Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-05-22

CnurC0, ana the woman NJ tnc OUneT enu
of the pew looked at me as much as to say:
"How dare you' This is my pew, and j
pay the rent for itl' Well, crouched in
the other corner and made myself as small
Ms possible, and felt as though l had been
stealing something. So there are people
who have a sharp edge to their religion,
and they act as though they thought most
people had been elected to be damned and
they were glad of it, Oh, let US brighten
up our manner and appear in utmost gen
tlemanliness or ladyhood.
BE GENIAL
The object in fly fishing IL to throw the
! fly far out and then let it drop gently down
and keep it gently rising and falling with
the waters, and not plunge it like man
! of-wars anchor; and abruptness and harsh
| ness OF manner must be avoided in our at
tempt at usefulness. / know q man in
! New York who Is more sunshiny and gen
ial when he has dyspepsia than when he Is
not suffering from that depressing trouble.
! / have found out his secret. When he
starts out in the morning with such de
preston he asks for special grace to keep
from swapping up anybody that day, and
puts forth additional determination to be
kindly and genial and by the help of God
he accomplishes it. Many of our nets
need to he mended in these respects, the
. black threads and the rough threads taken
out, and the bright threads and the golden
threads of Christian geniaity woven in.
In addition to this we need to mend our
nets with more threads of patience. 1t Is
no rare thing for a fisherman to spend one
whole day before he can take "A 1T. Law
renee pike or an Ohio salmon or a Long
Island pckerel or a Cayuga black bass or
a Delaware catfish and he does that day
after day without particular discourage
ment. But what lack of patience if we
do not Immediately succeed in soul catch
ing We are apt to give it up and say, 81
will never try again" Into all our nets we
need to weave all along the edge and all
through the center great, long, stout
threads of Christian patience. How patient
God has been with us! Can we not he pa
tient with our fellows' | had presented
Inc from Scotland a few days ago an orna-
mented iukstand, the wooded parts OF
which We're made from "A piece of n tree cut
down by Mr. Gladstone, at IIdwarden, and
sent by him to Scotland by request.
The incident reminded me Of the fact that
a woman who had long been on Mr.. Glad
stones estate had a hayward boy, and in
her despair she asked Mr.. Gladstone to take
the boy in hand. While prime minister Of
England, with all the mighty affairs of the
hln&uOll III his IlbuNl, ne IOOh IDiJ DON III
his study and counscled him, and then
knelt down and prayed with him, and the
boy was saved. If we all had hearts of
sympathy like that, what would be to us
impossible? as it not delightful that can
sing SO well?" said Jenny Lind, in a burst
of JOY that She could help others. rs 1t
not delightful that | can sing so wellY
And might we not all say in thaukfulncss
to God, is it not delightful that we can
sympathize with Others, and encourage
others, and help others, and save others"
Again, in mcnding our nets we need also
to put in the thread, Of faith and tear out
all tho tangled me>hcs OF unbeief. Our
work is successful according to our faith.
The man who believes in only half Bible
or the Bible in spots; the man who thinks
he cannot persuade others; tie man who
halts, doubling about this and about that
will be failure in Christian work. Show
me the man who rather thinks that the
garden of Eden may have been an alleGory
and is not quite certain but that there may
be another chance after death, and does
not know whether or not the Bible is III
spred, and | tell you that man for sou
, saving is n poor stick. Faith III God and
in Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost, anC
the absolute necessity of "A rcJencrateC
heart in order to see God IN peace, is one
} I thread Won ,uust have i'm vour m,udcd net
! or Won will never I've y successful fisher fol
1 mon WHY how car, Won doubt9
| The hundreds Of millions of men anC
t women now standing in the church or
| earth. and the hundreds of millions il
t heaven. attest the power of this Go,uel +,
save With more than the certainly of ;
q mathematical demonstration. Let MS star,
! ont to redeem all nations The rotten
I .st thread thar v,,i, ara totear outot roi,,
: net is uubelie{ and the most imoortnn
q thread thar Won ara to mt il, H. is faitb
r Faith in God triumDhant faith everI,st
inc fnith II Won cannot trust tie infnite
q fine HOLY the omninoteut .Jebovah who ga,
Won trnsts
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