The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-03-18

sociations. He may have his imper
fcctions, but he is very good man
Great is his religious stature. That
other man has been for thirty years
among influences intensely worldly,
and he has shut himself out from all
other influences, and his religious
stature is that of a dwarf. No man
ever has been or can be Independent
of his acknowledgement, intel
lectual, moral, religious.
The Bible indicates the length of
the giant by the length of his bed
stead. Let no man say, II will be
good" and yet keep evil surround
ings. Let no man say, II will be
faithful as a Christian, and yet con
sort chiefly with workings. You
are proposing an everlasting impos-
sibility. When a man departs this
life you can tell what has been his
influence in a community for good
by those who mourn for him, and by
how sincere and long continued are
the regrets Of his taking off. There
may be no pomp or obsoquies and no
pretense at epitapheology, but you
can tell how high he was in conse-
Grafton and how high in usefulness by
how long is his shadow when he
comes to lie down.
What is true Of individuals is true
of cities and nations. Show me the
free libraries and schools of a city,
and | will tell you the intelligence Of
its people. Show me its gallery of
painting and sculpture, and | will
tell you the artistic advancement Of
it's citizens. Show me its churches,
and | will tell you the moral and
religious status of the place. From the
fact that Ogs bedstead was thirteen
and half feet long, l conclude tho
giant himself was about eleven feet
high.
But let no one by this thought be
induced to surrender to unfavorablc
environments. A man can make his
own bedstead. Chantrey and Hugh
Miller were born stonemasons, but
the one became an immortal sculptor
and the other a Christian scien list
whose name will never die. Turner,
the painter, in whose praise John
Ruskin expended the greatest genius
of his life, was the son of barber
who advertised "a penny a shave"
DR.. Prideaux, one of the greatest
scholars of all time, earned his way
through college by securing pots and
pans. The late Judge Bradley worked
his way up from charcoal burner
to the bench of the supreme court of
the United States. Yes, a man can
decide the size of his own bedstead.
EVEN GIANTS MUST REST.
Notice, furthermore, that even
giants must rest. Such enormous
physical endowment ON the part of
King Og might suggest the capacity
to stride across all fatigue and omit
slumber. No. He required an iron
bedstead Giants must rest Not |
approaching that fact, how many of
the giants yearly break down. Giants
IN business, giants in art, giants in |
giants in usefulness. They |
i've not out more than half their
lays.
They try to escape the consequence
Of overwork by voyage across the
sea or sail in summer yacht, or
all on physicians for relief from in
;omnia, OF restoration of unstrung
nerves, or the arrest Of apoplexies,
when all they need is what this giant
If my text resOrted to-an iron bed
stead Let no one think because no
las great strength of body or mind
hat he can afford to trifle with his
unusual gifts. The commercial world,
he literary world, the artistic world,
he political world, the religious
world are all the time aquake with
he crash of falling giants.
King Og, no doubt, had a throne,
tut the Bible never mentions his
hrone. King Og, no doubt, had a
rown, but the Bible never mentions
lis crown. King Og, no doubt, had
scepter, but the Bible does not men
ion his scepter. Yet one of the largest
'erses of the Bible is taken up in de-
cribing his bedstead. So God all up
nd down the Bible honors sleep.
Adam, with his head on a pillow of
Idenic roses, has his slumber blest by
divine gift of beautiful companion
hip. Jacob, with his head on a pill
DIV of rock, has his sleep glorifed
Nth ladder filed with descending
nd ascending angels. Christ, with
pillow made out of the folded up
oat of fisherman, honors slumber
n the back part of the storm tossed
oat.
The only case of accident to sleep
Mentioned in the Bible was when
,utychus fell from window during
sermon of Paul, who had preached
ntil midnight, but that was not so
luch condemnation of sleep as
ensure of long sermons. More sleep
what the world wants. Econo-
lize in everything but sleep. VIII {
am H. Seward, the renowned secre- {
lry of state, in the midst of his '