Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-09-21

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by a jury that could not arr eOnder
you expect us to renounce ous and
christianity for such a mison glol
dict as these men have randrable
themselves not having been
agree. adj
But my subject shall no ,ono.
fensive, 1t must be aggressive y
show you that instead of Cbr,.
falling back, 1t is on the manaua
that the coming religion Of ~
is to be the religion Of the rau
Christ ten thousand times int,
1t is to take possession of evorv.sa
Of all laws, all manners, an cu
al cities, all nations. 1t is go,nI
so mighty as compared with \,
has been, so much more might" M
will seem like a new religion.
! adopt this theory because ~
anity has gone on straight aboaa
w~ithstanding all the bombardman.
infidelity has not destroyed ! ch.
or crippled a minister, or root
one verse of the Bible, and NON.
ammunition seems to be pretty /,
exhausted. They a not get orr.s
new against Christianity. and IL rt
tianity has gone under the honat ]
ment of centuries and stiIl con,inn'
advance, may we not conclude H.
the powder and shot of the Other !
seem to be exhausted, Christicn,,J
going on with more rapid strldaSs II
You must have noticed if yon ]
! talked on these great themes, that n
are finding out that while scionor1
grand in secular directions, thar !
not give any comfort to q sop, /
| trouble.
Talking with men on STEAMBOATS, y
in rail-cars, I find they are cominghl
to the'comfort of the Gospel. They y
Somehow human science don't al
fort me when / have any trouble n
I must try something ClSe;" and M
are trying the Gospel. Take your }
entiic consolation to that mother n
has just lost her child. Apply tho N
trine of the survival of the fttpSl
tell her that her child died because
life was not worth as much as the I
of one that lived. Try that, IL \
dare. Go to that dying man with ri
transcendental phraseology. and n
him he ought to have confidence in /
great ''to be-" and the c~yerlaSti,
now" and the eternal what Is ID
and go on with your consolation Al
see il he is comforted.
Go to that woman who has lost n
husband and tell her 1t was a geologic
necessity that that man passed out
existence, just as the megatherium d
appeared in order to make room for
higher style of creation, and 90 on wi
your consolation and tell her that the
is a possibility that 100000 yea
from now we ourselves may be geOlo.
cal specimens on the geological she
petrified specimens of the extinct b
man race. And after you have got q
through with your consolation if d
poor afflicted soul is not utterly Graz
l will send out the plainest Christit
from my church, and with One-ha
hour of prayer and the reading
Scripture promises, the tears viii
stayed, and the consolation md tho 4
in that house will be like the canine
of an Indian summer sunset. The
will be a glory flooding the house fro
floor to cupola. Oh! people are indil
out themselves-and they all ha
troubles-they find that philosophy al
science do not help them when the
is a dead babe in the house. They a
coming back to our glorious old-fas
toned sympathetic religion.
Oh, young man, do not be ashanti
TO be found on the side of the Bib
Do not join those young men who
this day put their thumbs in their "
and swagger about the streets al
stores, talking about the glorious min
teenth century, about its light bel
sufficient without any Bible, and wit
out any Christ, and without any &c
The time is coming-we may not Il
to e it, but l should not be surprS
if we did see it-when this who
country is to be n great church. Z
forests the aisles, the Allegheny al
the Rocky mountains the pillars, Z
chain of inland lakes the baptism
and the worship the hallelujah chd
unto him who was and is and shall
evermore. Oh, come over to the n
jority-come under the banners
Emanuel.
Vernon was the son of an Engll
squire. He was brought up In gre
elegance. There was a man work.
on the place by the name of Rail
Vernon used to often talk with Rail-
lege and came back with his mind
lege and came back with his mind I
OF skepticism. He talked his skeI
cism to Ralph the workman. All
awhile Vernon went from home aga
was gone for years, came back, a
among the first questions when settl
home was, Where is RalphT u
said the father, Ralph is in prs
waiting for the day of execution. v
non FASTENED to e Ralph. Ralph, JOG
ing through the wicket of the prs
said, Vernon, how good you are
come and see me! / am glad TO :
you. I hardly expected you wor
come and see me. l don't blame yc
/ don't blame anybody; | only Dill
myself; but Vernon, l want you
promise me one thing. VIII you
Vernon replied, II will" II want J
to promise me never to talk skepticr
in the presence of anybody. You :
1t might do them harm. When J
used to say there was nothing ID !
Bible, and it didn't make any diifefel
how we lived. we would come out u
by at the last, somehow 1t had q
influence upon me, and | went u,
bad to worse until / I'm here, anu
must die for my crimes" BY ainl
superhuman effort the sentence y
changed, and he was to he transport
to another country for life. The y