Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-05-02
SUNDAY READING

He who loses hope. may then part with
anything. [Congreye.
The finest fruit earth holds Up to its Maker
is finished mani Humboldt.
There is nothing terrible in death but that
cur life hath made it 81. - Matthew Henry.
As the grave grows nearer my theology
is growing strangely simple and it begins
and ends with Christ as the only Saviour OF
the lost. bishop Whippls.
We must change our lives If We desire to
change our hearts. God will have no regard
to the prayers Of those who have none to
His command.-[B Bishop Wilson.
A beautiful day without,
A careless day within,
Thou'rt guilty again, poor soul,
OF failure and Of sin.
This morn thou didst promise tiJd
With earth In tune 10 keep
Sweet music the earth has made
And thou-ah 20 and weep.
'Whosoeyer,' is written on the outside of
mercy, and Whatsoever" on the inside.
The ''Whosoever' takes in all classes, ages,
every individual Of our race. The "Whatso-
ever" covers the whole range OF each indi-
vidusls need for time and eternity. Hasten
to get inside mercy's golden gate If not al
ready there, and when admitted to her ban
quoting house, gasp firmly the promise
Whatsoever We shall ask IN My name, | Will
do it. - Selected.
Without the IDEA OF "a God-hea regulating
the course of human destiny, of an all-ruling
Providence and the saving and redeeming
power of God, the history of the world
would be labyrinth without an outlet-a
confused pile of ages buried upon ages-a
mighty tragedy without a right beginning or
proper ending. L Frederick Won Schlegel-
In the deepest night of trouble, and anx-
iety, and sorrow, God gives US SO much TO be
thankful fer that we need never cease our
singing With all onr wisdom, and prudence
and foresight, We need never refuse to take
lesson in gladness and gratitude from the
happy bird that sang all night, as If the day
were not long enough to tell its joy From
Dark 10 Dawn
The strong argument for the truth of
Christianity Is the true Christian the man
filled with the spirit of Christ. The best
proof Of Christs resurrection Is living
church, winch itself is walking in new
life and drawing life from him who hath
overcome death Before such arguments
ancient Rome herself, the mightiest empire
OF the world and the most hostile to Chris
tianity, could not stand. [Christlieb.
1t is true that there is difficulty in the
practice OF piety But this difficulty does
not arise from the piety that is begun within
II our sensuality were not opposed to peni-
tence, and our corruption 10 the Divine
purity, there would be nothing painful in it.
We suffer Just in proportion as the evil
which is natural to us resists the superna-
tural agency of grace - Pascal's Thoughts
Professor Benjamin Pierce, of Harvard
College, one of the most eminent mathema-
tIcians now living, III opening series of
lectures recently il Lowell Institute. Boston, |
placed himself among the opponents of the |
Evolution theory. He said ''Call it wis |
dom, call it inspiration, call it what you will,
1t was divine truth which the great law
giver OF Judea uttered when he dethroned
all the heather gods with the declaration |
that in the beginning God created the heav- |
ems and the earth. Without this treasure of |
faith the omnipresent ideality of science ter- |
inmates IN an impoverished and powerless |
Pantheism. With it the observed ideality is
the divine thought and the book OF nature
is the divine record. At the turning OF each
new leaf the page may seem dark, but if You
will peruse it with the dociity and patience
and faith OF a little child, it will become lu-
minous Your science will then recognize |
the central light as the unfailing fountain OF |
knowledge, and in it and through it will join
in the praise and worship OF an almighty,
omniscient, and all-loying God"
'Infdelity has, from time to time, erected
her imposing ramparts, and opened fire upon
Christianity from a thousand batteries But
the moment the rays of truth were concen-
trated upon their ramparts they melted away
The last clouds of Ignorance are passing,
and the thunders of infdelity are dying upon
the ear. The union and harmony of Chris
tlanlty and science is a sure token that the
flood Of unbelief and ignorance shall never
more go over the world i Professor Hitch
cock.
"A few days before his death, the fore
most man Of all his times drew up and sign
ed this declaration of his religious faith
Lord, believe ; help Thou mine unbelef
Philosophical argument, especially that
drawn from the vastness of the universe, in
comparison with the insiguifcance of this
globe, has sometimes shaken my reason for
the faith that is in ME, but my heart has al
ways assured and rcassured me that the gos-
pei of Jesus Christ must be divine reality.
The Sermon on the Mount cannot be mere
ly human production. This belief enters
into the very depth Of my conscience. ~
[Daniel Webster.
Admonish a friend it may be that be
hath not done it, and if he hath done it,
that he do 1t no more. Admonish thy
friend it may be he hath not said it, but if
ne have, that he speak it no more. Admon-
ish friend for many times it is q slander,
The smallest motion is of importance in
nature. The whole substance of the sea
moves when We throw in a pebble. SO in
the life of grace, the most trifiing action has
bearing in Its consequences upon the whole.
Everything then Is important Pascal
Thoughts.
1t Is fatal mistake to suppose that here
can he no apostacy from Christ. where We are
not absolutely called upon to deny His
name, or to burn incense to an idol. We
deny our Lord whenever, like that Demas,
we, through love of this present world, for
sake the course Of duty which Christ has
plainly pointed out to US. We deny ous
Lord whenever We lend the sanction Of our
cCuntenance, our praise, our silence to
measures or opinions which may be popular
and fashionable but which We ourselves
believe to he sinful III themselves or tending
to sin. We deny our Lord whenever We tor
sake good man IN atflicton and refuse to
give countenance announcement and sup
port to those who, for Gods sake and for the
faithful discharge of their duty, are exposed
to persecution and sander. Bishop Heber.
STRAAGE FREAK OF DoVE.-Since Thurs
day of last week a beautiful white dove OF
the tumbler variety has followed Conductor
Smiths freight train on the Old Colony
Railroad daily from Walpole to certain
spot in Medheld, where 1t allghts on par
ticnlsr barn, reappearing next day at the
same place in Walpole. Daring a part Of
the way the dove flies Just back of the cab,
under the pillar of smoke. and within lew
ieet Of the engineer, and part OF the way
beside the engineers window and within
two feet ol his hand as he stretches it
toward her. Occasionally she falls back to
the rear Of the train. as if surveying it but
only to resume her wonted place a moment
later. The engineer has tried several times
to run away from the beautiful bird by put
ting on extra steam, but to no purpose. a.
she seems to have the wings of the wind.
When the train passes under bridge the
dove mounts gracefully above it and tumb
ling Immediately to its place again on the
other side. Mr.. Warren Cutting, the en-
gineer. seems to be the favorite of this
strange visitor -B Boston Adrertisr.
While Edwin Booth was giving the sOlllo-
uuy in the last act of Richard II at Nc