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

not only your hearts, but the mighty up
lifting of your voices, and / believe we
can through Christ's grace sing 5000
souls into the kingdom of Christ. An
argument they can laugh at, sermon
they may talk down, but 5000 voiced
uttcrance of praise to God is irresistible.
Would that Queen Balkis would drive all
her spice laden dromedarics into our
church music! Neither was there any
such spice MS the queen of Sheba gave
King Solomon"
Now | want to impress you with the
fact that religion Is sweetness and per-
fume and spikcnard and saffron and Gin
namon and cassia and frankinccnsc and
all sweet spices together. oh you say.
81 have not looked at it as such. |
thought it was n nuisance. 1t had for
me n repulsion. l held my breath as
though 1t were malodor. | have been
appalled, at its advance / have said If
have any religion at all ! want to have
just Ms little of it as is possible to get
through with" Oh, what mistake you
have made. my brother! The religion of
Christ is a present and everlasting redo
lcnce. 1t countcracts all trouble. just
put it on the stand beside. the pillow of
sickness. 1t catches in the curtains and
perfumes the sitting air. It swcctcns
the cup OF bitter medicine and throws a
glow on the gloom OF the turned lattice.
1t is n balm for the aching side and a
soft bandagc for the temple stung with
pain. 1t lifted Samuel Rutherford into a
revclry OF spiritual delight while he was
in physical agonics. 1t helped Richard
Baxter until, in the midst OF such a com
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man ever suffered, he wrote "The Saints
Everlasting Rest" and it poured light
upon John Bunyan's .dungcon-the light
of the shining gate OF the shining city.
And it is good for rheumatism and. for
neuralgia and for low spirits and for CON
sumption. 1t is the cathoicon for all
disorders. Yes, 1t will heal all your sor-
rows.
The Remedy For Sorrow.
Why did you look so sad this morning
when you came in? Alas, for the loneli-
ness and the heartbrcak and the load that
is never lifted from your soul, Some OF
you go about feeling like Macaulay when
he wrote, "If ! had another month of
such days as | have been spending.
would be impatient to get down into my
| little, narrow crib in the ground, like n
weary factory child" And there have
been times in your life when you wished
Won could GOT out ~ tb;s Ito Won have
said, "Oh, how sweet to my lips would
no tho dnst ~ tbn volIevr md Wished
vo, could mil ovor Won l., vour Ioet
slnmhor tbo coverlot of groom erase md
doisies You have soid. ooh how boou,i.
fnIIv ouiot II r,,,st Lo IN tbo tonhi I
| wish I ,voe tbore"
7 see nil around about mo widowbood
| and ornhonnco md cb;Idlessness. snd
moss. disonnointmcnt nornloxitv II
conld osk nil those in onv audience who
have felt no sorrow md been bufreted bv
no ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | could ask nil
such TO rise. how many would risep Nor
one.
A widowed mothor with ber lttle
child won't vest honi,c m GOT bottcr
wages there. and sbo was token sicl; and
died Tho overscor Of tho moor GOT bor
body and mn, II in hox and mt in n
wagon and started down the street TO-
ward tho couetorv ot full +rot Tho III
tie cbiId-tbe only cbild-ron after il
tbrorrh tho streets horebeoded crving.
.Rrirr me back nv mother, Bring me
hack INV mo+horw And II wos soid thar
rs the pcople looked on and saw her cry
inc after thot which lov In tho bov in tho
nil she luVpI aorth-it Is Sn ia
the whole VILLAGE was in tears And tbot
IL what preot many ~ Won are doing
chasing the dcod Deor Lord IA tbrrn
no anneosement for all this sorrow that 7
see about me? Yes: the thought Of res.
direction md reunion far bevond this
scene of struggle md tears "Thev sholl
hunger no more. neither thirst INV mor,.
neither shall the SIM lirht on them nor
any heat. for the Lamb which is in the
midst of the throne shall lead them 10
living fountains of water. and God shall
wine away nil tears from their ewes"
Across the couches of vour sick and
across the graves of YOUR deod | fling
This shower of sweet snices. Oueen Bal
kis driving nm IN tho nillared nortico or
the house of cedar. carried no such nun.
sency of perfume as exhales today from
the Lords garden. 1t is peace. 1t is
sweetness. Ii is comfort. 1t Is Infinite
satisfaction. this gospel ! commend to
you.
Some one could not understand why an
old German Christian scholar used to be
always SO calm and happy and hopeful
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