Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-29

temptation.
Better have it in something that will
help that daughter 30 Years from now when
upon her come the cares of motherhood, and
the agOnies of bereavement, and the brutal
treatment OF one who sworc before high
heaven that he would cherish and protect.
Do not waste the best hour for making an
impression upon your little one, the hour
of dusk, the beach between the day and the
night. Sing not a doleful song, but sug-
gestive song, Christian song Il song you
will not be ashamed to meet when it comes
to YOU in the eternal destiny of your son
and daughter The oriole has loud song,
and the chcwink long song. and the blue
bird a short song, but it is always a family
song and let your cleaning song TO your
children, whether loud or long or short, be
II Christian song.
These family songs are about all We keep
Of the old homestead The house where
you were born will go into the hands OF
strangers. The garments that were care
fully kept as relics will become moth eaten.
The family Bible can go into the possession
of only one of the family. The lock of gray
hair may be lost from the locket, and in
few years all signs and mcmentos of the
old homestead will be gone forever But
the family songs, those that we heard Mt
years of age, at years Of age, at lOyears OF
age, will lie iudestructible, and at 40 or 81
or 60 or 20 years of age will give us mighty
boost over some rough place in the path OF
our pilgrimage.
THE CAPTIvEs' SONG.
Many years ago a group of white children
were captured and carried off by the In.
dams Years after mother who had lost
two children in that capture went among
I,, IpT nd "
children in line, but SO long time had
passed the mother could not tell which
were hers until she began to sing the ole
nursery song, and her two children imme
diately rushed up, shouting, Mamma
Mammal Yes, there is an immortality II
nursery song. Hear it, all the mothers
an Immortality of power to rescue and save
What an occasion that must have beer
in Washington Dec. Il, 1850, when Jenny
Lind sang "llome, Sweet Home" the an
thor Of those words, John Howard Payne
seated before her! She had rendered heI
other favoiite songs, "Casta Diva" and hel
Flute Song" with fine effect, but whcr
she struck Home, Sweet Home john
Howard Payne rose under the power, ana
President Fillmore and Henry Clay anG
Daniel Webster and the whole audience
rose with him. Anything connected wit
home ransacEs orr entire nature with 2
holy power, and songs that get well started
in the nursery or by the family hearth roll
on after the lips that sung them are forever
silent and the ears that first heard them
forever cease to hear.
] preach this sermon just before many
of YOU will 20 out to pass days or weeks il
the country BE careful how you treat tn,
birds. Remember they are Gods favorites
and if you offend them you offend him
lie is SO fond of their voices that there art
forests where for Il hundred miles no hu
man foot las ever trod and no human ca
has ever listened. Those intermiuable for
csts are concert halls with only one audi
tor-the Lord God Almighty. lie buildc(
those auditoriums of leaves and sky anC
supports all that infinite minstrclsy foi
himself alone. BE careful how you treat
his favorite choir.
In Deuteronomy he warns the people
"If IA bird s nest chance to be before thee ir
the way in any tree, or on the Etound
whether they be young ones or eggs, thor
shalt not take the dam with the young
that it may be well with thee, and that
thou mayest prolong thy days" 50 you Sc,
your own longevity is related to your treat
mcnt of birds. Then 90 forth and attend
the ninstrelsy Pat off startling colors
which brighten the winged songstcrs into
silence or flight. and put on vour more so
Der attire and move noiselessly into The
woods. farther and farther from the mait
road. and have no conversation. for many :
concert in and out of doors has been ruir,c
by persisteut takers. and then sit down OF
messy bank
Where a villa stream with LcadlCucr ehoc',
Cannes bra,yliu, dn,yn &, b.,. If rorL
! And after perhaps "A half an hour of INTENSE
solitude th.re viii bco tanof y bnnl. 49,, r
,,.eo Lroucl, r,r,,,,. e,nrdiI,, lilo ,I,nto,,o
- musicol Lotou and then first thpr,. vii
lao - solo followed hvn dunt or o,,o,.ts,
and aftor,yard bvloynIo0ics in ali thn fro,
! tons md amid ain tho branches md IL ,,o,
| L,,.o rilIo ,l,,,c, Win Won o,,J Won, o.,
y,itho,,+ ,,,etlir, th, loo,.ng INN TO ,bo 81,
hundred and orty-ciohth Psalm of D,,,i,
| and road ..pr,i.n tho Lord haa.ts and al
! c.ttl. craaoi,,,, tbirgs and n,-in,, fo,,,I !
and tLnn tiIrn over oIIi.tlv to nvfoyt onl
read "Rv Them sbali the fowls of IN,
| heaven bnva their bobitotion which Gin,
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