The free press., 1895-01-31

how to eing Dundee. so that they Will nos
have often to be invited to accept the Goa oi
John Knox and Boutwell, Bridge.
Then there arc among these foreigners 81
many OF the English. They inherited ,L,a tue
same language as we inherited-the EnGnsa
in which Shakespeare dramatized, ana MI
ton chimed his ctutos, and Henry Melviiie
gospeized. and Oliver Cromwell prorogueu
parliament, and Wellington commandeo nIs
eager hosts. Among these foreigners are
the Swiss. and they were rocked In q craul9
under the shadow of the Alps, that catneuIai
of the Almighty in which all the elements
snow and hail and tempest and hurricane,
worship. Among these foreigners are vast
host OF Germans. and thev feel centuries
afterward the power Of that unparalleled
spirit who shook the earth when he trod H.
and the heavens when he prayed-Martih
Luther! From all Nations our foreign pop
uiations have come and they are homes'cS:
far away from the placs of their childhood
and the graves OF their ancestors, and our
glorious religion presented TO them aright
will meet their needs and I'll their souls aud
kindle their enthusiasm. They shall come
from amid the wheat sheaves OF Dakota. and
from the ore beds of Wyoming, and from
the silver mines OF Nevada, and from the
golden gulches OF Colorado. and from the
banks of the Platte, and the Oregon, and the
Sacramento. and the Columbia. Insy
shall come from the West"
But what will they do after they comes
Here Is something gloriously consoiatorv
that you have never noticed. "They snail
como from the East. and the West, and the
North. and the South. and shall sit down.
Oh, this is tired world The most of peo-
pie are kept on the run all their lifetime.
Business keeps them on the run. Trouble
keeps them on the run. Rivllries OF life
keep them on the run. They are running
Tbav r1pninCs for re-
ward. And those who run the fastest and
run the longest seem best to succeed. But
my text suggests restful posture for all
Gods children. for all those who for life
time have been on the run. They snail SIT
down. ~ Why run any longer When man
gets heaven, what more can he get? 'Iney
shall sit down" Not alone. but picked com
panionship of the universe: not embar-
rassed. though seraDh should sit down on
one side of you and an archangel on the
other.
There is that mother who. through all tho
years of infancy and childhood, was kept
rnnning amid sick trundle beds. now TO
shake up the pillow for that flaxen head,
and now to give drink TO those parchei
lips, and now to hush the frightenai dream
OF little one. and when there was one less
OF the children. because the great lover OF
children had lifted one out OF the Group into
the easy breathing OF celestial atmosphere,
the mother putting all the moro anxious
care on those who were left, SO weary OF
arm and foot and back and head. 80 often
crying out II am 50 tired am so tired y
Her work done. she shall sit down. and that
business man for thirty, forty. fifty years
has kept on the run. not urged by selfish
ness. but for the purpose OF achieving
livelihood for the household. On tho run
from store to store. or from factory to fac
tory, meeting this loss and discovering that
inaccuracy aud suffering betrayal or disap-
pointment, nevermore to be cheated or per-
picked or exasperated. he shall sit down,
not in great armchair of heaven, for tho
rockers of such a chair would imply ones
need of soothing, OF changing to easy pos
ture or semi-invalidism, but a atnrone, solid
as eternity and radiant as the morning after
a night OF storm "They shalt sit down"
[ notice that the most of the styles OF toll
require an erect attitude. There are tho
of girls behind counters, many
such persons through the inhumanity of
employers compelled to stand, even when
because n lack OF customers there is no need
that they stand. Then there are all the car
penters, and the stonemasOns, and the
and the farmers, and the engi-
neers and the ticket agents, and the con-
ductors In most trades. in most occupa-
tions, they must stand. But ahead OF all
those who love and serve the Lord is rest
ing place. n complete relaxation of fatigued
muscle, something cushioned and uphols-
tered and embroidered, with the very ease
Of heaven "They shall sit down" Rest
from toll, rest from pain, rest from parsecu-
tion, rest from uncertainty. Beautiful, joy
ous. TRANSPORTING. evarlnstn0 rest