Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-07


grapes for my sick child at homer At her
spinning wheel she earned few shillings
and went to buy the grapes, The kings
gardener thrust her ont very roughly, and
said he had no grapes to sell. She went off
and sold a blanket and rot some more
shillings. and came back and tried to buy
the grapes. But the gardener roughly as
saulted her and told her to be of. The
kings daughter was walking in the garden
at the time, and she heard the excitement,
and seeing the poor woman, said to her,
MY father is not a merchant to sell, but
he is king and gives" Then she reached
up and plucked the grapes and dropped
them in the poor woman's apron So Christ
is a king, and all the fruits of his pardon
he freely gives They may not be bought.
Without money and without price, take
this sweet cluster from the vineyards of
God.
/ | am coming to the close of my sermon.
I sought for a text appropriate for the &C.
cason. | thought of taking one in job,
my days fly rs weaver's shuttle" of
| text in Psalms, $50 teach us to number
our days that we may apply our hearts
unto wisdom;" of the prayer of the vine
dresser, Lord, let it alone this year also;"
but pressed upon my attention first of all,
and last of all, and above all, were the
words, This year thou shalt die"
Perhaps 1t may mean me. Though in
perfect health now. IL does not take God
one week to bring down the strongest phys
ical constitution. | do not want to die
this year. We have plans and projects on
foot that want to see completed; but God
knows best, and he has a thousand better
men than to do the work yet undone. /
have hope that, notwithstanding all my
infnitn mercy ~ nv Savionr come ont Mt
the riUht nlnce have nothing to brao of
hv ySv If CLr;sti.n evnerience. but two
thine-s have lenrned-mv utter helnless-
noe. Lefora Cod nd rho oil ohoundino oraco
oftbeI ord Io,,,s Iftbo+,vt means some If
,,o,, NV hoor,r. 10 not want Won 70 ha
c.u,,ht unnrou.r.d ,vould like to bava
Won either tbrouyb money Won have laid
m mr. . "life insnrnnr. ;, be able to lnnve
the ,vnrId foe,;no that vorr family need
not h.rom. n,,,nor. put if Won h,ve done
vour hast .nd ,,o,, Ie,ve not ono doIlar,s
worth nf n.tatn ro,, nav confident1v trn.
thn ord vho b,tb nronised tocarrfort
yyi,,o,y and tho f,tbnrless ,vould lilo IN
b,va vour soul fitted ont for eternitv so
that If any mornin,, ar noon or EVENING or
NIGHT of thnso tbrne hundred and sixtv-fiv.
days daath .hould Iook in and ask "a pa
Won reodv,, Won miyht with an outburst
If CLriSti,r tri,,m7b answer "Ave nv.,
all rnadv"
LAST WORDS.
know not what our last words NAV be.
Lord Chesterfield uriled himself on his no.
likeness. and said in his last moment. GIVE
Dayrolles a chair" DR.. Adam. IA diving
schoolmaster. said: at grows dark. The
bows may dismiss" Lord Tenterolcn. sup.
Dosinp himself on the bench of n court
room, said in his last moment, "Gcntlemtn
of the Jury Won will now consider your
verdict" A diving play actor said: "Drop
the curtain. The farce i, PLAYED out.n /
would rather have for nv diving words
those of one greater than Chesterfield or
DIR. Adam or I ord Tentcrtipll: 81 am now
ready to be offered. and the time of NV de.
Darture is ut hand. have fought n rood
fight. | have finished nv course | have
kent the faith; heuccforth there is laid I'm
for me Il crown of righteousness. which the
Lord. the righteous Judge. shall give me. -
The sooner the last hour comes the bet
ter if we are fitted for entrance in the
celestial world There is no clock in
heaven. because it is an everlasting day;
vet they keen an account of the passing
years because they are all the time hear
ing from our world. The angels Rving
the earth has turned on its axis, and in
that way the angels can keep IA diary; and
they say it is almost time now for father
to come up, or for mother to come M.
Some day they see a cobort leaving heaven.
and they saw, whittier boundy" and the
answer is, ITO bring up a soul from earth;''
and the question is asked, What soul?n
And a family circle in heaven find that il
is one of their own number that is to be
brought up, and they come out to watch
as on the beach we now watch for a shir
that is to bring our friends home. After d
while the cohort will heave in sight, nvinu
nearer and nearer, until with a great CLAM
the gates hoist, and with an embrace, wild
with the ecstacy of heaven, old friends
meet again. Away with your stiff, formal
heaven! l want none of it. Give me Il
place of infinite and eternal sociality. Nv
feet free from the clods of earth, | shall
bound the hills with gladness and break
forth in laugh of triumph. Aha aha
We weep now, but then we shall laugh
"Abraham's bosom" means that HEAVIER
has open arms to take us ill., Now we fold
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