Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-16

VI Auou' WISH l. lldu never DeeIl
born" Hume declared; II am like a
man who has run on rocks and quick
sands, and yet l contemplate putting
out on the sea in the same leaky and
weather-beaten craft Chesterfield
declared: II have been behind the
scenes, and have noticed the clumsy
pulleys and the. dirty ropes by which
all the scene is managed, and have
seen and smelt the tallow candles
which throw the illumination on
the stage, and anu tired and sick"
No honey Of that kind for my soul.
Excessive wealth is trebizond honey.
The Bitle..says not one word against
honey, nor the appetite for it. 1t
does caution Us against eating too
much Of it. Hast thou found honey?
Eat so much as is sufficient for thee.
lest thou be filed herewith, and
vomit it," The Bible says naupht
against gold. for it is the gift of God
to men. Nor yet a word against its
use: but against the abuse OF it. it
fairly thnnders.
David ''2rrick was showing off his
splendid house and grounds to DR..
johnson. WHO remarked. "Ah,
David! these are the things that
make death terrible" To much
wealth SickcnS healthy soul, even
as the Honey Of Trcbizond sickens
the body
TIL: HONEY OF jon ATTAIN
son of King Soul, enightens the eyes
The Bible is as the honey of iona
than for King David says of it: The
entrance OF thy words giveth light"
And again, Il understand more than
the ancients, because have kept
thy precepts." Tue bible bids Us
taste and see that the Lord is GOOD
Faith is the taste Of the soul. Bv
taking God 1T his word. we taste of
him. The man who only hears of
the taste of honey knows in his
imagination what it is. The man
VII" tastes it. knows by experience
what it is. The superiority of
experience To imagination is
uuquestioncd. therefore we ought to
know for ourselves the goodness of
God.
The bee gathers the best honey
from the bittcrest herbs. Is not
this fact sidc-light which reveals
TO us why we have sore temptations.
dire dsappointments. and heavy
bercavements in his lite: Many a
man has found the best blessings OF
his soul gathered from his bittcrest
experiences.
TIE HONEY OF CORSICA
was said to give long life to those
who ate abundantly OF ii. Again
the Bible is ike unto his honey for
time and time again it promises long
life to those who do faithfully its
bidding. My son, forget not my
law; but let thine heart keep nv
commandments: for length Of DAYS.
and years Of life. shah they add to
thee. 1t is not the bees touching
upon the flowers that gathers honey.
but her abiding for a time upon
them. and thus drawing out the
sweet. I is not he that reads most,
but he that meditates most on divine
truth wil! prove the choicest. wisest,
strongest Christian. says good
Bishop Hall. For this reason Paul
bids US think" and think repeat
eddy, on whatsoever things are true.
honorable, just. pure, lovely and of
good report. To David the Script
urcS were Swceter than honey.
because they were his meditationS
all The day. He dwelt upon Gods
promises, as the bee upon the clover
head. We only touch, in our lives.
Gods Word, hence we get no sweet
ness from it. Let us dwell upon it
and extract its sweet treasures.
One Of the interesting incidents
connected with the courtship of
Prince Ferdinand of Roumania and
Princess Marie of Edinburgh was tue
receiving once week by the princess
of one Of Fcrdinand'S old love letters