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

llglon comes 10 DC nere loEh, Iunc-
ton" to be done up IN inc prescribed way,
| ana noU power Wnich erfaues ano con-
| trcs our Whoe NE we are io'ing tne charac-
Ter whlch more 'han any tn'ng eise mas maze
| our people and our country what they are.
| mere again Is some cause LOT aiarm-more,
THINK for thanksgiving ana congratulations.
lhe STATISTICS or church membership, the
mui'ipicatloh ana actVity Oh cnurcn egen-
cles, Ine comparative shence OF lnndellty,
inc general yearnlng LOT Ohrlst'an unity,
Hsal IN nome ano Iorolsn in'ssiohs, ueVoVioh
10 pnlantnropic enterprise tne oonsecration
OF so much wealth ana 80 tnuch ot"the oest
talent TO relglon ana benevolent WORK,
snow, we are pernl.teo 70 poiieVe, tnao re-
hglon still hoias the toremos1 pace III
the thoughts anu enec'ionS OIL the peop'e'
but more important question Is can we
take advantage OF prosperity Gan we use
| al tne 9uued power IL gives no" can we
| keep Vne same hoio on tue luVure we nave
nau on una past
l. we must have current day theolosy'
Inc tathers mad sucn thsoloSy ana con-
quered by lt-why shouli not "ef peo-
pie SO essentially theo'oSical must nave
theology Wnion is intensely real TO IL, not
merely one "nicn was fea' 10 some iormer
| age Iruuh ltseii becomes stais anu cor
rupt unless " DC constantly reViuahzeo ny
passing nrousu tne soul' Vi iVins inen VINO
| MAKE IL 'ueir own anu give ~ iolVu WIN
human warmth anu power. Leu Tue sus-
picion get ABROAD thaV Tue olhc'al theoloSy
is opsolele, 'naU iIs SuAruians ale sput'ins
OUT hSnt from themselves anu thA people,
ana the consequences VIII! oe rehe'on INTO
"hicu tne Peopie puV no heal'' anu NE
whieh seus no F'tai loico from iehsion.
| Dod mas always had place IN MS klngdom
u.
GOD the new truth Tor the new times. Let
ns try the spirits, not with stones, but with
fair challenges, ana haVinS FOUND tne true
! prophets, let us 1oloW toein lnto thc new
neius Oh tnoueht anu li4e, "Alcn, under Gou,
they open up lor u.s.
ii. Our cnristioni'y must carry into the
future larger conceptions OF human life.
There 10 teauty and pathos in humble and
meegre human lives irredlated oy taltn ana
sweetcnei by submission. But the true and
full christian life requires christian envl-
ronment, ana that means all good things
attalnapie by man. LIE mas Tor US mean-
lnss ana posslhllties IL could not have had
1or times OF straltness and hardship The
philosophy OF Ike which mistrusts prosperity
cannot use 1t rightly. W hat we want is
conception of life which teaches how to use
all Its resources for highest ends. The
theme with which our pul pits should ring is
not the danger OF material prosperity, but
means ana incentives tor using 1t ell Eor the
, glory OF doi anu Inc reIier ef mans estate.
Ill. flnaAy' the sentiment OF patriotism
must be preserved ana intensified by VITAL
connection with relglon. hen 1t Is intlmat-
ed that patriotism is a rude aud primitive vlr-
tue which In times OF culture FADES away into
the cosmopolitan spirit put that doctrine
py ths siue OF lne thin aHection which
KNOWS no ties OIL iainiy' 10 "hicn protner-
hooo anu hoOnornoou nave no ehoear meht,
ana III whose eyes o'her placss are JusV as
sacred as nome Let us thank uod tnat the
un'Versa' human 'nS'inc's niuAe haFoc "l
inns paraue oL ph''osopuy' "ou 'lhp'ahU Ueu
III MI true human souis ceft"ih national
of them. And in order that It may
be seli-loving and not selfish, in-
tense ana yet not narrow, he
bound it up with sentiments of religion
The chief meaning of the Old Testament to
us is shat the national life and the religio
lito are one. Why have wo so few national
hymns that is hymns which connect ma
tlonal feeling and national history with
religious emotion? Why do we shrink from
introducing into our stated worahip songs
which, like those of Israel, recognise God
in our history Why not say-''Thou led
dest thy people like a flock by the hands of
Washington and Lincoln Why not
frame song of our worthless like that in the
Eleventh of Hebrews?
"If thy presence go with US ~ all de-
pends on that IL God is as real to us in
| prosperity as he was to the fathers In ad-
versity; if he who was with us at Plymouth,
and Valley Forge, and on the Peninsula,
, will be with US amid all the coming splsn-
dors of the Goth century, then all will be
well. Then. whenever the annals of man
kind shall be closed and the verdict of eter-
uitv passed upon our people and their work.
, it will be- said of US tnat because Gods
presence went I'D with us into the land of
, promise. we knew as well how to use pros
neritv as To conouer edversity.
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hDO'h'' ~ mn oiN99
Members OF the graduating class:
r One CT the hardest words which human
affection has to utter Is the word ''go" in
the imperative mood. And yet it is some
{ times the only word which affection can
utter and be true to itself. With it the