The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-01-25


the earth when he trod it, and the heav-
ems when he prayed Martin Luther
From all nations our foreign popula-
tions have come, and they are homesick,
far away from the place of their child
hood and the graves of their ancestors,
and our glorious religion presented to
them Alright Will meet their needs and
fill their souls ard bindle their enthusi-
asm. They SHALL come from amid tho
wheat sheaves of Dakota,qand from tho
ore beds Of Wyoming, ard from the sill
yer mines of Nevada, al Prom the gold
en- gulches Of Colorado, and from tho
banks of the Platte, and the Oregon. and
the Sacramento, and the Columbia
''They shall come from the west. "
Invited to Sit Down.
But what will they do after they
come? Here is something gloriously con-
solatory that you have never noticed,
"They shall come from the east, and
the west, and the north, and the south.
and shall sit down." Oh, this is a tired
world The most Of people are kept on
the run all their lifetime. Business keeps
them on the run. Trouble keeps them
ON the run. Rivalries of life keep them
on the run. They are running from dis
aster. They are running for reward
And those who run the fastest and run
the longest seem best to succeed. But my
text suggests a restful posture for all
Gods children, for all those who for a
lifetime have been on the run. "They
shall sit downW Why run any longer J
When man gets heaven, what moro
can he get? They shall sit down. Not
alone, but picked companionship OF. tho
universe; not EN- barrassed, though Sc
raph should sit down on one side of you
and an archangel on the other.
There is that mother who, through all
the years of infancy and childhood, was
kept running amid sick trundle beds,
now to shake up the pillow for that
those parched lips, and now to hush the
frightened dream of a little one, and
& hen there was one less of the children,
because the great lover of children had
lifted one Cut CT the Group into the easy
Ct celestial atmosphere, the
mother putting all the more anxious care
on those who were left, so weary of arm
and foot ard back and head, SO often
crying out: Il an so tired l am so
tiredP' Fer work done, she shall sit
down, and that business man for 80, 40,
so years has kept on the run, not urged
by selfishness, but for the purpose of
achieving livelihood for the household
On the run from store to store, or from
factory to factory, meeting this loss and
discovering that inaccuracy and suffer
ng betrayal or disappointment, never
more to be cheated or perplexed or exas
he shall sit down, not in a great
armchair of heaven, for the rockers of
uch a chair would imply ones need of
of changing to easy posture Or
emi -invalidisln, but throne, solid as
eternity and radiant as the morning aft |
It night of storm. ''They shall sit
Town"
The Heavenly Rest.
/ notice that the most of the styles of
oil require an erect attitude. There are
he thousands of girls behind counters,
many such persons through the inhu-
nanity of employers compelled to stand,
ven when because of a lack of custom
rs there is no need that they stand.
hen there are all the carpenters, and |,
he stonemasons, and the blaoksmiths,
nd the farmers, and the engineers, and
he ticket agents, and the conductors
n most trades, in most occupations,
hey must stand. But ahead of all those ,
Tho love and serve the Lord is resting 7
lace, complete relaxation of fatigu.d !
luscle, something cushioned and up G
olstered and embroidered, with the
cry ease of heaven. "They shall sit a
own" Rest from toll, rest from pain, =
est from persecution, rest from uncer-
Unity. Beautiful, joyous, transporting,
restl
Oh, men and women of the frozen
orth, and the blooming south, and from
le realms of the rising or setting sun, q
trough Christ get your sins forgiven /;
I'D start for the place where you may
!; last sit down in blissful recovery
ON the fatigues of earth, while there
ii over you the raptures of heaven.
any of You have had such rough tus-
3 in this world that if your faculties
ere not perfect in heaven you would
me time forget yourself and say, 1t is
me for me to start on that Journey"
ut must be time for me to count out
e drops of that medicine, or II won
T what new attack there is on me
rough the newspapers" or ''Do you
ink / will save anything of those crops I
,m the grasshoppers, or the locusts, or
Q droughts?" or 81 wonder how much
rave lost in that last bargain?" or Il
1st hurry lest miss the train" No, 1
J The last volume of direful, earthly l
periences will be finished. Yea, the
It chapter, the last paragraph, the last
ltence. the last word. Finisl II
Frederick the Great, Notwithstanding Y
, mighty dominion over which he 4
gned, was so depressed at times be :
I'D not speak without crying, and :
ried small bottle of quick poison 1
th which to end his misery when he
lid stand it no longer. But give you
S small vial of gospel anodyne, one q
'p of which, not hurting either body
soul, ought to soothe all unrest and +,
; your pulses into an eternal calm. I
hey shall come from the east, and ,