Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-04-24

the building of church South. At the
the same time Stephen d. Shepard of
Jay arose and pledged the same.
amount. After the services closed,
Mrs. Perley gave another 500, max
ing the total raised at the time $500.
SUNDAY.
The morning service at the M. B..
Church was love feast, led by Pre-
siding Elder Hamilton, in which 225
spoke. Singing was led by A. W.
Ford. 1t was very interesting and
profitable service.
At the beginning of the regular
morning service the choir rendered
the anthem ''The God of Abraham
Praise" after which DR.. Spencer read
hymn No. 8. Prayer was offered by
G. W. Bradlee, after which portions
of the 148th and 150th Psalm was read
by the Bishop; hymn No. 149 was
then sung. The Bishop spoke from
II. Cor. SO, "For We know the grace
of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though
he was rich, yet for your sakes he be-
came poor, that We through his pow
erty might be made rich" We can
not penetrate far enough into the flu
or deed. A motive lies behind each
word. Which man is righteous he
knows it and his works show it. The
wicked man himself knows his sin,
Whatever the nature of it may be. He
then discoursed upon the manly acts
of Christ. He said that human nature
is a unit and all men are alike in heart
and possessed of a conscience. The
mother that buries her infant in In
dia to day, has the same sorrow as
the mother who buries her child
here to-day. We are alike in sympa-
thies, alike in conscience. Every
mind is capable of development. We
must be low to be lifted to standard.
We have that standard in Christ. We
believe the Bible, not because our
fathers believed it, but because we be-
ieve it teaches what no other book
teaches, and what a craving soul
needs. Speaking of poverty he said
it was a condition, and we judge of it
by comparison. Humanity is more
indebted to poverty than riches. Pow
erty is sometimes made a whip by
which to educate men. When [ have
witnessed in the West the log cab
ms, thank God for them; from such
have come many Of the great men of
the past. Born in poverty, the very
struggle for life developed their man
hood.
He spoke Of the incarnation of
Christ; his lowliness and poverty; of
the place of his humble birth; of an
event that occurred in stable that
made perdition tremble. He was
borne away to Egypt, returned and,
later, he disputed with the elders. So
poor that although he travelled the
country over he never owned horse;
never had home nor place to lay his
head. When asked to pay his taxes
he had no money. When he called
his diciples together the last time he
begged the" upperroom" of "a stranger;
when he sought place for prayer he
knelt in the garden; when he was
crucified they laid him in borrowed
grave. One day after he had risen
Peter and John we're talking, when
one said, II feel some strange event
will occur to-day" AS they went out
towards Bethany with Christ the
force of gravitation ceased. The
clouds rolled themselves together
into chariot and the Christ was lift
ed. He babe his disciples "Good-by,"
and the gates Of heaven were opened;
the chariot rolled in, the angels well
coined him and the gates were closed.
He is there yet.
The poorest man that ever lived
had assembled to heaven. "For your
sake he became poor" Do you love
him, do you love him? He spoke of
Christ's reference to the leaven and
the meal. Christ is the leaven, hu-
manity the meal. No event in the
history of the world is SO great as the
advent of Christ. He put new life
into humanity, even frightening the
years of generations. I love human
ity, like my own body. The body
will soon rest beneath the flowers, but
the angel Will come to bear the soul
hence. While some may doubt the
resurrection, have no fears.
I recently spent night on an Al
pine Mount In the early morning
we were out to witness the rising of
the sun. Darkness was over the
earth; the stars were shining in the
blue sky; there was no light in the
east. The infidel philosopher might
have said. ssSee. there is no LIGHT: