Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-05-31
SUNDAY READING.
know not where His Islands lit
Their fronded palms in air.
l only know l cannot dIit
Bey ond His love and care.
And so beside the silent sea
Iwalt tho mufiled oa.
No karp. s.n,,, lltru n.p ann, a , d, ~, n

Iwsit tho mufled oa:
| No harm from Hiu come to me.
On ocean or on shore.
-Whltiisr.
| ldleness is the burial of living man,
| Jeremy Taylor.
Censure is a tax n man PAYS to the public
for being eminent Dean Swift
| There are calumnies against which even in
nocence loses courage.-t Napoleon.
| Some men. like some pictures. are filter
for corner than a full light.-[Seneca.
Men blush less for their crimes than for
their weaknesses and vanity y.--[Bruyere.
| Characters never change. Opinions alter /;
characters are only developed. Disraeli.
| Secondhand cares, like second hand
| clothes. come easily oil and on dickens
Happiness is neither within us nor without
| us-it is the union of ourselves with Cod
| Pascal
The pure i'll heart who habitualy look up
| to heavenly ideal of goodness, see God
more and more He who trusts in Provi-
dence comes at last to stand so firmly on
that rock, that no doubt can disturb no dis
appointment can shake his confidence Jas.
| Freeman Clarke.
We were born for higher destiny than
| that of earth. There is realm where the
| stars will be spread out before us like the is
lands that slumber on the ocean and where
the beautiful beings that here pass before us
like visions will stay IN our presence forever.
-[Prentice.
DeatL is but passage ont of prison into
| a palace out of n sea of troubles into a
heaven of rest out of a crowd Of enemie 5
to an lnnumerable company OF true loving
| and faithful friends ; out of shame, reproach
and contempt into exceeding great and eter
nal glory.-[Bunyan.
Say. hast thou ever sought
Gods help in vain,
Zen when His hand 1t WAS
That gave thee painl
Ask thy poor broken heart
Trembling from consciences mart,
II with thi. truth 'twould part
ale lovsth me-"
All depends on the attitude OF our own
mind and heart Nothing can make us hap
py unless We have the secret Of happiness
within.-[ [Jas. Freeman Clarke.
There is not a sinner, and there never will
be one, whom Divine love will not encircle
with its glory. As sin did not originate love
IN God, SO sin does not terminate it.
wise and loving Father sends to each Of
His children Just the amount of SORROW and
JOY that He sees will he necessary to mature
their lives and TO fit them for His work.
1t is worth while for every one of us to
think in what way we can help to beautify
life. 1t is but n synonym for bearing others
burdens, and that is n way, We are told OF
fulfilling the law of Christ.
The noblest spirits are those which turn 10
heaven, not in the hour of sorrow, hut IN
that of JOY like the lark they wait for the
clouds to disperse that they may soar up into
their native elements + Richter
The night is mother of the day,
Tho winter OF the spring,
And even upon old decay,
The greenest MOSES cling,
Behind the cloud the starlight turks,
Through showers the sunbeams fall,
For God, who lo,eth all His works,
Has lett Iii. hope with all.
-Blnner.
Your hopes may be cold and dark, but it
is not because the sun does not shine So,
any moment the shut doors of your life may
open, and earth sunshine fall across YOUR
heart. Wait and hope it is only that the
angel whose mission II is to do this deed tar
ries for little while on the road.
The cross and the open tomb arc insepara-
bly, connected together. The glory of Christ
comes after his suferings not simply in point
OF time, but as consequent. Ii the cross
had not reared its head on Calvary, the rock
hewn tomb of the garden would not have
been opened and its occupant risen-"the
first fruits of them that slept"
God doth not read
Either ma ma work, or HIS own gifts who best
Bear His mild yoke, they Him best lis state
ls kingly thousands at his bidding speed,
And post o or lana and ocean without rest,
They also serve. who only stand and wait.
Million.
Real piety looks up TO God, sees, hears
and feels HIM in every event, i'll every vicis-
sltude, III all places, in all seasons, and upon
all occasions 1t is heaven transplantcd into
the human bosom /; 1t III the radiance of the
DIVINITY encircling man. Without this all
CEREMONIES, prayers, sacraments and medita-
tlons are inethcacious-a body without u
soul ; statue without animation.
1t IN Gods spirit within us that puts us in
Hicinhge with heaven and We do not reach
that blessed state by a journey SO much Us by
growth. If We are rooted rightly we shall
grow heavenward but our souls can never
reach their finest expression here. Don't
think 1t. Have patience. Gods care never
ceases, and there is ap, ointed time when
we shnll be like Him for We shall see Him
rs He is. - Murray.
II is the one almost only, struggle of Il
religious life to believe that God is love"
and TO hold fast To- that as II man holds on
to rock with a desperate grip when the
salt surf and the driving waves sweep over
HIM and take the breath away. man NAV
doubt anything and everything and still be
blessed, provided only he holds filst To that
convection. Let all DRIFT from him like sea
weed on lifes ocean. SO long as he reposes
ON the assurance of the eternal charity his
spirit at least cannot drift. [Eobertson
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