Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-12-15


rimmat with white. America has had its
GREAT physicians. but her greatest doctors
have been the Willard Parkers and Valentine
Motifs who landed from bleak skies while
mr. fingers were bsnumbed and our ears
liu ,'ri with the cold. oh, Il is high time
tig. Won aid another line TO your liturgy
II IL nigh time that you make an sddendum
20 your prayers. Il is high time that you
'nllr,e the catalogue Of your blessings-
Thank God for frost. II u the best OF all
sermicides. II Is the only hope In bacteriol-
0gT. Il is the medlcament of continents. II
= tho salvation OF our temperate zone. II Is
H. best tonic that God ever gave the human
FACE. II is the only strong stimulant which
has no reaction. The best commentary on
il had while walking near here one cool
morning with my brother John, who spent
he most of his life ne a missionary In China,
AMI in that part OF II where there are no
'roS.s. He said there WAS n tlngling glad
ness IN HIS nerves Understandable and an almost
.ntovicatiOn otdeliGht from the fact that II
was the first time for years he had felt the
sensation Of frost. We complain OF II, we
'coli it, we frown upon 1t, when we ought
20 De stirred by II to gratitude and hoist II on
4 doxooGy.
hut must go farther and speak OF the
frost rs u jeweler. As tho snow IL frozen
rain, so the frost is frozen dew. God trans
forms il from a liquid into a crystal. 1t is
ne lew glorned. In the thirty-cighth chap
,or Of that inspired drama, the book OF Job,
Col says to tho inspired dramatist with
rrstgtic interrogation. 1.-The hoary frost OF
heaven. who hath gendered it?" God there
asks job II he knows the parentage OF
tho frost. He inquiries about Its pedigree.
He suggests that Job study up the frost's
genealogical line. A minute before God hal
asked about the parentage OF a raindrop in
words that years ago gave me suggestive
text for a sermon. "Hath the rain fatherT
But now the Lord Almighty is catechising
job about tho frost. He practically says
"Do YOU know its father2 Do you know its
| mother2 In what cradle OF the leaves did
| the wind rock it2 THE hoary frost OF heaven,
| who hath gcndered itY"
He is stupid Christian who thinks so
| much OF tho printed and bound Bible that
| he nogccts the Old Testament Of tho fields,
nor reads the wisdom and kindness and
| beauty OF God written in blossoms on the
| orchard, in sparKles on the lake, in stars on
/ IA" -t;v, in frost on the meadows. The
| greatest jown.nr Of all the earth Is the frost.
| There is nothing moro wonderful in all
! "rv-ral,ographv. Some morning In Deem
! n'r waole continent is found besprent with
| iAWon Is, the result OF ono nights work by
| tnI- j"w"l"r.
Do YOU make the dcprociatory no mark that
| the frost is improvement and will last only
] lN'l OF lllFlF UouTNl W nat OF InAf We go
| into l.nn ION tower and look at tho crown
! irwa,s Of Enslani, but we are in procession
! that the guards keep moving on, and Ave
! minutes or less are your only opportunity Of
| Io king at those crown jewels. but at the
| nrowa Jewels bcstarred OF the frost in parks
ana foids you may stand to look deliberately
AMI for hours, and no one to tell you to move
| on.
On. these regalias and diadems OF beauty
| lung out OF heaven! Kings and queens on
crIcorative days have come riding through
the streets throwing handiuls OF silver and
gold among the people but the queen OF the
| winter morning isthe only queen rich enough
to throw pearls, and the king OF frost the
| only king rich enough to throw opals and
| ~apphircs and diamonds. Homer describes
| a necklace of amber given 10 Penelope, but
| the frost necklaces q continent. The carcanet
OF precious stones given TO Harmonic had
| pinOns Of orange jasper and white moon
stone and Indian agate, but II was a mis- for
| lunn TO any one who owned or inherited 1t,
an its history, generation after generation,
was q history OF disaster, but the regalia OF
irost Is tho good fortune OF every morning
| that owns 1t.
Ghe imperial household OF Louis XVI
| could not afford the diamond necklace which
ha been ordered for Queen Marie Anto nette
and II was stolen and taken apart and lost
| lul lllt uttk IdCt llltt Ilb lTOsl pulb Oh Tue
wintry morning, though made OF as many
hrillIants rs the withered glass blades, /,
eu-ily afforded by divine opulence and /,
never lost, but alter its use in the coronation
OF tn" fields Is taken back 10 heaven. mer
| and W men, accustomedt TO go into ECSTASY
when IN foreign travel you como upon tn,
historical gems OF Nations, whether the iewe
be called the Mountain Of Glory, or the Sec
Of Light, or the Crown Of the Moon, or thu
- 4 t,rt pf Sor Z h,
Koh-i-npor implcad you study tho jewels
str.wn all round your wintry home and rca
| he that "by tho breath OF God frost Il
! given.
But 70 q step farther and speak OF the
frost rs An evangelist, and n text OF Scriptur,
is not OF much use 10 mo unless | can find
the gospel in il. The Israeltes in tho will
drrnrss hreakfasted on something tina
loukcd like frozen dew, and the dew eyapor
atci and left puyeri1ed material, white anC
} looking ike frost, but it was mama, and o
thnt they ate SO now this morning, mixed
with the frozen dew OF my text, there /,
mamma on which we can breakfast our souls
You say the frost kills. Yes, it kills som,
; thin =. but we have already seen that II give
heath and life to others. This gospel Is tn,
saver o life unto life or OF death unto death
! As the frost is mighty, the gospel is mighty
, As the frost dr-c"nds from heaven. the gospe
l"s"enis from heaven. BY tho breath o
Col frost Is given. By the breath OF Godth,
J gospel is given. As the frost puriles, SO thu
grace OF GOD purlies. As the frost bestar,
! the earth, SO grnce bejewels the soul As thu
lrost prepares for food many things tina
otherwise would be inedible, so tho frost o
trials rlpcns AMI prepares food for the soul. Ii
\ the tight grip OF the frost the hard shells 0
b walnut and chestnut and hickory open, anC
{ the Injuries Of the woods come into our lap
q or upon our tables so the frost OF trial take
many n harl and prickly shell and crushe
0 it until that which stung the soul nov
I feeds it.
l There are passages of Scripture that ono
I were "ngmas, puzzles, riddles and impossl
= biities for you to understand, but the frost!
9 ottrOube after awhile exposed the full mean
{ in; to your soul. You said, 81 do not SO,
. why David keeps rolling over In his psalm
tho story of how he was pursued and perse
} cuted.' He describes himself as surroundet
= by bees. He says, "They comprised m
8 about ike bees; yea, they comprised m
about like bees" You think what an ex
: aggrrating thing for him to exclaim, "Ou
, OF the depths OF hell have cried unto Thee
, o LordH
= And there Is so much OF that style OF lam
8 entntion in his writings you think he over
}, does it, but after awhile the frost comes upol
r you in the shape OF persecution, and you ar
stuck with this censure and stuck with tina
y defamation and stuck with some falsehood
I and lies in swarms are buzzlng, buzzin
1 about your ears, and at last you understan
: what David meant when he said, "The
composed mo about like bees yea, the
I comprised me about ike bees" and yen g
i down under nervous prostration and fe
0 that you are as far down as David when b
' cried, "0ut of the depths OF hell ~
, What opened all those chapters tina
. hitherto had no appropriateness2 Frosts
, For long while the Bible seemed lopside
and disproportionate amount OF It give
up to the consolatory. Why page after paG
r and chapter after chapter and book afte
book in the Bible taken up with allevit
lions. with PUBLICATIONS, with coincidence
The book seems like an apothecsry stor
, with one-half OF the shelves occupied wit
!, balsams. Why such a superaulty Of bal
sams2 But after awhile the membraneou