Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-07-05
SUNDAY READING.

owhat a thing is man How far from power,
From settled peace and rest
He Is some twenty several men at least
| Each several hour.
one whilo he counts OF heaven as of his treasure
| But then thought creeps in
| And calls him coward, who for fear OF sin
| VIII lose pleasure,
0 what a sight were man If his attires
Did alter with his mind
| And like dolphin's skin, his clothes combined
With his desires
| Lord mend, or rather, make us one creation
Will not suffice our turn,
Except Thou make us daily, We shall spurn
| Our own salvation.
-Georgs Herbert.
For believers who pursue after holiness,
death appears no longer as an extinction OF
life causing pain and fear, and making us
dreary and desolate but as an entrance into
| the rest of Christ, which leads TO glorious
renewal of life Lange.
Nothing more hinders soul from coming
| to Christ than vain love of the world and
until soul is freed from it, it can never have
true love for God IBunyan.
Who is powerful? He who can control
| his passions Who' is rich He who Is
contented with what he has. -[Jewish Say
ing.
There is something in every mans heart
hate him. [Goe,he.
Life is the tcrrid day burned by the wind and sun.
Death the cool evening, when the weary work Is
done."
There is no beautifier of complexion or
form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy
and not pain around us.
God loves your fault mixed with penitence,
more than your virtues seasoned with pride.
- James Freeman Clarke.
In matters of conscience first thoughts are
best. In matters of prudence last thoughts
are best Rev. Robert Hall.
Self-love is medium of a peculiar kind /;
it magnifies everything which is amiss ill
others, at the same time that it lessons
everything amiss in ourselves. Bishop But
ler
The soul chisels itself on the face. In-
tense spiritual exercise will etherealize the
countenance Prayeriul communion with
God will make it shine with u heavenly lus-
tre.-[ Patterson.
Darwin remarks that We are less dazZled by
the light at waking, if We have been dream
ing OF visible objects. Happy are those who
have here dreamt OF higher vision They
will the sooner be able to endure the glories
OF the world to come Novalis.
When we are out of sympathy with the
young, then | think our work in this world
is over That is a sign that the heart has
begun to wither-and that is n dreadful kind
of old nge.-[Geo. Macdonald.
The talisman which will protect us more
than hing else is faith faith in Gods
providences. faith that If we have souls open
to Him We shall be fed with the bread OF llfe
and eat angels food. Clarke.
The dying of Christ is like the going down
of the sun and birds fold their wings and
with twilight comes silence, if not sadness
but with the resurrection of the Lord Jesus
Christ, birds break into into singing, and the
light brings life and universal resOunding
joy Beecher.
There are some elements of holy charac-
ter which can be acquired only in trouble.
The beautiful graces of resignation and SYM
pathy can grow only III u soil through which
has passed the plowshare of ahliction. and
which has been watered by the rain of tears.
- Patterson.
Lord take my heart, for | cannot give
it and when Thou hast it, o keep it, for
cannot keep it for Thee and save me- il
spite of myself, for Jesus Christ's sake
GFenelon.
CONSOLATION.
When DER my heart the shadows fall think
Turned them again In sorrow TO the shore
Where lay their boats unused and nets long dry;
across the sands soc them, YEARLY,
With heavy hearts and pondering ever DER
The mystery OF that last look lie wore,
Launch On the deep . alas. how painfully
fa niliar to their grasp the oar seemed
And that faint ripple murmuring at the prov
No mOIc as i WAS wont bids them rejoice,
Nor the calm star lit that round them cleaned
Nor care they what the dawn brings forth-when
Calling from ID the shore they hear His voice
-Ldrsnee.
The day is coming when our garments
shall shine as the sun, but meanwhile our
glory Is hidden we are priuces i'll disguise.
II doth not yet appear what we shall be
only We know that in the resurrection day
We shall put on interruption" and ',immor-
tality and glory, and what We know not
now We shall know hereafter. Our coat of
many colors shall attract even the eye Of the
angels.
When our souls shall leave this dwelling.
the glory of one fair and virtuous action is
above all scutcheons on our tomb or silken
banners DER us. Shirley.
Man carries under his hat private thea
tire, wherein a greater drama Is acted than
is ever performed on the mimic stage, be-
ginning and ending i'll eternity. Carlyle.
The man who is curious to see how the
world could get along without him, can find
out 10y sticking cambric needle into mill
pond, and then Withdrawing it and looking
at the hole
As folly ON the one side, though it should
enjoy all it can desire, would nOtwithstand-
ing, never be content SO, on the other, wis
dom ever acquiesces with the present and is
never dissatisfied with Its immediate condl-
tons Montaigne.
Conscience Is your magnetic needle. Rea-
son is yonr chart. But would rather have
a crew willing to follow the indications of the
needle, and giving themselves no great
trouble us TO the chart than crew that had
ever SO good chart apd no needle at all.
[Joserh Cook.