Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-03-30


ings and that always gives an honest nun
anxiety There il 10 sign of restitution
about you-pl 'lsant appearance and a
cheerful homo for yOu--hut God only
knows what u time you have had to man
age your private finances. just as the
bills run up the wages seem to run down.
You may say nothing, but life to you is
hard push, and when you sit down with
your wife and talk over the expenses you
both rise mp discouraged. You abridgc
here and you abridgC there and you gCt
things snug for smooth sailing and, 10
suddenly there is II large doctors bill to
pay, or you have lost yO II pOckCtbook, or
some debtor has failed, and you are
thrown abeam end Well, brother, you are
in glorious company. Christ owned not
tho house in which he stopped or the colt
ON which he rode or the boat in which he
sailed He lived in a borrowed house; hr
was buried in borrowed grave Exposed
to all kinds of weather, yet he had only
one suit of clothes He breakfaStcd in the
morning, and no one could possibly tell
where he could yet anything to cat before
night. He would have been pronounced II
financial failure He had to perform Il
miracle to get money TO pay tax bill
Not a dollar did he own. Privation of
domcsticty priyation Of nutritious food,
privation of a comfortable couch ON which
to sleep, privation of all worldly resources!
The kings Of the earth had chased chalicCs
out of which to drink, but Christ had
nothing but n plain cup set before him,
and it was very sharp, and it was very
sour. He took the vinegar.
The vacant Chair.
There were year, that passed along be-
fore your family clrclc was invaded ny
death, but the moment the charmed circle
was broken everything seemed TO dissolve
Hardly nave you put the plack apparel IN
the wardrobe before you nave again TO
take 1t out Great ana RAPID changes III
your FAMILY record You got inc mousse
and rcJoiccd IN 1t, but the charm was gone
Bs soon as the Grape hung on the doorbell.
The one upon whom you most depended
was taken away from you. cold marble
slab lies on your heart today once, as
the children romped through the house,
You put your hand over your aching mead
ana sald, ON, II l could only nave IL
still! On II Is TOO sun now! You lost
your patience when the tops ana the
strings ana the shclls were lcit ainlu lloor,
but on, you would be Wiling to nave tho
trlnketS scattered All over thc lloor again
II they were scattered by the same hands
with what u ruthless pioWSharo be-
reaNemont rips up the heart! But Jesus
knows all about that. You cannot tell
nm anything new IN regard TO DereaNc'
mont. lie had only few friends, ana
when ne lost one II Drought tears 10 ms
eyes. Lazarus had often entertained MN
at ms nome Now Lazarus is dead ana
buried, aad Christ breaks down with emo
ton, the CONFUSION OF grlet shudderlng
through all the ages oil bereavement
Christ knows what 1t Is to go through inc
house missing familiar inmate. Christ
knows what 1t Is to see an unoccuplec
place Mt the table. We're there not four
of them Mary and Martini and Christ
ant Lazarus: four OF them. But where
is Lazarus: Lonely and afflicted Christ,
his great loving eyes filled with tears! Oh,
yes, yes! He knows all about the !oneli
ncsa and the heartbreak. He took tn
vinegar!
H"t"s OF the FUTURE
Then there IS the sourneSs of the dcath
hour Whatever else we may escape, thar
acid sponge will be pressed to our lips.
sometimes have curiosity to know how
will behave when come to die. Whether
Will De CAIN or eNclteu' whether Will
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