Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1898-04-01
The Brother Hayseeds.
By ]. E. Hotter,

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Good morning again, Bro Hayseed,
may mercy and peace from God abound
with you on this beautiful morning =
Thank you, Tommy, thank you sir,
I am perfectly at peace with God, sir,
He is always mercifnl to me. it iss man
that makes the trouble. But what has
happened to you Tommy? What'makes
you salute in this pious way anyhow ?"
Indeed, Bro. Hayseed, I have found
grace with the Lord, I have been
attending revival meetings every night
the past week, ! have been told to
throw all my cares onto the Lord, and
I may as well tell you the truth, find
that is the best and easiest way"
II do not doubt il is an easy way to
have a Lord to care for us, Tommy,
only I fear we shall have too many
Lords in that way, more than really is
good and healthy for us.
There is only one Lord, Bro Hay
seed, and He is able to care for us all. I"
There are also multitude of petty
lords, Tommy, who stand ready to care
for us after their way the very moment
wesshall lay by our vigilance. I trust,
Tommy, that I don't understand you to
mean to try God. or that you are un.
mindful how peoples have sunk down
into abject bondage by neglecting a
prudent care for their condition
Really, Mr.. Hayseed, my mind has
been so turned towards heaven this
week I almost forgot the earth and it's
history; after all we are yet on earth
and must combat it's transports and
tribulations; we have the faculty to
make our condition a heaven or hell.
What do you say to that, Bro. Hayseed ,
Does that agree with your conception
or does it not? : 'fs
''Thst, Tommy, agrees exactly with
my understanding Of things, and since
you have'been attending revival meet
ings you must have been discoursing the
merits Of that man who was teaching
about 1900 years ago in the country
abutting the eastern terminus of the
Mediterranean"
81 know who you mean, Bro. Hay
seed; yes sir, he was the main subject
Of the discourse
Well that man told some excellent
truths, Tommy, though his truths have
been knitted and interviewer into "a
superstitious religion till they are hard
ly discernible According to his teach
ing heaven is a symbolic expression of
that which is good, clean, pure and
righteous, heaven is condition nj a
place; he said heaven consists in right
eousness and peace.
Indeed he did say that, Bro. Hay
seed. and truly when we look at his
teachings in that light they turn into q
somewhat. different meaning from the
the eschurch people give"
Did you ever consider Tommy, that
this world of ours is guided and man
aged by deception, by lies. and by
fraud3" 49,
"In general way. yes, am aware
that that is the case, but you are clos
ing down onto particulars, Bro. Hay
seed, the church is considered to guide
as in truth" sns4k
''The church is the keeper of the
truth and it is. also the keeper Of the
falsehood, Tommy; the church shoots
at the shadow, but it is very careful not
to hit the substance
Verify, I begin to realize what is
the matter; Bro. Hayseed, the devil is
surrounding US on every side.
''You may as well say the devil con-
sists in falsehood and deception, Tom
my, it is an old saying the devil is the
father to hes
"The scales are. dropping from my
eyes. Bro. Hayseed, I see nc*, it is
falsehood, it is deception, it is fraud, it