Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-01

And | have TO tell you, oh, child of God, |
that the Lord, who is on your side now and
forever, has at his disposal and under his
command all waters, all winds all light
nngs, all time and all eternity. Come,
look me in the face while | utter the word
God commands me TO speak to you, mo
weapon formed against you shall prosper
Don't throw away your tambourne on
will want it as sure as you sit there and |
stand here, and the tune you will yet play
on it, whether standing on Beach of Time
or Beach of Eternity, will be the tune that
Miriam played when she cried, Sing ye TO
the Lord. for he hath triumphed glorously;
the horse and hisrider hath he thrown into
the sea-"
expect to have a good laugh with you in
heaven, for the Bible says in Luke, sixth
chapter, twenty-hrst verse, blessed are We
shat weepnow, for We shall laugh" Weshall
not spend all eternity psalm singing, but
sometimes in review of the past, as Christ
,ays, we shall laugh. There is nothing
wrong in laughter 1t all depends on what
you laugh at, and when you laugh and
how you laugh. Nothing it seems will
more thoroughly lindle our heavenly hilar-
tiles after we have got inside the pearly
gate han to see how in this world we got
scared ut things which ought not to have
frightened us NJ all. HOW OlJen we NOrk our
selves up into a great stew about nothing!
The Red sea before may be deep and the
Egyptian cavalry behind us may be well
mounted, but if we trust the Lord we will
20 through no more hurt by the water than
when in boyhood we rolled our garments to
the knee and barefoot crossed the meadow
brook on the old homestead. The oddsmay
seem to be all against you, but | guess it
will be all right with you if you have God
on your side and all the angelic, cherubic,
seraphc and archangelic kingdoms. "lf
God be for you, who can be against you?"
Lay hold of the Lord in prayer, and you
will go free, as did Richard Cecil with
900 of missionary money in his saddle
bags, and the highwaymen grabbed his
horse by the bride and told him to deliver,
and he prayed God for safety, and sudden
| " one of tie robbers said; Mr.. Cecil. |
once heard you preach. Boys let the gen
tleman go"
MIRIAM AND TIE TIMBREL.
But let me criticise Miriam a little for
/ the instrument of music she employed in
the divine service on the sandy beach. Why
not take some other instrument? The harp
was a sacred instrument Why did she not
take that? The cymbal was a sacred in
strulment Why did she not take that?
The trumpet was a sacred instrument.
Why did she not take that? Amid that
great host there must have been musical
instruments more used in religious service.
No. she took that which she liked the best
and on which she could best express her
| gratulation over u nations rescue, first
through the retreat Of the waves of the
Red sea, and then through the clappng Of
the hands OF their distinctions SO with
draw my criticism OF Miriam. Let every
one take her or his best mode of divine
worship and celebration. My idea Of heav-
en- is that it is place where we can do as
we please and have everything we want.
OF course we will DO nothing wrong and
want nothing harmful
How much of the material and physical
will finally make up the heavenly world
know not, but think Gabriel will have his
trumpet, and David his harp, and Handel
his organ, and Thalberg his piano, and the
great Norwegian performer his VIOLIN and
Miriam her timhrel, and as | cannot make