Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-07-11

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The secret of the Lord is with them thai
fear him.-Bt6Le.
No one can know God unless taught O.
God.-Irenaems.
And to know the love OF Crhist which
passeth knowledge.
The evil word is a long step beyond the
evil hought.-Canon Farrar.
Stand but your ground, your ghostly
foes will lly.-J. Russell LoweU.
The great ideas of he Bible protect
themsclves.-1ho De Quincey.
The light of studious hours shines in
the speech of the wlse.-.!StOrrS.
Among all forms of mistake, prophecy
is the most gratuitous. George E!liot.
The secret pleasure of generous act is
the great minds great brlbe.- -Dryden.
To a mind inf tied with vanity the
simplicity of truth is Disgusting .-Ro5ert
Hull.
The Christian on his knees sees farther
than the philosopher on tiptoe.-Dr.
james Hamilton.
No Christian is so fanatical for his
cruciied Lord as the sceptic for his doubts.
DR.. John Hull.
The golden marriage is a part of love
which the bridal.day knows nothing "of."
Theodore Parker.
The angels are swift winged in Gods
service because they love him. Love is
never weary Watson.
Let no man complain Of the shortness
of life, until he has measured the full
capacity of day.-Henry T. King.
If work baskets were gifted with power
of speech, they could tell stories more
true and tender than any we read. For
women often sew the trag .dy or comedy
of life into their work. k.-LouIsl Alcott.
Carlyle once said the teachings of the
materlalistic atheists was in appearance
like the finest flour, fit TO make the most
exquisite bread out Of ard when you came
to try it you found it was powdered glass,
and the deadliest of poisons.
God knows the man who has fought
faithfully against the heavier odds. Many
a poor despised wretch, forced into a
pauper's grave by circumstance or some
tant of blood, has heard the words,
"Well done, good and faithful servant. y
N. Y. Tribune.
esteem the gospels TO be thoroughly
genuine, for there shines forth from them
the reflected splendor of sublimity,
proceeding from the person of Jesus
Christ, of so divine kind as only the
divine could ever have manifested upon
earth. Goethe.
Unless all signs fail the next so years
will be glorious period in which to
work for God; glorious because there will
be much to endure; and glorious because
unbeIief will become, nay already is bold
and defiant Baccalaurate Sermon at
Williams College.
Ask for the old paths of the glorious
gospel, which comes to us crowned with
the victories of nigh two thousand years.
By this we conquer-the Word is as true
for us to day as the Legend makes it true
for Constantine.-Dr. FdpIrGS Sermon on
The Old Paths.
The n. Y. Evening Post says:
"a careful survey of the murders, sui
cides and other great felonies committed in
the chief cities of the United States during
the last ten years shows that heavy frac-
ton of the perpetrators were atheists and
free thinkers. These unhappy persons, per-
suaded that life is the be all and end all
here, imagine that they can jump the life
to come. A collection of letters and other
papers often left by criminals, when
anticipating death. shows fearful number
of instances, some of which many readers
will recall, of absolute disbelief in the
existence of God or in penalties for sins
committed in this life to be exacted in a
future one"
Light is governed by certain laws. 1t
moves in straight lines. Hence, if we
hide ourselves in some place not in range
with the sun, his beams will not find their
way to us. But suppose we place
bright, strong reflector where the suns
rays will fall directly upon it. We can
then throw the glorious sunlight far down,
even into dark places under the ground.
Spiritual things are often beautifully
illustrated by material things. Gods
spirit is a light that lighteth every man
that cometh into the world. And the
operations of the Holy Spirit are carried
on in no capricious way. His influences
fall upon all men as surely as the sun
beams do. A man can very easily hide
away in some dark place where no ray OF
light can ever reach him. But for all that,
the sun is in the heavens above him, and
shines as brightly as ever. He has but to
come within range of the sun and he is
flooded with its glorious light. But the
sunshine will not chase him from one
hiding place to another and force its light
upon him. 1t will not wait upon his foot
steps as his shadow does. Neither does
the Holy Spirit force an entrance into the
hearts of men who turn their backs, and
d esire only to be let alone. Such persons
place themselves voluntarily outside OF
and away from spiritual influences. But
is there no way by which they can be
reached? We are commanded to reflect
the image of our Savior. A true Christian
may carry the light of Gods Holy Spirit
to hearts that sit in the region and shadow
of death, as surely as bright rehectors will
bear the rays of light away from their
natural course, and threw the light away
down where the law of its own operation
would never have taken it. Blessed arc
they whose holy lives reflect the Savior's
image Church and Home.