Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-04-12

outh Rock, hut now are marshaling
continent for the Christianization
OF the world. The church Of Christ
falling back from Piedmont, falling
back from Rue ST. Jacques, falling
back from st. Denis, falling back from
Nurttcmbcrg castles. falling bnck from
the Brussels market place, yet all the
time triumphng. Notwithstanding all
the shocking revcrscs which the church Of
Christ suffers, what do we see today?
Twelve thousand missionaries of the cross
on heather grounds; eighty thousand
minister's Of Jesus Christ in this land;
AT least four hundred millions OF Chris
tiauS on the earth Failing back, yet adj
vancing until the old Wesleyan hymn
will prove true:
The Lion Of Judah shall break the chain
And give us the victory again and agsinl
Rcnsons For Retreat.
But there is a more marked illustration
of victorious retreat in the life of our
Joshua. the Jesus of the ages. First
falling back from an appalling height to
an appalling depth. falling from celestial
hills to terrestrial valleys, from throne
to mangcr; yet that did not seem to suf-
fee him as a retreat. Failing back still
farther from bethlehem to Nazareth,
from Nazareth to Jerusalem, back from
Jerusalem to Golgotha, back from Col
gonna 10 inc ihouSoieum III the rock, back
down over the prccipices of pcrdtion un-
til he walked amid the caycrns Of the
eternal Captivcs and drank of the wine
of the wrath of Almighty God, amid the
AhabS, and the Jczebcls, and the Bel
shazzars. Oh, men of the pulpit and
men of the pew, Christ's descent from
heaven to earth does not measure half
inc Instance IL was from glory TO per-
u''"", ~ ueSV'nu'u 'i'lo nei'' All ihe
r''"'uN 81 c"ItnIE retreat are as hothlhs
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.NnU'' WIN ,ne fragments OF ms army
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Alrnirhtyi
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I boor rho shoot rordin,,, VIA ,roo,,s
that Stone bnrIed dawn tho s;Je If Tho
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hin, bocl' Tho dood ,n,I,t NOT st,I, s.,
mis- oman e,nlirb+ ob Il ;e orr Ioshuo
I Of him co,nn nrt IJa comes forth md
.torts Gov ,bo oitr IGo tnioe tho ,noor
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narchne dawn an tbc otbor s;dn And
thn nn,,or. Of dortne.s hcirc con,ht no.
t,yonn tbo.o ro,,l[s ~ ooInstiol and for.
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inst omo,,,h tn iI,.,stroto tbo dirofrl oror.
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,ia+ar,. Lood ho al tho ora,,.,,a
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roo, no nh ,bo b,''o.r boorts. ord horo
7 ord ;s ana ~, ,ha',,
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Lesson the second: The triumph of the
wicked is short. DID you ever see an
army in panic! There is nothing so
uncomfortable. II you had stood at
Long prluSe' ashihgtoh' during the
op'hlhR OF our SAD clNll war, you would