Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-11-15
SUNDAY READING.

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How leisurely She uses, How intense
The infinite peace of her most fruitful hour, ,
How soft her influence.
Time hath she for her storms To sweep IL
main;
To rock the tree TOP, with her winds
To bring forth fragrance in the summer rain
And time for snow she hath.
She keeps sweet times and seasons. In he
| mood
Is hid for thee ali passions subtle fires.
10 round thy wOmanhood.
Cease, then! and in this ,Iewy twilight move
As one who asks not whittier, cares nc
why;
This gift for all holds still the eternal love
Gods endless by and-by.
-Primuire Methodisf.
If the riches OF the Indies, or the crown
OF all the kingdoms of Europe, were laid n
my feet in exchange for my love of reading
would spurn them all.-[Fenelon.
Events are only the shells of ideas ant
often 1t is the fluent thought of age that i.
crystalized in a moment by the stroke of 4
pen or the point of a baycnet [Chapin.
"Ah. when shall see Athens and the cita.
| del again" :" Foolish man, are not YOU con.
tented with what you see everyday Can
you see anything better than the sun, the
moon, the stars, the whole earth, the sea
But II, besides,y ,you comprehend Him who ad.
ministers the whole, ard cary Him about
within yourself, do you still long after GER
tam stones and fine rock? What will you
do, then, when you are to leave even the sun
and moon? Will you sit crying like an ill.,
FAINT p [Epictetus.
Al. a.
the trouble and disgust of the world cannot
disturb it. All outward distress to such Il
mind, is but as the rattling of hail upon the
tiles to him who sits within the house at IL
sumptuous banquet.-tL Leighton.
Good works do not make Christian but
one must be Christian TO do good works
The tree bringeth forth the fruit, not the
fruit of the tree. None is made Il Christian
by works, but by Christ and being in Christ,
he brings forth fruit for Him. Luther.
Those things which serve the soul rather
than the body, those which serve the whole
of us and not one special port, and those
which can serve US longest,-those are the
things that We want to make more and more
Indispensable. Those things whose useful
ness belongs mainly to the body, those things
which help some part OF us and not the
whole, and those things whose use is tempo
rary.- 1t is not good for any of us to have to
say, Il cannot do without these things.
This is, perhaps, the nearest that We can
come TO rules ; but he who lives in the spirit
OF these rules acquires certain sort of feel
ing OF the infinlteness of some things and
the finiteness of others, 30 that renown,
wealth, dignity. sympathy, comfort friend
ship, amusement, life, stand on one side
and honor, truth. bravery. purity. love, eter-
nifty. God. stand on the other. These last he
must have. Those others he can do without.
The moment that he touches any new gift he
can tell to which order it belongs I'll Philip
Brooks.
The stars will grow dim, the sun will pale
his glory, but truth will be ever young. In
tegrity, uprightness. honesty, love, goodness,
these are all imperishable. No grave can en-
tomb these immortal principles They have
been i'll prison, but they have been freer than
before those who enshrined them in their
hearts have been burned ut the stake. but
ont of their ashes other witnesses have risen.
No sea can drown, no storm can wreck, no
abyss can swallow up the everlasting truth.
You cannot kill goodness and integrity and
righteousness the way that is consistent
with these must be way everlasting.
Let nothing overwhelm thee even ill utter
weakness be strong, and assured that Christ.
power will accomplish some gracious purpose
thereby. In sorrows night, when troubles
distress, thee His power will defend thee
until the sure morning comes.-[ Reiger
will govern my life and thoughts as if the
whole world were TO see the one and read the
other, for what does it signify to make any
thing secret to my neighbor. when to God
(who is the searcher OF our hearts, all our
privacies are open p Seneca.
The happiness of your life depends upon
the quality of your thoughts therefore
guard accordingly, and take care that you
entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and
unreasonable to nature - Marcus Anto-
MUS
Love comes TO you according to your ma
ture If you are corrupt. he is corruptible.
But If, in the darkness aud wrestling of this
world, you hold him as being divine, he
will bless you like the Angel of God Mary
Hartwell.
There is a great deal of ceramic religion.
fine earthenware Christianity, old China
church membership. Lay it gently on the
shelf, cracked and faded and useless thing.
1t certltes to n certain spiritual responsibility
OF the happy possessor. but it is of no use
on the tables OF the church. Interior
That one man should die ignorant. who
had capacity for knowledge this | call II
tragedy. Thomas Carlyle.
Seek to converse in purity with your own
pure mind and with God. The first and
highest purity is that of the soul Epicte-
tus.
1t takes less heroism to die ut The stake for
Christ and the truth than to live for Christ
and perform unflnchingly every daily duty.
Truth is Il sure pledge not impaired.
shield never pierced, Il flower that never
dieth, a state that feareth no fortune, and II
port that yields no danger. cicero.
Many flowers open to the sun, but only
one follows him constantly. Heart, be thou
tie sun-fiower, not only open to receive Gods
blessing, but constant i'll looking TO him
[ Richter.
Mordecai. in some form. sits ut every
mans gate the true philosophy is to raise
the hat and treat him like gentleman. even
if he sulkily sits with his head impertinently
covered. - [Zions Herald
We are only half generous when We need
10 be paid for our gift by appreciation. He
who would receive the reward of giving must
scatter his blessings as do the clouds. without
asking where they fall. Fanny NJ, Barton.
Thou must be- true thyself
If thou the truth wOuld'-t teach;
Thy soul must overflow, if thou
Another soul wOuld'st reach;
1t needs the overfOwing heart
To give the lip, full speech.
Think truly, and thy thought
Shall the worlds famine feed
Speak truly, and thy word
Shall Ice n fruitful seed;
Live truly and thy life shall he
great and noble creed.
He who thinks he has nothing to fear from
Il
ner
If the way to heaven be narrow, At IS not
long and II the gate be straight. 1t opens
into endless life Bishop Beveridge
Our prayer and Gods blessing are like
buckets in II well while the one ascends the
other descends. - Bishop Hopkins
Affections are blessings TO us. when wo
can bless God for Affections. God had one
Son without sin, but he never had any with
out sorrow.- Dyer
Depart from the highway, and transplant
thyseli in some enclosed ground Tor it ~
hard for tree that stands by the wayside to
keep her fruit TIL it be ripe. [Chrysos-
tom
When alone, we have our thoughts TO
watch ; in the family, our temper in So
ciety, our tongues We should en6eavOr to
illustrate our deyotions in the morning by
our conduct through the day Hannah
More.
The root of religion IL the fear of God
the rule of religion Is the law OF God the
motive of religion IL the love of God the
end OF religion IL to glorify God and ENJOY
him forever
Superstition makes everything of ordi-
nances infidelity. profanity and mysticism
.l-s.... H.. q 1. & 4.
cording to the divine appointment - Mac
Donald.
The wash falls often warm upon my heart
that I may learn moi hing here that | cannot