Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-05-24

al1uis Mother. what are You crying About
The book says. "Hr took her by thr nAlli
aud the maid Hrose' A follower. uus re-.
al an insult offered Christ. drew the sword
from sheath and stras a. man NiiL lAe
sharp edge, aiming. / think, ~ NJ i'ie-
heal But the weapon giAn'rA A-I1. an.
took on the right ear GO IL roofs thIt-i
with His hand reconstructed tu.t N"nAesIul
organ 81 sound. tina; whispering gallery OF
the slul. that collector ot vibrations. lhAi
Srshed way 20 the auditory nerve. 'hAt "
mel without which all the musical instrl
ui earth would be Of no avail 4hr '25A ,iSs'
"He touched his ear and healed him. Meet
iu, a full grown man vino had never seen
sgnri--. OF a sunset, or a flower. OF the lace
uI his own father or mother, CHRIST MOST M
ia, dust from His own tongue aui sttr- ti'
dust into an eve salvr, and with Ills oWn
hands applies the strange medicament, aAi
suddenly all the e1lOrS oi earth anu SKY rush
In upon the newly optic nerve anu
the instantaneous noon drove out the long
night.
When He sees the grief Of Mary and Mar.
tina lie SIS down and cries with them. Some
saw il is the shortest verse in the BiDle. but
10 me il seems because Uf it, TAR rea.hlns
sympathieS. about the largest ''-"-
wcpt,' 50 very human. He could not slahl
he sight of dr0p~y or epilepsy or ldra'N7i'
or hunger or dementa. hut He stretches oui
His sympathetic hand toward il. - very,
very human. OmnipOtont and majestic ana
glorious this angel 81 the new cpEeuuht,
with wings capajle0f eucirclng universe,
and vet hands OF gentleness, hands OF help
hllness. The hands OF man under tho
wings" There is a kind Of religion I'm uut
dav that my text rebukos. There ar" men
and women spending their time in dele'ta-
ton over their saved state going about from
prayer meeting to PRAYER meeting, and from
church TO church. telling how happy they
are. But show them subscription paper
or ask them 10 70 aud visit the sick, or tell
them to reclaim a waBderer, or speak ont
for some unpopular Christian enterprise
and they have bronchitis or stitch IN thasidt
or sudden attack Of grip. Their religion L.
all wing and no hand They can fly
heayenward, but they cannot reach oC,
earthward.
While Thomas Chalmers occupied the
chair of moral philosophy in 81, Andrew
University he had at the same time sabbath
school class Of poor boys down in the Stun,
OF Edinburgh. While Lord Fitzgerald wa
travelling in Canada he saw a poor Indian
sQuaw carrying crushing load, and he took
the burden on his own shoulders. That Wa
Christiike. That wa, "a hand under the
wing The highest type OF religion says
little about itself, but Is busy for God AMI IN
helping TO the heavenly shore the crew and
passengers Of this shipwr.c6ed planet. Surh
people are busy now up the dark lanes Of
this city, and all through the mountain
glens and down in the quarries where the
sunlight has never visited. and amid
the rigging, helping to take in another
reef before the Caribbean whiriwiHi.
A friend was telling me OF an exquisite
thing about Seattle, then OF Washing
ton Territory. now OF Washington State.
Tho people Of Seattle had raised a generous
sum of money for the JJhnstOwu sufferers
from the food. 4 few days after Seattle
was destroyed by fire. | saw it while the
whole city was living in tents. In public
meeting some one proposed that the money
raised for JQhHst0wn be used for the relief
OF their own city and the cry was No, NJ,
No Send the money 10 J0hustown, and by
acclamatiuu the money was 80 sent. Moth
ing more beautiful or sublime than that
Under the wing OF fire that smute Seattle
the sympathetic hand. the helping hand. the
mighty hand Of Christian relief for people
thousands Of miles away.
Why, there are l0OO men and women
whose one business j. To- help others. Help
ing hanis, inspiring hands, lifting hands,
emancipating hands. saving hands. Sure
enough, those people had wings of faith and
wings OF prayer and wings OF consolation,
. hut 1.-THE Likeness of the hands Of a man was
under the wings There was much sense
in that which the robust b0atman said when
three We're in boat of the coast in sud
+ den storm that threatened to sink the boat,
and one suggested that they all kneel down
in the boat to pray, ana the robust man took
hold OF the oar and began to pull, SAYING.
Let you. the strong. stout fellow, lay hold
the other oar. and let the weak one who can
not pull give himself up TO prayer.
PRAY by all means. but at the same time pull
with all your might Tor the worlds rescue.
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lee was breaking up. ana surprising that
there was no human being within 100 miles,
heard the ice cratkle. and To- lost man, in.
sane with hunger aud cold, was waing in
the lee water. The explorer took the man
into his canoe and made for land and the
PEOPLE gathered on the shore. All the island.
ers had been looking for the lost man, and
finding him. according t. prearrangemeut
all the bells rang and all the guns fired. Oh
you can make clnddcr time among tn,
towers and hilltops OF heaven If you can
fetch home wauderer,
In our time ii is the habit to denOuncc thu
cities and to speak OF them as the pcrlitUl
of all wickednes4. l. it not time for sOmt
one to tell the other side Of the story and L
aythat the city is the heaven of practica
helpfulness? Look at the'emhOwerci al,
fouutancd parks. where the invaiidS mal
come aud be refreshed; the B)wery mission
through which annually over 100000 com,
to get brcal for this lite and bread for tn,
life to come all the pillows Of that institu
ton under the blessing OF Him who had not
where to lay His head; the free schools,
where the most impoverished are educated;
the hospitals for broken bones; the homes
for the restoration of intellectS astray;
the Orphan House. father and mother to all
who come under its benedictiOn; the mid
night missions, which pour midnOOn upon
ba An wiz paI. tho Prison Reform Asstaio-
ton; the houses of mercy: the inilrmaries;
the sheltering arms the aid societies; the
industrial schools; the Sailors Snug HarhOrj
the founding asylums; the free dispensaries
where greatest scientific skill feels the pulse
Of wan pauper; the ambulance, the startling
stroke of its bell clearing the way to the
place Of casualty, and good souls like the
mother who came to the Howard Mission
with its crowd Of friendlcss boys picked VI
from the streets. and saying, "If YOU have a
crippled boy, give him to me- my dear boy
died with the spinal complaint" and such q
one she found and took him home ant
nursed him till he was we'll II would take
a sermon three weeks long to do justice t
the mighty things which our cities are doinl
for the unfortunate and the lost. Do MOI
) say that Christianity in our cities is all show
and talk and genufeXiOn and sacred noise
You have been so long looking at the hant
, of cruelty, and the hand of theft, and tht
hand of fraud and the hand Of outrage
that you have not sufficiently appreciated
the hand of help stretched forth from tn,
, doors and windows of churches and from
| merciful institutions, the Christlike hand
the cherubic hand, 'the hand under thu
: wing
There is also in my subject the suggestion
of rewarded work for God and righteousness
!. When the wing went the hand went Whel
the wing asppnlpl the hand nspnnInl. uOt
, for every useful and Christian hand Their
/ will be elevation celestial and eternal. En-
I pect no human gratitude. for it will no
, come. Tnatwas wise thing Fenelon wrot
TO his friend: Il am very glad. my dear
= good fellow, that you are pleased with on
= of my letters which has been shown to you
! You are right in saying and believing that