Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-08-15

these years, his everlasting arms shelter
ing you, where is your gratitude? Where
is your morning and evening praycrI
Where are your consecrated lives! |
say to you, as Daniel said to Bclshazzar,
"'rhe God in whose hand thy breath is,
and all thy way, thou hast not gorhed.'
If you treated anybody rs badly ms you
have treated God. you would have made
800 apologies yea, your whole life would
have been an apology. Three times Il
day you have been seated at Gods table.
Spring, summer, autumn and winter he
has appropriately nppareled YOU Your
health from him, your companion from
him, your children from him. your home
from him, all the bright surroundings Of
your life from him. oh. man, what dost
thou with that hard heart Canst thou
not feel one throb of gratitude toward the
God that made you, and the Christ who
came to redeem you, and the Holy Ghost
who has all these years been importuning
you: If you could sit down five minutes
under the tree of Saviour martyrdom
and feel his lifobood tricklng on your
forehead and cheek and hands mcthinks
you would get some appreciation OF what
you owe TO cruciied Jesus.
Heart Of stone, relent, rccnt,
Touched by Jesus cross. suhdued;
See his body. mangled rent
Covered with a gore Of blood.
Sinful soul. what hast thou donef
Crucfed the Eternal SOM
Jacob, with good deal Of tug and
push, took the stone from the wells
mouth SO that the flocks might he water
ed. And | would that this day my word
blessed of God might remove the him
dronces to your rettine mn to the rospel
vol Yoo. 7 take if for granted that tho
vorl, is done. and now. like oriental shep.
bcrds nroccod to votcr the sheen
Come. nil We thirsty, You have an unde-
fund lonpino in vour soul You tried
money making. that did NOT satisfy Won
Won tricd office under Government: that
did NOT satisfy Won. You tried pjctures
mud sculntures. INT works Of art did NOT
satisfy Won You are rs much discon-
,ontoi with This lifa ne ,hn celebroted
lSrench author who felt thot no could nor
any lunrer culurc the nisfortuncs of tho
world and who said: AT i o'clock this
afternoon I shall mt nm end to nv own
evistance NteonOhile I nust toil on nm
f. that time for rho susteuauce of nv
family" And he wrote ON his book until
the clock struck 4. when he folded I'D
his manuscript and. hy his own hand
concluded his cartbly life.
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troubled. do not suppose Won have es.
capped. Compare your view OF this life nj
IS years Of age with what your view i,
of it at 10 or 60 or 70. What great
contrast Of opinion, Were you right
then or are you right now? Two cups
placed in your hands, the one sweet
cup, the other a sour cup. A cup of JOY
and a cup Of grief. Which has been the
nearest to being full, and out of which
have you the more frequently partaken
What a different place the cemetery i.
from what it used to me! Once it was tC