Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-06-19

r1eS ehau cease to prepare young men Tor
this plain Gospel advocacy and shall be-
come mere philosophical schools for guess
Ing about God and guessing about the
Bible and guessing about the sosal, they
will cease their usefulness, and young
men, as in olden time. when they would
study for the Gospel ministry, will put
themselves under the care of some ntelli-
gent and warm hearted pastor and kneel
with him In family prayer at the parson-
age, and go with him into the room of the
sick and the dying. and see what victories
the grace OF God can gain when the couch
of the dying saint is the marathon.
VITAL RELIGION Is THE REMEDY.
That is the way the mighty ministers of
the Gospel were made in olden times. Oh,
for great wave of revival to roll over our
theological seminaries and our pulpits and
our churches and our ecclesiastical courts,
and over all Christendom, That would I've
the end of controversy. While such a del
uge would float the ark of God higher and
! higher, it would put all the bears and
tigers and reptiles of raging eccieSiasticism
fifteen cubits under.
Now, what is the simple fact that you in
the pew and Sabbath school class and re-
formatory association and we in the pull
pits have 20 deal with3 1t is this: That God
has somewhere, and it matters not where,
but somewhere, provided q great heaven,
great for Quietne5s for those who want
quiet; great for vast assemblage for those
who like multitudes; great for architecture
for those who like architecture; great for
beautiful landscape for those who like
beautiful landscape, great for music for
those who like music; great for professions
for those who like armies on white horses,
and great for anything that one especially
/ desires in such rapturouS domiuiOn; and
through the doinGs of one who was born
about five miles south of Jerusalem aud
died about ten minutes walk from its east
ern gate all may enter that great heaven
for the earnest and heartfelt asking Is
that alp That is all What, then, Is your
work and minei Our worl; is to persuade
people to face that way aud start thithcr-
ward and finally go i'll. Bat has not rei-
gion sotnctAiuG to do with this world Us
well as tie next? Oh, ytsj; but do you not
see that if the people start for heaven on
their way there they will do all the good
they cam they will at the very start of
Che journey get so much of the spirit of
Christ, which is IA spirit Of kindness and
self sacrifice and generosity and burden
bearing and helpfulneSs, that every step
they take will resouud wiCh good deeds.
Oh, get your religion OF of .tiits! Get it
down out OF the high towers! Get it on a
level with the wants and woes of our poor
human race. Get it out Of the dusty theo-
logical books that few people read, and put
it in their hearts and lives Good thing is
it to profess religion when you join the
church, but every day, somehow, we ought
to profess religion.
a peculiar patchwork quilt was, during
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