Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-10-08


like a good sailor when all the crew
howled in the Mediterranean ship
wreck? Vino helped the martyrs to be
firm when one word of recantation
would have unfastened the withes Of
the stake and put out the kindling fire!
When the night of the soul came on
and all the deniZens of darkness came
F.; riding upon the winds of perdition,
who gave strength to the soHl? Who
gave calmness to the heart? Who
! broke the spell Of Internal enchant-
ment? He who heard the request Of
the villagers, "Abide with us, for it is
toward evening" One of the forts of
France was attacked, and the out
works were taken before night. The
besieging army lay down. thinking
that there was but little to do in the
morning and that the soldiery in the
fort could be easily made to surrender
! But during the night. through a back
stairs they escaped into the country.
In the morning the besieging army
sprang upon the battlements, but found
that their prey was gone. So when
we are assaulted by temptation there
is always some secret stair by which
we might get off. God will not allow
us to be tempted above what we are
able but with every temptation will
bring a way of escape that we may be
, able to bear it.
Don't Borrow Trouble.
The prayer of the text is appropriate
for all who are anticipating sorrow.
The greatest folly that ever grew on
this planet is the tendency to borrow
trouble, but there are times when ap-
preaching sorrow is so evident that we
need to be making especial prepare
tons for it's coming. One of your chill
dren has lately become favOrite. The
cry of that child strikes deeper into the
, heart than the cry of all the others.
, You think more about it; you give it
more attention not because it is any
more of treasure than the others, but
because it is becoming frai. There is
something in the cheek, in the eye and
in the walk that makes you quite sure
that the leaves of the flower are going
to be scattered. The utmost nursing
and medical attendance are Intellectual.
The pulse becomes feeble, the complex
ion lighter, the step weaker, the laugh
fainter No more romping for that one
is darkened by an approaching calam-
ity. The heart feels with mournful an
ticipation that the sun is going down.
Night speeds on. 1t is toward evening.
You have long rejoiced in the care Of
q mother; you have done everything to
make her last days happy; you have
run with quick feet to wait upon her
every want. Her presence has been
perpetual blessing in the household.
But the fruit gatherers are looking
wistfully at that tree. Her soul is ripe
for heaven. The gates are ready to
flash open for her entrance. But your
soul sinks at the thought Of separation.
You cannot bear to think that soon you
will be called to take the last look at
that face which from the first hour
has looked upon you with affection un-
changeable But you see that life is
ebbing. and the grave will soon hide
her from your sight. You sit quiet;
you feel heavy hearted. The light is
fading from the sky; the air is chill.
1t is toward evening.
! You had Il considerable estate and
felt independent In FIVE minutes on
one fair balance sheet you could see
But there came complications. Some
thing that you imagined impossible
happened The best friend you had
proved traitor to your interests. A
sudden crash of national misfortune
Frustrated your credit. You may to-
day be going on in business. but you
feel anxious about where you are
standing and fear that the next turn Of
the commercial wheel will bring you
PROSTATE You foreSee what you con-
slider certain defalcation; you think of
the anguish of telling your friends that
you are not worth a dollar; you know
not how you Will ever bring your chill
dren home from school: you wonder
how you will stand the selling of your
library or the moving into palmer
house The misfortunes of life have
accumulated. You wonder what makes
the sky so dark. 1t is toward evening.
Jesus Comforting Grace.
Trouble is an apOthecary that mixes
great many drafts, bitter and sour
and nauseCus and you must drink
some one of them. Trouble puts up a
great many packs. and you must carry
some one of them. There is no sandal
so thick and we'll adjusted but some
thorn will strike through it; there is
no sound so sweet but the undertaken 8
screwdriver CRATES through it. In this
swift shuttle of the heart some of the
threads must break. The journey from
/ Jerusalem to Emmaus will soon be
ended Our Bible, our common sense,
our observation. reiterate in tones that
we cannot mistake and ought not to
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Oh, then. for Jesus to abide with us!
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