Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-05-09

n
itY How narrowly they escapedl -escaped
only with the skin of their teeth"
There are men who have been capsized of
evil passions. and capsized mid-occan. and
they are a thousand miles away from any
shore of helm. They have for wears been
irving to die their wav ont. They have
been digging AWAY and digging away, but
they can never be delivered unless they will
hoist some signal of distress. However
weak and feeble if NAV be Christ will SEQ
it, and bear down upon the helplcss craft.
and take them on board. and it will be
known in earth and in heaven how mar
rowlv they oscapod--"escaped os with the
skin of their teeth"
TIME roR RELIGION
There are others who in attemptinr To
come to God must rim hetwecn a great
many business uerplexities If n man 90
over to business Mt 10 o'clock in the morn.
ing and comes away Mt 3o'clock in the af.
ternoon. he has some time for religion; but
how shall Won find time for religions con.
temptation when yor are driven from sun.
rise to sunset. and have been for five years
going behind in business. and are frenuent
" d,lnned by creditors whom Won cannot
pay. and when. from Monday morning I'M
til SATURDAY. niRht. YOU are doduinr bills
that YOU cannot meet? You walk day by
dav in uncertainties that have kept your
brain on fire for the Dast three wears Some
with less business troubles thpn Won have
gone crazy. The clerk has heard a noise in
the back counting room. and gone in. and
found the chief man of the firm n rcviug
maniac or the wife has heard the bang of
pistol in the back parjor, and zone in.
stumbling over the dead body Of her hus-
band--a suicide There are in this house
today three hundred men pursued. har-
asscd. trodden down and sc1lued of busi.
ness nrrnlcxitios and which v-nv tn turn
next they not know. Now God will NOT
be hard on Won. IIcLno,rs what obstacles
are in the way of vogr boin,, a Christian
and vour FIRST effort in tLc ri,-ht direction
he will crown with success. Do NOT LEFT
Satan, with cotton baIysand kesg, and hoes
heads and counters and stocks Of un.aI,bIe
goods blocl. up vourwaytolcavco Gather
ND oil your energies Tighten the rir,lle
about your loins. Take en- agonizing lool,
into the face of God. and thcp say UiTero
roes one Grand effort for life ptorualr' and
then bound away for heaven. escnpinc. rs
with the skin of vour teeth "
I'm the last davit will he found that Uurb
lntimer and John Knox and Huss and
Ridley were NOT the greatest n1nrtyrs but
Christian men who went mn incorrunt
from the concentrations and pprulrvitir,
of Wall street. WATER street Pearl street
Broad street, state street and Third street
On earth they were called brokers. or stool,
jonhcrs or retailers, ~, in1norters. b,,t +,
heaven. Christian heroes No fauots were
heaped about their feet: no inoui.ition DE-
munded from chem rccautatjon: no soldier
aimed n pike at t,Ipir h,tit. b,It thpv buF
mental fortunes. compared with which al
physical consuming is as the breath Of
spring morning
CHEATED OFT or THEIR FAITH
/ find in the community a large class of
men who have been 50 cheated SO lied
about so out rGgeously wrongol. that they
have lost their faith in everything In a
world where everything seems so toDsy
turvy they do not see how there can be
any God. Thev are COMPOUNDED and fron-
zied and misanthropic. Elaborate a1.su-
mcnt; to prove to them the truth of Chris
tianity or the truth of anythin else. touch
them nowhere Hear me, all such men.
preach to You no rounded periods. no orna-
mental discourse: but put my hand on
your shoulder and invite YOU into the
peace Of the Gospel. Here lisa rock on which
YOU may stand firm. though the waves
dash against it harder than the Atlanti,
pitching its surf clear above Eddystone
lighthouse DO not charge upon God all
these troubles Of the world. As long as the
world stuck to God, God stuck to the
world: bat the cart h seeded from hi, GOV
eminent, and hence all these outrage J and
all these woes. God is good For man,
hundreds Of wears he has been coaxing the
world to come back to him: but the more
he has coaxed the more violent have men
been in their resistance. and they have
stepped back and stepped back until they
have dropped into luin.
Try this God, We who have had the blood
hounds after YOU, and who have thought
that God had forgotten YOU. Try him,
and see if he will not help Try him. aud
sec ii he will not pardon. Try him, and
sec if lie viii not save. The flowers of
spring have no bloom so sweet as the
Towering Of Chri,t's affections The sun
hath no warmth comnared with the glow
Of his heart. The waters have no refresh
ment like the fountain that will Stake the
thirst Of thy soul At the moment the
reindeer stands with his lip and nostril
thrust in the cool mountain torrent the
hunter may he coming through the thcket.
Without crack linz Il stick updnr his foot