Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-26

they Mon are not safe from calumny
while they live, and, worse than that, they
are not safe after they are dead, for / have
seen swine root up graveyards. One day
a mar goes up into publicity, and the
world does him honor, and people climb
up into sycamore trees to watch him as he
passes, and as he goes along on the shout
ders of the people there is II waving of
hats and a wild huzza. Tomorrow the
SAME man is caught between the jaws of
tho printing press and manglod and
bruised, and the very same persons who
%applaudcd him before cry, down with
the traitor! down with himl"
n Lesson of Belshazzar.
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men of Babylon sitting all around him.
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like the wit. Music rolls up among tho
chandeliers; the chandeliers flash down on
the decanters. The breath of hanging
gardens fonts in on the night air. Tho
voice of rcvclry floats out. Amid wrcaths
and tapestry and folded banners "A finger
writes. The march of u host is heard on
the stairs. Laughter catches in tho
throat. A thousand hearts stop beating.
The blow is struck. The blood on the
floor is richer hued than the wine on tho
table. The kingdom has departed. Bel
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Reward For Glorious work
Here is an aged man. He has lone his
work. He has done it ~gloriously. The
companions of his youth all gone, his chill
dren dead, he longs to be at rest, and
YEARLY the days and the nights pass. He
says, Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly"
Oh, death, there is a mark for thee! Take
from him the staff and give him the sccp-
ter! Up with him into the light. where
eyes never grow dim, and the hair whitcns
not through the long years of eternity.
All! Death will not do that. Death turns
pnck from the straw BED ana from the
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are at play. How quickly their feet go and
their locks toss in the wind. Father and
mother stand at the side of the room look
ing on, ENJOYING their Qlec. 1t does not
seem possible that the wolf should ever
break into that fold and carry off n lamb.
Meanwhile an old archer stands looking