Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-09-20

| Mucn OF the DlDle history is aSSO-
ciated with the mountains. Time and
again we read that Jesus retired to
the mountains to be alone with God
On one occasion He prayed in the
mountains all night before He called
His disciples. The mountains sort
of make us prayerful They stand so
majestic, so high. Their peaks seem
so far above us.
| What a fascination it is to go up
those high elevations! AS you go
along you constantly look up. When
we got out of the Thompson canyon
and up into the Ridge pass way over
$4,000 feet high, it seemed that our
spiritual capacities expanded and we
became prayerful. We experienced a
kind of widening of soul and more
genuinely appreciated the power of
the Almighty. The Trail Ridge road
is one of the highest automobile roads
in America. From the crest of the
range the machines in the valley look
like slow-moving black ants.
Importance of Water.
|
preparation has to be made for sue
cessful trip through the mountains.
1t requires tremendous amount of
| pulling to get up those lofty peaks.
My Pontiac made most of them on
high, however, but l had one diff
Guilty. The water in the radiator
boiled away so quickly. l should have
carried an extra supply of water. In
the Ridge pass on the Rock Mountain
National park, about mile from the
| top, the water was all gone.
Never in my life did l experience
so much the Importance of water.
| Fortunately there were some stone
cutters close by who needed much
water for their gasoline engine. The
| foreman sent a truck 20 miles for a
drum of water. When the truck ar
| rived he kindly gave me enough to
| fill the radiator. Later on in the
trip, on another occasion, while going
along the Corley Mountain highway,
whose scenery, Theodore Roosevelt
said 'bankrupts the English Ian
guage," we lost all our water and l
was Obliged to walk about a half
mile to a home for a bucket of water.
Replenishing Spiritual Supplies.
We went to Cripple creek, world
famed for it's production of silver
and gold. Just as we were making
the steep ascent to the mouth of the
Elkton gold mine we lost all our
water for the third time. BY that
time we had learned enough about
water boiling at those high eleva-
tiOns that we bought can and car
ried water with us all the way after
that. What a lesson that is for the
mountain climb of life! The people
who go on without replenishing their
spiritual supplies at the font of every
blessing, the church of Jesus Christ
will get to the point where they will
find their radiators dry and no fill
ling stations available.
Enrolling Outlook.
We noticed other preparations made
were all keyed up to take the Cog
railway, Americas most unique rail
way and one that reaches the highes,
altitude of any scenic mountain rail
way in the world, namely the Summit
House on Pixies Peak. But when we
got to the Cog station it rained very
hard and some people in the coach
said the trip might be cancelled for
the day. Instead of cancelling the
trip, the trainmen donned their rain
coats, closed the windows and away
we went through a continuous piano.
rama of wonders and continuous sue
cessiOn of thrills, up, up past grandeus
and sublimity, 14,1O9 feet above sea-
level. What view up there, what an
outlook! No wonder Jesus went up in
the mountains to pray. He didn't &C
so high but it seems to get above the
plains, puts ones mind and soul fal
beyond the reach of the storms of life
purifies the desires and gives an out
look that is ennobling.
Going Down i'm the Mine.
At Cripple Creek We went down
into a gold mine on a swinging cable
lOUO lSCI UoW Ii lhlO thC udl n
ness and dampness to the very lowest
level What a different sensation
that was! 1t seemed to depress, tC
contract one. Going down is always
easier than going up. 1t only took
us three minutes from the surface &c
the bottom of that shaft. 1t was an
education to watch the drilling, tc
see the gold vein and the various
levels and to be shown how the men
mine from the ceiling rather than
from the floor and to see the river
flowing through the mountain way
down there at that low depth.
was most impressed with the diff.
ference between going down into 6
mine and going up into mountain
The application is very evident. The
same thing holds true in our spiritual
life. To go down means darkness
dampness and finally death. To go w
means light, energy and finally eter.
nal life. Let us avail ourselves OF
the sure road to the ever higher lev.
els and to the ever expanding life
until we reach the summit of perfec
ton with the Saviour in the everlast
ing mOntain of holiness.