Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-04-21


BROOKLYN, April 11-Being Faster
morning the BROOKLYN Tabernacle congre
,,,tiau had baop inyitod tn hiring flowers
,bo ,,i,,l,+ loforo ord - b,,l of tbo,, VIVA
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WI ''e ''"' VI 'ie PuiPiu anu ",,"''' vi
'hefn over the pulpit ihe Wor" heSur'
reCii'H was Sl,eileu o''' III reuter- Hl Nni'e
Ille>. --'pc''i music W"H "uieu 10 the
Ere"O cong. a,ioh'I SINGING: leN'
samuel Nv ~ surrey me oltterheSs OF
death II past
80 crcd AgaE ana the only objection |
have to this text Is that bad man uttered
it. Nevertheless 1t Is true, and in higher
and better sense than that IN which 1t was
originally uttered. Years ago n legend
something IKE TINS was told me: In
nut lived very poor woman by the name
OF Misery. In front OF her door was pear
tree, winch was her only resource Tor Nv
ing Christ, the Lord IN poor garb was
walking through the earth ana no one
would entertain nun. IN NHih ne khock"u
ut the door OF palaces anu OF h'lnlblc dwell
HhES' Ola anu h'lSI! anu lhsunlc"hlIN
P'u, a. ne was none received hlm. but
coming one day to the nut OF this woman,
whose name was Misery, she received him,
ANA offered nm lew cruStS ana asked
lam to warm himself at the handful OF
'o'uN and she sat up al night that the
"dNiarer might nave pillow TO rest ON.
IN the morning tins divine being asked
2er as be departed what she would have
him do in the way of reward, and told her
hat he owned the universe and would give
ncr what she asked All she asked was
hat her pear tree might be protected and
,ht the boys who stole her fruit, once
Climbing the tree, might not he able to get
Town without her consent. So it was
granted, and all who climbed the tree
we're compelled to stay there. After
while Death came along and told the poor
woman she must 90 with him. But she
'.! not want to 20. for, however poor ones
IS, no one wants to 90 with Death.
~ she said to Dcath, Il will 90 with
-H'i II You Will llrst climb up INTO my pear
f.r ana bring me down few pears before
START LUIS he consented to do, but
having climbed into the tree he could not
a.-alu come down.
Then the troubles of the world began,
.0r Death did not come. The physicians
rHd no patients, the undertalers no bust
moss lawyers no wills to make, the people
who waited for inheritanccs could not get
tacrl, the old men etaid in all the profcs
ions and occupations 50 that there was no
"oom for the young who We're coming on.
ma he earth got overcrowded, and from
the earth the cry went mp: "Oh, for
i:"ath! Where is DeathW Then the peo-
'o came to the poor woman and begged
Ter to lat Death descend from the tree. In
Nmpathy for the world, she consented TO
let Death come down on one condition. and
mat was that he should never modest or
take heraWaY, and on that condition Death
WAS allowed 10 come down, and he kept his
word and never removed her, and for that
reason we always have Misery with us.
THE RESURRECTION
In that nllegory some one has set forth
,he truth that l mean to present on this
i-aster morning which celebrates the res
direction OF Christ and our coming resur-
F'ction-that one OF the grandest and
hAEhtlest mercies OF the earth Is our divine
lrfMl~sioh to quit 1t. Si&ty-four persons
every minute step Oil TINS planet. Thirty
hl''Ion people every year board this planet.
AS steamer must unload before 1t takes
'h.'uer cargo ana as the passengers OF
ran traih must leave IL IN order to have an
"ther company OF passengers enter 1t, SO