Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-04-14

nome, ner chief worldly RESOURCES under
the best moral and religious interests Of
the world.
How much arc We willing to sacrifice for
others? Christ is again on the march,
not from Bcthpage TO jerusalem but for
the conquest of the world. He will surely
take it, but who will furnish the palm
branches for the triumphant way? Self
sacrifice is the word. There is more money
paid to destroy the world than to save it.
There are more buildings put up to ruin
the race than churches to evaugelize it,
There is more dcpraved literature to blast
men than good literature to elevate them
Oh for a power to descend upon MS all
like that which whelmed Charles &. Fin.
ney with mercy, when, kneeling in his law
office, and before he entered upon his apos-
toic career Of evangelization, he said: The
Holy Ghost descended ON me in n manner
that seemed to go through me, body and
soul. 1could feel the impression like Il wave
of electricity going through and through
me. Indeed it seemed to come in waves and
waves Of liquid love. 1t seemed like the
breath Of God. | can recollect distinctly
that it seemed to fan me like immense
wings. | wept aloud with JOY and love.
These waves came over me and over me
one after another, and until, recollect, |
cried out, Il shall die il these waves con.
tinuc to pass over me- ] said, Lord,
cannot bear any more" And when a
gent man came into the Office and said,
MI Finney, you are in PAIN" he replied,
mo, but so happy that cannot live
THE GLORIOUS FUTURE.
My hearers the time will come when
upon the whole church of God will descend
such an avalanche of blessing, and then
the bringing of the world to God will be a
matter of few years, perhaps few days
or few hours. Ride on. o Christ for the
evangel@ation of all nations. Thou Christ
who didst ride on the unbroken colt down
the sides of Olivet, on the white horse oil
eternal victory ride through all nations
and may we, by our prayers, and our sell
sacrifices, and our contributions, and uui
CONSIDERATIONS, throw palm branches in III.
way. clap my hands at the coming Vic
tory.
feel this morning as did the Israelte,
when, on their march to Canaan, they
came not under the shadow of one pain
tree, but of seventy palm trees, standing
in an oasis among a dozen gushing foun
tains, or as the Book puts it, 'Twelvc well;
of water and threescore and ten palm
enty such great and glorious souls present
today Indeed, it is mighty grove o.
palm trees, and | feel something of the
raptures which | shall feel when, our last
battle fought, and our last burden carried
and our last tear wept, we shall becom,
one of the multitudes st. John describe,
clothed in white robes and palms in theil
hands"
Hail thou bright thou swift advancing
thou everlasting Palm Sunday of the skies
NiCtors over sin and sorrow and death ant
woe, from the hills and valleys of til,
heavenly Palestine, they have plucked tn,
long, broad, green leaves and all the ran
somed-some in gates Of pearl, and som,
Oh battlements of amethyst, and some OF
streets Of gold, and some on seas of sap
phre, they shall stand in numbers like tn,
stars, in splendor like the morn, wavinl
their palmSl