Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-11-09
The >aiu'alioH Of The Saints.



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a... ...r Nc Si,lun q all tht' love tfni
,.t l-, ~ : conception, and worthy OF
ta t,ttI ot jesus.
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50 Tn. s-rt- OF the rhurcn. 70 which b.
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..Irr. fresh from the mi of h apn,th.
I : hu,l-n. t>i'te from apostolic counset aud
. .r!p7'ti,n. was the COLLECTION being uru
.t54n 'hr uLhuL VI tc-iInta and Act tit
{. the di.rre->eiJe at Jeru- elem From
his t,c' alone we could iud ampe Illus
ration fir our theme It ttughr tur
IA r"h,s tllt th ugn septr.uei, toiitnL
and sJtfrr'ng IN comp7ri,ive isolation,
-h-y were one, in aim, spirit. liie! nat
here Vas neither Jew nor Greek, Darbtri
A.. Scvthan, bond nor trre-thtt they
H-re all one in Jesus Christ, who had
pprhen ,iown the walls OF PARTITION
But prefer for nv own comfort. and
| trust yours also. to deal with the prin
ciple prompting to munliceuce, and
which conceive TO lie in the tex: d" AL
the saints sasuIte vsur' The effect upon
the little church of this tender ani sym
pathetic greeting must have been profound
rhev looked into one anothers faces and
said: Thank God! we are not alone in tn )
struggle to live the religion of jesus
There are other hearts beating in sympa
nv with us! Aud the next cross they TOOK
up would have 4 br yer measure, and the
voice of orotherly cheer.
The young man away from home, strug.
Cling to live his mothers religion almost
discouraged, tempted to give it up-goes
TO the mail and takes out u lie ter from
home; his heart grows tender and strong
IS be reads it. There is word Of encour
agement from brothers AMI sisters-thev
think of him every day; friends AND
nei ghbors send their greeting. His old
pastor wishes TO be remembered, and hi.
mother closes the letter: i" We SNOW you
will be true to Jesus, and, my boy, remem
ber we are all praying for you at hone
Out from that little sheet, written with {;
trembling hand and soiled with tears, the
stengtn of Il giant has come and entered
his heart, and once more with renewed
diligence he enters the race for a crown in
life! Oh. many man has grown weary
in the midst OF we'll doing, and BETRAYED
his trust, because the sympathy Of those
who loved Jesus was wI.he.d and ne
heard amidst temptstion and persecution
40 word oil sautalion from the saints.
want every man TO understand to-day and
feel The force of the fact that in any effor
lie may make to reach higher place o.
life he has the fullest sympa by of all thai
are like-minded on earth or in Heaven.
| The little stream, threading slowly and
with difficulty through bramble and bri ,r
Ieaplng the precIpice and gliding through
the valley, might feel itself alone an,
| talter at the thought that its mission WA.
to water the great world, but presently il
hears the voice OF the river greeting it.
and AZ ,in the loud welcome of the sea
md the truth appears that the brook, tht
river and The sea are one in their nature
and mission. As struggling churches SCI
! far apirt, with am-lIke difficulties o
/ bramole and briar. our attention is apt /,
Ne alb orbed and our minds impres,ec
o. vi II that wDich Is immediate and 10
cal. binding u TO the fact hat we belong
t., a multitude which no mtn can number
scattered through every cline on earth
nd cruwdInE the highways of eternity
and We need TO hear sometimes the salu
t1iIous OF ali the saints. as the stream
heard the greeting Of the sea, that WI
may have a just conception of the relation
We sustain To the holy ones Of the universe
aud profit by the benefit such conception
c.n lmpart The man who compasSes by
| faith this divine fact cannot be alone OF
land or sea. He will think and toll AS II
he presence of vast multitude watching
him with loving eyes, and anxious tiat b.
should succeed. Without it he may grow
discouraged.