Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-31
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Ne NV. You goodiy greeting, Brother
CIericn. amongst she sons Of CHEEKY wood
craIt We honor You the more for holding
10 your dos and gun, that the ike virtue Is
not common - YOUR guild. The virtue OF
steadlastneSs 10 opinion may be-but the
manhood which prompted " the dog and
will hold together l. not often seen. tive
Us your hand
Ii seems to Us that there are two reasons
which have operated 10 produce. among
uietists. a prejudice against Il dog and gun.
You have the good OF ili-iortune to i've
| amongst set Of people who, some years
/ ago. would not allow man to kiss his wife
ana children On Sunday d people who
I thought they could ser7e God most accept
( ably by scrupulou- austerity On Sundays
and sharp practice on week days whose
gosuc! was sanctimony and thrift Tor them
/ selves and perditi0n Tor outsiders people
10 whose austere faith az austere priest
/ mood was the liz belonging Something oil
/ the acerbity OF the Olden faith has been an
tidoted by modern thought. Which Is now
J haunted most by vinegar yisages, the pull
pit or the pew Have you OF your craft
ever taught your parishi6ners that he who
came II goat skins and fasting wa sell
/ proclaimed unworthy 10 loose the shoe
strings Oh the full-orbed Son who came en-
loving the good gifts 0tthe Father or thar
/ that could be no lgnohle guild out OF which
the immaculate Master recruited the august
Twelve Your Pensioners, Brother Cleri-
Gus. are pretty much what YOU parsons
make them If you had taught, in the
pulpit, what you undertake 10 teach them
in " hat You aid, they might have learned
hap pier lesson than you dId IN the end.
But there Is another side to this question.
In cauny New England, whose ShIbboleth
i pie.y and thrift God wOt. nowadays, We
! fear u. the latter holds the higher place.
rest, recreation, are words dim of meaning.
and OF their vague import only this Is clear,
I that they axe tainted with siE and idleness,
and the devil locks arms with idleness.
/ Therefore to Puritan thought, he who
shoots, being. a. TO thrift, an idler, some
/ how has the devil always shadowlng hun.
/ Sport ZOO, OF all kinds, i 10 the New Eng
/ laniera child of idiene-S. Ii has an air of
yagrancy and uuthriit, and that is sore
/ endorsement for 1edcoury, selectmanshIp or
hluk rrc-4IeurN. and these are the Mecca
f ui Al A=us--I-H. About him who has
-uu abs HlI Lt-. tu1 Who perslstently
/ as. t-t-n l-aIv l- au AIM -phere Vi Q5aH-
2 4yl. u.-I t..4t'~ l I treason. except in the
/ pura.u- 90 tu..it. Il shooting were money
/ mak.uE ihf- were another matter but -
It is. J.. 80 ding. uuthriity, tIme-wasting,
AMI o. tut- tuc rugnumeu Is lOahng. /.
ain Ia. ~la there i in gun on rod or dog,
lut ..- -prn1thrl:; WORK tAat dams it,
/ Uut..t tins .haS come to pass that, Of
Those devoted 10 dogs and guns. the greater
part age men who care. or affect 10 care, bat
.Itte for current prejudice. and amongst
tnsn are very considerable numbers who
womb hard. sisro . pulpit. wax fat in
bank. or become ila.tr!5n- 10 iurisprus
i.o...
N..p. .l....y. ,,,'I learn ID instruct al.
...f,-ti.u,r~ tDat SIMON Peter need not be
l!arshailed because te aid. % lie. u- 20 u
f-,.a.,." and when men who. bv their lives
..i..uaIic service have earned The public'-
.r... snow hy their ANY,. exaulle that the
......r~.,,.,..f :, i,g and guf IS in no way
.l.. .,.lt.i.,... win the thrlitie,t. best aai
.sr--. IFS. linen t.s ,Jlu.a r-aaforlua. will
...,..r. r.r.rraft ha- zone.
A pRoFgssoR.
~.,,lr ,st.aliuy Tor the paruu-. If
h8,ing The Ian. where the BAPTIST church
stands resulted "a the owners Offering to
riy. the Ian! l., the society. if they would
raise $500 10 repair the church. A paper
wa immediately circulated and 500 was
easily .btliuad