Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-03-19

two parts Now she says to Elijah, Come
In and sit down at this solemn table and
take n third OF tho last morsel." How
many women like that would IL take to
warm tho cold world npP
Recently an engineer in the southwest,
on a locomotive, saw train coming with
which he mum collide. He resolved to
stand at his post and slow up the train
until tho Inst minute, for there were pas
sengcrs behind. Tho engineer said to tho
fireman: "Junypl Ono man Is enough on
this onginol .Jumpp' Tho fireman jumped
gincor died at his post. How many men
like that engineer would 1t take to warm
this cold world upP a vessel struck on a
rocky island Tho passengers and the
crow were without food, and sailor had
. shcllflsh under his coat. He was saving
it for his last morsol. He heard little
child cry to her mother: "Oh, mother, L
am so hungry! Give mo something to eat.
1 am so hungry" The sailor took tho
shcl1sh from under his coat and said,
"IIcrc, take that" How many mon like
that sailor would 1t take to warm tho cold
world up? Xcrxcs, fleeing from his enemy,
got on board n boat. A great many Per
NlthA lcttpUti lHlO llD ollllt DDhlf anu ilt
boat was sinking Some ono said, "Aro
you not willing to 9.ko sacrifice for
your kingP" And tic majority of those
who were in the boat loapcd overheard and
drowned to save their king. How many
mon like that would it take to warm up
this cold world2 Elizabeth Fry went into
tho horrors Of Nowgatc prison, and sho
turned tho imprccation and tho obsccnity
,,,,1 I,.,f i,,t, for.
and reformed life. Tho sisters Of chart
ty, in 1863 on tho northern and southern
bnttlcnclds, came to boys In blue and gray
while they woro bleeding to death. The
black bonnet, with tho sides pinned back
and tho white bandago ON the brow, may
not havo answered all tho demands of Gle
CANT taste, but you could not persuade
that soldier dying u thousand miles from
homo that 1t was anything but an angel
that looked him in the face. Oh, with
chcory look, with helpful word, with kind
action, try to mako the world warm
Count that day lost whose low descending sun
Views from thy hand no generous action done.
Warmed by Christ.
twas his strong sympathy that brought
Chris. from warm heaven to cold
world. The land whore he dwclt had u
serene sky, balsnmic atmosphere, tropical
luxurancc; no storm blasts In heaven
no chill fountains. On a cold December
night Christ stepped out Of q warm heaven
into tho worlds frigidity. Tho thormomc-
tor In Palestine never drops below zero,
but December Is q cherries month, and
tho pasturagc Is very poor on tho hilltops.
Christ stopped out of warm heaven into
the cold world that cold December night
Tho worlds reception was cold. Tho surf
of bcstormed Galilcp was cold. Joseph s
sepulcher was cold. Christ came, tho
great warmer, to warm the earth, and all
Christcndom today feels tho glow. lIo
will keep on warming the earth until the
tropic will drive away the arctic and tho
antarctic. Ho gave an intimation of
what ho was going to do when no broke
up tho funeral at the gate Of Main and
turned 1t into n reunion festival, and
when, with his warm lips, no melted tho
Galilean hurricane and stood on the deck
and stamped his foot crying, "Sicnccr'
and tho waves crouched, and tho tempcsts
folded their wings.
Oh, it was this Christ who warmed tho
chilled disciples when thoy had no food by
giving them plenty to cat and who in tho
tomb OF Lazarus shattered tho shackles
until the broken links Of tho chain OF death
ratified into the darkest crypt of the Inau.
solemn. In his genial presence tho girl
who had fallen into tho fire and the water
is healed of tho catalopsy, and the wlther-
cd arm takes muscular, healthy action,
and tho car that could not hear an ava
lancho catches leafs rustic, and tho
tongue that could not articulatc trills n
quatrain, and the blind eye was rcillumcd,
and Christ, instead Of staying three days
and three nights in tho scpulchor, as was
supposed, as soon us tho worldly curtain of
observation was dropped began tho oxplo-
ration of all the underground Passages of
earth and sea, wherever Christian S
grave may after awhile DO, and started n
light of Christian hope, resurrection hope,
which shall not 20 out until the last coro-
ment is taken off and tho last malisoleum
breaks opon.
All, | am so glad that tho Sun of Right
eousness cawncd on the polar night of the
nations! And II Christ Is the great warm
or, then tho church Is tho great dollhouse,
with its plants and trees and fruits OF
righteousness. Do you know, my friends,
that the church is the institution that pro
poses Warmth l have been for "a years
studying how to make the church warmer.
Warmer architecture, warmer hymnoloRy,
warmer Christian sautation. All outside
Siberian winter wo must have 1t % prince
dollhouse. Tho only'institu,ion on earth
today that proposes to mako tho world
warmer. Universities aud observatoros
they all have their work. Thoy propose
to make the world light, but they do not
propose to mako tho world warm. Geology
informs us, but it is as cold rs the rock II
hammers. Tho telescope shows whore thu
other worlds arc, but an astronomer Is
chilled while looking through it. Chris
tianity tells us of strange combinations
and how inferior affinity may be ovcrconl,
by superior affinity, but 1t cannot tell how
all things work together for good. World
ly philosophy has great splendor, but II
is tho splendor of moonlight on an iceberg
The church of God proposes warmth ant
hope warmth for the expectations
warmth for tho sympnthies. Oh, am st
glad that these great altar ilros have beor
kindled Como In out Of tho cold. Come
In and have your wounds salvcd. Com,
and have your sins pardoned Come in by
tho great gospel fireplace.
The Worlds Fireplace.
Notwithstanding all the modern inven
tions for heating tell you there is moth
ing so full Of goniality and sociability n
the old fashioned country fireplace. TIN
neighbors were to como in for winte
evening of sociability. In tho middle o
the afternoon, in the best room in TIN
house, some one brought in great back
log, with great strain, and put it down OF
the back Of the hearth. Then the lighte
wood was put on, armful after armful
Then shovel of Goals was taken from an
| other room and nut under the dry nila