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THE STOLEN GOOSE
I knew him well a very modest man,
in a quiet valley home in the West.
His first and chief desire was to be a
Christian, and for this he daily sought
the Lord in prayer. But often when
engaged in prayer, there would ap-
pear before him the form of a goose,
a mental picture. Pray earnestly as
he might, still the vision of a goose
would come up before him, if possible,
more and more vividly impressed.
And well did he understand its im-
port. It imposed a very humiliating
duty upon him. Many years before,
while vet a young man in Michigan,
he had stolen a goose from a neighbor;
and now, though separated by hun-
dreds of miles, neither distance nor
plans, nor mountains, could obscure
the vision of the stolen goose when he
tried to pray. He must he at peace
with God, whatever it might cost. He
resolved to do it. He wrote to the
postmaster in his old home town in
Michigan asking if his neighbor of
former years was still there, and upon
learning that he was, negotiated with
him in regard to the stolen goose, con-
fessed his guilt, paid full price for the
goose with interest. Then he could
pray without seeing the vision of a
Foose.
He did just what God required. See
Leviticus 6: 1-7. It was the Holy
Spirit that convicted him of his sin.
See John 16:8.
Do any who read these words have
similiar experiences ? There iz but one
course to take—follow Mr. King's ex-
ample with the goose. There is no
other way.
True, there may be occasions where
wrongs cannot be corrected, circum-
stances may render correction im-
Hutchinson, Minnesota, March 16, 1926
possible. Then, having confessed all to
God, go forward in the faithful per-
formance of present duty. J. M. H.
South Dakota
Office Address. Drawer 586, Watertown.
President KE. H. Oswald.
SeeortaryaiTreasarer- J 11
Book & Bible House See'y.—J. 11. Nies.
Home Miss, See'y. Gordon Qss,
Y. POM.VL& Fd, See’y. DNL Reiner,
I'iedd Miss, Sece'y.—Lharl A. Evenson.
Sahhath School See'y.--Grace Stewart.
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CHURCH-SCHOOLS
There are in operation at the pre-
sent time in South Dakota five church
and two family schools,
We are glad for these schools, but
should have more. I notice that the
churches conducting schools at present
are by no means rich, so I conclude
that it isn't only money we lack, but
rather a vision.
Now is the time to lay plans for
a good strong school in your church
for the coming year. Write me a
letter, =etting forth your plans. I will
be only too glad to help you all I can.
Don’t wait, as the best teachers are
employed first, as a rule,
Mrs. Nellie Holtz, a teacher of long
experience is again teaching a suc-
cessful school for the Sioux Falls
church. The Aberdeen church has had
a school for a number of years. Miss
Milly Greening is teaching there this
year, and her faithful work is appre-
ciated. Mrs. Reiner is teaching the
school in the academy at Redfield.
The rest of the schools are in the
Black Hills district. One of these
schools is located at Rapid City with
Miss Pear] Betts as teacher, and the
other at Hot Springs, with Miss Belle
Mundall as teacher. Both of these
are doing excellent work. Then we
have a family school at Kyle under
the supervision of Mrs. E. L. Marley,
and one at Cascade taught by Mrs.
Lyvston Wyatt.
D. N. Reiner.
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ELK POINT
Our little group of believers was
favored, last Friday, by a visit from
our conference president, who re-
mained over Sunday and spoke Sun-
day night. Sabbath the Juniors and
Sentors united while he taught the
lesson. Thus giving variety to our
exercises. He also conducted the re-
view and spoke in the after meeting
on the theme, “Be ye Ready.” It
stirred our hearts, as only God’s work
and the thought of His soon return
can do. Sunday night also we felt the
deep moving of the Spirit, and those
from the outside remarked how much
we need more of the spirit of prayer.
We are always glad to have God's
servants visit our homes and to hear
them speak. We feel that they re-
present the One whose dear face we
shall so soon see, and, too, it brings us
a little nearer to heaven. Our young
people also enjoy such profitable
visits,
Mrs. Thomton.
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A STORY DID IT
This is the title of an article in the
January Home and School showing the
value of story telling.
Story telling not only gives pleasure,
but teaches truth and inspires to im-
itation. It help us to be companion-
able, and companionship is the chief
essential in child training.