross pieces be erected, showing TN
! points af the compass, and a bell hung
{ at the top. SO that every breeze wOuI'
l ring it, and so the lost ones on tn
/ mountains would hear the sound ant
take the direction given by this poll
with the cross pieces and get safel.
5 home
Whether that proposed plan wa
adopted or not 1 do not know, but I de
/ clare to all you who are in the heav
and binding drifts OF sin and sorrow
that there is a cross near by that ca