Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-12-15

| In the success CT your business trlcnuS, al
though your own business had almost
,pme to standstill through your absence
from stors or ofl;cc or shop. and that you
sent your love TO all your old friends and
told them that il yor did not meet them
again in this world you hoped to meet
them in dominions seraphic, with quiet
word of advice from: you To the man who
carried the message about the Importance
Of his not neglecting his own soul. but
through Christ sCeking something better
than this world could give him-why, all
the business men in the counting room
SAY. Good, Now. that is religion And
the clerks set hold Of the story and talk 1t
over. 81 that the wcigher and cooper and
hsckman. standing on the doorstep say:
That is splendid, Now, that Is what
all religion"
1t is good thing 70 prcSch on sun
lay morning. the people assembled in
nost respectable attire and seated ON sott
cushions, the preacher standing in neatly
upholstered pulpit surrounded by PERSONAL
friends. and after an inspiring hymn has
t,Cn sung. and that sermon, II preached
IN faith. will do good. but the most effect
ne sermon Is preached by one seated in
frCssinC gown in an armchair into which
he invalid has with much cSrc tScn lift
u. The surrounding shelves filed with
medicine BOTTLES. some to- produce slccyS
somo for the rrlie; Of sudden poroxySu.
some for stimulaut, some for TOMS. some
Tor anOdync and >Dme for tcbrifueC. the
pale preacher quoting promises of the co>-
ocl. telling ot the glories Of sym,0the;ic
Christ. assuring the one or two OF thrS>s
persons who hear IL Of the mighty re-cn.
movements of rclicion- You say that 10
such sermon there AZ, only one or two
y thrSe hearers. Ayc. hut thc visitor
Ealing NJ that RON. then closing the door
softly and going away. tells the story, and
The whole nCichborhOCG hears IL. and il
will take all eternity 20 rcalisc the grand
aud uplifting influence @: that sermon
about Gci and the So though prCachCd
% an audience Of only ono man or one W.
man. The Lord has ordained all such in
valijs for style II usefulness which Sth-
lC-icS and men Ot SND1 healthy avUirdupo;S
c0nro; airect. II WAS not AN enemy tina;
fastened you In that one Rom ~ Scnt you
IN crutche>. the longest Scurrcy YOU hsvc
made for many weeks SSinc from tS>i 10
scta and from sofa to looking glass. whcrc
you are shocked =, tn TallCr OF your own
heck and the pinchs,ine>> .; your ics-
.urss; then hack again from mirror 10
sofa and sofa ~ t,j. with a long SIGH say
jnc. How god it fccls Ia cVi back again
to my old place on The pillow Remem-
ber who il is that appointed the day when
for the first time in many ycNrs You could
not ~ To business and who has KEEP, - nv
or,i ~ all the weary days and all the >lCCp-
less nights Of your exile from the world.
q weary man, u ;cVb,e woman. il was
the Lori who shut you in, 10 You "
member that some Of the MOBILES; and HIST
II men have hcen prisoners Ezekiel a
prisoner. Jeremiah prisoner. Paul Vsis-
oner. -. John prisoner. John Bunyan n
prisoner. Though human hate sN'mcd 20
have all 70 10 with them. rally the Lori
shUl them in
The Women In the Ark.
No doubt. while OF that voyage. Noah
and his thrSe s,nS and AL ;hC four ladies
II the ant,diluyiao world often thought a:
the bright hills;GeS and the crSen fields
where they had walked and a.: the homes
where the- had lived. They rad hat.
many year .; experiences. Noah WAS tt-
years cid At tbs ,;;ne Il this corvulsiCu q.
nat We. He had seen 60 sTrins,;,ntS, U-l
summers. go su,Gr;rs. go winters We
are nor told how cd his wife was at n j
wreck g earth ard sky The Bible tells
TIL ase c: a S-sat many :as1. bu, only
c1ce gives woIcao's aye a, one time
IL sivvs Adams s-s - is wears. srG
lard Az a - years. and Eaoch's AZ
- ~"' yvS-s- Sn6 a. Cr and down n;
B:h.s :, gives - A. @: --e-. c-- 6o<.
n, give re nv q: wc-v- WAys Be
cS-ss. / SUI; css. vc--a-' : aSS = uc-,
o: c-- t-si-ess 81: a. -, ,asa az
wo-z,H ~: ;osseG IN ia; oriental c-S;'
had LIVED long CROUCH - seu.-IutO- q
great RAINY Ut TN r,.y-ci-. and S,-Gn,ssy
II tod. and chev could -. bio, OUT. and
think they had 70 disposition 20 lilo, ont
the memoir o: thcsr bri-htne<,,->. though
nov tr,s wcr,- shu, in. Neither should
the shu; in O. our time fo-sy- the t,,>s
inss Of the pas. Have You tsCn blind fol
ten years Thank tod for the time " y
Won saw a. clearly IS any ~ u CAR -,
and l., the Vag,an- 80 all the raGi..u, land
soaps and ;llUmircd skies whsch YOU evei
looked upon kinGle your raV,uroUS graft
tutc. l do no, see Raj hArl's "MasiOnns
Iii san Sisto' in the lictur, gallery O.
. DrN>jen. nO= Ruben>' "h>rNn- FrOm IL,
CroSs ~ Antwerp. nor Michael Angelo
las, Judgment" on the cvi.inc ~ ii,
Vatican. nor Sain, Sophia ~ COn>-an
tinOplS. nor the parshSn0n on the Aero
POLLS, nor the Tai NahAl II India ik,.
shall not thank God cha. ! have sSSl
them, Is il possible that such midnish
darkness shall ever blast my vision tina,
cannot call them IN aSAint Perhaps yol
arr 81 deaf that you cannot hear the chirI
~ bird or solo q; cSn-arr.cy, ~ even or.,al
In full GiapNSun n. though You fccl the foun
GatiOns t-emhle un.eS its majestic roll. u
even the ,hunisrstoriS that makes Moan
Washington echo But Are you not CRATE
ful y al once you could hear rrisl and chan
and carl GoSOlCgyl cSnnV. this hon,
hear Jenny Lind sing Comm ThrOug
the Rye" or oh, Bulls enchanted viOl. q
ParcVa ROSa's triumphant NOice OvC
many thousands NJ voices AMI many thou
% sands @; Instruments in the national psSc
jubilee 81 81 years sEo. all these sOunsl
accompanied by the ringing - bells an
the guns on Boston Common. RU- g|sn
ever have my cars 81 sile,cvd th1t wi
: not realenibsr ,ha, ! did hear thsrnt Al
you chained IN ycur room now, yOur pow
3, srs o, lOcOmo,ion Al, gone. o-. IL ocnlin
r. 70 the hOusS III God. every step Is FOL
survs
ID YOU :o-sV, when in childhood W
- dsrced and sSippsI bScausc yOo WIRE :
full ~ life yOU had not patience a. wall
!, and in after YEARS You climbet the mNGI
,S,Hs Of Switzerland, putting Your alps,
X stock high sp OF glaciers which few O,h,I
3 ever darct ard lumrcd long reSches ;
g, cOmp~,itiOn, and after n walk .; Sen mil,
r you came in lucund rs the mornings u.
= yHu shut ins' Fhsnk Tod ~ viyi
J. memory q tire sinIsS when yOu WrEe in
~ As the charlC,S IN the vUess, Is the eSc
EOin- straight for ,he sun When .te rNi
pounded the rCu: Of the ark. the eight w,