Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-12-07

travel you CGne upon inc historical gems
of nations whether the jewel be called the
Mountain OF Glory, or the Sea of Light, or
the Crown Of the Moon. or the Eye of Al
lah, or the star of Snrawak, or the Kohl
moor, implend you study the jewels strewn |
all round your wintry home and realize |
that "by the breath of God frost is given. |
But 30 step farther and speak or tho |
frost as I'M evangelist, and text OF Scrip |
ture is not of much use to me unless can |
find the gospel in it. The lsraelitcs in the |
wilderness breakfastcd on something that |
looked like frozen dew. The mamma fell on |
the dew, and the dew evaporated and left |
puverizcd material, white and looking like
frost, but it was mama, and of that they
ate. So now this morning, mixed with the
frozen dew of my text, there il mama on
which we can breakfast our souls. You 10y
the frost kills. Yes, it kills some things,
but we have already seen that it gives
health and life to others. This gospel is
the SAVIOR Of life unto life or of death unto
death.
As the frost is mighty, the gospel is
mighty. AS the frost descends from
heaven the gospel descends from heaven.
By the breath of God Frost is given. By
the breath of God the gospel is given. AS
the frost purilies, so the grace Of God
purifcs As the frost bcstars the earth, 80
grace bciewcls the soul As the frost pre-
! pares for food many things that otherwise
would be inedible, so the frost OF trial
/ rpens and prepares food for the soul. In
/ the tight grip q the frost the hard SHELLS
of v.lnut and chestnut and hickory omen,
/ and the luxurics of the woods come into
/ our lans or uuon our tables; SO the frost Of
/ trial mikes many n hard and prickly shell
/ and crashes it. until that which stung the
soul now feeds it,
PURIFIED BY SUFFERING.
There are p1ssaucs of ScriuttlrC that
3ucc were onigmas puzzles riddles aud
jmpossiblitics for YOU to understand, but
the frosts of trouble after awhile exposed
the full meaning to YOUR soul You said
II do not see WHY David kepps rolling over
! i'm his nsolm the story of how he was pur-
sued and ucrsccrtcd" lie describes him
self as surrounded bv bees He says, They
compassed me about like bees; yea they
compasscd me about Ekc bees" You think
what an eynngeratiue thing for him to eX-
claim. cont of the depths of hell have |
cried unto thee O Iordr'
And there is so much of that style of lam
entation in his writings YOU think lie
ovcrdoes it. but afterawhilc he frost comes
upon YOU in he shape of persecution, and
Won are stucl; with this censtre. and stuck
with that defamation, and stuck with some
falsehood, and lies in swarms are buzzing,
buzzing about your ears, and at last You
understand what David meant when he
said They composed me about like bees;
yea. they compassed me about like bees. :"
and YOU 20 down under nervous prostra-
ton and feel that YOU are as far down as
David when he cried, "Out OF the depths of
hell!n
What opened all thosochapters that hith-
erto had no appropriateness? Frosts! For
a long while line Bible seemed lopsidel and
n disproportionate amount of it given up to
the consolatory. Why page after pageand
chapter after chapter and book after book
in the Bible taken M with alterations
with notifications. with condolences? The
hook seems like IN apothecary store with
onc.half Of the shelves occupied with bal
sans WHY such a superfuity of balsnms9
But after awhile the membranous Group
carries Off YOUR child, or your health gives