Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-08-09
SUNDAY READING


SUNDAY READING.
| nEsTiEDs AND KNOCKS
knocking, knocking, ever knocking
Who Is there,
| Ills u pilgrim. str ange and kingly,
Never such was seen before -
All, sweet toul, for such wonder
Undo the door.
No,-that door is hard to open
Hinges rusty, latch is broken'
| Bid him go.
! Wherefore, with that knocking drtary
| Scarce the sleep from one so weary
| Say him,-no.
Knocking, knocking. ever knocking
| What still there
o, sweet soul, but once behold him,
| With the glory-crownet hair
And those eyes, so strange and tender,
waiting there
Open Open Once behold him.,
Him. so fair.
All. that door Why wilt thou vex me-
| Coming ever to perplex me
| For the key is stffy rusty,
| And the bolt is cogged and dusty
| Many fingered ivy .yine
| Seals il fast with twist and twine
| Weeds of years and years before
| Choke tho passage OF that door.
Knocking knocking What still knocking ?
| lie still there !
what's the hour Tho night is waning,
| In my heart drear complaining,
| And chilly, sad unrest
| All, this knocking 1t disturbs me,
Scares my sleep with dreams unhlost
Give me rest,
| Rest,-ah, rest
Rest, dear soul; he longs to give thee;
Thou hast only dreamed of pleasure,
Dreamed OF gift and golden treasure
Dreamed Of jewels in thy keeping,
Walked to wesriness Of weeping,
Open to my souls one Lover,
And thy night OF dreams is ovor,-
The true gifts he brings have seeming
More than all thy .aued dreaming
Mrs. H. b. Stowe-
Works OF love are more acceptable than
lofty contemplation ; art thou engaged in
devoutest prayer. and God wills that thou
go out and carry broth to a sick brother thou
shouldst do It with joy Tauler.
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
reasonable to nature. - Marcus Antonius.
The heroic soul does not sell its Justice
and its nobleness. 1t does not ask TO dine
nicely and to sleep warm. The essence of
greatness is the perception that virtue is
not enough. Poverty is its ornament 1t
does not need plenty, and can very well
abide its loss. Emerson.
There is in man higher than love Of hap
piness. He can do without happiness, and
instead thereof find blessedness. - Carlyle.
Always meet pretence with genteness. ind
peryerseness with kindness. A gentle hand
can lead even an elephant hy Il hair. From
the Persian.
Faith builds i'll the dungeon and the laZar-
house its sublimest shrines and up through
roofs Of stone, that shut out the eye of heav-
en-, asceLds the ladder where the angels glide
to and fro prayer Bulwer.
1t is they who glorify who shall enjoy him !;
they who deny themselves, who shall not be
denied ; they who labor on earth who shall
rest in heaven ; they who bear the cross,
who shall wear the crown they who seek TO
bless others. who shall be blessed -[Dr.
Guthrie.
cons REST.
1t is the evening hour
And thankfully,
Father, thy weary cbilt
Has come to thee
loan my aching head
Upon thy breast.
And there and only there
lam at rest.
Thou knowest all ny liis
Each petty sin;
Nothing Is hid from thes
Without, within
II that have or am
Is wholly thine
So is my soul at peace.
For thou art mine.
Tomorrow = dawn may find
Me here. or there;
1t matters little, since thy love
Is everywhere
Il had rather" said Lord Bacon, believe
all the fables in the legend and the Talmud.
and the Alcoran, than that this universal
h.i.ie without q Il | and therefore God
never wroG. ht miracle to convince atheism.
because HIS ordinary works convince it. 1t
is true, that n little philosophy inclineth
mans mind to atheism, but depth in philoso-
ply bringeth mems minds about to religion
for while the mind of man looketh upon
second causes scattered, it may sometimes
rest in them, and go no further but when it
beholdeth the chain of them confederate
and linked together 1t must needs fly to Pro-
yidence and Deity"
A daily walk with Christ is the sole securi-
ty of the Christian. He must be seen and
idealized by the eye of faith as present
teacher and guide This living IN and with
Christ is something much higher than carry
ing n conventional religion which is ever
ready to conform to the world in its pleas
ure, amusements and fashions. Ii you want
manly independence, genuine enthusiasm of
life. sense of inward strength, positive
convictions. unwoaried loyalty delight in
service, keep Christ uppermost in your mind
and deepest in your heart. The religion
which the world needs most, and for which
the church constantly prays, is not n relig-
ion of dead forms and superstitious customs,
but one that will shine and speak and act
frcm the heart in which Christ is being form
ed as the hope Of present comfort and of fu-
ture glory.
CHRISTIAN WARFARE.
Soldier go-but not to claim
Mouldering spoils Of earth bound treasure,
Not TO build q Wanting name,
Not 10 dwell in tents OF pleasure.
Dream not that the way is smooth,
Hope not that the thorns roses
Turn no wistful eye OF youth
Where the sunny beam reposes
Thou hast woik to do,
Hosts TO cut thy passage through
Close behind the gulis are burning
Forward there is no returning.
Soldier, rest-but not for thee
Spreads the world her downy pillow
On the rock thy couch must be-
While around thee chaies the billow
Thine must he a watchful sleep,
Wearier than anOther's waking
Such charge as thou dost keep
Brooks no moment OF foFsaking.
Sleep, as on the battlefield.
Grdet-graspng sword and shield
Those thou canst not name or number
Steal upon thy broken slumber.
In the atonement of Christ Jesus there is
bread and to spare. There is sufficient eff
cacy in the blood of Jesus. if God had so
willed it, to have Saved not only this world,
but also ten thousand worlds if they had
transgressed the Makers law Once admit
iniinity into the matter and limit is out of
question. Lord. enable all Of us to be-
lleve in the omnipotent power of the Atone
ment, for the Just shall live by faith. [Spur-
geon.
You will confer the greatest benefits on
your city, not by raising its roofs. but by ex-
alting its souls. For it is better that great
L., Il. 4. u Al.
that abject slaves should burrow in great
houses. Il [Epictetus.
NY CONFIDENCE
hold Thy truth, o Lord, within my heart
Thy law love
hold Thy cross, and try - do my part
My faith TO prove;
hold Thy promise, Lord, and daily pray
My faith increase,
That may closer clsave to Thee, tho Way,
And have Thy peace"
Yet little JOY my holding brings to me,
Because know
That, though my soul still trusting clngs to
Thee,
may le. 20.
But am held, o Lord, Thou hast my hand,
And Thou art strong.
Throughout my journey in this desert land,
However long,
Thou givest me support. / shall not fall.
Though foes usssil
And press me hard. over myself and all
shall prevail
Great joy Thy presence and Thy pledge affords.
Because know
That Thou wilt not since Thou hast given
Thy word
OF me let go
Such as every one is inwardly. so he julg
eth outwardy Thomas kempis
1t is heaven upon earth TO have IL mans
mind move i'll charity, rest IN Providence.
and turn upon the poles OF truth Bacon.
Mankind are always happier for having
Al. L..
py now. you can make them happy twenty
years hence.by the memory of IT. Il Sydney
Smith
You cannot dream yourself ito II chl neter
yon must hammer md forge yourself one
lFroude
Limit your wants the Ntst il hard. and
solely by this NtSt can We show how it il
with us in our inner man. To live accord
ing to caprice requires no peculiar powers
lGoethe.
Ii is easy ia the world to live after the