Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-05-30


and sin are very anxious to have picty
! bow before them. Hannah was n fair en-
| lcm of entire worldliness and Mo,Gecai
! the representative of urfinching qodliuces
! Such were the usaEcs of society in ancient
! times that, had this ISrGclte bowed TO the
! primo minister it would have been an nc.
| EnuWlcdEment Of respect for his character
| and nation MOrdoCai would therefore,
/ have sinnnd against his religion had he
made any obciS'nre or dropped his chin
! half an inch before Hannah. When. there.
fore, proud Hannah attempted go compel
an homage which wHs not felt, he only did
/ what the world ever since has tried to do,
| when it would force our holy roli 9ion in
| any way to yield to it's dictates. Daniel, II
/ he had been a man of religious COmprom.
/ i.Cs. would never have been thrown into
the den of lions. lie might have maue
some arrangement with King Darius
whereby he could have retained part of his
form of religion without making himself
SO completely obnoxious to the idolaters.
/ Paul might have retained the favor OF his
/ rulers and escaped martyrGom if he had
/ only been willing TO mix up his Christian
. faith with q few errors His unhcudino
/ Christian character was taken as an iuStlt
! Eagot and rack aud halter, in ali ages
have been only the different ways in which
the world has demanded obeisance 1t was
once, away up ON the top Of the temple.
.H'' "a, an VU'''u,'i,u." 'uV iiolN pnV Ul
-'aNitrIh 10 hueei beioIe MN. bHN IL II
/ n'i no" =" huth On tHe 'Up oI CI'.'tCHeS ~
Gown III ne al7I' anu 'Ho Pc" anu 'he pun
, ll' 'ua' Ha'an 'elilPUS i1e c"pouserS % me
'"rStlAn i"'u 10 khoel IeIpHe nun; why
! wa, IT. lHHI inc Ih"loHlc PllIoSopuerS OF
! curry t"'N' as wen rs "lhHh' NpihoHa a!.0
/ h"''u'D'oNr Oh I"'et u'HS, were SO Hl"'lN
/ "pvoHou 10 'h'I7'ianloN CeFlaihIY NOT De
'IutP IL ldN"rVu IHAIuTaIl'!eS' or "rreSIcu
| 'N."Ha'I'h' OF ""'rieu inc in'clleC'' Ire
, G'H"!h reason, "A',het diHliIrl CT NOT
was because the reis'oh OF 'hrlst pad
no respect 10 'htlf i"'tIIettual van tic'
i'I'lnt Hhc l%NIr ana Inc to.i OF lnIiuels
H'V h'u oul ny tHe FlIC rr-tH Oh Nharles H.
as rer'iie9 C.T'"I oIt o. marsh "I Hllh@
con'u MOI Keep thclf patience because, as
th'y passed %lohg' There were situnE IN tho
Z quo ul u" cnnlcn Such mon "S matthew
ana -d'fh' ana Luxe MA JoHh, VINO WouId
nc. ''hu an Iuch III respect 10 lhelr P'lloso
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meut We have now many desiring to 10
as gods. reaching up after vet aa5thct
apple Human reason. scaruful of Gods
word. may foam and strut with the proud
wrath Of IA Hannah. and utte:nbt to compel
the HOMAGE OF the good, but in the presence
of men and angels it shall be couiounIed
"God shall smite thee. thou whited wall &"
When science began to make it, brilliant
discoveries there were great facts brought
to light that seemed TO overthrow the trut h
of the Bible. The archaeologist with his
crowbar and the geologist with his ham
mer, and the chemist with his batteries
charged upon the Bible Moses account
of the creation seemed denied by the very
structure Of the earth. The astronomer
wheeled round his telescope until the heav-
enly bodies seemed to marshal themselves
against the Bible, as the stars in their
courses fought against Sisera. Cbserva.
tories and universities reioiced at what
they considered the extinction Of Christi.
anity. They gathered new COURAGE at what
they considered past victory, and pressed
. on heir conquest into the KINGDOM of mn.