Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-11-14

Lord God. Il have no pleasure in the
death Of the wicked" Blessed be God
for such gospel as this. "Cut the slices
thn," says the wife to the husband, "for
there will not be enough to go around for
all the children. Cut the slices thin"
Blessed be God. there Is full loaf for
every one that wants it. Bread and
enough to spare. No thin slices on the
Lords table!
Healing Balm For wounds.
I remember that while living in Phila-
dclphia, at the time | spoke of minute
ago, the Master Street hospital was open
ed. and telegram was received saying:
"Thcrc will be 800 wounded men tonight
Please take care of them" From my
church there went out twenty or thirty
mon and women. AS the poor wounded
men were brought in no one asked them
from what state they came or what was
their parcntagc. There was wounded
soldier, and the only question was how to
take off the rags most gently and put on
the cool bandagc and administer the cor
dial. And when Il soul comes TO God he
does not ask where you cane from or
what your ancestry was. Healing balm
for all your wounds. pardon for all your
guilt; comfort for all your troubles!
Then, also, | counsel YOU. If you want
to get hnck, quit all your bad associates.
One unholy intimacy will fill your soul
with moral distcmper In all the ages Of
the church there has not been An instance
where a man kept one evil associate and
was reformcd--among the WoOO,OOO
of the race. not one instance. Give up
your bad companions or give up heaven.
Il is not ten bad companions that destroy
a man nor five bad companions nor three,
but one.
What chance is there for the young
man | saw along the street four or five
young men with him. in front OF a grog
shop, urging him 20 go in, he resisting,
violently resisting. until after awhile they
forced him to 80 in? 1t was n summer
night and tho door was left open, and
saw the process They held him fast, and
they put the cup to his lips, and they
forced down the strong drink. What
chance is there for such young man?
counsel Won also t. seek Christian adj
vice. Every Christian man is bound to
helm you. " he declines to help you. he
is not Christian. Now gather up all
your cncrgic- Of body, mind and soul and,
appealing to God for success. declare this
DAY cvcrla sting war against all evil in
amount to nothing; it must be "A Water
loo Shrink back now and You are lost.
Push on and you are saved. \ Spartan
general fell at the very moment Of vic
tory, but he dipped his finger in his own
blood md wrote on rock near which
he was dying. Sparta has conquered"
Though your struggle to get rid of sin
may seem to be almost a death struggle,
you can dip your finger IN your own blood
and write on the Rock of Ages. "Nictory
through our Lord Jesus Christ"
surrcndcring to God.
Some Of you, like myself, were born in
the country. And what glorious news
might these young men send home Il
their parents that this afternoon they
had surrendered themselves to God and
started n new life, | know how it is in
the country. The night comes on. The
cattle stand under the rack, through
which burst the trusscs of hay. Tn,
horses have just frisked up from The
meadow brook ut the nightfall and stant
knee deep in the bright straw that invites
them to lie down and rest. The perch cl
the hovcl is full of fowl. their feet warm
under their feathers. When the nights
get cold the flames clap their hand:
above the great backlog and shake tn,
shadow of the group up and down tn,
wall Father and mother sit there fo
mir nm horr SAVING notbi,g yvonIo
what tL.v ,ro thinlinr 90 Aftor o,vhiI,
tie father breaks the silence and says
"Wcll, | wonder where our boy is il
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Hros" IIn thnupbt y momrnt and soid
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v.ord h,.no to NV naro,te nm bn'
roinnd thn victory" And the rlodIo.
and most brilliant moment in your liz
win be tba moncnt when Won can som
ward ia vour porents that Won have con
nnarnd tha OWL habits Inv the grace a
God and Locomo eternal victor
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,i,,o viii coma whom Won will have uo
tlor cor,o, nor mothor and Won win E,
,rornd tho nloco whore thev used +
watch Won and find them gone from IN
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cram tbn neichhorbood Cry ms loud ro
fnrri,nnass rs Won may over the noun