Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-04-13

6tOutCf grip OF you ctVTndl VTuIn-tho
sword of righteousness.
Spirit of self Forgctfulncss.
As look at Eleazar's hand also mo-
tice his spirit of self forgctfulncss He did
not notice that the hilt of the sword was
eating through The palm Of his hand. He
did not know it hurt him. As he went
out into the conflict he was so anxious for
the victory he forgot himself and that
hilt might 20 never so deeply into the
palm Of his hand. it could not disturb him
His hand clavc unto the sword" oh,
my brothers and sisters, let us 20 into the
Christian conflict with the spirit of self
abncgation. Who cares whether the world
praises us or dcnounccs usy What do we
care for misrepresentation or abuse or
persecution in Il conflict like this? Let Us
forget ourselves That man who Is afraid
of getting his hand hurt will never kill
phili~tinc Who cares whether you get
hurt or not if Won get the victory? Oh,
how many Christians there arc who arc
all the time worrying about the way the
world treats them They are so tired, and
they are 50 abused, and they are SO tempt
cd, when Elca2ar did not think whether
he had "a hand or an arm or u foot All he
wanted was victory.
We sec how men forget themselves in
worldly achicvcmcnC. We have often seen
men who, in order to achieve worldly sue
ccss, will forget all physical fatigue and
all annoyance and all obstacle. = ist a ter
the battle Of Yorktown, in the American
Revolution, u musician, wounded was
told he must have his limbs amputatcd,
and they were about To- fastCn hiil to the
surgeons tabl, fo~ II was long before the
mCrcful discovc"y Of anWsthctlcs lie said,
$50, don't faster me to that table; get
me a Vi lin 4 violin was brOu ,lt to
him. and he said. Now go to WORK as |
h.giu to play and for 40 minutes, dur
ing the awful pangs Of amputation, he
moved not muscle nor dropped note,
while he played some sweet tune. Oh, is
it not strange that with the music Of the
gospel of Jesus Christ and with this Grand
march Of tho church militant on the way
to become the church triumphant we can
not forget ourselves and forget all pang
and all sorrow and all persecution and all
perturbation?
We know what men accomplish uuGcr
worldly opposition. Men do not SHRINK
back for antagonism or for hardship You
have admired Prcscott's "Conquv-, uf
Mexico, rs brilliant and beautiful Il his
tory rs was ever written, but some &C you
may not know under what disadvantages
it was writtcn--that Conquest of Mex
ico''--fOr Prescott was totally blind, and
he had two pieces of wood parallel to each
other fastened, and, totally blind with his
pen between those pieces of wood, he
wrote, the stroke against one piece Of wood
telling how far the pen must go in ne
way, the stroke against the other piece Of
wood telling how far the pen must 50 The
other way. on, how much men Will en-
dure for worldly knowledge and for world
~ success, and yet how little we endure
for Jesus Christ How many Christians
there are that go around saying; "Oh. my
hand oh, my hand, my hurt hand Don't
you see there is blood on the hand, and
there is blood on the sword while
Flcazar, with the hilt imbedded in the
flesh of his right hand, does not know il,
Must be carried TO the skies
On howery beds of ease,
While others fought to win the prize
or sailed through bloody seasf
Suffering For Christ's Sake.
What have we suffered in comparison
with those who expired with sutfocution
or were burned or were chopped to pieces
for the truths sake? We talk of tho per
sccution OF olden times There is just MS
much persecution going on now in various
ways. II 1o40, in Madagascar, Is mon
"''' p", 10 u'1'n ioi Nnt ~ SOM nc'
were 10 "c Hurl," over 'H' roy MS anu pe
ioIr 'hc! Nrre nuIpu Over uHo Toch9' III
.IUcr /" Iu"No 'l'I' u'"Vn 'He l'"rc "'V""
lul lN aulIclpa'lo4' lheF were pun III pas
Aols ana swung Co. ana ITO over inc pr''i-
pee lna' 'hcE hlEh1 see now many nun.
area le'l 'h'E "oulu nave 10 n' u''heu
GOWN, anu NHlic tIoy we're swinging III
THESE p'SN'Is over 'he roch' 'hcy sang
jesus lover OF my soul
-et me 10 my bosom N.Y.
WIZ e'tT t|,,os nqnt w.
linen they were dashed down I" ocath'
On now huch ouherS nave eh'Ureu Tor
Christ, ana how llttlo we endure Tor
thrlSt! we want TO rido To heaven IN a
IuIlmah sleeping car our lceu on SOU
plush the bed made up carly, so we can
sleep all the way the plack porter OF dcath
to wake u5 up only III time to cnter the
golueA city We want all the surgeons to
Tx cur hAnd up. Lev them prlhg on All
the INT ahu al the pahuagcs ana an the
salvc, for our hand Is hurt, while Eleazar
Goes not know ms hahd Is hurt. his
mana crave unto the sword.
AS look at ElcaIar hanu come to
the conclusion that he has done great
deal OF hard hitting | am not surprised
when see that these -FOUR men-EleaAar
ana ms thrre companions drove back the
army OF Pnlllstlhes-that tleazar sword
cIaNe 10 his hand Tor every time ne struck
an enemy win one emu OF lhe sword the
oIh'r emu OF ihc sWor" ""uuuc" MN
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