Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-15

able all tho time. The old song sung ut
the pianos quarter of u century ago was
right" Kind words can never die" such
kind words have their nests in Kind hearts,
and when they are Matched out and tako
wing they circle round in flights that nov
or cease, and sportsman gun cannot
shoot them, and storms cannot ruillc their
wings, and when they cease flight in these
lower skies of earth they sweep around
amid the higher attitudes of heaven. At
Baltimore l talked into q monograph.
The cylinder containing tho words was
sent on to Washington, and the next day
that cylinder from another Photographic
instrument, when turned, gavc back to
mo tho very words | had uttered tho day
before and with the same intonations.
Scold into photograph, and 1t will scold
back Pour mild words into n phono-
graph, and it will return the gentlcnoss.
Society and the world and tho church arc
monographs. Give them accrbity and
rough treatment, and accrbity and rough
treatment you will get back. Give them
practical fricndlincss, and they will give
bncl< practical fricndlincss. A father ask
cd his little daughter, MARY, why is it
that everybody loves you?' She answer
ed, Il don't know, unless it is because I
love everybody" "a man that hath
friends must show himself friendly"
The spirit of Sacrifice.
We want something like that spirit Of
sacrifice for others which was seen in tho
English channel, where in tn storm u
boat containing three men was upset, and
all thrcu were in the water struggling for
their lives. A boat camo to their relief,
and rope was thrown to one of thcm,
and he refused to take 1t, saying: "First
fling it TO Tom. He is just ready to go
down. i can last some time longer" y
man like that he he sailor or landsman,
he he in upper ranks of society or lower
ranks will always have plenty Of friends.
| What is true MAYNARD is true Godward.
We must be the friends of God if we want
him to be our friend We cannot treat
Christ badly all our lives and expect him
to treat us lo,ingly. / was reading of
sea fight in which Lord Nelson captured e
French officer, and whcr the Fronch officer
offered Lord Nelson his hand, Nelson re-
plicd, First give mo your sword, and
then give me your hand" Surrender of
our resistance to God must prcccdo God $
proffcr Of pardon to us. Repentance be-
fore forgiveness. Gou must give up your
rchcllious sword before you can get IL grasp
of the divine hand.
Oh, what glorious state of things to
have the friendship of God Why, We
could afford to have all the world against
us and all other worlds against us If we
had God for us. He could in u minute
blot out this universe, and in another
minute make better universe. | have no
idea that God tried hard when he made
all things. The most brilliant thing
known to III is light, and for tho creation
Of that he only used n word of command.
As out of n flint u fruntiersman strikes a
spark, so out of one word God struck the
MONDAY sun. For the making of the pres
ent universe | do not read that God lifted
so much as finger The Bible frequently
speaks of Gods hand and Gods arm and
Gods shoulder and Gods foot; then sup
pose he should put hand and arm and
/ shoulder and foot to utmost tension, what
could he not make? That God of such de-
monstratcd and undeponstratcd strength
you may have for your present and ever
lasting friend, not II stately and rcticcnt
friend, hard to get at, but as approachablc
rs u country mansion on summer day
when all the doors and windows arc wide
open. Christ said, II am the door" And
/ he is wide door, n high door, u palace
door, an always open door
My ycar-od child got hurt and did not
cry until hours after, when her mother
came home, and then she burst into weep
ing, and some Of the domcstics, not under
standing human nature, said to her, "Why
did you not cry before" She answered,
There was no one to cry to" Now, l
have to tell you that while human sym
pathy may DO absent, divine sympathy Is
Away accessible Give God your love, and
get his love; your service and secure his
help; your repentance, and have his par
don. God n friendy Why, that means all
your wounds med,~lted, all your sorrows
soothed, and If some sudden catastrophe
should hurl you out Of earth it would only
kurl you into heaven.
The Two Christians.
If God Is your friend, you cannot 20 out
If the world too quickly or suddenly, so
tar rs your own happiness Is concerned.
/ There were two Christians who entered
heaven. Tho one was standing at n win
Iow in perfect health, watching shower,
md the lightning instantly slew him, but
the lightning did not flash down the sky
as swiftly as his spirit flashed upward.
The Christian man who died on the same
day next door had been for "a year or two
failing in health and for the last three
months had suffered from q disease that
wade the nights slecpless and the days an
anguish. DO you not really think that
tho case of the one who went instantly
was more desirable than the ono who en-
tered the shining gate through long lano
of insomnia and congestion? In the ono
case it was like your standing YEARLY at u
door, knocking and waiting and wonder
ing if it will ever open, ana knocking and
waiting again, while in the other case
1t was u swinging open of tho door at the
first touch of your knuckle. Give your
friendship to God, and have Gods friend
ship for you, and even the worst accident
will DO u victory.
How refreshing is human friendship,
and true friends, what priceless treasures
When sickness comes and trouble comes
and death comes, wo send for our friends
first of all, and their appearance in our
doorway in any crisis is rec enforcement,
and when they have entered We say
"Now 1t is all rghtp' Oh, what would
we do without personal friends, business
friends, family friends? But we want
something mightier than human friend
ship in the great exigencies. When iona
than Edwards, in his final hour, had given
the last goodby to all his earthly friends
no turned on his pillow and closed his
eyes, confidently saying "Now where Is
Jesus of Nazareth, my true and never
FALLING Fricnd2" Yes, / admire human
friendship as seen in the case of David ant
Jonathan, of Paul and Onesiphorus, o.
Herdcr and Goethe of Goldsmith ant
Reynolds, of Beaumont and Fletcher, Of
Cowley and Harvey, of Erasmus ant
Thomas More, of Leasing and Mendels
sohn, of Lady Churchill and Princess