Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-12-14

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man upon the beast and walks by the
side, holding him on until they come to
tavern. He says to the landlord,
Here is money to pay for the mans
board for two days; take care OF him; if
it costs anything more charge it to me,
and [ will pay it," Picture-''The Good
Samaritan, or Who Is Your Neigh orr"
| Does God. our Mother, want to set
forth what foolish thing it is to go
away from the right, and how glad di-
vine mercy is to take back the wanderer?
How is it done? by picture A good
! father. Large farm with fat sheep and
| oxen. Fine house with exquisite ward
robe. Disseminated boy. Goes away
Sharpers fleece him. Feeds hogs. Gets
hOmeSick. Starts back. Sees an old
man running. 1t is father. The hand
torn OF the husks, gets ring. The
foot, infamed and bleeding, gets q SAN
dali The bare shoulder, showing
through the tatters, gets a robe. The
stomach, Gnawing itself with hunger,
gets a full platter smoking with meat
The father cannot eat for looking at the
returned adventurer. Tears running
down the face until they come to a
smile-the night dew melting into the
morning.
No work on the farm that day, for
when bad boy repents and comes back
promising to do better God knows that
is enough for one day, "And they began
to be merry" ''Prodigal Son
Returned from the Wilderness" So
God, our Mother teaches US everything
by pictures. The sinner is lost sheep.
Jesus is the bridegroom. The useless
man is a barren Zig tree. The Gospel is
a great supper. Satan a sower of tares
Truth, a mustard seed. That which we
could not have understood in the alb
straCt statement of God, our mother,
presents to us in this Bible album Of pic
lures, God engraved. Is not the divine
maternity ever thus teaching US?
"Oh," says one, II cannot understand
all that about afflictioni" A refner Of
silver once explained it to Christian
lady, Il pnt the silver In the fire, and
keep refining it and trying it till l can
see my face in it, and l then take it out. .
just so it is that God keeps his dear chill
dren in the furnace till the divine
image may be seen in them; then they
are taken out of the fire. "Well," says
some one, IF that is the way that God
treats his favorities, | do not want to be
favorite. :"
There is barren field on an autumn
day just wanting to be let alone. There
is bang at the bars and a rattle of
whitfltrees and clevises. The field says,
What is the farmer going to do with
me now?" The farmer puts the pillow in
the ground, shouts to the horses, the
Golfer goes tearing through the sod, and
the furrow reaches from fence to fence.
Next day there is bang at the bars
at - - L.
field says, ST wonder what the farmer is
going to do now?" The farmer bitches
the horses to the harrow, and it goes
bounding aud tearing across the field.
Next day there is rattle at the bars
again, and the field says, "What is the
farmer going to do now?" He walks
as he walks. After awhile cloud
comes. The field says, "What, more
troubler' 1t begins to rain. After
awhile the wind changes to the north
east, and it begins to snow. Says the
field: SIS it not enough that 1 have
been torn and trampled upon and
drowned? Must l now be showed I'M
der?" After awhile spring comes out of
the gates of the south, and warmth and
gladness come with it. A green scarf
bandages the cash of the wheat field,
and the July morning drops a crown Of
gold on the head Of the grain.
oh" says the field, now [ know the
use of the pillow, of the harrow, of the
heavy foot, of the shower and Of the
snowstorm. 1t is well enough to be
trodden and trampled ard drowned and
showed under if in the end I can yield
such glorious harvest" ''he that 60
eth forth and weepeth, bearing precious
seed, shall doubtless meagain with re-
joicng, bringing his sheaves with him. :"
When | see God especially busy in
troubling and trying Christian, know
that out of the Christians character
there is to come some especial good A
quarryman goes down into the eXcava-
ton, and with strong handed machinery
tores into the rock. The rock says,
"WhaJ do you do that fOr?" He puts
powder in; he lights a fuse. There is a
Numbering crash. The rock says, why,
the whole mountain is going to pieces"
The crowbar is plunged; the rock is
dragged out After awhile it is taken
into the artists studio 1t says, 'Well,
now l have got good, warm, comfort
able place at last"
Butt the sculptor takes the cbisel and
mallet, and he digs for the eyes. and he
CuUS 4OI UuC HlOuGil, duu llo DOi0C iOI GHC
ear, and be rubs it with sandpaper I'M
til tine rock says, when will this tor
ture be ended?" A sheet is thrown over
it. Ii stands in darkness. AfBer awhile
it is taken out. The covering is re-
moved. It stands in the sunlight, in the
presence Of ten thousand applauding
people, as they greet the statue of the
poet, OR the prince, or the cOnqueror.
All" SAYS the stone, now | under
stand it.. [ am a great deal Better off
now standing as d statue of couQueror
than would have been down in the
quarry" So God finds a man down in
! the. quarry of ignorance and sin. How
to get him mp? He must be bored and
blasted and chiseied and secured and
stand sometimes in the darkness.
But after awhile the mantle Of Attic
tion will fall off, and his soul will be
greeted by the one hundred and forty
four thousand and the thousands of
thousands as more than cenQueror. Oh
my friends, God, our Mother, is just as
kind in our Affections as in our pros
peritieS God never touches US but for
our good. If a field clean and cultured
is better off than q barren field, and if a
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