Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-06-27

| SAY u litt,c cAH!I - born in Bet ehem who
may after awhile dispute his authority.
| Byron conquered tho world with his pen,
and yet said that be felt more unhappiness
from the criticism Of the most illiterate
reader than he experienced pleasure from
tho prais, Of all the talented.
THE IMMORTAL slIENsToHE.
In the last century in ENGLAND lived the
immortal Shenstone. Portions of his life
were given TO the writing of poetry, but
this was not evidently the field for which
nature had equipped him. His name will
never be forgotten, because of the home
| which he adorned and beautincd until
there probably never has been SO bright
spot since the Garden of Eden as what he
loved to call "The Leasowes." In addition
to the marvels which nature had wrought
he added the perfection OF art. Arbors and
terrace and slope and rustic temple and
reservoir and urn and fountain here had
their browning. Oak grd yew and hazel
put on their glory of vcrdura. What the
greenness of deep grass, and the foam Of
cascade, and the glitter of still lake could
give of beauty were added. No life was
more diligent and no soul more ingenious
than those of ShenstoEe, and all that
genius and diligence were directed to the
adornment of that treasured spot. What
more could one want to make home happyi
Yet there is one man who sits sghing in
those bowers, and casting gloomy looks
upon those park, md the mirth of leap
ing waite rfals makes no melody in his ear.
1t is Shenstonc, the owner OF The Ieasowcs.
II have lost my road to happiness" says
the Respondent man. Il am angry and en-
vious, and detected and frantic and disre.
gard all present things just MS it becomes
Il mailman to do My friends there is no
L 1
care not how bright n home Orpah has in
Moab, when she turns away from duty
she turns away from peace Amid the bac-
chanalia of Belshazzar's feast and the gilt
ter Of chaliccs there always will come out
a handwriting on the wall fcarfullv omi.
nous: "Tekel-weghed in tie balances and
found wanting When you can reap
harvests off bare rocks, and gather balm
out of nightshadc, and make sunlight sleep
in the heart Of sepulcLers, and build
firm house on n rocky bllow, then can an
unpardoned soul find firm enjoyment amid
its transgressions. Then can Orpah go
back to Moab without weeping
ALIVE IN CHRIST, DEAD IN SIN.
Again, this subject teaches that n re
ligious choice and the want of it frequently
divide families Ruth and Orpah and
Naomi were tendcrly attached They were
'ii "iH"""' 'i"'t V''O'i NV HiA HSVil NVHSe'
Grated by baptism of tears. In the fire
Of trial their affections had been forged.
Together they were so pleasantly united
you can hardly imagine them separated.
Yet fatal line is drawn dividing them
from each other, perhaps forever. Naomi
cannot live in a hertben country. She
must go into Bethlehem, that there among
the pio"s she may WorshlP the true Tod
NUN MAKES sIhlIIat cho'ce, put Orpah
rebels Ana they Iitted up thelr voice
anu "epu asalh' anu orpan KISSED her
mo'hcr-h-IaW' put huth cIaVe unto her,
Inc history OF TINS ldnly or hllmelech is
the history OF many ltnl'les OF TINS day.
HOW often IL Is that III circle OF rela-
tlVes' WhlIe they LOOK ankle and walk alike
ana talk allfe there Is tremendous diff
ieTeuce' outWardlE unlted III the ahec
, tlonal relations OF TINS life, they are scpa-
rated IN tile mos lhpoltaht respects. some
: now are the children OF hight and others
! INC chlluroh OF darkness. lhese are awe
n CHRIST anu tRoHe are dead IN SIN. Ruth
IN the lana OF i5ethiehon' OrPaE III Moab
VI the same fanny df1 DAVID ana 500
mon, WorshlpofS OF the most hlSh bod,
anu -Au"llIah anu -Ausaioli' VINO i've anu
NC me eieihIe0 ol AT righteousness De
longing 20 'nc same Iamlly was the molly
ana uevout IN an" the reckless Ihlncas
ana hopnhl' Jonathan Edwards, the
gpou' ana f!erIepolAt EDWARDS, the BAD,
pei"nE 10 uAe same Ia>AlIy' aaron Burr,
the uiSsolule' haa most excellent father
lying YET immortal nearer, by the solem-
hity OF the parental ana llllaI ana conJugal
relation, ~ INC s"'rcunes9 ol inc I"hlIiy
Learih' oy Pne houor Oh 'he lanilIy name,
ny lhe memory oi departed Klnureu, l
point oue TINS parting Oh l'u'h ana Orpah'
hhASoN9 FOX HLr'SIH" CHRIST
AGAIN inns SuoJec' suggests 10 me TWO
OF the prominent reasons why people re-
, fuse the ElhguoH OF ChFl't. Ilere may
nave been m"hy oiheF reasons why Orpah
ieit her sister ana inother-ln-law and went
pack nome not Ihere were TWO reasons
Whlch mink were more prominent IMAM
= the rest She bdp been brought up IN IDOL
atrleS' one IoVcd lhe htatheh Gods Whlch
hcr ancestors haa WorShlpe'i, ana though
' these DOCKS OF Woou ana stone could not
near she thouHht theE could near, ana
though they couId not see she thought
they could see ahI though they could not