Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-19


bic of righteously governing man, will cry
ont again for IA theocracy and say, Let
God come back and conduct the affairs of
the world
Every step - monarchy, limited mon.
archy, rcpublicansin, anHrchy-only differ
Cut steps between the first theocrucy and
the last theOcracy, or segments Of the great
circle of the earth on which God sits. But
DO not become impatient because you can
not see the curve of events, and therefore
conclude shat Gods government is going
to break down. History tells us that in he
making Of the pyramids it took 1900 men
two years to drag one great stone from the
quarry and put it into the pyramids.
NCll now, ii men short lived can afford
to work 80 slowly as that, cannot God in
the building Of the eternties afford towait?
v hat though God should take 10000 years
to draw Il circle? Shall we take our little
watch, which we have to wind up every
night lest it run down, and hold it up be-
side the clock of eternal agcS2 If. accord
ing to the Bible, IL thousand years are in
Gods sight as one day, then. according to
that calculation, the G,O00 years of the
worlds existence have been only to God us
from Monday to Saturday
But it is often the case that the rebound
is quicker and the circle is sooner com
pletud, You resolve that you will do what
good you can. in one week YOU put Il
word Of counsel in the heart of II Sabbath
school child During that same week you
give letter Of introduction to Il young
man struggling in business During tbc
sam" week you make an eXhortation in a
prayer meeting. 1t is all gone, you will
never hear Of it perhaps, you think.
y few years after IA man comes up to you
and says You don't know me. do your
You say. NO ! don't remember ever to
have seen yon" Why" he says, az was
III the Sabbath school class over which you
were the teacher One Sunday you invited
me to Christ; accepted the offer You see
TINT church with two towers yonder"
"Yes," you say. lie says, THAT is where
prcach;' or DO you see that governors
houScy That is where | live" Que day IA
man come. to you and says, Good morn
ing." You look at him and say, why,
you have the advantage Of me, cannot
place you" He says, Don't you remember
thirty years ago giving letter of introduce
ton to II young mana letter Of introduce
ton to Moses IL. Grinnell2" Yes, yes;
do" He says. Il am the man. That was my
first step toward IL fortune, but | have re.
tired from business now and am giving my
time to philanthropics and public interests.
Come up and see me-
Or man comes to you and says: II want
to introduce myself to YOU went into II
prayer meeting in Atlanta some years ago;
sat back by the door, you arose to make
an eXhortaJiou, that talk changed the
course Of my life, and If ever get to
heaven, under God will owe my salvation
to you" In only ten, twenty or thirty
years the circle swept ont and swept back
again to your own grateful heart.
THE CIRCLE OF FIRE.
But sometimes it is IA wider circle and
does not return fer Il great while. saw Il
bill of expenses for burning Latimer and
Ridley. The bill of expenses says:
One load of fir Observation-Disclosures. IS. 4d.
Carriage for four loads of wood. ......... -.
Item, post Observation-Disclosures. is. 4d
Item, two chains. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IS. I'd.
Item. two staples. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Cd.
4ten' TOUR IaboierS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. =. I'd.
That WAS II cheap fire, considering all the
circumstances, but it kindlcd light that
shone all around the world aud aroused the
martyr spirit, and out from that burning of
Latimer and Ridley rolled the circle wider
and wider, starting other circles convolut-
ing, overrunning, circumscrlbiug, overarch.
ing all heayen-a circle.
But what is true of the good is lust as
true Of the bad You uttera SANDER against
your neighbor. 1t has gone forth from
your teeth; 1t Will never come back, YOU
think. on have done the man all the
mischief you can. Iou rejoice to see him
Vince. You say, Didn't | give il to hm:"
That word has gone out. that slanderous
word, on its poisonous aud blasted way.
You think it will never do you any harm.
But am watching that word and see it
beginning to curve, and 1t curves around,
and it is aiming at your heart. You had
better dodge it. You cannot dodge it. it
rolls into your bosom and after it rolls in
a word Of an old hook, which says, with
what measure We mete, it shall be meas.
ured to you again"
You maltreat an aged parent You be
grudgcd him the room in your house You
are impatient OF his Whmsicalities and gar-
rulity. 1t makes you mad to hear him tell
the same story twice. You give him food
he cannot n.aSticate. You wish he was
away You wonder if he is going to live
forever lie will be gone very soon His
steps are shorter and shorter. He is going
to stop, But God has an account to settle
with you On that subject. After awhile
your eye viii he dim, and your gait will
hiatt, and the sound Of the grading will be
low, ana you will tell the same story twice,
and your children viii woudcr if you alc
going TO live forever and wonder if yet.
viii never be taken away.
They called You father once. now they
call you the odd man" If You live "A few
years longer they win call You the "old
chap" What are those rough words with
which your children are accoStug YOU
They arc the echo Of the very worus you
used in the ear Of your old father forty
Years ago What is that which You are
trying to chew, but find it uumasticable
and your jaws ache, and you surrender the
attempt? Perhaps it may be the gristle
which you gave to your father for his break
fast forty years ago.
a gentleman passing along the street saw
a >3l dragging LIS father INTO the street by
the hair Of the head. The gentleman. out.
ragged at this brutal conduct, was about to
punish the offender when the old man
arose and said. Don't hurt him. It's all
right. Forty years ago this morning
dragged out my father by the hair Of his
head" 1t is circle My father lived into
the eighties, and he had Il very wide expert
ence, and he said that naltreatment of par