Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-11

the watch on the stand disturbed you
Through the long weary days you counted
the figures in the carpet or the flowers in
the wall pnpcr Oh. the WEAKNESS of ex-
haustion oh. the burning pangsl Would
God it were morning, would God it were
night, was your frequent cry. But you are
better, or perhaps even we'll Have you
thanked God that today you can come out
In the fresh air; that you are in your place
to hear Gods name and to sing Gods
praise and to impore Gods help and to
ask Gods forgivencssY Bless tho Lord
who healoth all our diseases and redeem.
eth our lives from destruction.
Perhaps your last sorrow was financial
embarrassment. congratulate some of
you on your lucrative profession or occu-
patton, on ornate apparel, on commodi
Gus residence vcrything you put your
hands on seems to turn to gold. But
there are Others of you who are like the
ship on which Paul sailed where two seas
met and you are broken by tho violence
Of the waves. BY All unadvised indorse-
ment, or by a conjunction of unforeseen
events, or by fire or storm, or senseless
panic you have been flung hcadlong, and
where you once dispensed great charities
now you have hard work to win your
daily bread. Have you forgotten to thank
God for your days OF prosperity and that
through your trials some of you have
made investments which will continue
after the last bank of this world has ex-
ploded and the silver and gold are molten
in the fires of burning worldY Havo
you amid all your losses and discourage
ments, forgot that there was bread on
your table this morning and that there
shall be SHELTER for your head from the
Storm and there is air for your lungs ana
! blood for your heart and light for your
eye and II glad and glorious and trium-
plant religion for your soulY
Perhaps your last trouble was beroave.
mont That heart which In childhood
was your refuge, the parental heart, and
which has been source Of the quickest
silent forever. And now sometimes, when
ever in sudden annoyance and without
elaboration you say, II will go and tell
mother, the Thought flashes on you, Il
have no mother" Or the father, with
voice less tender, but with heart as low
ing, watohful OF all your ways, exultant
over your success without saying much,
hi'houeh 'he oio Peopie 40 .aih IL over oy
s,aff ,vh,oh yo,, WOW Ie.r &c fo,niI,,
reIic bis me,norv cr,bolmed in ,r.tef,,,
ba,rts--is talan away forever Or there
yv.s your co,nn,rior IN no ebarer of your
;ovs and sorrows t,tan Ieav,ng tho beart
az 1I1 VII, no. 10 Il, I'D ,IoY,, Srou
n ,y,de ,yi,dorness ~ deso,otion tbe sands
~ 49, aasar, d,;u;ra .oross tho ,,,ano
which oncs b,oomed ,ike Tho Garden Of
Co., 10 AbraI,a,, ,,,o,rns Gov Sal ~
tbo cays If M,chnei.h AZ Won wero NOV.
;n,, nIon, vow noth In ,ifo suddenlv whit
| haSora no., 90 ~, n,,a,, rr,vo pan,,,o
Ioolod dow and ,bnv o.,S a. WINS onIr :,
fow Zoo, doen and n fe,y foot wide hut 10
ro,, :, r,as oarorn dou,, which ,vor+ oil
- ho,os "a oil ,,ovr .,,ao+o,;.rs RI
| choor ~, IN tho rar. ~ Tho Iord Iosus
! Ch,;.. H. Co,ufou.o. II. ;s NJ, ,,,,,, 30
! fors.Lo yor MD tho Lord tata that child
ant ~ yo,r arr,se wiz h. 10 ooin, +o
ehc,tcr Il Latter than VIZ, could IIo "a
c,o,r,, a., rovi, a., . wh,to r,ho ord na,,,
| br.nch and b.yo 1, oil roadv 70 greet ro,
NJ rorr cor,,nr hon,a E1.ss.d ~ hroI an
heart that Iesns boa,s, Rlo.sed tho IN, -.
por,vnato ,r, ,b.+ Iosrs oornoss,oratos,
blessed tho woonir, evo fror, which tha
! cot, b.nd of Tos,,s ,v;roS ,,yov ~. t..r,
'i"'"S "i He'
Some years ago was sailing down the
st. John river, which is the Rhine and
the Hudson commingled. and while was
on the deck OF the steamer gentleman
pointed out to Inc the places OF interest,
and he said, "All this is interval land,
and 1t is the richest land in all the prov
lnces OF New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
what, said |, do you mean by inter
val landY' well, he said, this land
Is submerged Tor part OF the year. spring
1reshcts come down, and all these plains
are oVernoweu WIN tine water, and tho
water leaves a rich deposit and when the
waters are gone the harvest springs up,
and there is richer harvest than know
OF elsewhere Ana instantly thought,
IL Is not the heights OF the church, and
III Is not the heghts on TINS world That arc
the scene OF the greatest prosperity, but
the soul over which the floods of sorrow
have gone-the soul over which the fresh
cts OF tribulation have torn their way
that yields the greatest fruits of righteous
ness and the largest harvest for time and
the richest harvest Tor eternity. Bless
Tod That your soul is interval landl
There Is one more point OF absorbing
remln1scencc, ana that Is the last hour OF
life, when we have to look over all our
past existence. What moment that will
be! place Napoleon S dying reminiscence
on st. Helena beside Mrs Judson's dying
reminisccnce in the harbor of st. Helena,
the same island, go years after Napo-
Icons dying "Reminiscences was one of de-
Tete d'armee - Head of the
cence nc she came home from bcr mis-