Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-01-05


1.-Two Oh, what standard that Is TO
measure mans life by There are those
in this house who think they have only
lived 30 years They will have lived LOCO
they have lived 900. There are those
who think they IRE so years of age They
havo not oven entered upon their infancy
for ono must become u babe in Christ to
begin at all.
4 bright View of Life.
Now, do not know what your advan.
tnges or disadvantages are; | do not know
what your tact or talent IS; | Go not know
what may be the fascination of your man
ncrs or the responsiveness of them; but !
know this-thGrc is for you, my nearer, "a
field to culture, u harvest to reap, n tcnr to
wipe away, n soul to save. If you havo
worldly means, consecrato them to Christ.
If you have oloquencr, use ii on tho side
| that Paul and Wilborforce used theirs If
you have learning, put it oil into the poor
box of tho worlds suffering. But If you
have none of thcse-ncither wealth, nOr
cloquenco, nor learning-you, at any ratio,
have smile with which you can Cncour-
age tho dishcartcned; u frown with which
you may blast injustice; voice with
which you may call the wandercr back to
| God. "Oh," you say, "that is very sane
| tlnlDnlOGS View Oh lllt III is 1lOu. III IS
the only bright view of life, and it Is tho
only bright view of death. Contrast the
death scene of II man who has measured
life by the worldly standard with the death
scene of u man who has measured life by
/ the Christian standard. Quin, the actor, in
his last moments. said, Il hope this tragic
scene will soon be over, and | hope to
keep my dignity TO the last" Males crbos
said in his last moments to the ConfessOr:
/ "Hold your tongue. Your miserable style
puts me out Of COucoit with heaven. " Lord
Chesterfield in his last moments, when no
ought to have been praying for his soul
bothered himself about the proprietcs of
the sckroom and said "Giyc Daybolcs
chair" Godfrey Knellcr spent his last
hours on earth in drawing a diagram Of
his own monument.
Compare the silly and horrible departure
of such men with the seraphic glow on tho
face of Edward Payson, rs no said in his
last moment: "Thc brcczcs of heaven fan
me. l float in sea Of glory" Or with
/ Paul the apostle who said in his last hour
II am now ready to be offered up, and the
time of my departure Is at hand. | have
fought tho good fight, l have kept tho
faith. Hcnceforth there is laid up for mo
q crown of righteousness which tho Lord,
Vio rlsn'.ouS LUX VI sNo ne v,
compare ~ WIN ,!o Onlia.,o" uo'V.'n ,'
.ti'' 1ou " ~ out " -
D"' ~; iiiciiu9' ''Ia "uliu - % iu',o SO.'
~ "ili conS"lno !ou WIN VIZ ui'No III
righteous shall be held in everlasting re-
membrance, and when tho thrones havo
iaileI anu 'no inoiulneii'S n"'o TruIii u'ou
and the world has persisted they shall ban
quoo WIN the cunluer'rs ol eaFth anu Ihe
hegi" i"d"y'
This is good day in which to begin
new style of measurement How old art
thou? You SEQ the Christian way OF meas
uring life and the worldly way of measur-
ing It, leave 1t to you to say which is
the wisest and hest way. The wheel Of
time has turned very swiftly ana 1t has
hurled us on. The old year has gono. Tho
new year has come. For what you and
have been launched upon it God only
knows. Now let mo ask you all, have
you made any preparation for the future?
You have made preparation for time, my
dear brother; have you made any prepare
whom that man on tho Hudson river, in
Indignation, tore up the tract which was
handed to him and just ono word landed
on his coat sleeve-the rest of the tract be-
ing pitched into the rivor-that one word
aroused his soulY It was that one word,
so long, 20 broad so high, so deep-"eter-
nity! y dying woman III her last mo-
mpnrS said, 'CAll it back. - Inpv said