Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-09-23

al words and deeds Tie hyaga cree sang
IA sur shurshr- Is unfit 10 Dee -uag tar il
.ay-.
We should susFe': some danger near,
Where "" Possess delight.
La other words. manage Ia keep miser.
all,. an the tine. The old song sung al the
pianos a quarter Of a century ago was right;
-Ainl words eau never die" such kind
words have their ue~ts in kind hearts, AMI
when they are Matched out ana take wing.
they circle round In lights that never cease.
and sportsman gun cannot shoe, them,
and storms cannot T1Ihs their wings. aud
when they ceas" ilight in these lower skies
of earth, they sweep around amid the high
rr attitudes 81 Heaven. At Baltimore I
talked into a phonOgraph. The cylinder
containing the words was sent ON L. Wash
iU..fon. and the next duy that cylinder from
another Photographic Instrument. when
turned. gave back 10 me the very words |
had uttered the lay before and with the
same Intouatl"B>. Scold into phono-
graph. and II viii scOld back. Pour mild
words into phonograph and il will return
the .eutleuess. Society and the " rid and
the church are monographs. Give them
acprhity and rough treatment, and acerbity
aud tough treatment YOU will get back.
Give them practical iricndliness, and they
will give back practical friendliness. A
father asked his little daughter: Mary,
Whv i it that everybody loves your" She
answered: II don't know, unles, 1t is be-
cause | love everybody A man that hath
friends must show himself friendly"
We want something like that spirit Of
sacrifice for others which was seen in the
English Channel where in the storm a boat
containing three men was upset, AMI all
three were in the water struggling for
tleir lives. 4 boat came to their relief, aad
Il rope was thrown TO one OF them. aud he
refused to take it, saying. First Hing ii
10 Tom; he is Just ready to 20 down. can
last some time longer A man like that,
ue he sailor or laldsmau, be he in upper
ranks Of society or lower ranks, will al
WAYS have plenty OF friends. What Is true
MAYNARD is true Golward. We must be
the friends OF God il we want Him TO be
our friend We cannot treat Christ badly
all our lives and expect Him to treat us
lovingly. | was reading of a sea fight, IN
which Lord Nelson captured French OIL
ser. and when the French officer offered
Lord Nelson his hand. Nelson replied,
First give me your sword, and then give
me your hand Surrender OF our resls-
tauce to God must precede Gods proner Of
pardon to Us. Repentance before forgive
ness. You must give up your rebellious
sword before You can get grasp Of the
divine hand.
o. what "A glorious slate of things to
have the friendship OF God! Why, we cOull
afford 70 have all the world against us AMI
all other worlds against us If We had God
for us. lie could i'll minute blot out this
universe, and in another minute make
better universe. | have no idea that God
tried hard when tie made all things The
most brilliant thing known to u is light
and for the creation OF that He only used
word of command As out Of flint n
frontierSman strikes Il spark. 50 ont Of one
word God struck the MONDAY sun. For
the making of the present universe | do
not read that God lifted so much as a fin
ger. The Bible frequently speaks Of Gods
hands and GODS arm and Gods shoulder
and Gods foot: then suppose lie should
put hand and arm and shoulder and foot to
utmost tension what could lie not make!
That God of such demonstrated and unde-
mOnstratel strength, you may have for
your present and everlasting friend, not
stately and retIceut friend, hard To get at
bat as approachahIe as u country mansion
on summer day. when all the doors and
windows are wide open Christ said, II
nm the door And lie IS I wide door, a
high door Il palace doJ., an always open
door
If God is your frieal you caunot 20 out
OF the world too quickly or suddenly, so far
rs YOUR own happiness is concerned. There
were two Christians who entered Heaven;
the one was standing 1T II window in per-
feet health, watching shower, and the
lightning instantly slew lnI; but the
lightning did not fash down the sky rs
swiftly ae his spirit flashed upward. The
Christian man who died On the sane day
next door had been for wear or two fail
ing in health and for the last t hree months
had suffered from disease that made the
nights sleepless and the days ah anguish.
Do vOu not really 'hiN6 that the case Of
the one who went instantly was moro de-
sirable than the one WHO catered the sitn-
ing gate through Ions Ian" OF insomnia
and cOngestiOn2 Ii the ON" aaS" 1t Was
like your staining YEARLY 1T a door,
knocking and waiting, and wondering II It
viii! ever open, ana knocking and waiting
again, while in the other case It was Il
swinging open OF the door at the first
|. touch Of your knurklp. Give Nour friend
ship to God, and have Gods friendship Tor
You, and even the worst accident viii be a
victory.
How refreshing is human friendship and
true friends what priceless treasures.
When sickness comes, and tronhe comes,
and death comes "" send for our friends
first OF all, aud their appearance IN our
doorway in any crisis is REIN Orcement, and
when they have entered. &e say, Nov, it
is all right" On. what wou,i we do with
out personal friends. business friends,
family friends. Bat we want something
miEhter than human friendship in the
great eNgeuries. When Jonathan IA
wards. in his final hour. had given the last
goodbye to aIl his earthly friends. he
turEed on his pillow and closed his eyes,
confidently saying: New. where is Jesus
of Nazareth. my true and neyer-faiiinG
Triend:" Yes. admire human friendship
as seen in the case of David aud Jonathan,