Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-10-14


But very many OF you who are wr0lgsd
OF the world aud II Ia any assembly be-
tween here aud Golden Gate. san Fran
riseo. it were asked that all those that had
been sometimes badly treated should raise
both their hands, and full response should
boz made, there would be twice as many
hands lifted as persons present. say
many 81 YOU would declare. I'VE have al
Wavs done the best We could and tried 10
be useful. and why We should become the
victims Of malignment, or invalidism. or
mishap, & inscrutable.' Why, do YOU
Know the finer a deer and the more elegant
Hs proportions, and the more beautiful its
bearing, the more anxious the hunters and
the hounds are to capture il. Had the roe
buck a ragged fur and broken hoOfs and
an obliterated eve and a limping gait, tho
hunters would have said: "Pshawi don't
let Us waste our ammunition on a sick
deer" And the hounds would have given
a few snifs of the scent, and then dartsd
of in another direction for better game.
But when they see deer with antlers lift
ed in mighty challenge to earth and sky,
and the sleek hide looks as il 1t had been
smoothed by invisible hands, and the fat
sides enclose the richest pasture that could
be nihbled from the banks of rills so clear
they seem to have dropped out of Heaven,
and the stamp Of its foot defies the Jack
shooting lantern and the rifle. the horn
and the hound, that deer they will have il
they must needs break their neck In the
rapids. So Il there were no noble stun In
your make up, If you were "A bifurcated
nothing, If you were a forlorn failure, you
would be allowed to 80 undistuFoed; but
the fact that the whole pack is in full cry
after YOU j. proof positive that YOU are
splendid game and worth capturing
Yes for some people in this world there
seems no let-up. They are pursued from
1. ,1,T,. 20,
old age. Very distinguished are Lord stat
ford's hounds, the Earl of Harboroughs
hounds, and Queen Victoria pays eight
thousand five hundred dollars per year to
her Master Of Buckhounds, But all of them
put together do not equal in number or
speed, or power to hunt down, the great
kennel Of hounds of which Sin and Trouble
are owner and master
But what is a relief forall this pursuit OF
trouble, and annoyance, and pain, aud be-
reavement? Ny text gives it to you in
word of three letters, but each letter is u
chariot if you would triumph, or a throne
II YOU want to be crowned or lake il you
would slake your thirst-yes, a chain Of
three lakes-G-O-D, the One for whom
David lOnged, and the One whom David
found. You might as well meet stag which,
after its sixth mile OF running at the top
most speed through thicket and gorge, and
with the breath of the dogs on its heels has
come in full sight of Scroon Lake, and try to
coolit projecting and blistered tongue with
a drop of dew from a blade OF glass AS to at
! tempt to satisfy an immortal soul, when fly
/ ing from trouble and SIN, with anything less
/ deep, aud high, and broad. and immense,
| and infinite and eternal than God. His
| comfort, why it embOsoms all distress. His
| arm, it wrenches off all bondage. His hand,
! it wipes away all tears. His Christly atone
/ ment il makes US all right with the past,
/ and all right with the future: all right with
/ God, all right with man, and all right for
/ ever Lamartine tells US that King Nimrot
said to his three sons, Here are three
| vases and one is of clay, another OF amber,
/ and another of gold. Choose now which
/ Won will have" The eldest son, having
first choice, chose the vase of gold, on
| which was written the word Empire, and
| when opened it was found to contain human
| blood The second son, making the next
| choice chose the vase OF amber. inscribed
with the word "GlOry,' and when opened
| il contained the ashes OF these who were
once called great. The third son took the
vase of clay, and, opening it, found it
empty but on the bottom of it was in
scribed the name OF God. King NimrOd
asked his courtiers which vase they thought
weighed the most. The avariciOus men Of
his court said the vase Of gold. The poets
said the one Of amber. But the wisest men
said the empty vase, because one letter Of
the name Of God outweighed u universe.
For Him thirst; for His grace beg; on
His promise build my all. without Him
| cannot be happy. Ihave tried the world,
and Ii does we'll enough rs far it goes, but
ii is too uncertain a world, too evanes sent
world. | am not a preiudiccd witness. l
have nothing against this world. | have
been one of the most fortunate, or to use a
more Christian word, one of the most
! 1 4 49,, IN, ftar npts
blessed in the place of my nativity, blessed
in my health blessed in my field Of work,
blessed in my natural temperament, blessed
in my family, blessed in my opportunities,
blessed in comfortable livelihood, blessed
in the hope that my soul will so to Heaven
through the pardOning mercy OF God, and
my body, unless it be lost ut sea or Gre
mated in some con1agration, will lie down
in the gardens Of Greenwood among my
kindred and friends, some already gone
and others to come after me. Life to many
has been disappointment, but to me 1t
has been pleasant surprise, and yet de-
clare that If | did not teel that God was
now my Friend and ever-present help |
should be wretched and terror-stricken.
But | want more Of Him. | have Thought
over this text and preached this sermon to
myself until with all the aroused energies
of my body, mind and soul, | can cry out,
LAS the hart panteth after the water
brooks, SO panteth my soul after Ihee, U
God
: oh, when some OF you get there it will
| be like what a hunter tells OF when push
+ ing his canoe ia" up North in tle winter
and amid the icr-nOes, ana "A hundred miles
as he Thought, from any other human pc
ings, He was startled one day as he hearc
: stepping on the ice. and he cooked M
, rifle ready to meet anything that cam'
. near. He found man, barefooted ana IN
sane from long exposure, approaching
him. Taking him into his canoe ant
:, iinding fires to warm him, he restore
+, him and found out where he had ilvei, an'
, took him to his home, and found All th
y village in great excitement. huhure'
. men were searching for the lost man, ah'
; his family and friends rushed out to NEE
y him; and, as had been agreed at his frs
= appearance, bells were rung, ana gun
! were fired, and banquets spread, ana tn
rescuer loaded with presents. Wen, Nhel
. some Of you step out OF TINS wilderness
L where YOU have been chilled and torn an
=, sometimes lost amid the icebergs, into tn
u warm greetings of all the villages OF tn
u gorhed, and your friends rush QUIT Civ
u YOU welcoming kiss, the news that there
;. another soul forever saved will call tn
u caterers OF Heaven to spread the banqut
u and the bell men to lay hold OF the rope
: the tower, and while the chalices click {
D the feast and the bells clang from the tu
II rets, it will be d scene so uplifting pra
} God | may be there to take part IN tl
u celestial merrimeut. until the da
|, break and the shadows fee away, be tho
u like roe or young hart upon the mouI
u tans of Bother.
e. PROMINENT PEOPLE.
70 Senator Thurston says he was ambition