Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-04-16

wings went out to sing over Mount Ararat
The tulips that bloom In tho garden this
spring were nursed by tho snowfakes
The farthest star on one side of the universe
could not look toward the farthest star
OH the other side of tho universe and say
" You are no relation to mo-" for from
that bright orb voice of light would ring
across the heavens responding, Eyes, yes,
we arc sisters" Nothing in Gods uni
verse swings at loose onds. Accidents are
only Gods way of turning a leaf In tho
book of his eternal DEGREES. From our era
do to our grave there is path all marked
out. Each event in our life is connected
with every other event In our life. Our
losses may be tho most direct road to our
gain. Our defeat and our victory IRE twin
brothers.
Tho whole direction Of your life was
changed by something which at the time
seemed to you trifling, while some occur
renee which seemed tremendous affected
you but little. Gods plans arc magnin-
cent beyond oil comprehension. He molds
us and turns and directs us, and we know
1t not. Thousands Of years are to him as
the flight Of u shuttle. The most terrific
occurrence dogs not make God tremblc.
Tho most triumphant achievement does
not lift him into rapture. That ono great
Thought Of God goes out through tho con-
turtles, and nations rise and fall, and eras
pass, and tho world changes but God still
keeps the undivided mastery, linking
event to event and century to century. To
God thoy are all one event, ono history,
one plan, ono development, one system.
Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord
God Almighty l was years ago In New
nrlo mt bc
telegram was sent to tho president of tho
United States, ut Washington, and wo
waited some Is or 90 minutes, and then
the Presidents answer camo back, and
then tho presiding officer waved his hand
kerchicf, and the signal was sent to Wash
ington that wo worc ready to have tho ma
chihory OF tho exposition started, and tho
president put his finger on tho electric
button, and instantly tho great Corliss
wheel began to movo-rumhing, rum
bling, rolling, rolling. 1t was ovorwholm-
ing, and 10, 900 people clapped and shout
cd. Just ono finger at Washington started
that vast machinery, hundreds and hun
drcds of miles away, and l thought thon,
as l think now, that men sometimes touch
influences that respond In tho far distance,
40 years from now, 90 years from now
1000 years from now-l 000 900 years from
now-ono touch sounding through tho
ages.
What of the Future?
We also learn from this story the pro-
priety of laying up for tho future. During
tho sevon years of plenty Joseph prepared
for tho famine, and when it camc he had
n crowded storchouso. The lfo of most
men In worldly respect Is divided into
years of plenty and famine. 1t Is seldom
that any man passes through life without
at loast seven years of plenty. During
those seven years your business bears "a
rich harvest. You scarcely know where
all tho money comes from it comes so fast.
Every bargain you make seems to turn in
to gold. You contract few bad debts.
You are astonished with largo dividends
You invest moro and moro capital. You
wonder how mon can be content with
small business, gathering in only n few
hundred dollars, while you reap your
thousands. Those arc seven years of
plenty. Now Joseph has timo to prepare
for tho threatened famine, for to almost
every man there do como seven years Of
famine. You will bo sick, you will be I'M
fortunate, you will be dofraudcd, there will
bo hard times, you will DO disappointed,
and If you have no storchouso upon which
to fall back you may DO famine struck.
We have no admiration for this denying
oneself all personal comfort and luxury
for tho nero pleasure Of boarding up, this
grasping, grasping for tho mere pleasure
of seeing how large n pile you can get, this
always being poor because as soon rs q
dollar comes In 1t Is sent out to SEQ if IL
can find another dollar, so that IL can carry
it homo on its back. We have n contempt
for all those things, but there is all intel
ligent and nohlo minded forecast which
wo lovo to SEQ in men who have families
and kindred depending upon them for tho
blessings of education and homo. God
sends us to tho insects for lesson, which,
while they do not stint themselves In tho
present, do not forget their duty to forc-
cast tho future. "Go to tho ant, thou
slugRard. Consider her ways and bo wise,
which, having 10 guide, overseer or ruler,
provideth her meat in the summer and
gathorcth hcr food in the harvest"
Now, thoro arc two ways of laying ur
money. ono Of these is to put II in stock
and deposit 1t in bank and in;est 1t on
bond and mortgage. The other way to lay
up money is giving it away. He is tho SAT-
ost who makes both Of these investments.
There are III mis- house meu,who if they
lose every dollar they have in tho world
would DO millionaires for eternity. They
made the spiritual Investment, but tho
man who deyotcs mono of his gains to tho
cause of Christ and looks only for his own
comfort and luxury is not safe, l care not
how tho money is invested. He acts MS tho
rose II it should say, II will hold my
breath, and mono shall have snatch of
fragrance from mo until next week. then
will SGT all tho garden aIoat with my
aroma" OF course the rose, refusing to
breathe, died. But above all lay up treas
ures in heaven. They never dcprcciate in
value. They never are at u discount. They
are always available. You may feel sato
now with your 81 900 or az, 900 or $40, 00C
or SEQ, 900 INCOME but what will such al
income bo worth after you arc dead?
Others will get 1t. Perhaps some of thom
will quarrel about 1t before you arc buried.
They will DO so impatient TO get hold of
tho will they will think you should DO
buried ono day sooner than you aro buried
They will DO right glad whom you arc dead
They are only waiting for you to die. What
then will all your earthly accumulations
DO worth? If you gathered 1t all in your
bosom and walked up with 1t to heaven S
cato, it would not purchase your admis-
sion, or II allowed to enter 1t could not
buy you crown or q robe, and tho poorest
saint in heaven would look down Mt you
and say, where did that pauper come
fromY' May we all have treasures In
heaven. Amenl
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