Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-11-09


not penetrate, hearing no voice or sdund.
might faint and fail at the Thought Of Eeiur
able % light the universe; but stbe great
worlds sweeping past, salute it with their
Ealing giories, the mighty suns Alsh
ms'SS9S' II greeting from their GuenchIess
tires. unI! the star, though alone. loses
ae >rns of ne.Iuess. anil feels itself t.
o- part ut l glorious system. one in pur-
p s. OF lie tnd hat God is in and over
al. We need to feel and to know that IN
oar limited splele We have sweet and
tender union with all the fair forms ni
NE whether IN d-aveo or on earth. with
he an gel AMI he flower, the seraph ami
the singing birJ, which seems to have "a
soul. Men say: II W m-uv members
have You IN ynur chulch? reply, don't
know. never Xpect To know belong
o church whose numbers will test Ia
t. utmost eapIcity the arithmetic of
eternity. 1t Is that multitude John saw.
when h. said u mn could number,
having lost the distinctive bllg-s of sec
AUD party, each wearing only i snow white
robe. Ii you ctn nuuoer that crowd, YOU
know the strength of he church to which
| belong. by .he grace OF God:-
" They are more than the sands Of the sea
The stars Of tie indaiCe sky
VI 'le l!la''7s' leaves 'aI' with reckless slee
40 u A1'' III ~
They are standing in the pulpits of every
denonlnatii IN on earth to-day, they are
hlIng ne churches OF every name born OF
loyalty 10 Jesus, they walk with stately.
huoyant step, the street, Of The new Jeru-
salem, they crowd her mansions, they
oask 10 her Light, they see HIS face VINO
prayed when on earth That they all
may oe one, rs thou Father art in me. and
IN thee, that they all may be one IN
Us.
We need this salutation of the saints
from the ends OF the world and the bosom
OF eternity, lest the little sect to which we
subscribed work II. in Ramao,ha- ,h,t
s.,,s md o-.,.l- - -, -. =,
he fellowship of all in Jesus Is the work
ot GOd. Tne one will change and perish,
the other abide forever Home Is a beau
THU and heavenly thing, but II it shuts Us
IN from all sympathy with the world and
tue community in which we live, it were
better TO have it burned down about our
ears. The Chr stian denomlnational home
Is necessary for oar present condition,
It's sacraments and ordinances, Its praise
aud prayer. but If these are obtained by
the sacratice OF charity for all, and symps-
thy with all who love our Lord JESUS
Christ irrespective OF color, race or creed,
IL were better the church should 60 to-
rum ana set u tree. Ii belonging to a
church or subscribing to creed has
cau-ei rs TO lose sight OF this day lesson.
1t wa our calamity to have joined the one
and subscribed to the other And in small
communities even the best and most liber-
Al mtn are in danger OF lalltng into this
bondage The strlte of parties, the petty
I"aIUusies, the shallow tricks, the childish
rytirl-s wnlch prevail will sometimes
uddence aud sway mrn OF truly noble
pHtS Love your denomination, love your
church. sustain it. services. promote its
welfare, sand by the ship in which yOu
>AiI, "u' rrnemner that Your ship IS only
one amidst thai hvet oi full sails tntt
sweeps h. >et # time, for nailed to the
mast OF each / the oinner Of the cross, and
tuat presently side by SHE We shall anchor