The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-04-30
RELIGIOUS WORSHIP.
The Word Of God, Like the springtime,
Throbs With New Life-Many Whom
Man Selects, God Rejects
PRRaBYTERIAN CHURcH.t


old earth beneath our feet which for
months past has been asleep under her
coverlet OF snow 10 waking or. The
streams OF water that have been held
in King Frost's ICY grasp are regaining
their freedom and flowing on toward
lake and sea. The sweet notes OF the
birds are a CHEEKY announcement that
summer 10 near. The lengthening days,
the balmy air, the mellowing soil-all in
vite the farmer from his comfortable
winter fire to greet betimes the early
rising OF the sun and prolong his out
door labors beyond its going down.
Nature is waking up again, is stirring
herself TO new life and clothing herself
with new verdure and beauty.
The word OF God pulses and throbs
With life. There is nothing dead and
dark in it except the predicted fate Of
those who reject its teachings. A Light
to which this world was before D
stranger beams from it's pages. A life
compared with which all other life ID
death fills it's words with q heayen-born
meaning and power which overfiows into
the receptive reader as the great river
swells ard overfioWs from the mountain
streams that pour into it on every side.
When one thinks OF the bright promises
that illumine the page OF scripture and
throw their anrorai light over this world
which else would be so dark, how b
we explain the sad fact that men con
tinue to abide in darkness except by the
still sadder fact that they love darkness
rather than light.
The last half OF Isaiah is the auroral
flush OF prophetic teaching that heralded
the dawn Of the Son OF of Righteousness
and the coming OF a spiritual springtime
TO the world. In this magnificent piece
OF poetry we hear the singing of birds,
the h~arbingers of the new season. The
eternal hills are said to shout for joy and
the trees Of the field to clap their hands.
The world is new born. Zion puts on
beautiful garments. The waste places
break forth into singing. A new day is
dawning. The springtime of soul ID
near. A spiritual regeneration is at
hand. "For as the rain cometh down
and the snow from heaven and returneth
not thither, but watereth the earth and
maketh it bring forth and bud, that il
may give seed to the sower and
bread to the eater. So shall
my word be that goeth forth
out Of my mouth; it shall not return an
to me void, but it shall prosper in the
thing whereto / sent it,"
Let this word Of life into your life
Come into the sunshine OF Gods great
tender love for you! And the spring
time will come to your soul. He thai
belieyeth on the Son hath everlasting
life"
NJ. E, CHURCH.
God looks at the hearth Sam. 1861
The text introduces us to the story oil
the selection and antiquity of the truth.
full David to be king over Israel. II
clearly teaches that Gods estimate 81
men and things is different from mans
God saw in David what none OF the
Others saw, and what He saw in none oil
the others. God frequently accepts
whom and what man rejects, and vice
versa. This is not only true for a king,
ship TO q theocracy, or q minister OF the
gospel; but Gods estimate OF character
differs from mans.
/. This should afford infinite comfort
to the christian. The christian is the
target Of the world. Nobody is JUS
right. Some too radical, others toe
compromising some too serious, others
too trifling; some say too little, Others
too much, ETC., etc. Then, too, VIVA,
christian is satisfied with himself when
he takes d look into the mirror OF honest
reflection? Not one. We are made
painfully conscious of u imperfections
and intirmities. But here is hope. Goo
"looketh on the heat" A right heart
in Gods sight is consistent with many
imperfections of conduct, as measured
by the eyerchanging rule OF popular
opinion.
"A heart In every thought renewed,
And iuii OF love divine;
Perfect and right, pure and good,
A copy Lord Of thlne.,'
2. This text, too, is intended to give
timely warning 70 the sinner. Many
whom mar accepts, God rejects. Ths
-unregenerate man bases his hope upor
his outward life, his sympathy, generos
ity, faith, creed, morality IN general, and
considers that he averages up pretty
well with the majority OF church mem
bers. He Things 1my chances are a
J good as his That may or may not b.
90. Il depends. The house on the sane
was az good as the house on the rocl
until the foods came. God judges yor
AZ be does the Christian, from the heart
the only fair judgment. Here ID the ia
!, dictment found against the natura