Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-05-24

sionaries have been lied about as living
/ In luxury and idleness. want to know
whether the heather religions are
really as tolerable and commendable
as they were represented by their adj
herents in the parliament of religions
at Chicago ! want to see whether Mo-
hammedanism and buddhism would be
good things for transportation in
America as it has again and again been
argued. / want to hear the Brahmins
pray. want to test whether the Pa
cine ocean treats its guests any better
than does the Atlantic. | want to
see the wondrous architecture Of
India, and the Delhi and Gavin
pore where Christ was crucified in
the massacre of the modern disciples,
and the disabled Juggernaut I'M
wheeled by Christianity. and to see if
the TAI which the Emperor Shah Jehan
built in honor of his empress really
means any more than the plain slab
we put above our dear departed. /
want to see the fields where Hayelock
and Sir Colin Campbell won the day
against the Sepoys. want to see the
world from all sides: how much of it is
in darkness, how much of it is in light;
what the Bible means by the lends of
the earth" and get myself ready to
appreciate the extent of the present to
be made to Christ as spoken of in the
Psalms: ASK of me and / shall give
thee the heather for thine Inheritance
and the uttermost parts Of the earth
for thy possa ssion;' and SO l shall be
ready to celebrate in Heaven the vic
tories Of Christ in more rapturous
song, than could have rendered had
/ never seen the heather denominations
before they were conquered. And So
hope 70 come back refreshed, rein-
forced and better equipped, and to do
in ten years more effectual work than
have done in the last twenty-five.
And now in this twenty-ffth ami.
versary sermon propose to do two
things: first. to put garland on the
grave of the generation that has just
passed off, and then to put a palm
branch in the hand Of the generation
just now coming on the field of action.
For my text is true, "One generation
passeth away, and another generation
cometh." o, how many we revered.
and honored, and loved, in the last
generation, that quit the earth. Tears
fell at the time Of their going, and
dirges were sounded, and signals OF
mourning were put on; but neither
tears, nor dirge, nor somber veil told |
the half we felt Their going left
vacancy in our souls that has never
been filed up. We never get used 70 |
their absence. There are times when
the sight of something with which |
they were associated-a picture, or a |
book or garment, or staff, breaks
rs down with emotion, but we bear il /
simply because we have to bear IT, O. |
how snowy white their hair got, and |
how the wrinkles multiplied. and the
sight grew more dim and the hearing /
less alert, aud the step more frail and
one day they were gone out Of the
chair by the fireside, and from the
plate at the meal and from the end Of
the church pew, where they worshiped
with us. O, my soul, how we miss
them. But let us console each other
with the thought that we shall meet
them again in the land of salutation
and reunion.
And now | twist garland for that
departed generation. 1t need not be
costly, perhaps just handful of clover
blossoms from the field through which
they used To walk. or as many violets
As you could hold between the thumb
and forefinger, plucked out of the gar
den where they used to walk in the
cool of the day. Put these old fash
toned flowers right down over the
heart that never again win ache and
the feet that will never again be
weary. and the arm that has forever
ceased to toll. Peace, mother? Ever
lasting peace! All that for the gener-
alton gone.
But what shall we do with the palm
branch? That we will put in the hand
Of the generation coming on. Yours
is to be the generation of victories
The last and the present generation
have been perfecting the steam power,
and the electric light, and the electric
forces To these will be added trans
POI AaAAOAs ~ VIII ht AHAHoAtH ~
use all these forces Everything is :
ready now for you to march right up
and take this world for God and
Heaven. Get your heart right by re-
pentance and the pardoning grace of
he Lord Jesus. and your mind right by
slevating books and pictures and your
body right by gymnasium and field ex-
,rcise, and plenty of ozone, and by
oolxing as often as you can upon the
ace of mountain and of sea. Then
,tartl In Gods name, start And here
5 the palm branch. From conquest to
conquest, move right on and right up.
fou will soon have the whole field for
Yourself Before another twenty-five
ears have gone, we will be out of the
,ulpits, and the offices. and the stores.
nd the factories, and the benevolent
Institutions. and you will be at the
rout Forward into the battle. III