Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-04-24

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was persecution that gave scotland u
Pra-lyterIanism. II vas persecution that
gave our land first % civil Liberty and alter
warl % religious freedom. Yea, might %
farther back and say 10 was persecution thai
gave the world the great salvation oi the
gospel. The rtball mockrrv, the huncer'ns
and thirSiine, the unjust charge, the
irnaminIous death, when ali the iorae Oh
bsITS fury was hurled against the cross, was
Tho introduction Of that religion which Is
Vet % D. the earth's delivrnnce and our
eternal salvation. The State sometimes saiI
10 the church, "C1me. take my hand, ana 1
will help YOU" What was the resulN Inc
church went lack. AMI e lost its estate 81
holmes. aud it became Ineffective At gthst
times the State said 90 the church, 81 WI WI
crush ynd." What has been the r'salt
After Ire storms have spent their inrF ~. "
church. sn far from having lost any ot -
for,a has increased and Is worth infinitely
more after the assault than before. hral
an history aul You will lini that true. 1he
church Is far more indebted tothe opp2-'unh
Of civil government than 20 its approval.
The fires 81 the stake have only been lho
torches which Christ held in HIS hn1' ~
the LIGHT of which tho church mas mar 'hsl
Ia her present glorious position. In inc
sound Of racks and implements OF torture l
hear the rumh,iuc oi the gospel 'haFi4t.
The sraHnlds of martyrlum have been tlS
stairs bv which the church mounted
learn also from our subject that SIN VIII
come 10 exposure Long, long ago had those
brothers sold Joseph into Egypt. IheY hal
made the OH father believe that his iaNorite
child was dead. They hli suppressed tue
crime. and u was aprpiOnui secret Weh heP1
by the brothers. But suddenly the secret y
out. The old father hears that ms sou Is IN
Egypt. having been sold there by the nance
of his own brothers. How their checks must
have burned and their hearts sunk AZ the
flaming ont OF this long suppressed crime.
The smallest iniquitv has thousand
tongues, aud they will hlah nut exposure.
sun was sent to destroy the Canaanites,
their sheep and their oxen, hut when he got
down there among the pastures he saw some
fine sheep and oxen too fat to kill, 80 he
thought he would steal them. Nobody
would, know IT, He drove these stolen
sheer and oxen toward home, but stopped
10 report 10 the prophet how he mad exc
cuted his mission, when ia the distance the
sheep began to bleat AMI the oxen 10 below.
Fhe secret was out, AMI Samuel said to the
plushing and confused Saul: "What mean
eth the bleatiug of the sheep that hear ana
the believing OF the cgttle:' All, my nearer,
You cannot keep an iuigutv still. At Just
the wron. timethe sheep viii blcat and the
oxen will below. Arhln cannot steal the
Babyloui~h garment without being stoned
to death, nor Arnold h''ray his country
without having his neck stretched. Look
over the police arrests. These thieves,
these burglars these countsrfeIters, these
highWavmcn, these a-adssiuS, they all
/ thought they could bury their iniquity
+ so deep down it would never come 10 res
direction, hut there was some shoe that an-
swered TO the print in the soil, some false
KEYS found in their possession, some bloody
4 knife that whispered ~ the death, and the
/ public Indignation and tho anathema Of
/ outraged law hurled them into the dungeon
or hoiS.cl them on the gailows.
Francis l., king Of France. stood counsel
/ ing with his officers how he could take his
army into Italy when Ameril, the fool OF
the court. leaped out from a corner Of tho
room aud said. "You mad better be consult
ing how You viii get your army back" And
It was found that Francis T., and not Ameril,
was the fool. Instead of consulting As 10
the best way OF getting into sin, you had
better consult as TO whether You will be able
90 get out OF it, II the world does not eX-
pose you, You will tell it yourself There is
an awful. power IN an aroused conscience.
A hghwayman plunged out upon White
field rs me- rode along on horseback, sack
Of money ON the horsc-m0ney that he had
raised for orphan 0SylumS and the high
waymap put his hand on the gold, and
Whitchcli turned TO him and said; Touch
that II You dare: that belongs to the Lord
Jesus Christ And the rutlian skunk into
the forest. Conscience. Cons .ience. The
rufIlau had pistol. but WhteAeld shook al
him the finger OF doom. Do not think YOU
can hide any great and pr0tracted sin in YOU
heart, my brother In an uuguarded mo
ment il will slip or the ZIP, or some Sigh
action may for the moment cot aiar this doc
that YOU wanted to keep closed. But sup
nose TINT in this lifs you hide il, and yuu &c
along with this transgression burning il
your heart ~ n ship on fire within for day
hiudeIs the flames from bursting out b,
keeping down the matches, Yet at last in tn
judgment that iniquity will blaze out beior
God aud the univere.
Learn also from this subject that there !
an inseparable connection between al
events, however remote. The universe i
only one thought OF God. Those thing
which seemed frlgmentary and isolated ar
only different parts Of that great thought
How far apart seemed these two cvents-JG
seph sold to the Arabian merchants and hi
ruership Of Egypt-yet you SEQ In what
mysterious way God connect ed the two int
one plan. So the events are linked together
You who are aged men look back ana grou
together a thousand things in your lie tina
once seemed isolated. One undivided chat
OF events reaches from the garden OF Ele
to the cross OF Calvary. and thus up to tn
kingdom of heaven There is relation bc
tween the smallest insect that huns in tn
summer air and the arlhangel on his throne
God can trace a direct ancestral lin
from the blue jay that this spring wi
build its nest in the tree behind tn
house to some one Of the flock OF bird
which, when Noah hoisted the arks window
with Il Whir and dash OF bright wing;
went ont To sing over Mount Ararat. Tn
tulips that bloom in the garden this sprin
were nursed blythe snowlakes. The farthes
star on one side Of the universe could ne
look toward the farthest STAG on the othC
, side OF the universe and say, You are n
relation to me-" for from that bright orb
( voice Of lghL would ring across the heaven
responding, Eyes. yes, weare sisters" Notl
Ing in Gods universe swings at loose end!
Accidents are only Gods way of turning
leaf in the book Of His eternal DEGREES. Frol
our cradle to our grave there is a path
marked out. Each event in our life is col
nected with every other event in our lif
/, Our losses may be the most direct road t
our gain. Our defeat and our victory al
twin brothers.
The whole direction OF your life WI
changed by something which at the tin
seemed to you tnning. while some occu
, renee which seemed tremendou5afectedy 70
| but little. Gods plans are magnificent b.
a You'd all comprehension. He molds US an
: turns and directs us, and we know it no
THOUSANDS OF years are TO Him as the fii9l
of a'shuttle. The most terrific occurren,
: does not make God tremble. The most triun
plant achievement does not lift Him int
/ rapture. That one great thought of God got
out through the centuries, and Nations ri
: and fall, and eras pass, and the wor
: changes, but God still keeps the undividt
+ mastery, linking event to event and centul
D to century. To God they are all one even
) one history, one plan, one development, OF
| system. Great and marvellous are Thy work
Lord God Almighty! 1 was years ago
, New Orleans at the exposition rooms, wht
= telegram was sent to the President of Il
ITnitpd States nt Wnebi n otOn and v-a rro itf