Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-02-27
SUNDAY READING.


HEMGASG.
HtingdnJ So the German people
Whisper when they hear the bell
Tolimg from some gray Old steeple
Deaths familiar tale 10 tell;
When they hear the organ surges,
Swelling out from chapel DOME
And the singers chanting dirges
"Heimgdng''' He is going home.
Heimgang, Quaint and tender sayig
In the grand old German tongue
That hath shaped Melanchihon's pra ing
And the hymns that Luther sung;
Blessed is our loving Maker,
That where'er our feet shall roam.
Sill We journey toward Gods Acr,
''Heimgdilg - Always going HON
HtiHgdnJ We are all So weary,
And the willows, rs they wave,
Softly sighing- sweetly, drcary,
Woo US to the tranquil grave
When the golden pitchers broken,
With its dregs and with its foam,
And the tender words are spoken,
.'Hcimgdng :" Weare going home.
"A j. H. Bt 'aiihs.
MANY think themselves to be truly
| God-fearing when they call this world n
valley of tears. But l believe theywould
be more SO. if they called it a happy val
lev. God is more pleased with those who
think everything right in the world, than
with those who think nothing right
With so many thousand Joys, Is 1t not
black ingratitude to call the world place
of sorrow and torment ?-Jeaa Paul.
As there is no worldly gain without
some loss. so there is no worldly loss
without some gain Ii thou hast lost thy
wealth thou hast lost some trouble with
it if thou art degraded from thy honor
thou art likewise freed from the stroke Of
envy if sickness hath blurred thy beauty
it hath delivered thee from pride. Set
the allowance against the loss and thou
shalt find no loss great he loses little or
nothing that reserves himself.-Quarlcs.
In order to grow i'll grace, We must be
much atone. 1t is not in society-eyen
Christian society-that the soul grows
most vigorously. In one single quiet
hour of prayer it will often make more
progress than in days of company with
others 1t is i'll the desert that the dew
falls freshest and the air is purcst.-H.
BOndr.
As holiness is not SO much an attribute
of God as the glory of all the divine per
fections, so love must be, not one ele-
ment i'll a minister of Christ, but the very
soul and life of his work-R. F'Hilcr.
How beautifully is it ordered, that as
many thousands work for one, so must
every individual bring his labor to make
the whole The highest is not to des-
pise the lowest. nor the lowest to envy
the highest each must live in all and by
all. Who will not work, neither shall he
eat. So God has ordered that men, be-
ing in need of each other, should learn to
love each other and bear each other IS bur
dense. 4. .Sata.
A proper union of science and art will
show that Christianity lis, Ill reality,
t'uc science of life, for science Is nothing
more nor less than a rule, or law of God,
provided in infinite wisdom, TO render III
telligible to mankind the movements of
the creation, both within and around us.
''For the invisible things of HIM. from
the creation Of the world, are clearly seen,
being understood by the things that are
made, even His eterndt p0wcr and God
hcad. SO that We are without excuse.
Christianity. when it comes to be felt IN
all its purity, power, and force, will be
found TO be simple svstem-a science
Or rule Of Hf5 to guide ard regutatc the
actions OF nlaakiad Copper.
In the hour of death, after this LIES whim.
When the heart beats low and the eyes grow diIi.
And pain has exhausted every limb
The lover OF the Lord shall trust IN Him.
When the will has forgotten the lifelong ain,
And the mind can only disgrace lis lame,
And man Is uncertain of his own name
The power OF the Lord shall I'LL this fraine.
When the la,i sigh is hcavod and the last tea
shed,
And the coffin Is waiting beside the bed.
And the widow and child forsake the dead
The angel OF the Lord shall lit this head.
For even the nurrsf lelirht may nall
The power must fail and the PRIDE must fall.
And the love of the dearest friend grow small
' '''@ t'''' '''' -" Gnire,sity Magazine.
The greatest OF faults is to be conscious
of none. Thomas Cdrlyle.
Christianity always suits Us well enough
so long as we suit it. A mere mental
difficulty is not hard to deal with. With
most OF us it is not reason that makes
faith hard, but life-Jcan Itgeioic.
How often n new affection makes new
man The sordid, covering soul turns
heroic The frivolous girl becomes the
steadfast martyr of patience and minis
tration, transfigured by deathless love.
The career Of bounding impulses turns
into an anthem of sacred deeds. .-Chaptn.
Love, like the opening of the heavens
to the SAINTS, shows Tor Il moment even Even
TO the dullest man. the possibilities of the
human race He has faith, hope, and
charity for another being perhaps, but a
creation of his Imagination still, it is
great advance for Il man to be profoundly
loving even in his imaginations. Helps.
,
The holiest of all holidays are those
IL put by ourselves IN silence AMI aulrt-
The secret anniversaries OF the heart
When the fun river of feeling overrows-
ne T happy nays unTost ,, ', 10 10 Ir. 'nr LOS
As flames from ashes swift desires. that dart
Like swallows singing down each wind that blows.
VIII, as s ,se sea ioh N rha, oaS and ra,, IN air.
White the whitest lily on a stream,
lhese Tender enories are; "a @ laidy 'ais & ,r
Every failure is Il step to success;
every detection Of what is false directs
toward what is true every trial exhausts
some femptino form of error Not only