Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-09-05

But my text goes further. 1t says, 10
up into the mountain and fctch owe
branches and pine branches Now, what
is suggested by the pine branchF The
pine tree is healthy, it is aromatic, 1t is
evergreen. How often the physician say )
to his invalid patients: "Go and have II
breath Of the pines. That will inyisoratc
you.' Why do such thousands OF people
90 south every year? 1t is not merely TO
got to n warmer climate, but to get the IN
flucncc Of the pine. There is health in 1t,
and this pine branch of the text suggests
the holpfulucss of our holy religion 1t
Is fun Of health health for all, health
for the mind. health for the soul. | knew
an aged man who had no caNtal of phys
zeal health. He had had all the disease
you could imagine. He did not eat enough
to keep child alive He lived on n bcver-
age of hosannus. lie lived high, for he
dined every day with the King. He was
kept alivo simply by the force of our holy
religion. Ii is a healthy religion-hcalthy
for the eye. healthy for the hand. healthy
for the fcct. healthy for the heart,
healthy for the liver, healthy for the
-rlnnn. healthy for tho whole man. 1t
gives man such peace, such qnietn"Ss,
such Independence Of circumstances, such
it. that we possessed it uowi | mean it is
healthy if a man gets enough of il, Now,
there nre some people who get just
enough religion to bother them, just
enough rel gion to make them sick, but If
man take full. deep, round Inhalation
If these pine branches Of the gospel ar
Dor he will find it buoyant eNuberant,
undyinE. immortal health.
But this evergreen OF my text also sug-
costs the simple fact that religion is
evergreen. What does the pine branch
care for the snow on its brow: 1t is
only crown Of glory. The winter can
not freeze it out. This evergreen tree
branch is ms beautiful in winter as it is
in the summer. And that is the charac-
teristic of our holy religion. In the
sharpest, coolest winter OF misfortune
end disaster it il as good a religion ms it
is in the bright summer sunshine. Well,
now. that is n practical truth. For sup
pose if should 90 MP and down these
aislcs | would not find in this house 80
people who had had no trouble. But
there are some Of You who have especial
trouble God only knows what YOU 80
through with Oh, how many bercave-
ments, how many poverticS, how many
tions. And now. my brother, YOU have
tried everything else, why do YOU not try
this evergreen religion? 1t is just as good
for you now as il was in the day of
prosperity. II is better for you. Per-
haps some of You feel almost like Muckle
Bnckic. the fisherman, who was chidod
ono dny because he kept ON working,
although that very day he buried his
IA Il l,iJ =
is indecent for you to he mendug that
boat wncn this afternoon You buried
your child" And the fisherman looked
up and said: Sir it is very easy for
Won rcntcfoks to stay in the house
with your handkerchief to your eyes in
grief but, sir, ought | to let the other
five children starve because one of them
is drowned? No, sir. We mauu work,
like this hammer"
You may have had accumulation Of
sorrow and misfortune. They come in
hockS, they come in herds, upon your
soul, and yet | have to tell you that this
religion can console YOU, that it can hclr
you, that it can deliver You if nothing
else will. DO you tell me that the riches
and the gain of this world can console
who had such fondncss for money that
whom he was sick he ordered "A basin of
glldp.cccs to be brought to him, and he
iut his equity hands down among tn,
roldpiooes, cooling his hands off in them
and the rattle and rolling Of these gold
pieces were his amusement and enter
/ tIiumout. An the gold and silver, the
houorS, the cmoluments of this world
/ are poor solacc for a perturbed spirit
/ You want something better than this
world can give. y young prince, wher
the children came around to play Will
I him, refused TO play. He said, II viii
play only with kings And it wouo
be SUPPOSED that you would throw away
al other solace before this regal satisfac
ton, this imperial joy.
The hill Of Zion Yields
/ thousand sacred sweets
Before we reach the heavenly fields
OR walk the ldcn streets.
The Significance OF the Palm.
Bur my text takes step further, ant
II saws, Go into the mountain and fetcl