Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-08-03

Again, there nay D. some OF you who, In
the attempt after a Christian life, VIII nave
10 run against powerful passions and APP
petitgs. Perhaps Il is a disposition 20 anger
that you have TO contsnl against, AMI per
hAps, while In very serious mooi, you
hasT of something thar makes you teel thar
you must swear OF die. knos Ola cans
ian man who EAs once 80 eNasPsrAtel taAt
n. al 4 To- a u..au cuStO ner, Il caunOt swear
Al YOU myself, for 4 an meh'e' U 80
rnurch. Tut II you va ~ down star
manner ia business wall swear n You. ="
your cool resolutions hers1oiore nave OeeH
iorn 10 taitrrs 10y explosions Oh teHPe'.
- tbsr- Is No harm Ia getting mad u you
MD, - mad AT SIN. You nrei TO brldle
mi saddle thas,. hot DreAthei passions, anu
18th them ride down injustice anu WRONG.
Th.r,. are a thousand things In the world
tnat We ought 10 lie mad nj There Is no
harm in grtIing relhot II You only bring 10
the forge that which nt-si- nammerng.
man Sno has No power Oi righteous indig-
nation Is an iuD-,'ilr. But bs sure u Is
righteous indignation and not potulancy
that Ulurs ami unrayels and depl-tes the
soul.
Tuere Is a large class OF persons In midlife
VINO have still IN them appe;iies that were
aroused 10 early manhood, al a time when
they prId,si themselves on being little
fellows well met. They are now paying In
compound interest tor troubles they colles-
Ell twenty years ago Some OF you are Try
ing to escape. AMI you Will, YET very mar
ruwIy, ".ls with the SKIN OF your teeth.
Coz and your own soul only know what the
struggle Is. OmnIpoient grace has pulled
cut many a soul that was deeper IN the
mire than vnu are. They line tho beach OF
heaven. the muffin !" whom Go has res-
~ nF auf.GNal hahita N
Won this day turn your hack on the wrong
and star, anew. Go will help you. oh. the
weakness OF human help Men will sym.
p1thize for a while AMI then turn You on.
II YOU ask TOR their pardon. they will give
il AMI say they will try you again but, fall
ing away again under the power OF tempta-
ton. they cast Won on forever But God
forgives seventy times seven-yea, seven
hun lrei times-v.a. though this he tho ten
thousandth time He is more earnest. more
svmpathetir. more helpful this last time than
when YOU took your first mLsstep.
IT, with all the influences favorable for a
right life. men max" 90 many mistakes, how
much har Ter II is when. for instance. some
appetite thrlsts its iron grapple into tho
roots OF the ion.ue an pulls I man down
with han is 81 destruction II un lHr SUI
circumstances he break AWAY. th"r' WILL b"
no sport In the undertaking, no holi Law en-
tiers move from side TO side AMI hen | an l
twist and watch for an opportunity 10 get III
n heavier stroke until. with one final efou,
in which the muscles are disteniel, and the
veins start out, and the blool starts. the
swarthy habit falls under tho knee OF the
yictor-escapel at last rs with the skin Of his
teeth
In the last day Il will be founl that Hugh
I.atimer and John Knox and Huss and Rid
l.. Nlay 49, t,tkI fhraa-
than men who went up incorrupt from the
COMMUNICATIONS and perplexitics OF Wall
street. Water street Pearl street Broad
street State street, Thrill street, Lombard
street and the bourse. On earth they were
called brokers or stock iobbers or retailers or
importers. but In heaven Christian heroes.
No fagots were heaped about their feet, no
iLquisition demanded from them rec 'ntH-
ton, no soldier aimed spike at their heart.
but they had mental tortures, compared
with which all physical consuming is As the
breath OF spring morning.
find in the community large class OF
men who have been 80 cheated. 50 lied about
so outrageouSy wronged that they have lost
faith in everything. Ina world where every
thing seems 80 topsy turvy they DO not see
how there can be any God. They are con
founded and frenzel and misanthropic.
Elaborate argument 10 prove 10 them the
truth Ol IuElSNlhLliN VI tue u VI NHluS
else touches them nowhere. Hear me, all
such men | preach TO you no rounde !!
periods no ornamental Discourse but put
my hand on your shoulder ami invite you
into the peace Of the gospel. Here Is a rock
on which you may stand firm, though the
waves dash against 1t harder Than the At
lantic, pitching its surf clear above F. idy-
stone lighthouse Do not charge upon God
all these troubles OF the world. As long ~
the world stuck to God. God stuck to the
world, but the earth seced.i IRON His gov
| e. nment and hence all these outrtges and
| all these woes God Ia good. For many
hundreds Of years He has been coa1ing the
world TO come back to Him, but the more He
! has CoA1ed the more violent have men been
| in their resistance, and they have stepped
back and stepped back until they have
dropped into ruin.
Try this God, We who have had the blood
/ hounds after you, and who have thought
| that God had forgotten you. Try Him and
see If He will not help. Try Him and see II
He will not pardon. Try Hin and see II He
Will not save The flowers Of sUring have
no bloom 50 sweet rs the Towering OF hrlst 4
| affections The sun hath no warmth com.
| pared with the glow OF Hts heart. The
waters have no refreshment like the ioun-
! tain that Will slake the thirst of thy soul Al
| the moment the reindeer stands with his lip
and nostril thrust into the cool mountain tor
| rent the hunter may be coming through the
| thicket. Without cracking u stick under
| his foot he comes close by the stag, aims his
| gun, draws the trigger, and the poor thing
rears in its death agony aud falls backward,
its antlers crashing on the rocks, but the
painting heart that drinks from the water
brooks Of Gods promise shall never be ia
tally wounded and shall never die.