Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-04-22

Che sailor on the sea. ! cheer the traveller
among the mountains. / help tip the dew
with light. Throu ;h the window Of the
poor mans cabin | cast beam OF hop., and
the child on her mothers lap ASKS IN glae
whittier | come AMI wnat DO aud whence
go. To CLEAN aud glitter, God set me here.
Away! have no time 70 sleep"
The snowflake comes struggling down.
"Frail, ficSle wan1ersr, why cOmest thou
heres' Il am no idle waniarer,' resp1n is
tine snowflake High up in the air / was
born, the child Of the rain AMI the cold, an |
at the di9ine behsst [ cone, AMI am no
straZgler, for God tells me where TO put nv
crystal heel. To help cover the roots, the
grain and grass, 10 cleanse the air. 70 MAKE
sportSnen more happy and the inyle tira
more bright. come. Though 50 light | an
that you toss me from your Inutilsr and
crush me uuier your foot, | sm dong my
best to fulfill what | was made for. Clothed
in white | come on a heavenly mission. ami
when my WORK i done AMI Col shall call IN
morning vapCr | shall 90 back, drawn by
the fiery courses OF the sun.
What doest thou, insignificant grass
blade under my feet II am dong a work. -
says the grass blade "as best ! can. | help
20 make up the soft beauty OF field an
lawn. | am satsiiei II. with millions ot
others no bigger than l. we can give pasture
to hocks AMI herds. | am wonderfully made.
He who fee is the ravens gives Inc substance
from the soil and breath from the AR, and
He who clothes the lilies Of the field rewards
Cle with this coat Of green
For what, lonely cloud, goest thou across
the heavens Through the bright air a
voice drops from afar saying: Up and
down this sapphire floor | pace 70 teach men
that like me they are passing away. | gather
up the waters from lake and SEA, an tlen,
when the thunders toll, | refresh ths earth,
making the dry ground TO laugh with hAr-
vests OF wheat AMI fields of corn. catch
the frown of the storm AMI the hues OF the
rainbow. At evening tide on the W estern
slopes | Will pitch my tent, ani over me
shall dash t1s saffron, AMI the purple, and
the fire Of the sunset. A pillar OF cloud like
me led the chosen across the desert, and sur
rounded by such as the Judge OF Heaven
and Earth will at last descend, for behold
He cometh with clouis.'
Oh, my friends, If anything in the iuan.
innate world be useful, let us Immortal men
anI women be useful and in that respect be
like the palm tree. But 1 must not be
tempted by what David says OF that green
shaft of Palestine, that living ani glorious
pillar Of the eastern gardrns as seen in olden
times-the palm tree, must not be tempted
by what the O.d Testament SAYS OF it, tc
lessen my emphasis OF what Johu the evan
geist, say OF 1t in my text.
NDtlce tDAl II WAS "A BtAulllul ana lawful
robbery of the palm tree that helped maze
up Chrisps triumph on the road to Jerusalem
that Palm Sunday. The long, broad, green
leaves that were strewn under the feet OF the
colt an IN the way o. Christ were torn of
from the trees. What a pity, some one
might say. that those stately and grace III
trees should be deSpollei. The sap oozsi gu:
at the places wnere the branches broke.
The glory OF the palm tree was appropriately
sacrificed for the SaviOurs triumphal pro
CeSSlon. SO il always was. - 1t always will
I've in this world--nO worthy triumph II any
sort without the tearing down Of something
else.
Brooklyn Bridge, tue glory OF our conti'
uent must have two architects PROSTATE /,
the one slain ty his tolls and the other for a
lifetime inva!idel. The greatest pictures OF
;he world hal, IN thor rcaest coiJrng, the
blood OF the artists VINO made them Tn.
mightiest oratories that ever rolled through
TIE churches Ia in their pathoS, the sigh,
ami groans OF tn composers, VINO wore their
lives out in writing the harmony. American
indie penien .a was triumphant, but il move
on over the lfelesS forms II tens OF thou
sands Of men who fell ut Bunker Hill anc
Yorktown AMI the battles between which
were the hemorrhaEes OF the nation.
The kingdom OF God advances in all the
earth. but il must b. over the lives Of mis-
EiODhTleS AuO ult VI Aitlhl AZ III Cut lNllS les
or Christian workers who preach AMI pray
and toll and die in the service. The Saviour
triumphs in all directions-but beauty anl
strength must be torn down from the palm
trees Of Christian heroiSm aud conservation
and thrown in His pathway.
To what better use could those palm trees
on the southern shoulder of Mount Oiivet
and clear down into the Valley OF Geth
semane put their branches than to surrender
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toward Jerusalem the more picturesque tha
more memorable and the more Triumphant
And TO what better uSs could We put oul
lives than into the sacrifice for Christ an
His cause and the happiness ol
our fellow creatures! Shall we not bt
willing to be torn down that right
eousness shall have triumphant way! CHRIS
was torn down for us. Can we not affor.
TO be torn down for Him? IL Christ could
suffer so much for us, can We not suffer q
little for Christ? IL lie can afford on Palu
Sunday to travel to Jerusalem TO carry g
cross, can we not afford u few leaves from
our branches TO make emerald His way?
Tha process is going on every moment in
all directions. What makes that father
nave such hard work 70 find the hymn TO
iay? He puts on his spectacics and holds
the book close up, and then hollis 1t far off.
and is not quite sure whether the number o
me nVmu Is lJJ OF l'e, hllu NLlc III -eIS W III
which he turns the leaves are very clumsy
He stoops good deal, although once he va
straight rs an arrow, and his eyes were ke.l
as hawks, and the hand he offered TO hi
bride on the marriage day was Of goodil
shape and as God madeit.
will tell you what is tho matter. Forty
Years ago he resolved his family should haT
no need and his children should be well edu
Gated and suffer none OF the disa ivantage
! Of lack of schooling from which he ha
suffered for n lifetime and that the wolf o
hunger should never put its paw on his door
! sill, and for forty or fifty years he has besl
tearing off from the palm tree OF his physi
cal strength and manly fern branches Z
| throw in the pathway Of his household. !
has cost him muscle and brain and healt
and eyesight, and there have bsen twiStsC
| of more years from his life tdan any maj
! in the crowd on the famous Palm Sunda
twisted eff branches from the palm trees o
| the road from Bethpage 70 JeruSalem.
What makes that mother loOS so muct
older than she really ISL You say she ough
not vet 10 have one gray line in her hair
The truth is the family was not always q
| well Off as now. The married pair had
hard stru .Sle mt the start. Examine tn
tins of the forefiuger and thumb of her Tigh
hand. and they will tell you the story of tn
needle that was p!ieI day in aud day out
Yea, look at both her hands and they vii
tell the story of the time when she did he
own work, her own mending and scrubbin
and washing.
Yea, look into the face and read the stor
Of scarlet fevers and Groups and miinigh
watchngs, tnen none but God and herself ]
that house were awake, and then the burilI
md the loneliness after ward, which va
more eIhausting than the preceding watcl
ing had been, ani no one now to put TO bel
How fair she ones was, AMI as fair as tt
palm tree, but all ths branches Of hi
strength and beauty were long ago torn o