Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-21

usue o1 body and fatigue of mind oraa,
encouragement for the future and erea,
tssus' 1or the past" Oh, nv fr;snds
iowa.. - " south land" and it slopes of #,
.o"aso deserts Of Sorrows and tha
payer tl winch Achsah made to her "a.
We. .he' Caieo we make this day to our Fa.
,her God: Thou last given me a sort,,
'ano; give me also springs of water
anu DC gave her the upper sprinps an,
the neither springs" O. "Do
blessed be God, we have more ad.
Vantaees given Us than we can reaIlv
appreciate! We have spiritual BLESSINGS
onGreo us IN this world which I shall
can the neither springs and elories in
the world to como which I shall cali 49,
upper springs. wal ~
where shall I find words enonpb
threaded with light to set forth The
pleasure of religion? David, unable tc
describe it in words, played it on a
harp. Mrs Hemans, not finding ononeh
power IN prose- sings that praise in a
canto. Christopher Wren, unable to de-.
scribe 1t i'll language, sprung it into the
ARGUES OF 1t. Paul's. John Bunyan, MI.
aoie to present it in ordinary phrase
ology' taxes all the fascination of allie.
CORY. Handel, with ordinary music nm.
able to reach the height of the theme
rouses 1t up in an oratorio. Oh, there is
no 'i1e on earth so happy as really
christian life! do not mean sham
christian life, but real Christian life
Where there is thorn there is q whole
garland OF roses. Where there is one
groan there are three doxologies. Where
there is one day Of cloud there is a
whole season of sunshine. Take the
humblest Christian man that you know
angels of God canopy him with their
white wings; the lightnings of heaven
are his armed allies; the Lord is his
shepherd, picking out for him green
pastures by still waters. If he walk
forth, heaven is his bodyguard. If he
ne down to sleep, ladders of light, angel
blossoming, are let into his dreams. If
he be thirsty, the potentates of heaven
are his oupbearers. If he sit down to
iood' his plain table blooms into the
klng's banquet. Men say, "Look at
that odd fellow with the wornout
coat" The angels of God cry, "Lift up
your heads, ye everlasting gates and
let him come IMP Fastidious people
cry, Get of my front steps!' The
doorkeepers of heaven cry. Come, We
blessed of my Father, inherit the king
dom" When be comes to die, though
he may be carried out in pine box to
the potter's field, to that potter's field
the chariots of Christ will come down,
and the cavalcade will crowd all the
boulevards of heaven.
bless Christ for the present satisfac.
tion of religion. 1t makes a man all
right with reference to the past; it
makes man all right with reference to
the future. Oh, these neither springs Of
comfort! They are perennial. The
foundation of God standeth sure having
this seal, "The Lord knoweth them that
are his, "The mountains shall depart
and the hills be removed, but my kind
ness shall not depart from thee. neither
shall the covenant Of my peace he re-
moved. saith the Lord, who hath mercy
upon thee" Oh, cluster of diamonds
set In FURNISHED gold Oh, neither
springs of comfort bursting through all
the valleys of trial AMI tribuation!
When You see, you Of the world, what
satisfaction there is On earth in religion,
do you not thirst after it as the daugh
L.. - ~, tol oftnr Tho to,.
springs? 1t is no stagnant pond, scum
med over with malaria, but springs OF
water leaping from the Rock Of Ages!
Take up one cup Of that spring water
and across the top of the chalice will
float the delicate shadows Of the heav-
emily wall, the yellow Of jasper, the
green of emerald, the blue of sardonyx,
the fire of jacinth.
The Source of Happiness.
wish could make you understand
the joy religion is to some OF us. 1t
makes man happy while he lives and
glad when he dies. With two feet upon
chair and bursting with dropsies, l
heard an old man in the poorhouse cry
out, "Bless the Lord, oh, my soulr'
looked around and said, "What has this
man got to thank God for?' 1t makes
the lame man leap as hart, and the
dumb sing. They say that the old Puri'
tan religion is a juiceless and joyless
religiop. but remember reading of DR..
Goodwin, the celebrated Puritan, who
in his last moment said: "1s this dy-
ing? Why, my bow abides in strength !
I am swallowed up in God!' her
WAYS are ways Of pleasantness, and an
her maths are peace. Oh, you who
have been trying to satisfy yourselves
with the "south land' of this world,
do YOU not feel that You would, this
morning, like to have access to the
neither springs Of spiritual comfort!
WouId YOU not like to have Jesus Christ
bend over your cradle and bless your
table and heal your wounds and strew
flowers of consolation all up and down
the graves of your dead!
Ills religion that can give
Sweetest pleasures wmle We h'o'
TITS religion can supply
Sweetest comfort when we die.
But | have something better to tell
von suggested by this text 1t seems
that old Father Caleb OH the wedding
dav Of his daughter wanted to make her
lust as happy as possible. 1hough o.n.
n;ei WAS taking her away qnd his heart
was almost broken because she was &C.,
,no vet he gives her a "south land;
nct o,,lv that, but the neither springs;
not only that, but the upper springs.
O God, ny Father, thank thee tha'
,hou hast given ME south land in
.,,;a world and the neither springs OF