Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-07-09

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: 50 imperlecllv, aad, in some respects, 50 in
: correctly reported in the abstract telegraph
- ed Throughout the country, that our reader
will lie -lai 30 sec his remarks, as anthem
tically reported in the Christian Union
Mr.. B-echer sail
have probably gone through as man
anno}arcc~ in the last five years of my lii
A. it ol,cn bcfalls any man to experience il
| an ogaal ieI 9Th Of time-and with this pc
, culiaiity. that they were annoyances whiel
were csqui-ito,y adapted to annoy me
which i.:st fitted my temperament and dispo
; sition. aud which. if ANYTHING could hav'
done IT, would have o,er;Haste1ed and
smothcrcd me.
Now, am the leading brother and pas
tor. low election and election. Of this churcl
of this body Of Gods people; and have
zone throucha treat ;risl, not ignorant o.
other trials hc.c.e. | tell you Il have a
right to say it inaugre the publicity that
j. given to these meetings, | must, once IN a
willie. have . c..4ucc - speak to You con
fdentinllv. brethren and sisters, young men
and maidens. a great brotherhood of be-
levers. who look AZ to me a. your pastor
and .iaye :; right to stand in your midst
and speak thu>) God has tIied me for five
wears 81, piohlllv be les not tried You. or
any Of yoa and by the Grace Of God, al
though take had my dark times. although
/ have gone under the wave and through
the fire, ! have been kept in the main in
peace | have not been 50 tried As that !
have broken down in courage and, al
though | have many things 10 be thankful
for. think / an more thankful to God to-
day l5r this ;han Tor anything else, that my
heart j. NOT cmhittercd. that Hy feelings are
not ,olrci and thai am not in any way
Whats5c1cr turned against any human being.
/ There Is not creature that lives on the
! face Of tic earth the latchctS Of whose shoes
1 | wou,d mo-. unllo-e if it were made TO be my
/ duty t. Christ 70 do it. | have not toward
any human Being one particle of bitterness
ana thee is not the beng that lives whom
/ know on the face Of the earth that | would
not be l.ore willing 10 serve than to strike.
! And bear witness that this spirit i CON
| trsiry IL lay aatd.d, tendency. | bear wit
ness that IL comes from the cruciiied One.
/ | bear witness that il : because have been
| with jesus Christ. and have studied the life
of Chris, ana the disposition of Christ, and
hccaus r. is the sovereign ambition OF my
lie To Boz . manly ic!oa-aud my idea OF
! manliHc-- is that Of being man IN Christ
Jesus TAtrdorc. after having gone through
this lon; allpaiEn, / Come OUT with a splr-
it of lo1c, compassion and tenderness 10
wards a.. utalrs. c0ntcn, and patient Is for
myself, an: with Il calal courage for tie
future; and T. is not for lie to trouble ny
-tliab.ui what tran@pirc>, because all things
are IN Itc hands Of God. who i always vic
torious And whether 20 up or whether
! 20 dosn herr. shall ~ up in the king
dom of God :or haze perfect confidence
in God thar he cares for me, and | am salts
fed thac hc cares more Cor me than the men
Of the ,laul earth could do. and that he j.
my Tower. my Rock, my Fortress, NY sure
Defence. and nay e'er'asiiag Reward. IIav-
Ing hal ms experience, ! have night To
stand n y0ar midst, dearly beloved. and
say. al j. uot "a vain thing To follow the
Lord Jesus Christ There j. truth in re
ligion. 20 j. moie ;han ia rapture or Il rhap-
soly. l;l,a understanding power, good to
live on. good 10 die on. good 10 live again
upon forever and forever and when preach
10 you:,- men and maii,as here and here
after, ! var: you 10 understand that the /.
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.a,.,.-' = Sim. t',,'1 i,,;.,o w., ,,lr T.. /
that ioi'cyc bcaa--e haze been pcnetrat- /
ed with them in my own persona! lie and /
experience.
Now. hy Tie grace of God. am going 10
say one yr two more things. One Of them
Is this '.at look with an courtesy. all
SymIat =. arc al. respect. upon the right
OF ANY 9ay CD the earth to think Of me
Just as .e chooses 10 think. Whether You
rhink one way o- the other. ! am not anger
ed. ami shall not be angcrcd. Let men
form Their own Judgments. accord to
other people tie most perfect liberty of
opinion, wA!ch lo DO; c'aha, but which !
mas. lor myself.
In the rcx- r,ace. ,}at,.r non NAV
think Ills world +. ST, large and ,,od In.
IN it and dri,e- IL N .gcb \ sense. that r.
lae. nor 70 with Won nor with an,h,J,
m -L. i,.c If t;,i'S earth - dofc-,, Two nv
utprc. Tia. Is Il matter thar lies with me
md Gs1. and God and AGAINST tho
world
N'"' 'iA gao. gong o. he pat down.
10 not propose to joe p-i down IN any other
enSe than the sense in winch wheat l. put
Town when IL Is ,o"cd' IL anybody treadS
ne I'D ihr ground WI. come up a hundred
old. do not say iai- a- "a matter OF arro-
,anco. SIMPLY say That where there j.
auent continuance m "ci.-4oIns nobody
AN he lat down. ! 90 not care what other
'eopie think ct me l know what AN:
'od knows D. ami time VIII disclose 1t. |
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