Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-04-04
SUNDAY READING


Abide with me, Fast falls the eyentiie,
The daIkness ceepeus Lord, with me abile
When other helpers ia l. and comforts hee
Help o. the helpless oh, ABIDE with me
Swift to its close eb5s out lie's little day.
Ea1h's Joys gro~ dim, It's glOries pass away
| han re and decay iu all around see
| Oh Thou who changest not bde with me
Not brief glance beg a passing word,
But as Thou welt with Thy disciples, Lord,
Familiar. condescs nding, patie1t free,
Come. not 10 solOurn, but abide with me
Come not in ttrrors as the King o. kings;
But Kind aid good with healing in Thy wings
| Tears for all woes, heart for every plea:
Come. Friend Of sinners, and thus aods with me
Thou on my head in early youth didst smile.
And though rebelious and peryerts meanwhile
| Thou hast not left me, OFT as lett hee.
| Oa to the close y Lord. abide with me
| need thy presence every passing hour.
What but Thy grace can ioiI thr tempter 8 power
| VINO like ihyself my guide and stay can be
| Through cloud and sunshine, oh, abide with me
fear no zoe with Thee at handto bless,
| Ills have no weight and tears no bitterness
| Where is DEATHS sting where, graye.thy victory ::
| triumph still, If Thou abide with me.
Hold then thy cross before my closing eyes,
Shine through the loom, and point me 10 the skies
| Heavens morning breaks, and earth van shadows
| fee;
In lie and death, 0 Lord. abide with me
In general. there is no one with whom life
| urags 50 dlSaEretblN as Win nltl WHO lIltS ~
make 1t shorter Richter.
The greatest scholars are not the wisost
men. Rabclals.
He who can take advice is sometimes su-
J perior to him who can give i -lNon kne-
| bel
Afilction is the divine school of virtue :;
| it corrects levitv, interrupts the confidence
of shining soitens and puriiieS the heart,
/ 4 IN
I Atterbury.
Dangerous 1t were ior the feeble BRAN of
man to wade far into the doings OF the Most
| High whom, although to know be lite, and
| Joy to make mention of his name, yet our
| soundest knowledge Is to know that we know
| him not as indeed he l., neither can We know
| him and our safest eloquence Is our silence,
| when We confess without confession that his
| glory is inexplicable, his greatness above our
capacity and reach. He is above and we
upon earth therefore it behooveth our words
to be wary and few Bishop Hooker
We cannot say that religion came upon
earth, some say America was peUpled, by
accident 1t Is there as the flowers are there
which grow on the soil it Is there the
stars are in the heavens, shining in their
perennial brightness II Is there 10y the ordl-
nation of that 0muipotout nature from which
All result. IL grows AS lhtN RloW . II bloh-
SONS in the heart ms surely as those flowers
r,-,,, ~ coil :. r;ra,,s ~ tho .lor,.,.r ~
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surely as 10 Tue fruits Oh harvest III lhe nclus-
1t belongs to nature II belongs to humanity.
Nv. j Fox.
NV one great comprehensive answer then
to the question, What is the best method of
dealing in the pull it with popular skepti-
cism is really this Make known and real
to men by every means you can command
the personal Chrlst' not doctrine anont .hinl'
uu' MN s.iihe "' sHe oi snI pn!
sl'"I me ny the power VI MS SPiiitu"l pres
~ anu ie,'i nm an II. iii
trusting MN anu tlihS - o9, nm ma, Enii
Denounce no error ms fatal which docs not
separate a soul from Him Oner Him to the
world as He offered and is forever Offering
Himself.-[Phillips Brooks.
We stand erect with open eyes, when We
are seeking truth We fall on our knees with
closed eyelI1s, when We are seeking God
Religion Is not the rule OF three, but the
golden rule ; 1t Is not the major and the
minor premises ana coPula Vi loeic; put tne
sacred instinct oi 'hT soui' "hich Jesus
oHIi7t hds Sat'S-su Ai-u Su,Ieu anu U U"reu
S,i'i M u on ~ Ii az m
W. bei'o"7' ~ ~
True wisdom Is leanin-
T,ys Sssd y5.siom H.'l,, - IN tTnsIp yTI '-r'
His osn LIE .gilirg 2 wore
True wisdom i IN wing
ne hear ias ,Iesas e. s'oIs ,a Gif, Gay
"hei' lie shali le'a The way
False ideas may be refutel by argument,
but by true ideas alone are they expelled.-
TJohn Henry Newman
IIooly nron deatb I'm he os necessary to
our constitution as sleep. We shall rise re-
freShed IN the morning. Il franklyn.
If the Lord caroth Tor thee be myself at
rest for if he car, why shouldst thou care
too: His providence will provide ii thou
sincerely trust it.-[ Leighton.
An irrelirious man. A speculative ora rlac-
ticll atheist, is as a sovereign. who voluntari-
lv takes of his crown and declares himself
unworthy to reign-TProf. Hlackie.
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NO man mas come 10 uue siea'hvss " no
mas hot 'tlt III eoille uesiee 'HHt hi: iiie oe
i0hEs ~ LIS iaCe' "iii "NA' ~ ~ -
Brooks
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iioie iS,is v. t,-e b,,,,, 80 -
ieNeien. lNii,'i,iit' inoie - ~
pt''N ''"N9' ''
h9'e'
As holiness Is hot 50 much an attribute OF
Gcd as the glory OF all the Divine peiiec-
tions, so love must be- not one element III
minister OF Christ, but the very soul ANA life
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