Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-04-12

rle to 10 and src f,'r themselves" I nm
swcr, yes, juet as much MS the description
of yellow fever in some scourged city would
induce people to gu down there and get
the pcstilencc But I may he addressing
some stranger already destroyed Where
is he, that / may pointedly yet kindly adj
dress himt Come back and wash in the
deep fountain of a Saviour's mercy. do
not give you cup or n chnlice, or pitch
er with n limited supply to effect your alb
lutlons point you to the five oceans OF
Gods mercy. Oh, that the Atlantic and
Pacific surscs OF divine forgiveness might
roll over your soul!
GOOD MoRNINGl
As the glorious sun of God 5 forgiveness
rides on toward the midhcavens, ready to
submerse yon in warmth and light and
love, l bid you good morningl Morning
of peace for all your troubles. Morning
of liberation for all your incarcerations
Morning of resurrection for your soul bur
led in sin Good morning! Morning for
the resuscitated household that has been
whiting for your return. Morning for the
cradle and the crib already disgraccd with
being that of a drunkard 8 child. Morning
for the daughter That has trudgcd off to
hard work because you did not take care of
home. Morning for the wife who at 40 or
30 years has the wrlnklcd face, and the
stopped shoulder, and the white hair.
Morning for one. Morning for all. Good
morning! In Gods name, good morning!
In our last dreadful war the Fcderals
and the ConfeueratCs We're encampcd on
opposite sides OF the Rappahannock, and
one morning the brass band OF the north
crn troops played the national air. and all
the northern troops chccrvG and chcercd.
Then on the opposite side Of the Kappa
hammock the brass band Of the Confedcr-
atcs played MY Maryland and Dixie
and then all the southern troops cheerd
and chccrcd. But after awhile one of the
bands struck up "liomc, Sweet Home,
and the band On the opposite side of the
/ river took up the strain, ana when the
tune was done the ConfCtcr2teS and Fed
/ erdl, all together united as the tears rolled
( down their cheeks, in one great huzza!
| huz2a! Well my friends heaven comes
| very near today. Ii is only n stream that
/ divides us--thc narrow stream of death
! and the voices there and the voices here
/ seem to Commingle, and We join trun
/ pets and husannahs and hallcluiahs, and
| the chorus of the united song Of earth and
/ heaven IS "Homc, Sweet Home" Home
/ "a bright domestic circle on earth! Home
/ of forgiveness in the great heart of God!
/ Home OF eternal rest in heaven! Homel
Home. Home!
THE TATAL LOOK.
But suppose you are standing on a crag
! Of the mountain, and on the edge of a prec
I ipicc and all unguardcd. and some one
either in joke or hate shall run up behind
| you and push You Oft. II is easy enough to
push you OH. But who would do so das-
tardly a decd: Why, that is done every
hour of every day and every hour of every
night. Men come to the verge Of city life
and say: Now we will just look off.
! Come, young man. do not he afraid. Come
near; let us look of He comes to the
edge and looks and looks until after awhile
satan sncsks up behind him and puts
hand on each Of his shoulders and pushes
him OFF Society SAYS it is evil proclivity
on the part of that young man. Oh, no!
He was simply an explorer and sacrificed
his life il discovery.
young man comes in from the coun-
try Dragging that nothing can do him any
harm. He knows about all the tricks Of
city life. "Why," he says, "dd not l re
ceivc Il circular in the country telling me
that somehow they found out was n sharp
/ business man, and " ] would only send a
certain amount of money by mil or ex
press charges prepaid, they would send n
package with which / could make for
tune in two months but did not believe
It, My nc ghbors did, but did not Why,
no man could take my money. | carry it
| in pocket inside my vest. No man could
take 1t. No man could cheat me Al the faro
table. Don't ! know all about the cue
box, and the dealer 5 box, and the cards
stuck together as though they We're one,
and when to hand in my checks? Oh, they
can cheat me. ! kno" what am about, "
while at the same time. that very mo
ment, such mca are succumbing to the
worst satanic influences in the simple fact
that they are going 10 observe. Now, if n
man or woman shall go down into a haunt
of iniquity for the purpose Of reforming
men and women, or for the sake of being
able intplligcntly to warn people against
such pcrils; it, as did John Howard or Elz-
abeth Fry or Thomas Chalmers, they &C
down among the abandoned for the sake
of saving them, then such explorers shall
be God protected, and they will come out
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