Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-07-14
Tho opprcssor's wrong tho proud mans con-

The pangs of despiscd love- the laws delay,
The insolcnce of office and the spurns
That patient merit of tho unworthy takes
When he himself might his quiotus make
With n barc bodlinf Who would fardels bear,
| To grunt and sweat under weary life,
But that the dread of something after death
The undiscovered country from whose bourne
| No traveller roturns-puzzles the willp
Would God that tho coroners would DO
bravo in rendering the right verdict, and
when in case of responsibility they
say, "While this man was demontcd he
took his life," in tbs other case say, "ITav-
ing read infldcl books and attended inndcl
lectures, which oblitcrated from this
mans mind all appreciation of future
retribution, he committed self slaughter. "
Religions Bright Light.
Have nothing to do with an infldolty so
cruel so dcbasing Come out of that bad
company into tho company of those who
believe the Bible. Benjamin Franklin
wrote, "Of this Jesus of Nazareth | have
to say that the system of morals he left
and tho religion he has given us arc tho
best things the world has ever seen or Is
likely to sec. " Patrick Henry, the electric
champion OF liberty, says, The book
worth all other books put together is the
Bible" Benjamin Rush, the leading
psychologist and anatomist of his day, the
great medical notwithstanding did he sayp
"Thc only true and perfect religion is
Christianity" Isaac Newton, the leading
philosopher of his timo-what did no say?
"Tho sublimcst philosophy on earth Is the
philosophy OF the gospel" David Brew
ster, at the pronunciation of whose name
every scientist tho world over bows his
hcad-David Brewster saying, "Oh, this
religion has boon u great light to mo, u
! li,,It oil al nt
Theirs, the great French statesman, ac
knowledging that he prayed when no said,
IL invoke tho Lord God, in whom l am
glad to believe" David Livingstone, able
to conquer tho lion, able to conquer tho
panther, able to conquer the savage yet
conquered by this religion SO when they
find him dead they find him on his knees.
Salmon y. Chase, chief justice of tho
supreme court of tho United States, APP
pointed by President Lincoln, will take
the witness stand "Chicf Justice Chase,
please to state what you have to say about
the book commonly called the Bible. I"
The witness replies: There came u tiIno
in my life when ! doubted the divinity OF
the Scriptures, and l resolved us u lawyer
and judge ! would try the book as | would
try anything in the courtroom, taking evil
dcncc for and against IL was long and
SpTlOuS anu prOlOlntl Stutty, anu, using llIc
same principles of evidence in this rcli-
gious matter as always do in secular mat
tiers, l have come to the decision that tho
Bible is n supernatural book, that it has
como from God and that the only safety
for the human race is to follow its teach
ings " fudge, that will do. Go back
again to your pillow of dust on the banks
of tho Ohio" Next put upon the wit
ness stand president Of the United
Statcs-.Iohn Quincy Adams. President
Adams, what have you to say about the
Bible and Christianity" Tho president
replies; II hayo for many years made 1t II
practice to read through tho Bible onco
n year. My custom Is to read four or flvo
chapters every morning Immediately after
rising from my bed. 1t employs about an
hour of my timo and seems to me the most
suitable manner of beginning the day. In
what light socvcr we regard the Bible
whether with reference to revelation, to
history or to morality, it is an invaluable
and inexhaustiblc mine Of knowledge and
virtue. Chancellor Kent, what do you
think of tho BibloS" Answer: mo other
book ever addressed itself so authorita-
lively and SO pathctically to the Judgment
and moral sense of mankind Edmund
Burke, what do you think OF the Biblcy'
, Answer: II have read the Bible, morn.
ing, noon and night and have ever since
, been the happier and the better man for
such reading"
Sentence OF Inidelity
Young men of America, como out of
the circle of in1dcls-mostly made up of
cranks and imbecilcs-into the company
of intellectual giants and turn your back
on an infidelity which destroys body and
soul
All, inldelity, stand up and take thy
: sentence! In the presence Of God, angels
and men, stand up, thou monsterl Thy
lip blasted with blasphemy, thy cheek
) Scared with unclcanncss, thy breath foul
with tho corruption of the ages Stand
up, satyr, filthy goat, buzzard of tho ma
tions lepcr Of the centuries Stand up,
thou monster inildelityl Part man. part
panther, part reptile, part dragon, stand
up and tako thy sentences Thy hands red
: with tho blood in which thou hast washed,
thy feet crimson with the human gore
through which thou hast waded, stand up
and take thy sentenced Down with thee
!, TO the pit and sup on tho sobs and groanS
! of those thou hast destroyed and let thy
music be the everlasting misercrc OF those
, whom thou hast damned brand the
forehead of infldelity with all the crimes
Ol SCH lllllllOlullOll lOr tuc ItSu Ceululy OH
the part of those who had their reason
My friends, If ever your life through
; its abrasions and its molcStations, should
seem to he unbcarablc, and you are tempt
ed to quit it by your OWE bchest, do not
consider yourself as worse than others
Christ himself was tempted to cast hin;-
> self from the roof of the temple, but rs l!C
resisted so resist ye Christ came to mcdi
l cine all wounds In your trouble pre-
scribe life instead Of death. People who
have had 1t worse than you will ever have
, it have gone songfully on their way. Re
> member that God keeps the chronology OF
your life with as much precision, ~ hi
! keeps the chronology OF nations, your
4 grave rs well as your cradle.
/ Rewards OF Christianity.
Why WAS it that mt midnight, Just al
midnight, the destroying angel struck the
blow that set tho Isrnelitcs free from bond
= ngep The 430 years were up at l2 O'Clock
l that night. Tho 430 years were not up IA
o II, and l o'clock would have been tard,
t and too late. Tho $50 years were up at !.
0 o'clock, and the destroying angel strucl
4 tho blow, and Israel was free. And Got
g knows just the hour when it is time tC
D lead you up from earthly bondage. By
a his grace, mako not tho worst of things
o but tho best of them II you must taxi
l the pills, do not chew them. Your ever
lasting rewards will accord with you
, earthly pcrturbations, just rs Caius CAV
: to Agrippa a chain of gold as heavy MS ha'