Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-02-20

And then thought to myself: "why, that
theory would make 9 snowflake that falls
cheerfully aud in the right place. and does
all the work assigned II as honorable as q
whole Mout Blanc Of SnownAkes-H
YES yes" says the celestial dragomAn,
many OF these pearls that you ind on the
forehaads OF the righteous and many Of the
gems in the jewel case Of prince and princess.
are only the petrihed snowhakcs Of earthly
tempest for God does not forget the promise
made in regard 10 them, They shall be Mine.
said the Lord Of hosts, In the day when |
make up Ny JEWELS Accumulated poweri
All the prayers and charities aud hndnesses
and talents Of all the good concsntered aud
compacted will be the worlds evangeliEation-
This thought Of the aggregation Of the many
smalls into that one mighty is another treas
ure Of the snow
Another treasure of the snow Is the sug-
gestion OF the usefulness OF sorrow. Absence
OF snow last winter made all nations sick.
That snowless winter has not yet ended its
disasters. Within q few weeks 1t put tens
OF thousands into the grave, and left Others
in homes and hospitals gradually TO 60
down. Called bya trivial name, the Rus
sian grip" it was an international plague
Plenty of snow means public health. There
is no medicine that so soon cures the worlds
malarias as these white pellets that the
clouds administer-pelets small enough 10 be
homeopathic, but in such large doses as TO
be allopathic, and melting soon enough 10 be
hydropathic. Like sponge, every fake alb
serbs unhealthy gases. The tables OF NOR
tality in New York and Brooklyn imme-
diately lessened when the SHOWS OF last De
cember began to fall. The snow Is one OF
the grandeSt and best Of the worlds doctors
Yes, it is necessary for the lands produc-
tiveness- Great SHOWS In winter are general
ly followed by great harvests next summer.
Scientific analysis has shown that snow con-
tains a larger percentage Of ammonia than
the rain, and hence its greater power OF en-
richment. And besides that, 1t is white
blanket to keep the earth warm. An eK-
animation of snow in Siberia showed that 1t
was hundred degrees warmer under the
snow than above the snow. Alpine plants
persisted In the mild winter OF England for
lack OF enough snow to keep them warm.
Snow strikes back the rich gases which other
wise would escape In the air and be lost.
Thank God for the SHOWS, and may those OF
February be as plentiful as those of Deem
Der and January have been, high and deep
and wide and enrichug; then the harvests
next July will embroider with gold this en-
tire American continent.
What mellowed and glorifed Wilberforces
Christian character A financial misfortune
that led him to write, II know not why my
life is spared so long, except 1t be to show
that a man can be as happy without q for
tune as with one" What gave John Milton
such keen spiritual eyesight that he could
see the battle OF the angels' Extingushment
Of physical eyesight. What Is the highest
observatory for studying the stars of hope
and faith and spiritual promise? The be-
LEVERS sick bed What proclaims the richest
and most golden harvests that wave on all
the hills of heavenly rapturel The SHOWS
the deep snowS the awful SHOWS of earthly
calamity. And that comforting thought is
one of the treasures OF the snow.
Another treasure Of the snow is the sugges-
ton that this mantle covering the earth is
like the soul after 1t is forgiven. wash
me- said the Psalmist, "and l shall DO
winter than snow" My dear friend Cash
erie De Witt went over to Geneva, Switzer-
! land, for the recovery OF his health, but the
Lord had something better for him than
earthly recovery. Little did think when
babe him gOol-by one lovely afternoon on
the other side Of the sea TO return to America,
that we would not meet again till we meet
| In heaven As no lay one Sabbath morning
/ on his dying pillow in Switzerland, the win
dow open, he was looking out upon Mont
Blanc The air was clear. That great
mountain stood in its rob, of snow, glitter
ing in the morning light and my friend said
| to his wife: Jennie do you know what that
snow on Mount Blanc makes me think off
It makes me think that the righteousness OF
| Christ and the pardon Of God cover all the
sins and imperfections Of my life, as that
snow covers up that mountain for the
| promise is that though our sins be as scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow Was not
that gloriousS
I do not care who you are, or where you
are, you need as much as do that cleansing
which made Gasherie De Witt good while
he lived and glorious when he died. Do not
take it as the tenet of an obsolete theology
| hot M r,ra 50 Va gf Ia
changed. We must be made over again
The ancients thought that snow water had
especial power TO wash out deep stains,
All other water might fail, but melted snow
would make them clean. Well, job had
great admiration for snow, but no declares
in substance that IL be should wash his
soul Ia melted snow he would still BE- COW
cred with mud, like man down in ditch
Job tx, go. IF wash myself In snow
water, and make my hands ever so clean,
yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch
and mine own clothes shall abhor me-"
We must be washed In tbs fountain OF
Gods mercy before we eau be whittier
than snow. without holiness no man
shall see the Lord" Oh for the cleans g
powerl
II there lie in all this audience QUE man or
woman whose thoughts have always been
right and whose actions are always right
let such a one rise, or IL already standing,
lift the right hand. Not one. All We like
sheep, have gone astry. Unclean! unclean !
And yet we may be made winter than snow
whittier than that which, on a cold winters
morning, after a night Of storm, clothes the
tree from bottom OF trunk to top OF highest
branch, whittier than that which this hour
makes the Adirondacks, aud the Sierra
Nevada aud Mount Washington heights Of
pomp and splendor ft to enthrone an arch.
angel.
In the time of Graham, the essayist, In one
mountain district of Scotland an average OF
ten shepherds persisted every winter In the
snow drifts and so he proposed that at the
distance Of every mile pole fifteen feet high
and with two cross pieces be erected, show,
ing the points Of the compass, and bel
hung at the top, so that every breeze would
ring 1t and so the lost one on the mountains
would hear the sound and take the direction
given by this pole with the cross pieces and
got safely home. Whether that propose
plan was adopted or not do not know, bu
declare TO all you who are in tho heavy ant
binding drifts of sin aud sorrow that Their,
is cross near by that can direct you TO hom'
and peace and God; and hear you not tn
ringing of the gospel bell hanging TO tina
cross saying, This Is the way; walk ye 4
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