Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-01-18

and in the presence of the supreme court
and the senate of the United States kissed
his old mother. If | had time to take sta
tistics ont of this audience and could ask
what nronortiou of Won who are Christians
owe your salvation under God to maternal
fidelity. | think about ree-fourths of Won
would sprinu TO your feet "IIal haw said
the soldiers of the regiment to Charlie, one
of their comrades. "What has made the
change in You? You used to like sin ae
well AS any of u.s. Pulling from his peck.
ct his mothers letter. in wAich, after tell
inu of some comforts she had sent him, she
concluded, 1--WE are all praying for you,
Charlie. that Won may be a Christian" he
said, Boys. that's the sentence"
THE NEEDLE AND THE SWORD.
The trouble with Sisera's mother was
that while sitting at the window of IN, text
watching for news of her son from the bat
tlclield she had the two bad qualities Of be
ing d>solute and being too fond of personal
ndornment The Bible account says: "Hei
wise ladies answered her yea. She returned
answer to herself: Have they not sped,
Have they not divided the prcy-to every
man "A damscl or two to Siscra prey OF
! divers colurs--a prey of divers colors of nee
| dlework. of divers coiors Of necdlework ON
| both Sides"
She makes no anxious utternnce about
/ thc wounded in bnitle. about the blood
/ shed about the diving. about the dead
/ about the PRINCIPLES involved in the battle
going ou--a battle so important that the
stars and the freshpts took part, and the
| clash of swords WAS answered by the thuu.
/ der of the skies. What she thinks most OF
| is The brirh, colors of the vartlrubes @ be
cantured and the needlrvork .'To Siseri,
a prey of divers colorS-a prey of divers col
ors of necdlcwork. of divers colors of needle
work on both sides"
! Now. neither Sisera's mother NOR any one
| else can say too much in euloov of the
! needle II has made more usef1l COMMUNISTS
! than the sword. Pointed at one end and
with an eve at the other. whether of bone
or ivory. rs in earliest time. or of bronze. n.
in plinv's time: or Of steel. as in modern
| time: whether lahoriouslv fashioned rs
formerly bv one hand or ms now when =.
hundred work men in n factory are employed
TO make the different uarts of one needle
! if * AN Instrument divinplv ordered for he
comfort. for the life. for the health. for the
/ adornnrnt of the human racc The eve of
the needle hath seen mora domestic com.
fort. and more pladdened noycrtv and more
| Christian servicp tban any othnrn ave-
The modern sewing machine has in no.
wise abolised the needle. but rather en-
throned it, Thank God for he nerdlework
/ from The time when the Lord ALMIGHTY
from the heavens ordered in regard ia The
embroidered door of the ancient taberna.
Gle. "Thou shalt make n hanging for the
door Of the tent of blue and purple and
scarlet and fine twined linen wrought with
! npedlework. - down to the womanlv hands
| which this winter in this Tabernacle nrc
presenting for benevolent purposes their
nccdlevork. But there was nothing OK.
cept vanity and worldliness and socia,
splash in what Sisera's mother said about
the ncedlework she expected her son would
bring home from the battle
And am not surprised to find that Sis
era fought on the wrong side. when his
mother mt the window of my text, in that
awful exigency. had her chief thought on
dry goods achievement and social display.
God only knows how many homes have
made shipwreck on the wardrobe. And
that mother who sits at the window waite
ing Tor vainglorious triumph of millinery
and fine cOlors and domestic paoeantrv
will after awhile hear as bad news from
her children out in the battle of life as Sis
era's mother heard from the struggle mt
Esdraelon
MOTHERS STRUCK DOWN.
But if you still press the question,
"Where's MOTHER | will tell you where
she is not, though once she was there
Some Of You started with her likeness in
your face and her principles in your soul
But you have cast her out. That was an
awful thing for you to do, but you have
done il. That hard. grinding. dissipated
look YOU never got from her If Won had
seen any one strike her. YOU would have
struck him down without much care whet h.
err the blow was Just sufficient or fatal: but.
my boy, You have struck her down-struck
her innocence from your face and struck
her principles from your soul
You struck her down. The tent pin that
Jae drove three times into the skull of
Ssera was not so cruel as the stab vou have
made more than three times throliph vour
mothers heart. But she is waiting vet for
mothers are slow to give up their bows
waiting at some window, it NAV be a win
dow on earth or at some window in heaven
All Others NAV cast Won off. Your wife
NAV seek divorce and have no more patience