Threshing 



magnetic pole, which from our position on the 

 prairie was probably about fifteen degrees to the 

 eastward of the true north. 



Often they took the form of an arch of light 

 with streamers shooting upwards from it, which 

 appeared and disappeared and rapidly varied in 

 intensity. On other occasions the greater part 

 of the northern heavens seemed to be himg 

 with coloured draperies, appearing and reap- 

 pearing in ripples and wavelets of rosy vapour. 

 The light spread over the sky in such a way that 

 the moon and some stars were seen through it. 



Surely the pioneer settler may place the oppor- 

 tunity of viewing such beautiful and apparently 

 harmless manifestations of the great Creator's 

 power against some of the hardships and diffi- 

 culties of his life. And in this connection, one 

 may point out that, in spite of its strenuous 

 character, the life offers to thoughtful minds 

 many opportunities for the study of the wonder- 

 ful phenomena of nature and their observation 

 in many fields. 



One is reminded of the beautiful lines of William 

 Watson : 



When overarched by gorgeous night I wave my trivial self 



away. 

 And all I was in all men's sight shares the erasure of the day, 

 Then do I cast my burdening load, then do I gain a sense 



of God. 



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