Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-06-28
THE DISCIPLINE OF LIFE.
Y. M. C. A. Anniversary With Address
by Rev. G.. G Atk ms.


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anu ""i SP''u'ti"hS' our 'ro'dS ana our
oui'S7i"iS' our hopes ana our VISIONS
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nv" o't i'lic hoiuS inc Hi'ai power "l
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"uilht N"Iu' ""ICh meet ner tests ana
sun ,"'HSeINr0 10 h'r CONDITIONS. ! ms
NupVIc searching testing OF ne Is nearly
inc mig n'Ies' inct IN All existence.
our statute DOCKS ar" burdened WIN
laws more worthless man the paper on
"hich theH are printed because tho stat"
co"I" ho' loaN" them out our shelves
are ct""uo" WIN dSoardoc phlIoSophl"s
ana "pSo'"'' 'hooloeleS NiIuoleSS because
tn"\ were not vital. we begin life indiV-
lduallN win Nas' deal OF mental and
moral 1urhlt"re' Whlch we small present.
~ throw overheard because we Shall 70
hndlng tha' we cannot incorporate II into
the substance 81 our HNcS.Nc are search
NE lhlS evening loi som" standard or
discrimination. Tor some relative estimate
or me value OF mat with which YOU are
neEIhhlhR me. Let m" t"ll you mat me
hoIPS 'He SuIi"nl" principle OF diScrlmin-
anon ana that one OF the surprising rev
way III Whl'h you VIII De driven pack up
on the simpler verities which do not
huIk largely mn which, nevertheless. are
IN" very stun ont of which life is made.
Then III" IS the Interpretation. Life not
only tests tut illustrates and unfclds. Van
cannot understand the value of know
ledge. inc worth OF "Npcricnc" or the
meaning of incident until life has made
II plain TO YOU. You are hound to have
experiences whose deeper significance not
even an angel from heaven could now
make plain but which viii clear them
selves ny as you live through them. Your
life is likely to toe different from your
present estimate of values and You Will
md that God's noblcst ministers
come in an alien guisc only dis
closing the lines of their divinity
beneath the touch of passing years And
this life is discipline Al discipline is
dscipleship and all discpleship j. suhor-
dnaton OF self to the broader and nobler
strength of wisdom. This is the great
value Of education and the supreme SER
vice of work. They teach us what and
where To obey. They show us that self
will is anarchy and that one never comes
to oneself until one come. into splendid
obedience to some splendid mastery.
Sow life is supreme in the revelation of
what and where and how To obey. 1t dis
CioSCS unto uS euCompassne laws and
oVcrhrooding mastery. We ar" disciplined
by patience. by sort ow. by OPP, sitlon. 10y
defeat, bv victory. by Joy. 10y the minis
try Of all life's ministers until the soul
comes to its perfect temper. battered and
forced and tried by Internal fires. cooled
by baths of tears into its perfect surfaces.
IIfo j. Il reward. This j., the word of the
text. What do men gain ny living save
the power Of 4 greater hfe?What is the
use of capacity save more CAPACITY. Of
service hut charged opportunities, of love
but the power to love more of sight mt