Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-08-08

gle art watched by them with as hearty an
interest as they felt when In it themselves.
They see now, as lie is, the great Leader and
Captain Of the conflict, the author and fnisher
OF the faith, to whom we also are invited tolook
as our model. our guide. our inspirer and de-
lIyerer, our life and law aud pattern. We
enter the strife where they ended, 4" looking /
unto Jesus To see Him as lie Is was tie /
issue of ter struggle, it is the inspiration |
and beginning of ours.
The preacher proceeded to develop in what
respects We are to look unto Jesus.
LIST. To discover under what motive be
acted. 1t was for 1.-The JOY set before him
This joy was the finished execution Of perfect
and beautiful designs-the realization Of
beautiful ideal, and this joy we should bear
| before Us, as the load-star of our aspirations.
p. We should look to Him, as to the
spirit IN winch we pursue our ends. We
must attain our joy as he did, through sorro"
and suffering. SJme Of the temptations and
trials which must be endured by Us IN the
pursuit OF noble ends, were here lorcIbly
lustanced AS cur impatiCnce at the slow
steps Of justice and our tendency to dis
couragement when we observe with what
unequal weight the burdens of society rest
upon men. How few in every community
haYe any but the smallest share in them
How small the number who do thar part,
sharing its benefits and not Sinking its bur-
dens. And these few are not commonly the
most able and wealthy. With few
honorable exceptions the rich have done
little to promote the more fundamental
interests of society. Society bears
them on its back, sometimes as its master
sometimes as its pride and ornament, often
as its curse, sometimes, though seldom, as
its benefactor. 1t is the. intelligent and
virtuous middle class, and those who are
coming up to it from below, and compa-
ratvely small number of these. who are the
movers and supporters of the Institutions
which keep society sound, virtu5hs and pro-
gressiye. Now good and hirminded men
sometimes protest against this. and teing
ready to Do their part refuse to 10 more
but this is one Of our crosses to be borne IN
order to the crown. You must do more than
your part, great deal, and do it patiently,
looking into the joy set before us. We are
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passages of this portion Of the discourse
We cannot impose conditions on the pursuit Of
paramount and ultimate good. If cur pursuit
is sincere we DO rot. If we are unable to pursue
it in this wa we turn to that; for pursue il ",
must in some way. 1t is our Joy. and it i, SCI be-
fore 1t suffers no change, and our eye is evel
on it. If a cloud intervene, our eager gaze il
fastened the spot where 1t was last seen until
1t reappears. Through good report and evil report
we still hold on, and hold fast. A eouditiona
fidelity TO such an end is contradiction in terms
1t is like conditional loyalty,-insult added t,
5 Treason
: Suppose the Patriot were to pursue bis Joy
viz, the security and honor and glory OF biz
t Country, under conditions Especially such con
ditions these, that his neighbors, the major
ity Of them, be loyal and patriotic too; what be-
comes Of Heroism then? What becomes Of such
men as Andrew johnson, and Parson BroWnlow
and Robert J. Breckinridge7 What becomes Of
! all the magnanimity Of sef-devotion, and the no
bleness Of life, on such conditions, Ana besides
! who is to define and measure just what his owl
I NAV he in surh nm irta L. NAV Ia OIL
a small sacrifice. 1t may be all has; his life
his fortune an his sacred honor. Are these toe
much for him? II so, whatever his pretences
may be- he is no Patriot; he is a traitor,-ai
heart,-aud deserves a traitors hemp much as
the rankest rebel among them. A true and loyal
love deems no sacrifice too much-more than it,
proportion-which may be needed to secure the
end, to reach the Patrio IS Joy. For it is no
transient and Fictitious good to which, patriots
we aspire, in devotion and love Of Country,
But what is it that love, patriots 1t is not
the grand scenery and rugged soil and bracing at.
mosphere Of the East. 1t is not the spreading
prairies, and waFing wheat-felds Of the West
1t is not the sunny cline and tropical luxuriance
Of the South. Neither is it the stern virtues and
sharp thrift of New England; nor the magniacen,
schemes and bold enterprise Of the Great Lakes
and the Mississippi; nor the aristocra.ic pride,
and social elegance, and easy virtue OF
the Creoles and the sons OF the Huguenots and
the Cavaliers. But it is that invisible and,
now more firmly than ever believe, iadlssolu5ls
bond, which unites all these vast and dissi nilar
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tastes and characters in one grand mighty, mag
Iidcent whole, which no central fires shall con-
| sumo; no internal commissions dsintegrate; 10
foreign interference permanently weaken or en-
danger. This it is that love when love my
country. And yet again; in my love of country,
it is not her religious institutions that love; it
is not those arrangements Of law which give CON-
parstive security to my property and my life; it
is not her schools; it is not her benevolent organ
izations; it is not her charitable establishments;
is not her free speech her free press her free
men. But it is that organized spirit of Liberty
Law, Learning, Religion, and indomitsble Energy
and Enterprise, which has embodied itself so be-
fcenty and mig billy in Churches and Common
Wealths and Schools and benevolent enterprises
and high souled women and heroic men; and
whose vigorous life throws of, as a healthy body
does the occasional impurities of the blood, the
treaehery and treason and disloyalty which may
threaten its life like loathsome disease coming
out fresher. and stronger from the strdggle. This
mighty and beneGcsnt spirit it is that love, when
I love my Country. This is the meaning Of my
patriotism. 1t is not my devotion to this party;
or my antagOnism to that party; but NY love to
that public spirit OF Liberty and Law, which find
in party sntagOnisms checks and balances to secure
its seadness and permanence aud those correlated
forces which constitute its unity and equipoise.
And are we to be higgling about our proportion
towards the maintenance of such an interest; to-
ward securing such a joy; towards the realizing
such an ideal? We may fni cross in the apathy,
the ulfsirnsss, the contradiction, the opposition
OF those whose cOuntenance and HELM we claim,