Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-10-06

get up and | said to some hunters near
by, "What is tho matter with that dogP'
They answered. "A deer hurt him." And
/ saw he had u great swollen paw and
battered head, showing where the antlers
struck him. And tho probability is that
some of you might give mighty clip to
your pursucrs, you might damage their
business, you might worry them into Ill
health, you might hurt them as much us
they have hurt you; but, after all, 1t Is
not worth while. You only have hurt q
hound. Better be off for tho upper Saranac,
into which the mountains of Gods cter'
nal strength look down and moor their
shadows. As for your physical disorders,
tho worst strychnine you can take Is fret
fulness and tho best medicine is religion.
l know people who were only little dis
ordered, yet have fretted themselves into
complete Observation-Disclosures while others
put thor trust in God and como up from
the very shadow of death and havo lived
comfortably 25 years with only one lung
A man with one lung, but God with him,
is better off than a goddess man with two
lungs. Some of you have been for a long
time sailing around Cape Fear when you
ought TO have been sailing around Cape
Good Hope. Do not turn back, but go
ahead Tho deer will accomplish moro
with its swift feet than with its horns.
/ saw whole chains of lakes In tho Adj.
rondacks, and from one height you can
sec 80, and there are said to be over 800
in the great wilderness OF New York. So
near are they to each other that your
mountain guido picks up and carries the
boat from lake to lake, the small distance
between them for that reason called
carry" And tho realm of Gods word
Is one long chain of bright, refreshing
lakes, each promise a lake, very short
carry between them, and, though for ages
tho pursued have been drinking out of
them, thcy arc full up TO tho top of tho
green banks, and the same David describes
them, and they seem so near together that
in three different places no speaks of them
as n continuous river, saying, There is n
river tho streams whereof shall make glad
the city Of God, Thou shalt make them
drink Of the rivers Of thy pleasures,
Thou greatly cnrichcst 1t with the river
of God, which is full of water"
Shed Your Horns.
But many of you have turned your back
on that supply and confront your trouble,
and yen are sourcd with your circum-
stances, and you are fighting society, and
you are fighting a pursuing world, and
troubles, instead of driving you into the
cool lako of heavenly comfort, have made
you stop and turn around and lower your
head, and it is simply antler against
tooth. | do not blame you Probably un-
der the same circumstances would have
done worse But you arc all wrong. You
need to do as tho reindeer does in February
and March-it sheds its horns, Tho rab.
binical writers alludc to this resignation of
antlors by the stag when they say OF n man
who ventures his money In risky enter
prises he has hung it on tho stng's horns,
and proccrb in the far east tells q man
who has foolishly lost his fortune TO go
and find where tho deer sheds her horns
My brother, quit tho antagonsm of your
circumstances, quit misanthrophy, quit
complaint, quit pitching into your pur
suors; be as wise as next spring will be
all the deer of the Adirondacks. Shed
| your horns
! But very many of you who arc wronged
Of the world-and If in any assembly be-
tween here and Golden Gate San Fran
CISCO it were asked that all those that
had been sometimes badly treated should
raise both their hands and full response
/ should be made, there would bc twice rs
many hands lifted rs persons present.
always done the best we could and tried
| to be useful and why we should become
the victims of malignment or invalidism
or mishap is inscrutable." Why, do you
| know the finer deer and the moro Gle
giant its proportions and the moro beauti-
| full its bearing the more anxious the hunt
ers and the hounds are TO capture it? Had
the rocbuck ragged fur and broken hoofe
and an obliterated eye and limping gal,
tho hunters would have said 'Pshaw
don't let us waste our ammunition on q
sick deer" And the hounds would have
! given few shifts Of the scent and thor
darted off in another direction for better
game. But when they see deer with ant
lers lifted in mighty challenge to enrtl
and sky, and the sleek hide looks rs II II
had been smoothed by invisible hands
and the fat sides inclose the richest pas
turo that could be nibbled from the bank.
of rills so clear they seem to have dropped
ont of heaven, and tho stamp of its foo
dctlos the jack shooting lantern and thu
rifle, the horn and the hound, that dee
they will have If they must needs breal
their neck in the rapids. So If there wer,
no noble stuff in your make up, II yol
were a bifurcatod nothing, If you were ,
forlorn failure, you would be allowed t.
go undisturbed, but tho fact that TIL
whole pack is in full cry after you is proc
positive that you arc splendid game ant
worth capturing, Therefore sarcasm draw
on you its finest bead" Therefore tn
world goes cunning for you with its bes
Maynard breochloader. Highest compli
mcnt is 1t to your talent, or your virtue
Or your usefulness. You will be assaile
in proportion to your great achievements
The best and the mightiest being tn
world over saw had set after him all tn
hounds terrestrial and diabolic, and the
Tapped his blood after the Calvarean mas
sacrc Tho world paid nothing to it's Re
deemer but bramble, four spikes and
cross. Many who have done their best t
make the world better have had such
rough time of 1t that all their pleasure
in anticipation Of the next world, an
they could express their own feelings 4
the words of the Baroness of Marin at tn
close of her long life, when asked If sh
would like to live her life over again..
Would you be young again?
So would not |;
One tear of memory given.
Onward I'll HE;
LIES dark wave forded o'or,
| All but at rest on shore,
Say, would you plunge once more,
With home so nigh?
II you might, would you now
Retrace your way?
Wander through stormy wildg,
II Faint and astrav2
X Nights gloomy watches fed,
Morning all beaming red.