Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-06-24

pravsr IN rrerarin- o. start Tor home.
tn most Insignificant par % every Re-
'r.-f-1. service l. the sermon. Tie more
f-Tra-taut rarts are the Ssriutur. lesson
and the PRAYER. The sermon i only MAJ
fsTEfu- o. = man. The Scripture lesson i
Godtalsins 70 nan Prayer Is man talk
frr.fa G6l. on. 10 We understood the
grandeur aud the pathos % this ry-rrise
I'D prayrr. instead Of being a duh ey-r'isa
"a. would imagine that the room vas full
Of divine aud angelic appearances.
Rut nv friends the old style church will
rr.. 10 the work. We might a. we'll now
try 10 take an the passencets from WASH
inrt8D % New York bv stage coach. or all
~ ,.a--aurpr- from Albany 10 Buffalo by
canal boat. ar do all the battling OF the
yrrr'l with bow md arrow. a. with the oil
sf,l,, of church to meet the eXigencies %
trf- Iav. Unless the church in our day
will alaaI itself 20 the time. Il will become
evrrn.-. The peog,e reading newspapers
arH books all the week. ia alert, pictur-
- I.arl ra-nVn ling style. will have NJ
ra.fr0.p with sabbath humdrum.
Hur while hall OF the doors Of the church
a-.f5 boz, set open toward this world. tho
other half Of the doors o.! the church must
ta -s- omen toward the next. You aul [
fg--v here only brief space. We want
somebody to teach Us how to gst
out 0i this life at the right time
AMI I'm the right way. Some fal out OF
H., some - stumbling out Of life, some
20. grooming out OF life. some 20
,sr-fng ono Of life. We want to 90
,tr.iug. rising. rejoicing. triumphing.
W. want half the doors nt the church set
ir tHut direction We want half the pray
,-. that way. half the sermons that way.
We want to know how to get ashore from
me turult OF this world into the land OF
everlasting peace. We DO not want TO stand
douhtiag and shivcrinc when we go away
from this world: We want our anticipation
aroused to the highest pitch. We want 70
have the eNhilarution OF Il diving child in
England the father telling me the story.
when he said To- her. is the path mar
ROVE" she answered., The path is narrow;
It is SO narrow that can not walk arm in
am with Christ. 50 Jesus goes ahead, and
lie SAYS. Mary follow Through the
church gates set heayeuward how manv OF
your friends and mine have gone, The
last time they were out OF the house they
came 10 church. The earthly pilgrimage
ended at the pillar Of public worship, AMI
then they marched out to bigger AMI
brighter HsSemblage. Some OF them were 81
old they could not walk without cane OF
two crutches; now they huy" eternal
iv7anrscnnce. Or they We're So Young
they could not walk except aN the ma
NFFAA| ''ll Ell'tf lIIi'Ill nov .ttl'f ll'.
with the hilaritiaS celestial. The last time
. We saw them they we're wasted with mala-
rial or pulmouic disorder; hut now They
have no fatigue and no dj1nGlty OF res
piration in the pure air Of heaven How |
wonder when Won and | will cross over,
Some of YOU have had about enough Of the
humping and failing of this life. \
drauyht from the fountains Of heaven
would DO You good. Complete release you
4 .
other side and had permission - coma
back. Won would not come. Though you
we invited to come back and Join voUr
friends on earth, YOU would say, NO, ie,
M turrv here until they come; | shall no.
ri~'; going back; il a man reaches heaven
he had better stay here.
O1. Join hands with You in that uplitt-
ed sp,enlor.
In Frevb5urc. Switzerland, there is the
trunk Of a tree four hundred years old.
That tree was PLANTED to commemorate an
event. About ten miles from the city the
Swiss couquered.the Burguudinn- ana u
young man wanted to take the tidinEs to
the city. He took q tree branch and ran
with such speed the ten miles, that When
he reached the city waving the tree
/ branch he had only strength 10 cry. we
tory" and dropped dead. Thetree branch
/ that he carried was planted, and II grew tn
/ be Il great tree twenty feet in "irtumier'
/ euce and the remains OF it are there -
/ this day. My bearer, when you hay'
fought your last battle with sin and deatN
and hell and they have heen routed IN tn"
/ conflict. 1t will he Joy worthy OF c'lebra-
/ ton. You will fly ~ the city and 'ry
Victory, and drop at the feet OF the Hrrhi
! King Then the palm branch olthe earthly
race will be planted to become the out.
| branching tree OF everlasting rejoicing.