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

prOttO to garden. tanO, the famous span
ish artist, is di gusttd with the crucifx
that tho priest holds before him because 1t
is such DOOR specimen " sculpture. And
SO, sometimes through taste and some.
times through learned menace and some
times through physical distrcsscs--ayc, in
10000 ways-trouhlcs como to hafass ard
annoy.
And yet it is unfair to measure u mans
life Ivy his misfortunes, because where
There is ono stalk of nightshade there arc
30 marigolds and hnrebels; where there
| Is one cloud thunder charged there arc
hundreds that stray across the heavens,
the glory Of land and sky asleep In their
bosom Because death came and took your
child away, did you Immediately forget all
the five years, or the ten years, or tho 10
/ years, in which She Camc every night for
a kiss, all the tones of your heart poalng
forth at the sound of her voice or the soft
touch of her hand? Because in somo
financial Euroclydon your fortune went
into the breakers, did you forget all those
years in which tho luxuriCs and cxtrava-
gances of life ShOwcrcd on your pathway
Alas, that is an unwiso man, an migrate
full man, an unfair man, an unphilosophio
man, and, most of all, an Christian
man, who measures his life on earth by
abuse and scorn and terror and neuralgia
thrust
wasted Years.
Again. | rcmnrk that there arc many
people 81 NO estimate their life on earth by
the amount of money thcy have accumu-
lated. They shy, "Tho year 1866, or 1870,
or 1898, was wasted" Why "Mado no
money" Now, it Is all cant and insincer-
toll
had no value 1t may represent refinement
and education and 10 600 blessed surround
ings II is tho spreading Of che table that
feeds tho chldrcn's hunger 1t is the
lighting Of tho furnace that keeps you
warm. 1t is the making Of the bed on
which you rest from care and anxiety. 1t
is the carrying of you out at last to decent
scpulchor and tho putting up of the slab
on which is chiselcd the story Of your
Christian hope II is simply Hypocrisy
this 'radc in pulpit and lecture hall
against money.
But while all this ia so, he who uses
money or thinks of money as anything
but - means to an end will find out his
mistake vixen the glittoring treasures slip
out of his nervcl"ss grasp and he goes out
Of this world without u shilling Of money
or g certificate Of stock. He might better
have been the Christian porter that opened
his gate, or the bcgrimed workman who
last night hcavcd the coal into his cellar.
Bonds ana mortgages and leases have their
usc. hut they mako poor yarIstick with
which to measure liro "lhcy that bunst
themselves in their wealth and trust in tho
multitude of their riches, none If them
can, Ivy any means, redeem his brother or
give to Gud n ransom for him that no
/ should not see corruption.
But I remark, there are many-I wish
there were mo,c-who estimate their life
by their moral and spiritual development.
1t is not sinful cgotsm for a Christian
1nan to say, Il am purer than used to
be. am moro cOnsCCrated to Christ than
l used to he. / have got over great many
of the bad habits in which | used to in
dulgc. am great deal better man than
| used to be " There is no sinful cgotisnl
in that 1t is not base egotisn for q sol
dicr to say, II know more about military
tactics than ! used to before I took a mus
kct in my hand and learned to present
arms, and when l was pest to the drill
officer. T. is not base egutisln for II sailor
20 say, Il know Letter how to clcw down
tho mizzcn tursail than used to before
had over seen ship" And there is nc
sinful o.otism when u Christian man,
fighting tho battles Of tho Lord, or if you
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wish there were more--who are estimating
life by the good they can do
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