Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-11

tailor cannot make a minister. ZONE OF
the poorest preachers wear the Des1
clothes, and many backwoodsinah mas
d;smonnted from the saddlebags, and
in his linen buster preached a sermon
that shook earth and heaven with It's
Christian eloquence. No new gospel
only the old gospel in way suited 10
the time. No new church, but church
to be the asylum, the inspiration, the
practical sympathy and the eternal help
of the people.
But while half of tho doors Of the
church are to be set open toward this
world the other half of the doors OF the
church must be set open toward the
next You and tarry here only brief
space. We want somebody to teach us
how to get out of this life at the right
time and in the right way. Some fall
out of life, some 60 stumbling out OF
life, some 20 grooming out Of life, some
go cursing out Of life We want to go
singing, rising, rejoicing, triumphing.
We want half the doors of the church
set in that direction. We want half the
prayers that way, half the sermons that
way. We want to know how to get
ashore from the tumult Of this world
into the land of everlasting peace. We
do not want to stand doubling and shiv-
ering when we go away from this
world. We want our anticipations
aroused to the highest pitch.
Jesus Leads.
We want to have the exhilaration Of
a dying child in England, the father
telling me the story. When he said to
her, SIS the path narrow" she answer
ed: "The path is narrow. 1t is so mar
row that cannot walk arm in arm with
Christ, so Jesus goes ahead, and he
says, Mary, follow. " Through the
church gates set heavenward how many
of your friends and mine have gone?
The last time they were out of the house
they came to church. The earthly pill
grimage ended at the pillar of public
worship, and then they marched out to
q bigger and brighter assemblage. Some
of tlem were SO old they could not walk
without cane or two crutches Now
they have eternal juvenescence. Or
they were SO young they could not walk
except as the maternal hand guided
them. Now they bound with the hilari-
ties celestial. The last time we saw
them they were wasted with malarial
or pulmonic disorder, but now they
nave no fatigue and no difficulty of res
plratlon in the pure air of heaven. How
l wonder when you and l will cross
over! Some of you have had about
enough of the humping and failing of
this life. A draft from the fountains of
heaven would do you good. Complete
release you could stand very well. If
you got on the other side and had ner.
mission to come back, you would not
come Though you were invited to
come back and join your friends on
EARTH You would say: "No, let me tar.
ry here until they come shall not risl,
going back. If man reaches heaven. he
had better stay here"
On l join hands with you in that
| NPAAAVN.a splGLUOrI
| When the shore is won at last
| "ho Will count the pillows pastP
IN freyburg, Switzerland, there is
the trunk OF tree 400 years old. That
'iee was planted to commemorate an
event About ten miles from the citv
.ne owlss conquered the Burgundians
ui,u young man wanted to take tbo
,ioihgs to the city. He took a troo
branch and ran with such speed the ten
niles that when he reached the citv
waving the tree branch he had only
strength to cry, "Victory!" and dron
pea DEAD The tree branch that he car.
rleo was planted, and it grew to no =.
great tree 20 feet in circumference w ona
IN. sne remains of it are there to this d law
NY Ivy nearer when you have fought vonr
a a"ss ualtle with sin and death and hell
ana they have been routed in tha n ao.
. .i0,, 1t will be joy worthy of celeh U
' "1n. You will fly to the CITY and crv
victory" and drop at the feet o. n.y. .i
t saea a hlng' Then the palm branch n, 'n of
t ene earthly race will be planted dt to 10 ol
Ing rejoicing. N'0 VI oVerlast-
wen Ana snail these eyes thy heaven h,,,. ,.r
rhn n u, peafly gates behold, '"''' Wills
Ana n. Marks with salvation stron,
'iee's OF shining goldY