Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-08-07


force hut one of the great elemental forces IN
shapinr human life. \ character without mn
abiding Faith in something Is only whltel
,epulchrc Many young men do not appreciate
this We find them generally considering the
value of personal address and accomplishment "l
HIGH culture. Of influential friends, hut how ie"
ask themselves if they are equipped with abiding
faith in any lofty principle. They launch then
banks. trusting To propitious breezes' without
,toppinc TO see if they have beneath the deck
the steady and strong propelling force winch
will drive the ship right onward i'll the teeth oil
the wind, through night and storm. These re-
marks brought the speaker to the announcement
Of his subject, rs development Of the thought
that the most fruitful dctirity creH in thus ooTid
beIoags 10 the life Of Christian Faith.
All men coneeie the value Of the lower form oil
faith which consists in devotion 10 some abiding
principle We divide men into positive and ne
gatiye the men in earnest and the men with
ont pnruo,e the believers III something and the
believers in nothing the men who follow plan
IN 81 result. and the men who float on every eddy
they fall into, and end where they began.
The difference in success among men does not
SD much depend on difference Of intellectual
riffs. AS in difference in determination and de
yotion 10 a purpose. Yet Faith Is not 10 be con
founded with the purpose. The purpose is born
If the Faith. Where we can find this guiding
Faith. we find the loftiest achievements In
Literature the >ccptred spirits who rule us from
their urus. have been the men Of truc-t faith ID
the messages they We're commissioned 10 give
Columbus, the heroes Of our war
are among the thousand illustrations Of the same
truth. in other fields Every where the doers are
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van the idle pruh-ate with the author Of th.
yil-rim' Progress. The world does not wan
Pitues-e- 10 the power that waits ON Faith
D. f+rf at mi fishermen
the lights and leaders Of the race It charge
IN, soul Of saul with the mighty forces WLici
still move the world. and transformed him int
the Paul. who. with the ,wori Of Nero hanging
over hi. head. could say, " have kept the
faith" and who was permitted To see the crow
# Righteousness laii mp for him. flashing it
radiance into the gloom If his Roman prison
And So 70 was with the rest who through Fur
.uhlucl kingdoms. wrought richteousne-s an.
sbtaiu,l "a good report lie who suppose tha
finished culture can nh the place Of such faith b
blind alike 10 the Teachings of common sense, 90
history. and Of revelation
President \n-cU alluded Co the lack Of th
.ir,r1. faith Of tb, fathers anon. the lc,iiu.
minds of this age. II Is not an age OF Faith
The effect Is plain iu abundance IT destructive
criticism. with little of constructive power nu
fine i- bsrren Of what the Germans call " epoch
making minds Our ruets give rs ~cntimeu
tlIi.u instead Of manly sentiment, 10. sensual
ism Of Sviuluruc the sen.uou-ne-- Il Gcrlm
and a+Iar. artist. of his school. the usrtui-m o
some of our American poets may well awabei
serious foreboiinc such would wipe ont ou
faith I'm the Relccmer and Comforter. suppl8nt
in,- Fsifb DIV sight They make of man but
srIenIHl animal BY the side II their hard
nv cbiIo.onhy. even ianthei-m wa- inspiring
BETTER the belief In Apollo and J3ye than th
,b;Io-or.hv which annihilate, faith IN all "a.
iteri,ie. Il ,be .niritual world. In such day
oyery ..boiar should adopt Bacou'- PRAYER
T7f. o'., W.. bumrlv and earnestly be-
,l,a, I,,,s1 ,bircs NAV not preiudice ,ucl
.s ar, n;,i,,c. neither that from the unlocking
Tho ,,st.. - .s,se ami the kindling Of 70 create
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lectual right may ar1ss W "QT ril''l' .'N.'I.,
IN az ion.l and ,nrged rom f,ney oo
vanties, and yet subject and perfectly given u
These tbin,,s are As true Of national AS Of per
s,nal life Our success will be hut spleudi
f;I,,ra ,pia-. We can nurify il with the strear
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