W
resohed their plsoes in good
time. l
Breshtsst over, one skter nn-’
other strsggled hsolk to theirl
tents or rooms, while some re
mained in the «l«iggehsll" re-l
snuisg in their stunk-. l
Of oourse, rest hour skter
meels, hat when Brother Hemi
rjekson unexpeotedly put in his
sppearunoe he was heard to ex
olsim, «Well, well." and might
express his opinion that Eben
Ezer«s rest hour seemed to be
one of deoideclly vigorous rest
ing. or rather might rightly he
named, visiting or telking hour.
A few minutes later one might
judge from the stillness of the
house, that the kintients hsd
been resting for at least an hour
ln a short time, n voiee eeho
ing from somewhere at the kar
ther end of the hell, might leed
s strenger to helieve this were
e very busy dox km one ok our
smhitious young ladies was ehre
kully plnnning her schedule for
her urgent (lutiee. «1Iave to
wesh. iron, sen-. clehn my room
snd wash my heir to(lay.« lt
oould easily be tslcen for grant
ed that the owner of the voiee
had visitecl sn employment bu
resu the previous day.
With sleeves rolled shove her
elhows, hnir flying, our would
he hnsy lsdy wes ohserved mak
ing her way toward the tempo
rary lenndry intent upon getting
sn esrly start on her days work.
Among the lungers whose pri-!
rilege it is to ettend servioes in
the ehspeh it is slwsys an ex-«
treme joy to See ooming from
Nazareth, our Old Peoples’ Home,
s few white heired men Slightly
Itoope(1, and one desr old lsdy
Ilowing msking their way to
wsrcls Bethesde, with their hi—
hlee in hand, the kriend who has
proven true eomkort to them
from the springtime nntil the
winter time ok their lives
At 9 o’eloel: the hell ealled us
to ehapel, where for a half-hour
one and all enjoy thi- soered pri
vilege of hin-ins Rev. Madsen
offer prayer for the patients st
whioh the writer expreases her
regret at not being present. The
strains of the heeutikul hymns
kloated through the air, and the
eonelmäon being the Doxology.
The patients egain turn their
steps towards their respeetive
plaees of ahode, where shortly a
light lnneh of milk and eggs
is served and later a glass ok
hot water, thue aiding the hun
gry ones to korget that dinner
time was an hour away. A lit
tle regt follows, and the weleotne
esll for dinner produced evi
denee of good appetite
After graee had been said
the thread of the eonversation
seetned to dwell upon the topie
of nationalities, Oel-many and
Norway the oountries seetning to
hold knll away. Dinner over, a
few of the patienta wallt towarda
the band-tand, where it a strau
ser should happen near the vi
oinity he might pause for a mo
tnent to aseertain whether or
not the oclesthenie exereises
which the inmates ok the stand
were performing were a part ot
the treatment, but upon eloser
ohservntion he would readily
learn that these stnnts were
merely to seatter their unwels
ootne kneipt-, the gnata.
Upon the potiente’ return to
the tents or elsewhere sn alerm
might be sent out that the mee
sles hnd broken out It Eben
Eser, jndging krom the chan
cksnoe ok tiny red spots on the
vie-time of the ineeete
Imnoh wes now served, after
which o rettlesnake hnnt wes sin
joyed, but upon one previous
hunt the rettler proved to be
In unusuolly let-ge seek ok kind
ling skter the euriosity ok most
of the hoys hod been heightened
to e degree ok heert otteeting
sltitude The ledies prefer c»
little seelusion down et Eben-?
Bzer full to plen for the httan
or prohshly to rekleet on the!
put. (
sinsly or in psirs they start-(
ed out come with rustio ohne-,
others without. The ones who
unkortunately were not yet on
the walking list looked through
the lattiee work ok the tence,
antieipating the time when they
could take their daily walk
through the roadways which
were hordered with heautiful
slirul)l)ery, whose heavily laden
hranehes were eovered with white
l)lossoms, which mingled with
the blue ot« the eloudless sky and
the twittoring of the hirds an
imaginative spirit could easil)f
pieturcs themselves in kairyland,
but in reality there before them
lay a lnsuutiful picture painted
by the greet artist, Nature. 0n
all sides could he seen glimpses
of the little farmhouses dotting
the great expanse ok land, whieh
Zwisle to toneh the horizon on
every side.
About this time dear sister
Marion ealled upon the ladies
at Valhorg’s Minde, as usual
bringing with her the eheering
words and pleasant smiles, and
always leaving a pleasant
thought As the reader will un
derstand ealls at the «san,«
that is. among the patients, are
its-ver aeeompanied by the serv
ing ok eokkee and cake, as is
the rulo among pre-lungers, much
to the rtsgret of the hostesa.
Rest hour again, and hot wa—
tot-, a little ehat among the pa
tients, and last, but not least,
temperatures taken. The an
xious looks on some ok the face
would eonvince one that a state
of mpntal anguish must be en
dured until the time for the first
look. «What is yours7" may
be hear-d from some remote
»oui«-. The answer quiolcly an
nonneing. «0h, a hundred,« and
then the konner says sad1y,
«Aren’t you afkaid they·ll send
you to hed.l" Langhingly the
reply return-, «No, that’s noth
ing. that’s my normal« Protn
another not-very «What is your
templ" to which a ha1k—teakknl
reply informs the inqnirer that
his temp is ninety—nine and he
guesses he won’t go to sapper,
he doesn’t feel very well.
stekilizing time and then tax-·
per. Nothing annsual ever han«
pens at night, not even the ab
senee ok kaw eggs and willk,
which seenis to tot-in the geister
plates ok the tahles; nevertheless
eggs and millk are taken as a
matter of com-se among the San
ites·
After supper a half honr’s kest
and the hell rang kot- ohapel at
the regulak time. ln the evening
the prayer was reader-ed in Flugl
ish, thust making it possible kor
the patients to attend serviees
as fitted to their nationality, as
Danish sen-ice took place in the
korenoon The dear kamiliar
hymns, «Abide With Me« and
others could seakeely rekrain
from sending through the open
windows ok the ehapel a good
deal of eomkokt to the patient
who were obliged to stay in
bed. «
Preise wss sung, skter which
the members of the stskk und
putieuts come out end go their
ways. Aheed ot sll, come o little
lsdy dressed iu s ueut hluok
Gomi, set okk with s spotless
eprou end "oollsr, hurriug to
werds Vslhorg’s Minde. Gere
mouies sre exeluder krom the
enlls st the «ssu« snd naturel
ly Mist-. Msdseu well-ed right in
sud direeted her steps towsrd
the further end of the huildiug,
und peeriug in It the door, ot
ouee ssw thst the putieut hncl
fallen viotim to the send-merkst
soetteriug (lust. she would have
easily mjstekeu what sppeerecl
to be s- hed for s eikeulnting
library. from the stock ok km
1)ers, msgozines sud writing inu
terisl sectered over the cove:·s.
It is seid that u mcsisry lwnt
doeth good like e meclicimn mnl
ik this were the euso sit ichs-«
Ezer it would see-m Ilmt thi
phsrmsey supply would now
ruu low. -
Bekore enteriag s «ssu" oue
is upt to form su ides thst it
would he sometht ot a so
litsry edle, but skter ouee
W
their opinions would alter-, und
they would he eouvineed that
a «Sim" is in most respeets
sokt of s vueation spot. The
plump, ruddy, burned kaees ok
the inmitte- ot Eben-Beei- would
assure a visitor that they look
ed kais from being delieate, and
might prompt them to ask,
«Where are the siek peoplel"
There is sinsrythiug at the «san"
t» make pleasant surroundings
for the putients. The tr(-es, flows
cer ancl heautiful lawns, in fact,
the gener-l eomlition of the en
tire place, tells a Story jtself
of thr- eureful pluning and
inniiths of hunl work, the pa
tients heliswing the liest way to
express thisir grutittule is by
showitixz theiis Aatiskaetion and
e(-nteiitin(-iit.
The kind and pleasant man
ncsis of the sisttsiss and lnsothers
add greatly to the sunshine of
the ;)lu(-(k, und perehunee a alon
dy day should appear, it is ok—
ten unnotioed, as the uhsenee
of the sun is made up with emi
les and pleusxint wol-ds.
I After ehepeh the walkeks
choose an evening stroll, which
in some esses lests longek than
limited time, und should any
one happen by Valb0rg’s Min
ide attei- 8;30 they may kest
ussuked that this is the reason
lthe lights but-n a little latei
then neeokdiug to rules.
i Dear Sister Ingeborg ehuts
u hit, end after answer-ins that
lusual question, «When is Sis
ter sine eomingl« und time
and agaiu being told that she
did not know, but thut they
lweise all awaiting het- unsival
with open und heerty weleome,
she bids us e pleesant good
inight end happy dreams, leav
Iing us to sleep in our open air
irooms with the bricht evening
«stat· to keep vigil and the breez—
les to lull us to rest.
I But do they slceN Bach one
ihad settled down as comkorta
hly as could be and kew already
asleep, when from the corner
room arose a krightened cry,
«0h, come, there’a a hig flrel"
Arm-sing looking on alle sides,
each patient hastin arose, and
there before them was what ap
«peared to he the reklection of
«a larse Are.
l
l
J Everyone rushed to the scene
Hof the cry, and as the reklection
grew stronger the more terri
Ifled they grew, änally one of
the ladies volunteering to cry
I««Is’ire! ürel" at the top ok her
« voice.
«No, don’t do it," ealmly en
«treated one, that is only the
1dorther-n licht-, hoping the oth—
ers would korget that the wro
srn horealis appeared only in
sthe winter. Instantly the re
Hort
I «1)jd you ever see the northen
tllights in samtnerf« And a sec
ond throught how oonld the
Lnorthern lights streatn upward
,jnstead ok downward, but when
! sudden exclamatjon ot
I«llushl" was uttered, the toot
lok an oncocnjng train was
Eheard and all decided to wait
Fuvtit it tmä gous by heim
Ummrnoning aid lrntnediately
the reflection grew met-e vjvid,
vand scarcely had it moved by
Ithe »san« when the entire
sscene was changed to sudden
darkness. A shrjelt, a but-It ok
Hlaughtetg and a quiet retreat
«to hed again, each pntiont re
solved that she would aguin re
eogniåe a searchlight from the
rel«lection ok at Are. The noth
rm lights proved to Im tolo
xrmplt polcs and wcrc Uns-Hing
n- straight as ever the ncxst
Juv.
Thus passed the day at Umn—
Ists-IF sind so Dass all the days-.
Pan-It lilled with plensunss ums
(s1.k«jok.·mesnt evough to wart-unt
n» tsxpoqure to homegjokmsssu
hist matt-az- to these ruh» a
case may often be reported, sil
Zthough no spooisl romedy is
Jprosoribed kok its out-o. vor the
"attondsuoo ok s physioisn w
Jquirecl
After leaving Eben-Esa- one
W
ever reealls the happy day-(
spent there and plecscnt me-!
",mokies associated there, in they
hope of remaining theik health
»0r otherwvise as the Heavenly
Muster wills.
s
i
r Traum Colo.
« Tet er længe, siden vi hat set
nogct i »Donskeren« fra Denver,
høresr jeg ligejom en eller anden
omkring i Samfundet sige, og vi
man jo bekende, det er sandt, at
vi or noget efterladcn med Skrive
riet. Mcn det er jo saadan, at naar
alt gaar ved dct gamle, saa tænker
man, at der er ikke l1oget at fortælle.
Sah vil maasXe nogen fpørge:
Skcr der da ikke noget nyt dcrudek
i den stnre By paa Westens Prairie? ;
»Ihr Qveen City of the Plains«,j
som den kaldes, vistuok med Rest-l
te Ecm Junker jeg: jo her er joml
i andre stoisc Bock not af dent
Slngiz sum note Nyhedelade er
fulde af, og fom Menneflene i Al
mindelhhrd higer often Men det
Her 1o itle det, vl fom Guds Folk
wisset at lasse i vor kære, ,Danfker«,
derjmod hvad der kan ftemme vore
sjertcr tl Jubel Det ster, naar vi
derer eller lasset om, at der ster!
nyt inden for Gudt Riges Lejr af
den Flaeg fom Sktiften figer om: »
»Bist gamle er forbigangent, og altl
er blevet nyt.« Jeg har, Herren
vaer Lovet, noget af den Art at
)meddele denne Gang
’ Tot er jo vel bekendt, at vi hav
de Prasstekifte sidste Foraar; Past.
WeismamL som var vor Præst i
-5 Aar, reiste til Coulter, Ja, i
Stutningen af Worts-, og vor nye
Præft fta Plainview, Nebr, tom i
Slutningen af Maj, saa vi er Her
ren taknemmelig, at vi ikke skulde
vente saa lcenge paa Betjening,
Som vi hører, de ofte maa andre
Steder. J det Tidskum, vi var
uden Ptæft, kom vor Mindefores
jning til at tcenke paa om det ikke
var muligt at faa vor lille Kirke
fotitønnet med nye Bænke til vore
nye Præftefolk kom. Vi hat nemlig
tun haft Stole hidindtiL Nu,
sKvinderne standsede ikte ved Tan
ken, men flred til Handling, og
lvedeekes fskste Mad- dekom htw
der subsirisbetet 850. «En qod Be
«gyndelfe, vg, den fortfattes fan.
Jkke længe derefter var Bænkene
Gestilt ftq Chicago: men de kom first
lide Uge, san det gik jo ikke eftek
Forventning, at faa dem, til Past.
.Hansens kom. Men derimod blev
Præsteboligen forfkønnet, fernisetet
·ng nyt Papir paa ovemlt ind
spendig og Cementet udenfor. Det
Fvnr jo lcenge, vi maatte vente paa
spBænkenh men saa er de ogsaa
owne. Vi fik 15 Bcknke, fom kostede
I8200. De blev fat op, Gulvet blev
Foiiet og Iidt andet found-ex Det
That gjort det sau, at om end vor
«1i11e Kitke qctid hat set hyggetig
lud (især for mig), er den dog
jfaa meget skwinere nu. Herren være
Itukket for det.
s Det Nyt, jeg nu hat fortalt,
Hasnker jeg not vil glæde en eller
Hunden, som et kendt med Bethas
enia Menighed. Der er ikke san faa
Homkking i SqmiundeH som en Tid
Ehar været Medlemmek af den. Men
nu komme-: det bedste, som jeg et
Inwisfet am vil glæde enhvek tro
Iende Brodet og szter.
Vi fik de nye Bænke indviet fid
ste Sande-g (den 23. Juli). Der
var godt bessgt trods det, at de
danfke Foreninqer havde en fcelles
Picnic i Biergene. Past. Hausen
talte vatmt og indtrængende over
Dring Evangelium Den rigeYngi
ling, og hvad fattes mig endnu, og
bad inderlig om Herrens Velsig
uelse over de nye Bænke, og især
over Menneskene, som fad paa
dem, og dem, som fremdeles vildes
komme til at bruge dem under
Mudstjenesterne Der var fikkert
Hierteu i hvilke Spørgsmaalåt
rørte fig: Hvad ital jeg gøref osv.,
men kom ikke til Udbrud førend
om Aftenen. Der var Ungdomsmøs
de om Eftermiddagen under Ttæers
nes Skygge i Præften Hame- hvor
der var en større Forfamling end
sør ved dissc Møder. Der er ikkel
faa faa as os ældre, som ogsaa er
med. Dereftrr havdc vi Fællesspis-»
ning og fan til Gudstjeneste igen is
siirken Kl. 8. Der talte Past. Han-!
sen over dot profetifkv Ord: »He-sten!
cr forbi; Sommerm er til Ettde,I
og vi ere ikke frcslstc«, og der l)1csv’
lagt færdeles Vægt paa, at vi har!
endnu Sommer. Hist er endnu Noa-;
dens Tib, men sau gælder det om»
for os at bruge den, faa Vinteren
ikke skal overkafke os, jaa vi bliver
nødt til at bruge det famme Klage
raab. Herren hjælpe os alle dertil.
Hund han vded sin Aand genuem
Ordets Forkyndelse havde begyndt
om Formiddagen og fortsat om Ef
termiddagen fuldførte han om Af
tmon for manges Vedkommende
Jsldrig har Bethania Menighed op
lcsvot en Taadan Bevægelse før; chg
bar oste tænkt paa den forunderlige
PinfechL paa Salt-m i Jerusalem
kwor Ordet gik dem til Sjcrtet on
drt samme SpørgsmaaL fom den
rige Yngling, kom frem med:
»Hvad skal jeg gørc« osv. Men fan
delig. noget af den sammt- Aandcns
Pinscvefr qik over Forsamlingen i
Bethania Kirke Ssndag AftenMani
ae kom i Nød, kaldte paa Herren,
og ban et trofaft, han hol-te dercs
Raub, deres BUT og han var til
Ztede ved sin Aand og udfriede
dom. Sau efter flere Timerg Mede,
benved Midnat, var der 14 a 15
af vore Were unge» fom aldrig før
i Forfamling men nu kunde prife
Herren for bang underfulde Naade
imod dem. Dg vi kunde fom Guds
Bat-n ikke andet end udbryde: »Her
Tren hat gfort store Ting tmod os,
oq vi bleve glade«. ng ved, der er
flere, iom vil blive glade, naar de
hstety at Ssn eller Dotter var
iblandt de lykkelige: En fagde: »O,
bvor vil min Moder blive glad,
naar bun hster fta mig.« Han
ikrev samme Akten til hende En
Ianden sagde: »Jeg hat ingen Mo
Ider hun et ded, men jeg hat en
Itroende Fabel-, fom har bedet for
)mig i mange Aar.« Du lvkkelige
Moder og Fabel-, eder Banner et
bleven hort, og det er sket af Her
ten og underligt for vore Øfne.
Men nu vil s jo fiklert tin-re med
fremdeles at bede for disie kære
unge, som hat «iagt ja til Jesus-C
at de maa blive bwaret. Og du,
unge Ven, fom læfer dette, hat du
sagt ja til Jesus? Hvis ikke, faa
hat du maaske en Fadet eller Mo
der, som bedet for dig. Gar dem
saa den famme Glæde, iom disfe
hat gjort deres. O, maa Herren
dog i fin forbarmende Naade sp
re mange af vott Falk fra Market
stit Lyset, sqq de um blive den-g
tiggjort i den famme Glæde.
Venter at høre noget af iamme
Art andre Siedet fra, og at vi maa
lunne meddele mere senkre. Nu
maa jeg slutte med Hilfen til alle
»Danskeren"6 Læsere og Redaktsr.
N. P. J
Brjcndtgørelfcn
Kredömjdr.
Kredsmøde for Jowa Krebs af
holdes, om Gud vil, i St. Paull
d. ev.-lutsh. Menighed, Pottawats
tamie Co., Jojoa, den 8., 9. og 10.
Zeptember. Aabningsmøde Fredag
Formiddag Kl. 101-2. Prceftemøde
Torsdng Aften den 7. September.
Aller Kredit-us Præster ventes at
komme til Modet, og Menighederne
i Kredsen bedes at lade sig repre
sentcsre ch Telegatcr.
Følgmde Entner vil blive drøstet:
hin-dont- Emnct Es. —!8, 18.
Menighcdcns Emne: Jndre Mis
sionens Vetydning for Den for. d.
cv.-lutl). Fiirfe og dens Ydre Mis
sionsarbejdr.
Gud velfigne vort Kredsmøde
H. Nielfen, Krebs
I . f
St Pouli Menighed, Pomo Co.,
Ja» indbyder herved til ovenncevns
te Kredsmøde.
Alle er velkommen til Mal-et
erk: Alle Tilrejsende, som
kommer med Rock Island Bauen,
bedes tøbe Billet til Station Un
dermood. Alle, fom tommet
med Ghicago North Western Ba
nen, bedes købe Bilet til Honey
Creek. Fra disse to Stationer
vil Gæsterne blive afhentet
Tilrejsende lnsdes indmelde iig til
undertegnede fenest den 2. Septem
ber.
Paa Menigbedens Vegne.
H. Nielien.
Missiousmsde
afsholdes. om Gud vil, i Jmmmmels
»Menighed, Supekior, Wis» frq d.
i6.——8. August
! En kætlig Jndbydelfe til alle
N· E. Tat-Heu
Nebtalka Kredsrus Lords-U
l Om Gud vit, ashordek Nehqu
Krebs sit Aarsmsde i Staplehutft
fra 31 August til ZSeptr Msdei
begynder med Højmesfegudsth
i Kirken Fredag Aften den Il.
August.
I. Valg af Embedsmænb
H. Fokhandlingsemnera.
1. Menighedens Emne: »Bei n
oprettelige Tab« Matth. 16, R.
2. Krediens Emne: ,,Daaben.«
Z. ,,Søndagsskolen og dens Bd
tydning.«
Alle Kredit-its Menigheder bede
at sende Oele-guten
Alle Krediens Priester bedes out
at vcere til Siede.
Mandag den 4. Oktober blivet
der Præftemøde: Emne Fil. 2,
5——11.
Pan Nebraska Krediens Beque,
Lars Jensen,
Kredsfotmand.
Rufkin, Nebr. 25. Juli 1911.
Vor Ftelsers Menigheb indbys
der venligst til Kredsmsdet i Sta
plehurst Jndmeldelser til Mid
maa være undettegnedo i M
inden d 20 August.
Pan Menighedens Beque,
J. M. Han sen,
Staplehurft, Nebraska
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