Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-15

Captain Frohishcr, who brought back
from his voyage of discovery n shpload
of what he supposed valuable minerals
yet, instead OF being silver and gold,
were nothing but common stones of the
field, to be hurled out as finally useless.
The Christinn's Duty.
Mighty God in all thy realm is there
one man or woman processing religion
yet SO stolid, so untitled, so far gone
| unto death that there would he any hcSi
fancy in surrcndering all preferences be-
fore such an opportunity CT salvation
and heavenly reunion? If you, n Chris
! tian wife, are an attendant upon any
church and your unconvertcd husband
! does not 20 there because he does not
! like its preacher, or its music or its ar
| chitcCture, or its comfortable crowd
| ing, and goes not to any house of wor-
| ship, but would go if you would accom-
| pany him somewhere else, change your
church relations, Take your hympbook
| home with you today. Say goodby to
your friends in the ncighboring pcws and
| 90 with him to any one of Il hundred
churches till his soul is saved and he
| joins you in the march to heaven. More
| important than that ring on the third
! finger Of your left hand it is that your
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mercy concerning your husband at his
conversion, as in the parable of old, put
n ring on his hand"
! No letter OF more Importance ever
! came TO the great city of Corinth, stu
! atcd on what was called the Bridge OF
/ the Sea" and glstening with sculpture,
| and gated with style of brass the mag
! nifccnce of which the following ages
| have not been able to successfully imi-
! tate, and overshadowcd by the Acro-Cor-
| inthus, n fortress of rock 1000 feet high
| l say no letter ever came To that great
! city Of more importance than that letter
| in which Paul puts the two startling
questions: What knowcst thou, o wife.
whether thou shalt save thy husband?
| Or how knowest thou, O man, whether
| thou shalt save thy wife," The dearest
sacrifice on the part Of the one is cheap
| if it rescue the other. Better go to the
smallest, weakest, most insignificant
church on earth and be copartners in
eternal bliss than pass your earthly mem
| bership in most gorgeously attractive
| church while your companion stays out
side of evangelical privilege. Better have
/ the drowning saved by scow or sloop
than let him or her 60 down while you
| sail by in the gilded cabins of n Majestic
or Campana.
| e""r'"'" fr''ere"'rs'
Second remark: If both of tho married
COUPLES be Christians, but one is so nat
! urally constructed that It Is Impossible
t. enjoy the services or particular de-
nomination and the other is not 50 secta-
rian or punctiIlous, let the one less par
ticular 20 with the other who is very
| particular. As for myself, feel as mucE
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| nj nome IN one denomination or evan
! gclical Christians as another, and | think
! | must have been born very near the
| line. | Ike the solemn roll or the EplS-
copa liturgy and | Ike the spontanoity
OF the MethodlSts, ana ! like the lmpoi-
lance given to the ordinance of baptism
! by the Baptsts, and like the freedom
| OF the C"ngreEatlohanStS. ana ike tue
government and the sublime doctrine OF
the Iresbytelans, and ike many Oh the
others just as much as any ! have men
toned, md could happily live and
preach and die and be buried from any
of Them But others are born with lik-
ing so stout. so unbcnding, so ineXorable
| Tor some denomination tha' IL Is posi-
I'VE necessity 'h'y nave thc au'antate Oh
mat one W Ha' t"'! were ii'enue,i " NC
III cccleSla>t'cisiI was "il''en III '"1
| iIlo'hcr hau eyes Keen enough 10 see IT,
ing VIM ~. s'op MI.
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| 'S',hi:H,'i t w, VI Wv ~. !
! l'Hc al '''''N ne "'I, '"' - VI W.
''"'pc'"''e"' anu nun anu = ""i u. W.
runs ih'o "le sco' VI .'ls ;o.'l'.I az C, Ia.
"'""i do NV '",i,e, 'i''' Any, ~.
"P'"N'' IL "0uir nc W.. ~ NV.
persons 10 oe any "hele oulH''e VI 'ii"'
on" ''uI'n'
-No"' lev Tue WE vi ii'So"nu WI" -
not so cohsIructeu s"crihce 'he n''iuri
Prel'Iehce ioi 'ne pne ilioic in"eN,"Ir
ana rigorous I4cI me sinpeN'nc ioi'oM
the rusosiHeS ana sihuositics Vi the oar
OF hi'hor%' Aorah' Tue iicner III nochs
OF Cnrlst'a. grace shou" say 10 t,o''
VINO ~ pulII On sni"'iet sca'' '"'
thore DC no striie' l pray thee' between
ne ana ihee' anu pelMeei' III! ieius,i'cn
huu my heIuSiiuh' Is "o' 'ie Wno'e
lahI before thee AS you can DE- euiHeu
ana AaipN ah!Whcre' go Wi'n your coii-
pahloh TO the church 10 winch lie or she
must go OF ne hilSeraule'
Advice to Parents.
Remark the third: If both the married
couple are very strong in their sectarian-
ism, let them attend the different church
es preferred. Ii is not necessary that
YOU after the same church. Religion
IL W.. yo.tr cnpscinppp and vour