Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-11-07

! cot be matter OF economy, 10 say the
least-ecouomy of brain and economy of
stationery and economy of printers ink
! if the batteries now assailing the book
would change their aim and be trained
! against some other books, and the world
shown that Walter Scott did not write
"The Lady of the Lake, nor Homer
1.-THE Had, nor Virgil "The
Georges. - nor Thomas Moore 'tLalla
Rookh, or that Washington fare
we'll address was written by Thomas
Paine, and that the war of the Ameri-
can Revolution never occurred. That at
tempt would be quite as successful as
tf.is long timed attack anti Biblical, and
then it would be new. Oh, keep out of
this wrestling bout with the ignorance
and the wretchedness of the world I'M
less you feel that both feet are planted
in the eternal veracities of the book of
Almighty God!
The Fallen May Rise.
Notice also that in this science Of
wrestling, to which Paul refers in my
text, it was the third throw that decid-
ed the contest. A wrestler might be
thrown once and thrown twice, but the
third time he might recover himself,
and by an unexpected twist of arm or
curve of foot gain the day. Well, that
is broad, smiling, unmistakable gospel.
Some whom | address through ear or
eye, by voice or printed page, have been
thrown in their wrestle with evil habit.
Aye, you have been thrown twice,
but that does not mean, oh, worsted
soul, that you are thrown forever! [
70.
times a man may sin and be forgiven or
how many times he may fall and yet
rise again, but I have authority for
saying that he may fall 400 times and
400 times get up. The Bible declares
that God will forgive 70 times Z, and if
you will employ the rule of muItipIica-
ton you will find that 70 times is 400
Blessed be God for such a gospel of high
hope and thrilling encouragement and
magnificent rescued A gospel of lost
sheep brought home on Shepherds
shoulder, and the prodigals who got in
to the low work of putting husks into
swines' troughs brought home to jewel
ry and banqueting and hilarity that
made the rafters ring
Three sketches Of the same man: a
happy home, of which he and lassie
taken from neighbours house are the
united head. Years of happiness roll on
after years of happiness. Stars pointing
down to nativities. And whether an
nounced in greeting or not every morn
ing was Good morning" and every
night GOOD night Christmas trees
and May queens, and birthday festivi-
ties and Thanksgiving gatherings
around loaded tables. But that husband
and father forms an unfortunate ac-
quaintance who leads him i'll circles too
convivial, too late houred, too scandal
Gus. After awhile, his money gone and
not able to bear his part of the expense,
he is gradually showed out and ignored |
and pushed away. Now, what di-
lapidated home is hist A dissipated life
always shows itself in faded window |
curtains, and Impoverished wardrobe |
and detected surroundings, and in bro
ken palings of the garden fence, and the |
unhinged gate, and the dislocated door
bell, and the disappearance of wife and |
children from scenes among which they |
shone the brightest and laughed the |
gladdest. If any man was ever down,
that husband and father is down. The
fact is, he got into wrestle with evil
that pushed and pulled and contorted
and exhausted him worse than any
O1ympian game ever treated a Grecian,
and he was thrown. Thrown out of pros
perity into gloom. Thrown out of good |
into bad Thrown out of
health into invalidism. Thrown out OF
happiness into misery; but one day,
while Sinking through one of the back
streets, not wishing to be recognized, a
good thought crosses his mind, for he
has heard of men flung fiat rising again.
Arriving at his house, he calls his wife
in and shuts the door and says: "Mary,
am going to do differently. This is
not what promised you when we were
married. You have been very patient
with me and have borne everything, al
though I would have had no right to
if you had left me and gone
home to your father house. 1t seems tc
me that once or twice, when [ was not
myself, [ struck you, and several times,
L know, l called you hard names Now
| want you to forgive me. [ am going
to do better, and I want you to help
me- . ''Help yoU?" she says. "Bless
your soul! Of course I will help you! I
knew you didn't mean it when you
treated me roughly. All that is in the
past. Never refer to it again. Today
let us begin anew"
Sympathizing friends come around
and kind business people help the man
to something to do, so that he can again
earn living. The children soon have
SO that they can go to school
The old songs which the wife sang
years ago come back to her memory,
and she sings them over again at the
cradle or while preparing the MONDAY
meal. Domestic resurrection He comes
nome earlier than he used to, and he is