Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-04-26

big SOulcu, glorious lrlSnman, came III anu
looked into my face, put out his broad,
strong hand and said not n word, but sat
down and cried with us. l am not enough
of n philosopher to soy how it was or why it
was, but somehow from door to door and
from floor to ceiling the room was filled
with an all pcrvading comfort Jesus
wept"
/ think that is what makes Christ such
n popular Christ. Thore are so many who
want sympathy. Miss Fiske the famous
HISTORIAN missionary, was in the chapel
| one day talking to the heather, and she
was in very poor health, and so weak she
! sat upon a mat while she talked and felt
the need of something to lean against, when
she felt woman's form at her back and
| heard a woman's voice saying, Lean on
me-" She leaned little but did not want
to be too cumbersome, when the womans
voice said: Lean hard If you love me- lean
hard.
And that makes Christ so lovely. He
wants all the sick and troubled and weary
so lean against him, and he says: Lean
| hare. If you love me- lean hard. " Aye he
| is close by with his sympathetic help. He'd
! ley Wears, the famous soldier and Chris
tian of the Crimcan war, died because
whom he was wounded his regiment was
too far off from the tent Of supplies He
was not MORALLY wounded, and if the sur
reons conld only have got at the banding rs
and the medicines he would hive recov.
cred So much of bunon svnnotbv and
! honofuIpcss comes too late INIT Christ is
always close by if we want him and has
all the medicines ready and has eternal life
for all who ask for it. sympathy
Aye. he was lovely in his doctrines. Self
| sacrifice or the relief of the suffering of
| others by orr own suffering He was the
! only sjcinD thnt ever nronosed to c,,re
his unticnts nv taking their disorders Sclf
sacrificcl And what did he NOT rive nm for
! othcrs9 The hest climate in fine universe
the air of heaven. for the 1yintrv weather
| of Palestine. a sceptcr of unlimited do
minion for prisoners box in an earthly
courtroom. flashing tinrn for n crown Of
singing brambles. palace for a cattle
pen. q throne for a cross. Self sacrificed
| What is more lovclv2 Mothers diving for
| tboir children down with scarlet foyer
railroad engineers Going down through the
! omen drav,hrid,rc 10 savo tho train 0rnn,on
scorcbcd TO death trving to bG1u some ono
down the ladder from the fourth story of
the consuming house. all these puttogcthcr
ONLY faint and iDsuf,icient SMILES nv which
| to illustrate tbc prnnder rnicbtior fartbcr
reaching self sacrifice of the "oltogotbcr
| lovely"
Inspiration of Herois,ns
Do you wonder that the story of his self
sacrifice has led hundreds of thousands to
| die for hm2 In one series Of prosecutions
over 200, 900 were put to death for Christ
sake For him Blandina was tied to a post.
! and wild beasts were let ont upon her, and
when life continued after the attacl; Of
tooth and paw she was put in net. and
that net containing her was thrown to n
wild bull that tossed her with its horns
till life was extinct. All for Christ! IIu-
ruenots dying for Christ, Albigcnses dy-
ing for Christi The Vaudois dying for
Christ Smithficld fires endured for Christ!
The bones of martyrs, if distributed. would
make path of moldering life all around
the earth. The loveliness of the SaviOur's
sacrifice has inspired all the hcroislns and
all the martyrdoms of subsequent cen
turies. Christ has he'd more men and
women die for him than all tho OIL .er in
habitants of all the ages have had die for
tApm
Furthermore, he was lovely in his cor.
mons He know when to BEGIN. when To
! stop and lust what to saw The LONGEST
| sermon he ever preached SO far as tho
Bible reports him-nalncIv. tho sermon on
the mount. was about IS Minutes i'm do
livery at the ordinary rate of speech. His
longest praye, reported. commonly collcd
THE Lords PRAYER" was about half n
minute. Time them bv vo,1r own watch and
You will find nav estimate accurate nv
which | do not mean to saw that sermons
ought to be only Is minutes long and
PRAYERS ONLY half a minute long Christ
had such infinite power Of COMMISSION
that he could put-nourh into his 10 min
uto sermon and his half minute praycr IN
keep all the following ages busy in thon1ht
and action. No one hut n Christ cou1d NJ
ford to pray or preach as short as thot
but he meant to teoch MS COMMISSION
At Selma. Ala. the Other dav I WINS
shown q cotton press nv which cotton was
put in such shape that it occupied in trans
portation ONLY one chr where three cqrs
were formerly necessary. and ono shin
where three ships had been required and
l imagine that we all need to oomnrcss orr
sermons and our PRAYERS into smaller