Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-10-17

| Worthy Chief. Brothers and Sisters:
| sympathle with the enthusiastic preacher
/ who. on one occasion said Bless God !,
| feel as il Il quarter section of heaven had
| cavcd in and all the stars were tumhling
down on me , You Christians are like youn"
pigs. have 10 pull your ears off To get You
up to the Gospel trough, and after You get Il
taste of the glories, | nearly pull your tails
off to get You away"
! To see this large audience is IN Indication
! of zeal and there is evidently NJ need of Your
| being pulled by the ears To get You up tn the
temperance trough and promise You that
| You shall not suffer the action of the latter
| part Ia sct You away
In the name Of Mount Mansfield Lodge,
welcome You To the homes and hospitality
of the Good Templars of Undcrhll.
| As To temperance, let us remember it is
Gods cause and engage in il rs such that We
may expect His blessing on it. One of the
most pleasing features of the Scotland Fem
| pCranCc League was that 1t took this dcCid-
eddy Temperance stand aud sought in all lis
movements thoroughly To acknowledge Cod.
| To this trace all that prosperity which has
| made it the foremost Temperance or%anlIa-
| ton in the world. Let us initiate this and To
| this end let there bc unity and peace in the
midst of U.s. for as the electric wires Will not
work in a thunder storm, 81 no PRAYER mes
! Samc aSccndS to the ear of God from dis
united and contentious company. After
telling argument in favor of total abstinence
the speaker closed with the following:
Wonder stranded on the rock of intcmpcr-
ancc is Il gallant vessel. and fathers mothers,
brothers and sisters, ncghhnrS and friends
are ON board with destruction yawniHg hc-
meath Here in Christ is the true and only
shore of safety hut how shall they he
brought tO Him hut hy this liic-huIt of alb
Sincncr Our appeal to YOU tonight Is
therefore. Man the lifc-hoat ! man the life
boat = and il Won he men and Christians
such rs We think You, You will give
hearty Response thereto. But, if not,
come with me To Calvary and see how
your Indifference appears IN the light oi thai
sacrifice which Jesus made upon the cross
Or come with me To the Judgment throne
and see how it will look when the Lord the
Judge shall say 'lnasmuch ms We did 1t not
unto the least of these my brethren, yc did it
not unto Ne.
The address was followed by Il witty and
spirited response from Rev. j. G.. Langior,l
of Colchester His sly hit on the druggists
Put little cnmphor in, brought down
the house.
chorus hN MOUNT htll7htld ''' 'iu''
entitled Long in darkness We have waited,
came next. and was fine, as was the music |
throughout the evening. Miss Gilbert re
cited The Two Ships in pleasing manner /
and Frank jackson gavc defamation ON /
individual Influence" with deliberate ut |
tcrnncc and received hearty applause. \
spicy, original poem, entitled the Origin of |
lntcmpcrancr.' was read by Mrs. ). &. Pal |
mcr. This was followed 10y music solo and .
chorus. Miss Marsh and Glcr Club and re
citation by Miss Sadie Eastman This was .
given in rather low tone of voice, hut was |
otherwise praiscworthy.
Selection, "Rahhoni, Miss MAY Porter. |