Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-06-13


pumps ali working to keep her afioat,
bulwarks knocked away. | see such
vessel coming and get ouC1ny s.n,--i BOAT
and push toward her, and | shout:
..Ahoy, captain! What are you going
to do with those shivered tim Dera? That
was a beautiful ship when you went out,
but YOU have ruined it." Oh, says
the captain, 81 have fine cargo on |
board. and by this round trip | have |
made ten fortunes"
So I believe it will be when the |
Christian soul at last comes into the |
harbor of heaven. 1t will come bearing |
upon it the marks of great stress OF
weather. You can see by the very looks
of that soul as it comes into glory that
it was driven by a storm and dashed in
the hurricane, but by so much as the
voyage is rough, will the harbor be
blessed. If ye suffered with him
on earth, We shall be glorifed with him
in heaven" Aim high Do not be sat
isfied to be like the Christians all around
you Be more than they have ever been
for Christ.
An old Arabian king was showing
beautiful sword that had been given
him, when one of his cOurtlers SAID:
ssThis sword is too short. You cannot
do ANYTHING with it, Said the kings
son: ITO brave man no sword is too
short. IF it be too short, take one step
in advance, and then it is long enough
So say to any Christian who may feel
that he has poor weapons with which to
fight against sin and darkness and death:
advance upon the enemy. La the
strength of Christ go forward. GOD IS
for YOU, and if God be for you, who can
be against you? Remember that God
never puts you in battle, but he gives
YOU weapons with which to fight.
POWER OF CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
NV second word of counsel to those
who have recently entered upon Christian
life is. Abstain from all pernicious asso-
Citations. and take only those that are
useful and beneEcent. Stay out of all
| associations that would damage your
Christian character. Take only those as
sociations that will help you. A learned
man said, IF stay with that man Fene-
lon any longer, shall get to be Chris
tain in spite of myself" In other words
there is q mighty power Ill Christian as
sociations. Now what kind of associa-
tions shall we, as young Christians, seek
after? | think we ought to get into COM
panv better than ourselves, never going
into company worse than ourselves. Ii
we get into company little better than
ourselves and there are people IN
that company, ten chances to one we Will
be bettered If we get into company a
little worse than ourselves, and there be
ten people in that company, ten chances
to one we will be made worse than we
were before
Now. when young Christian enters
the church. God does not ask him to re-
tire from the world. The anchorite that
lives on acorns is no nearer heaven than
the man who lives on partridge and wild
duck. Isolation is not demanded by the
Bible. A man may use the world with
the restriction of not abusing it. But
, inst as soon as you find any surroundings
| pernicious to your spiritual interest, quit
!, those associations. This remark is more
, especially appropriate to the young. Now
, it is impossible that the young and I'M
troubled should seek their associations
with those who are aged and worn out
. AS God intended the aged to associate
/ with the aged, talking over the past ano
: walking staff in hand along the same
paths they trod thirty. forty and fifty
2 Years ago, so | suppose he intended thf
: Young chiefly TO associate with the young
The grace Of God does not demand tina
we be unnatural. | do not want you t.
: take this caution | have given you 81
D that of a growing nlisanthrope, hating
{ bilarity. For you must have q sprins
9 bow if YOU want to make the arrow fly
g But while this is so, want you to be es
: pecially on guard in this matter, and lie
. the religion of Jesus Christ control yo1
. in all YOUR associations. [ know youn:
\ neopIe who have meant well enough, bu
q thev have foated off into evil influences
Il and they have associated day by day wit
u those who hated God and despise hi
e commandments, and their characters al
). all depleted. [ can see they are change
o for the worse, but they are not aware c
O it, Oh young man, come out of that ba
; association do not know what 1t is.
II do not know to what place you ma
% have q private key. l do not know
u what place you go without the sanctlo
of those who love you very much.
" [ do not pretend to point cut any ev
r. influences, bat are there not some SUI
ii rounding influences that are pernicior
" to your growth in grace? Stand bac
" from that furnace in which so man
id Young Christians have been destroyed
er In this church there is a large compan
te of young men and young women col
a secrated to Christ. I know of no bette
" than they are.
of Young convert, invite you into the
ut friendship Contact with them will ell
IN vate you All hail, young followers {
III Jesus Christ, my joy and my pride! M
ne heart thrills at every step of your a.
;t. vancement 1 talked with you in tn;
r. hour when you most tried to break fro
at sin. and l now rejoice as l see you pu
I'D ting on the armor Of conflict in whie
20 God will give you present and everlas
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