Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-05-16
FROM MOUNT OLIVET.
DIR. TALMAGE breaches ON CHRlsT'S
ASCENSION.
The wonderful Features of the Rising of
Our Lord from Mount Olivot-It Teach
os That Nothing Is Impossible to
the Almighty.

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r,d I,o w 1irtnd mn vo nvorlostin,e Goore.
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In nl,Icn times when q great conc1leror
rotttrnod from victoriors 1,ar the ucoulu
IN wild trgusport would take hold of the
,rates of the ritv and lift tboni from their
6;rans no r,uch a. tn ea,-. "ibis ritv need.
mo more rate. to defend il since luts con
nuornr has cot horne on from, III, hinges
Win +be oa1os," David who was the uocr
of noets. forptclly i'm his own ,vav the fri
,urnhal entrance of Christ into heaven
,f,Gr his victory over sin and death and
hen. H. was as if the celestial inhabitants
had said. "1ere Tic comes, Make way Cor
him, Push back the bolts of diamond!
Fake hold of the doors of uparl and hoist
Them from their hinges OF roldl Lift M
z,opr boode. q ve oates. and be yc1iftpd M.
" ADMINISTRATIONS: andrbc King of Glory
Shall come in
Among the 1nountaine of Palestine no
one is more uplifting than Mount Olivet.
II was the peroration of our Lords minis
Try. On the roof Of house IN Jerusalem
I asked. (Which ID Olivct?" and the first
glance traDsGxed me. But how shalt /
describe nv emotions, when, near the close
on a Journey, in which we had ior two
NIGHTS cncamped amid the shattered lna
sr5ir,. Of IA .Iericho and fa.,rd of A.,
acrid waters Of tie Dead sea, that crystal
sarcophapus of the buried cities o; the
plain, and waGcd down into the deep ana
swift Jordan to bartize q man, and visitoo
the ruins Of the house Of Mary and Mart ina
and I.a2s,,,s we found orr.ciyc. in .fii.
,,,t,s and on horse. lpthcred with the Ion.
,nd di1fcult ,yov. aecen6fno NIount Olvet
on that SOLEMN and .,,rcrrq,;vo ridoe, II
!. a limestone hin a mia i'm Ienrth. and
.s1o CO.. L},,b and % -0D foot a},,v, tb,. lnv,a
of tl,osoa Ovo,, il T;io1 ri,yi1 fed with =
1roi-a1 HORT Ovcr il 'Po,nDev led his de-
,.astotinr hosts Hare the famous Tenth
7 .erio,, l1,iIt a. II, brea,c,,,n,+
Irbe Gnrden Of Gethsemonc vccps ut the
foor of il Alone tbe base Of This hin
fasbad the lanterns and torches of those
1,,c cor,o ro o,,rast .Tosns From, tho trrc.
l-,,i,i. hin tha ho,,obs -t-ora form off and
tb,o,,,1, into tho ,atb of Chris+'e friumr,boI
,,,oc...ior T-nand down tl,.t. ,oo6 Jce,i.
Ia ,,.,lI,,1 +,,,;,o B., Jo,, f,o,,, l3.+Lor. +o
rar,,ssfo,, and from, TSr,isqlnrn IN Eatb-
49, 1,Ln,a oo,in md o,,in ha had
4,,l,+ ~, 6isni,,ins fTo1f Wv, IN, Ais
,l,,,,t b., ,,t+,t.I l,ie 1nn,onto4inn "a
rsr,,.a-o[, .Tarnsa1e,1',, Tro,n its brirbt
tll,,- qi@rbt I,n,,o,,ord when he lad
G,.i'lai ~. e,ytal,, ,,,ission There is
-''+I,i,,l, 1,,rro fo,. him ~ do sacrifice
,'o7,1i ma l-a ,caco b.4,,.aa,, tl,n rec.
,...'.,- ...,fj, and t1,o o,,t,'r,,d Ia,ven and
It,.I >f,,.,'d;4 Da,tL ,,ords.j f., I,e CON-
,.,,l~a5 ani ne had nnt. hi. rcsn,Tection
IT,, 49,, =; nj, +Lir+,--[I,,,o ,oo..e If
,..,,,-,+..,,. ,,.il, I,a.l o,,5aj mo c,rardogt
.,.[,.t ,1i,,}+t1s4 "ood -,, owen, beard
nov, to he ,'tt.~ol
OK ,oj-gT or1yrT
On tfo,-r+ OIivct Jesus .-,rds in y ,-ro,,n
If ,9Iiira fishermen T'hav had been to-
..,:or IN. ,,,ar,, scenes Of sa.;r,ess and nor
s..-,t5,,I, and had been fine more cudcared
nv. that brotherhood of suFeri,,.r Thev
Ia os.nea-ad him to .tav un1i1 fLn da,- Of
,...,rn7;or v.ban he ,-opidtal-, tl,oe 4cfblv
t5,o.n.o,.d wave , econtnr r;~hripr and
,.ll.a oopIjDion wider tban any Pharaoh.
ti..n. an,. David than any. C.,-ai rrtnoyy
er tha.., authorizations collansa Chris, has
even his last advice. lie bs. offered his
last syropathy. He has suolen hi, last
,,,ra Ill, hands u,e ,,reld mart os one