Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-04-23


Books-They do not cry nor strive /:
and yet silently the world, as in a magic
glass. exhibits the turmoil of history. the
garments rolled in blood of war. the
scenes Of peace. the ecstasy of love. the
anguish and agony of grief. Silent. they
sound again all the notes of time mo-
tionless. they repeat the strife of ages /;
without heart. they throb with all the
emotions that have filled the noblest and
the mcniest souls i-Beochcr.
The truer We become, the more uner-
ringly we know the ring of truth r
". Robertson.
Do little things as ii they were great.
because Of the majesty of Jesus Christ.
who dwells in thee /: and do great things
as if they were little and easy, because of
HIS omnipoteuce. Pascal
Mere hashfulness without merit. is
awkward and merit without modesty,
insolent But modest merit has a double
claim to acceptance, and generally meets
with as many patrons "a bcholders. Id
Olson.
Many ministers who never dream of
such a thing, who think that they are
preaching purely for the good of souls,
are losing the power ont OF their SER
mons, because they are trying, even with
out knowing it, to make them not only
sermons, bat works OF art Phillips
B,oots.
Let us serve God in the sunshine, while
He makes the sun shine We shall then
serve Him all the better in the dark,
when He sends the darkness. 1t is sure
to come. Only let our light be Gods
light, and our darkness Gods darkness,
ana we shall be safe at home when the
great nightfall comes-E. ". FGLer.
Nothing raises the price of a blessing
like its removal whereas it was IFS CON
tinuance which should have taught lis its
value. There are three requisitions to
the proper enjoyment of earthly blessings
a thankful reflection on the goodness of
the Giver q deep sense of our unworthi-
ness. recollection of the uncertainty of
long possessing them. The first should
MAKE us grateful, the second humble.
and the third moderate i Hannah More.
We cannot hasten Christ's coming
''Of the day and the hour knoweth none"
But the kingdom of God is as 4 grain of
mustard seed We can SOW of 1t it is as 4
foam globe of leaven we can mingle it
and its glory and its joy are that even the
birds of the air can lodge in the branches
thereof.-John RUskm.
The saddest, the most pathetic utter
ances, are the utterances of men who
with the farthest and subtlest reach OF
thought grasp only negatives. \ man
can no more live on negatives than he can
live on stones a negative creed is the
creed OF death.-Prof. Borden +. BoWnc.
Let no one hold his payer cheap He
10 whom We pray holdeth 1t not cheap.
Ere il is gone forth ont Of our mouth. He
has it written IN His book. One OF two
things we may without doubt hope, that
He Will either give us what We ask. or
what He knoweth to be more useful to us
For we know not what TO ask for as we
ought, but lie hath pity on our ignorance.
He graciously receive,h prayer, but He
givelh not, either what is not altogether
good for us, or what need not be given us
yet. But tie prayer Will not be without
fruits. Bcraard.
The heathcn had their revelation
Light from heaven descended upon their
souls God shone within them under the
IDEAS of justice, goodness, and duty
No nation has been found, however sunk
and degraded, on which these lights have
not dawned. In every human soul there
is voice that whispers OF the Right, a
reprover that strikes awe and awakens
compunction, prophet and Judge that
points, however indistinctly, to final Re
tribution. La the rudest tribes we find
some recognition of Higher Power,
some glimpse Of future life
The Father has had many a temple III
hearts which never knew his name -
Claiming.
Let dissolution come when it will, it
can do the Christian no harm, for it will
Ia but a passage out Of a prison into a
palace ; out Of a sea of troubles into a
haven of rest out of crowd of enc
mics to an innumerable company Of true,
loving and faithful friends out of shame.
reproach and contempt, into exceeding
great and eternal glory. --B,myan
Humanity IAoks upward
It. features ali aeinW
while it- heart " Wildly heau...
Aud IL soul IN deepest rhrpe