Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-10-21

good and inspiring;' "Come with me
into joy such as you never before eX-
perienced."
Unhonored Heroes.
With that word which has done SO
much for others l approach you today.
Are you all right with God? Mo- you
say, II think not. l am sometimes
alarmed when l think CT him. l fear
will not be ready to meet him in the
last day. Ny heart is not right with
God" Come, then, and have it made
right. Through the Christ who died to
save you, come! What is the use in
waiting: The longer you wait the
farther off you are and the deeper you
are down. Strike out for heaven! You
remember that a few years ago q
steamer called the Princess Alice, With
crowd sf eXcursiOnists aboard, sank
in the Thames, and there was an awful
sacrifice of life. A boatman from the
shore put out for the rescue, and he
had a big boat, and he got it SO full it
would not hold another person, and as
he laid hold of the oars to pull for
the shore, leaving hundreds helpless
and drowning, he cried out, ooh, that
| had q bigger boatv' Thank God l
am not thus limited and that 1 can
promise room for all in this gospel
boat Get in, get in! And yet there is
room. Room in the heart of a pardon
ing God. Room in heaven.
l also apply the word Of my text to
those who would like practical COM
fort. If any ever escape the struggle Of
life, l have not found them. They are
not certainly among the prosperous
classes. In most cases it was a Strug-
gle all the way up till they reached the
prosperity. and since they have reached
these heights there have been perpleXi-
ties, anXieties and crises which were
almost enough to shatter the nerves
and turn the brain. 1t would be hard
to tell which have the biggest fight in
this world. the properties or the ad-
versities, the conspicuities or the OBJ
securities. Just as soon as you have
enough success to attract the attention
of others the envies and jealousies are
let loose from their kennel. The great
est crime that you can commit in the
estimation of others is to get on better
than they do. They think your addition
is their subtraction. Five hundred per-
SONS start for a certain goal of success.
One reaches it, and the other four hun
dred and ninety-nine are mad. 1t would
take volumes to hold the story of the
wrongs, OutrageS and defamatiOnS that
have come upon you as result of your
success. The warm sun of prosperity
brings into life a swamp full of annoy
ing insects. On the other hand, the un-
fortunate classes have their struggles
for maintenance. To achieve a liveli-
hood by one who had nothing to start
with and after awhile for family as
we'll and carry this on until children
are reared and educated and fairly
started in the world and to do this
amid all the rivalries of business and
the uncertainty of crops and the tickle
ness of tariff legislation, with an occa-
sional labor strike and here and there
a financial panic thrown in, is mighty
thing to do, and there are hundreds and
thousands of such heroes and heroines
who live unsung and die unhonored.
What We Most Need.
What we all need, whether up or
down in life or half way between, is
the infinite solace Of the Christian reli-
gion. And so we employ the word
"come." It will take all eternity to find
out the number of business men who
have been strengthened by the prom
Uses of God and the people who have
been fed by the ravens when other re-
sources gave out and the men and wo-
men who, going into this battle armed
only with needle or saw or ak or yard
stick or pen or type or shovel or shoe
last, have gained a victory that made
the heavens resound. With all the re-
sources Of God promised for every ex-
igency no one need be left in the lurch.
1 like the faith displayed years ago
in Drury lane, London, in an humble
home where every particle of food had
given out and a kindly soul entered
with tea and other table supplies and
found kettle on the fire ready for the
tea. The benevolent lady said. How is
it that you have the kettle ready for
the tea when you had no tea in the
house, And the daughter in the home
said: Mother would have me put the
kettle on the fire, and when | said,
What is the use of doing so when we
have nothing in the house? she said:
My child. God will provide. Thirty
years he has already provided for me
through all pain and helplessness. and
he will not leave me to starve at last.
He will send us help though we do not
yet see how We have been waiting all
day for something to come, but until
we saw you we knew not how it was to
come" Such things the world may call
condolences, but l call them Almighty
deliverances. and. though you do not
hear of them, they are occurring every
hour of every day and in all parts of
ChriStendom.
But the word "come" applied to those
who need solace will amount to nothing