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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-04-21
Victory over Doubt and Death.

Every one who knows what faith is
knows, too, what is the desolation of doubt.
We pray till we begin to ask, Is there one
who hears, or am ! whispering to myself 2"
We hear the consolation administered TO the
bereaved, and we see the coffin lowered into
the grave, and the thought comes, What If
all this doctrine of a life TO come be but the
dream of mans imaginative mind, carried
on from age to age, and so believed because
it is venerable superstition Now, Christ
gives us victory over that terrible suspicion
IN two ways. First, he does it by his own
resurrection. We have got fact there that
all the metaphysics about impossibility can
not rob us OF. In moments OF perplexity,
we look back to this. The grave has once,
and more than once, at the Redeemer's bid
ding, given up its dead. 1t is world-fact.
It tells what the Bible means by our resur-
rection not a spiritual rising into new ho-
illness merely that, but also something more.
1t means that, in our own proper identity,
We shall live again. Make that thought
real, and God has given you, so far, victory
over the grave through Christ. There il
| another way in which we get the victory
over doubt, and that is by living in Christ
All doubt comes from living out of habits OF
atfectionate obedience TO God. by idleness
by neglected prayer, we lose our power OF
realizing things not seen. Let man be re
ligious aud irreligiuus at intervals-irregu
lar, inconsistent, without some distinct thing
TO live for, it is matter of impossibilit,
that he can be free from doubts. He mus
make up his mind for dark life. Doubts
can only be dispelled by that kind of activ'
life that realizes Christ aud there is NJ
faith that gives avictory so steadily triumph
ant az that When such man comes nea
the opening Of the vault, it is no world o
SORROWS he is entering upon. lie is only go
ing to see things that he has felt, for he ha
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-04-21
A Thought for the Relieyer.

As far as the east is from the west so
far hath he removed our transgressions from
u.s." Psalm CHI: IL. Illuminating upon this
text the other day, 1t came to me with pc
culiar sweetness after this fashion: " As far
as the east is from the west, so far hath he
removed our transgressions from himself?
Yes, that is true, but the text says, "irom
u.s." from us. Aud this was what passed
through my mind Then my sin is gone
away from me, from me Here am |, fret
ting that am not what should be, and
groaning and crying before God about a
thousand things but for all that, there j.,
no sin upon me; for, As far as the east is
from the west, so far hath he removed our
transgressions from u.s. From ourselves
our sins have gone; from us, as well as from
his book, and from his memory, they have
been removed" "But committed them,"
says one. All, that you did. Your sin wa
yours, yours with a vengeance 1t was like
that poisoned tunic which Hercules put on.
which he could not drag from him let him
do what he might, but which burned deep
into his flesh and bones. Such were your
transgressions. You could not tear them off.
But God has taken them off-every one OF
them-if you have believed in Jesus and
where is that tunic of fire now? Where is
it ? 1t shall be sought for, but it shall not
be found, yea, it shall not be, saith the Lord.
IT. is gone forever.-Rev. C. II. .Spur0eon
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-04-21
The Best Profession.

There is many Christian student now in
our colleges who, if he will decide to enter
the "high calling" of laborer for souls,
will keep hundred thanksgiving days for
minister loves his work the more he enjoys it.
brightest sides and we are kept in contact
with the most rich and soul.eevating truths
in the universe. Yes we are brought into
the daily fellowship of the Divine Teacher,
the Elder Brother, the Holy Comforter.
Jesus comes to us in our studies. His coun-
tenance shines on our Bibles. lie glorides
by his smile the humblest cabin in which a
frontier missionary is preparing his message
of heavenly love. To save a soul is luxury
that Gabriel might covet.-Dr. 4. L. Cuyier,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-04-21
Arts Of the Tempter.

Every city and village abounds with these,
and none are so easily enticed into them, or
naturally more curious TO see what is in
them, than our boys. Saloons with cur
tanned windows, dance-halls, beer-gardens,
biliard.rooms, low theaters-into these are
the youth tempted. In them are drinking
habits formed, vicious companions met, and
acquaintance with the ways of evil made.
For the purpose of seeing the sights has
many boy been beguiled into such resorts,
and thereby taken his first step in vice. A
mournful feeling comes over every thought
full observer when he looks at the places
nightly opened to the young, where the al
lurement of music, the attractiveness Of
warm and brilliantly lighted saloons, the
"good times provided, the cheap entertain
ment offered, all combine to draw them in,
and then think of the few resorts possessing
any counter-balancing charms, as yet opened
by the church or those interested in restrain
ing youth from frequenting the former In
this respect Satan is by far the most enter
prising, catering to those tastes in the young
which lead them TO desire amusements and
social enjoyments, and escape from the lone
liness and meager comforts of their own
homes or boarding places. 1t is easy enough
to see the temptations of youth in this
respect. Over how many doorways opening
on to the most frequented streets could we
write, Who enters here leaves virtue and
hope behind" Yet these doors open into
the most accessible rooms, those first to be
lighted and last TO be darkened, wherein
may be heard the click of glasses, the merry
laugh, the sound of oittimes classic music.
the tread of the gay company in the dance
and to enter there are more enticements
than we unprecedented.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-04-21
How Girls Are Made Straight.

The Hindoo girls are graceful and ex-
quisitely formed. From their earliest child
hood they are accustomed to carry burdens
on their heads. The water for family use is
always brought by the girls in earthen jars,
carefully poised in this way. The exercise
is said to strengthen the muscles of the
back, while the chest is thrown forward.
No crooked backs are seen in Hindoostan.
DIR. II. Spry says that this exercise of carry
ing small vessels of water on the head might
be advantageously introduced into our board
ing-schools and private families, and that it
might entirely supersede the present ma
chinery of dumb bells, back boards, skipping
ropes, etc. The young ladies ought to be
taught to carry the jar as these Hindoo
women do, without ever touching it with
their hands. The same practice of carrying
water leads to precisely the same results in
the south of Italy as in India. A Neapolitan
female peasant will carry on her head YES
sci full of water to the very brim, over a
rough road, and not spill a drop of it; and
the acquisition of this art of knack gives
her the same erect and elastic gait.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-04-21
MONTPELIER, VT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, $780,

about midway between our eastern and
western limits and yet IL IL fact that the
farthest Aleutan isle acquired in our pur-
chase of Russian America is as far to the
west Of that city as Eastport, Maine, is to
the east of it. Between the northwestern
limit of Washington territory and the south.
eastern limit of Alaska there is break Of
afew degrees, but, with this light deduction,
our territory extends through one hundred
and ninety-seven degrees, more than half
way round the globe. Hence when the sun
is giving its goodnight kiss to our western.
most isle on the confines of Behring's sea,
it is already flooding the fields and forest Of
Maine with its morning light, and in the
eastern part of that state is more than an
hour high, At the very moment when the
Aleuiian fisherman, warned by the approach
ing shades of night, is pulling his canoe
toward the shore, the wood.chopper OF Maine
is beginning to wake the forest echoes with
the stirring music of his ak and by the
time this fisherman has crawled into his hut,
the operatives of eastern factory towns are
emerging from their cottages or tenements,
and, by many converging ways, are hurry
ing along toward the whirring hives of in.
dustry in which by scores or hundreds to-
gether they pursue their daily toil.-!Selected
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-04-21

been living in heaven. He has his grasp on
things that other men are only cropping after,
and touching now and then. Live above
this world, brethren, and then the powers OF
the world to come are so upon you that
there is no room for doubt. NV Christian
brethren, let us remember our high privilege.
Christian life, so far as it deserves the name,
is victory. We are not going forth to mere
battle we are going forth to conquer. To
gain mastery over self and sin and doubt
and fear, till the last coldness, coming across
the brow, tells us that all is over, and our
warfare ccomplished-thatw we are safe, the
everlasting arms beneath us--thst is our
calling. Brethren beloved, do not be con-
tent with slothful, dreamy, uncertain
struggle. You are TO conquer, and the BAN
ner nnder which we are to win is not fear,
but love. Let us not mind what is past.
Perhaps it is all failure and useless struggle
and broken resolves. What then2 Settle
this first, brethren: Are you in earnest ?
If so, though your faith be weak and your
struggles unsatisfactory, you may begin the
hymn of triumph now, for victory is pledged.
Thanks be to God, which," not shall, but
"giveth us the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ "-F. w. Robert'on.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-04-21
Noble Witnesses.

1t was faith in Christ that made Peter
and John stand up boldly before the Jewish
council and confess their Master without
fear of consequences, saying, There is none
other name given under heaven among men
whereby we can be saved" 1t was faith in
Christ's "words of eternal life that made
Paul come out from Judaism, spend his lille
in preaching the gospel, and say on the brink
of the grave, al know whom | have be-
lieved, and that he is able to keep that which
have committed to him against that day."
II was faith in Christ's "words of eternal
life" that made Bishop Hooper go boldly to
the stake at Gloucester, after saying, Z" Life
is sweet aud death is bitter but eternal life
is more sweet and eternal death more bit
ter" 1t was faith in Christ's swords Of
eternal life" that made Nicholas Ridley and
Hugh Latimer endure fiery death in Broad
street, Oxford, rather than deny the prin-
ciples of the Reformation. IL was faith in
Christs "words of eternal life which made
Henry Martin turn his back on ease and dis.
tinction at Cambridge, go forth to tropical
climate, and die solitary death as mis-.
sionary 1t was faith in Christ's swords OF
eternal life" which made that honorable
woman, Catherine TAFT, as recorded in tina,
touching biography, resign five children in
five weeks to the grave in the full assurance
that Christ would keep his word, take care
of them both in body and soul, and bring
them with him to meet her at the great day
Canon Rhyle,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-04-21
Influences on Children.

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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-04-21
A Full Cup,

When the sanity Payson was dying he
exclaimed al long to hand full cup of
happiness TO every human being" This was
the language of heart thoroughly purged
of all selfish affections, and filled with the
spirit of that love which led our adorable
Jesus to give his life for human redemption.
If every Christian would go out daily among
men, filed with such longing for human
happiness, what marvellous changes would
soon be wrought in human society. The
selfish element would be eliminated from the
dealings Of the Christian business men.
Not justice merely, but benevolence, would
enter into his every act of trade. The same
spirit would rule his home and church life
He would become an incarnation of good
will toward all, and would so preach the
gospel by his deeds that man would see his
good works and glority his Heavenly Father.
The spirit of Payson is worthy of every
mans imitation. Happy he who can truth,
fully say 81 long to hand full cup of
happiness to every human being. g."-Zion's
Herald.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-04-21
Ghf Domr Circle.
LAID BY.

Laid by in my silent chamber
I hear them stirring below;
Voices love are sounding clear
And steps know are in mine ear,
siill passing TO and fro.
And ask my heart, shall never more
OF mine own will pass through that door,
ask. oh ia II forever
That have ceased to he
One Of the group around the hearth,
Sharing their sorrow or their mirth7
Am from hencetorth free
From all concern with the things Of life.
Done with la sorrow. and toll, and strife7
Shall they carry me forth in silence.
with blind and sealed-up eyea9
Shall they throw the windows wide to the air
And gather mementoes here and there,
A they think. with tears and sighs
This she was fond Of, thl. she wore,
But she shall never need them any more"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-04-21
May In New England.


Egeria first went out on the 2Oth OF May,
that signal date when the spring, whatever
her previous reluctances, brings up all ar
rears with the apple-blossoms. The season
is then no longer late or early, but is the
consummate spring; and all weather-wise
hopes and fears are lost in the richness with
which she keeps the promise of her name.
1t might well have seemed to the girls i'm
patience as she watched the orchard trees.
sometimes from her closed window and
sometimes from her open door as the day
was chill or soft, that the blossoms would
never come; and even when every tip of
the mossed and twisted boughs was lit with
the pink glimmer of bud, and the trees
whole round was suffused with tender
flush of color, that the delicate petals OF
rose and snow would never unfold. The
orioles and the bobolinks sang from the
airy tops, and from the clover in the grassy
alleys between the trees in a neighboring
field the oats were already high enough to
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-04-21
Select MisreHanr.
w II EN-?

When vanished Ia this vapor we call life,
And all the storms that ver us disappear
Sorrows sharp thorn, the weary wheel Of strife,
And all the mise'ies we feel or fear
When Of the day far spent" night IL born,
Before there dawns a day that knows no night.
Shall we who see the glory Of such morn
Shall we recall, upon the dazzling height,
One touch Of this wild warfare Of the earth,
The wounds that SCARED US, or the tears we wept,
The sin that 30 beset us from our birth,
Ehe woes, the wrongs, the cares that never slept7
Or will there be gap betwirt that Time
And this Eternity which numbs the sense,
As after sudden ceasing Of some chime
heightened pause makes rest the more lntense7
Forbear TO question, o mine idle thought;
Where were our faith n all were come to sisht7
"Avold vain babbllngs thus much are we taught.
Twere vain to breathe them, yet long for light.
-Harper's for NdH.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-04-21
Our Broad Domain.

Webster's eloquent description of the Brit
isb empire is familiar to every reader, but
we doubt whether it is generally realized
that we, too, have dominion on which the
sun never sets. 1t will scarcely be believed
perhaps, without an examination OF the
maps, that San Francisco, instead of being
at the western limit of this dominion is only
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-04-21

As p. T. Barnum was selecting a turkey
in one of our markets, the owner drew his
special attention to large, fat gobbler.
Suspecting it was an antediluvian, Mr.. Bar
mum said with smile, "What do you sell
that old gentleman fory" With an air OF
triumph the owner replied, 81 sell him for a
profit "A prophet oh, | supposed he
was patriarch" was the quiet response.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-04-21
Mora1 and Religiuns.
THE STONY HEART.

Am a stone, and not sheep,
That can stand, o Christ, beneath thy cross
To number drop by drop. thy blood's slow loss,
And yet not weep
Not no those women loved
who with exceeding grief lamented thee
No 40 fallen Peter. weeping bitterly;
Not 40 the thief moved;
Not 20 the sun and moon,
which hid their faces in u starlcss sky,
horror OF great darkness at broad noon
/, only II
Yet give not DER,
But seek thy sheep. true shepherd OF the flock
Greater than Moses, turn and leok once more,
And smite q rock
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-04-21
A Mothers Love.

The following story of reckless young
man suggests possible comfort in the cases
of other erring loved ones A lady in Bal
tmore had a wayward son whose reckless
conduct cost her many tears. There were
many things in her life to make her happy,
but anxiety for her headstrong boy saddened
all her enjoyment and disturbed her peace.
He grew more indifferent to her love, and
finally left his home for life of adventure
in the west. But happiness did not come to
him in his wild career, nor riches from his
eager search in the mines. For time the
new freedom gratified him, but his restless
spirit could not be contented even with that.
By some means his mother kept track of his
wauderings, and was able to send him mes
sages of love, but they brought few or no re-
plies At one of Mr.. Moody's meetings in
Baltimore, she heard Rev. Robert Lowry's
touching poem and tune, that has been so
often sung, and the words exactly uttered
her own feelings
"Where Is my wandering boy tonight?
The boy of my tenuerest care,
The boy that was once my JOY and light,
The child OF my love and prayer
"Bring me my wandering boy tonight,
TO search for him where you will,
But bring MIN TO me win all MS DHBnt,
And tell him love him still.
"Oh where is my boy tonight?
My heart oerilows
For love him he knows;
oh, where is my boy tonight p
The weeping woman copied the verses
aud sent them TO her son in a letter. No
word from him ever reached her in return,
At last she lost all trace of him, not even
knowing that he had received her message.
Then after weary waiting, tidings came, bit.
ter tidings strangely mingled with consola-
tion. Her wandering boy" had fallen a
victim to his restless passion. In some dar-
ing expedition on one of the Rocky Noun
tain trails, he had become separated from
his party aud lost. His body was found in
a cave, where he had died of hunger and ex.
haustion. BY his side was an unfinished
letter to his mother. In it he craved her
forgiveness, as he had already asked the for
giveness of heaven. lie had received the
poem she sent him, he said, and it had
melted his heart, and had led him to re
| peQtance,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-04-21

AN honest ignoramus, who had escaped a
great peril by an act of heroism, was much
complimented for his bravery. One lady
said, 81 wish | could have seen your feat"
Whereupon he blushed and stammered and
said, "Well, there they be, num-"
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The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-09-15
JEFFERSONVILLE.

Election is over and all excite
ment seems at an end. Campaign
documents are at discount and men
are attending to their legitimate bust
ness.
DR.. r. W. Flagg has moved his
family to Bakersfield for the purpose
of giving his daughters the benefit of
course of study at the Brigham
Academy.
Potatoes are badly damaged in
this locality by wire worms and the
white grubs, while the moving fields
in some places are entirely destroyed
by the grubs.
Good Templars remember the
Union to be held at this place next
Friday. Rev. Mr.. Hurlburd, of Bur-
lington, will lecture at the public
meeting in the evening.