Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-12-01

the corn stacks so as to keep off the wind,
but still you remember how shivering was
the body and how painful was the cheek,
and how benumbed were the hands. But
after awhile the sun was high up, and all
the frosts went out of the air. and hilari-
ties awakened the echoes, and 10Y from one
corn shock went up, AHA, aha" and was
answered by joy from another corn shock.
"Aha. ahaW So we all realize that the
death of our friend is the nipping of many
expectations, the freezing, the chilling, the
frOStng of many of our hopes. 1t is far
from being n south wind.
It comes out of the frigid north, and
when they go away from us we stand be-
numbed in body and benumbed in mind
and benumbed in soul. We stand among
our dead neighbors, our dead families, and
we say, "Wlll we ever get over it?" Yes,
we will get over it amid the shoutings of
heavenly reunion. and we will look back to
all these dstresS'' Of bereavement only rs
the temporary distresscs of husking time.
"Weepng may endure for a night, but Joy
cometh in the morning" Light, and but
for a moment said the apostle as he
clapped his hands; Eight, and but for Il
moment The chill of the frosts followed
by the cladness that cometh in "like II
shock of corn comcth in in his season"
of course the hu,king time made rough
work with the ear OF corn. The huSkIhE
peg had to be thrust in, and the hard
thumb OF the hu-kcr had to come down
ON the sWathug OF the ear, and then here
was pull and there was a ruthless tear
ing. and then a complete swapping off be
fore the corn was Tree, ana II the husk
could nave spoken III would nave sad;
Nv ny 60 you laccfale me! W ny DO YOU
=
wrench me! An my lflenuS, that IS the
way Gou mas arranged that the ear ana
musk snail part ana thaV Is he way he
mas arranged that the hodY ana the soul
small separate, \ on can Afford TO nave
your physical olN'rrSSr7 Wheh OF Know
lnit 'hcN are only forwarding tue Soul :
Hheralloh. Livery rheumatic pam - only
plunge OF the husklhg peg. EVERY neu
ralElc tWlhEe Is only tWlst ny the huHher.
There Is @oid III you that must come out.
Some way the ShacNIe must he broken
some way the snip must be launchPd for
heavenly voyage. lou must let the lleav-
envy llusbandman musk OIL the mortality
from the immortality. There ought to he
great cois"lttioh III inns Tor all VINO nave
chrome ailments, since the Lord IS gHdu-
ally and more mildly taking away from
you that which Il'ndera your souls liberia
non, GolnG gradually Tor You what for
man. ot Us IN robust health perhaps D"
Will GO III one rev pI"N al the IaS'' Al tine
CLOSE 81 every illness at the clos OF ever
par"ANSm No' "u|it 10 say hahh GOO,
'naD ~ al past now 'h''HS- ''ou' "lIl
never nave 10 suiltf mat again. thalII>
Nod, am SO lhucH nearer uhe hoUr o. ND
efalloh.
on WI. never Suiief the same pam
tMlce. You may nave new pam III an oid
place bus never the same PAIN twice. The
pam does IT'S wore ana then 1t uIes. Just
so many pitIhgrS OF the crCWhaf 10 Tree the
quarry stone lor the building. Just so
many STROKES OF the chlseI to complete the
statue. just 50 many panES to separate
the soul from the bCdX, You VINO have
chrome ailments ara disorders are only
paying IN Instruments that winch some OF
U@ VIII nave TO pay IN one payment When
We pay the deL6 OF nature. Ihank God
therefore, Ne WHO have CHROME disorders,
th"t You have 50 much less suffering ut
the Ia'J. J hah& 'rni thaU you Will nave
SO lnuch less To lTrl IN the way OF pam at
ire haHds oi the Heavenly husbandman
"hcA me shock oil corn colneFh IN III ms
season
IhE soi'-.o"S OF THIS III t'
Perhaps now this may be an answer to a
ing, bat did not answer, WHY is it. that
so many really good people have 50 dread
fully to suffer? OF often find good
man with enough pains and aches and dis
treNSes, You would tAInh, 10 discipline a
who'll" colony, while you VIII ma man
WHO Il perfectly useless going about with
easy digestion and steady nerves aud shin
ing heaith' ana ms exit from Inc world l.
comparatively painless, How do You eX
pian that; We'll, noticed IN the husking
tim" taat the huSNinS peg was thrust int
the corn, and then there must he a stodt
puH before the Swathing was taken of The
90? and the full, round, healthy, luNuriant
corn was developed, while. on the Other
hand there was corn that hardly sccmec
worth huskir..
We threw that into place all 10y itself
and we called it nubbins. Some of il
was mildewed, and som" of it was mice
nibblcd- and some of II was great promise
and no tulhllment. All cobs and Ia corn
Nubbus! After the good corn had bee
driven up to the barn we came arounc
vita the corn basket, ana we picked VI
IA, Dg hey in