Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-11-07

may make the circuit Of many years, but
come back to us they will us certainly as
that God sits on the circle of the earth.
.Jezesel. the worst woman of the Bible,
Shakespeare copying his Lady Mac
beth from her picture, slew Naboth be-
cause she wanted his vineyard. While
the dogs were eating the body of Naboth
Elijah, the prophet. put down his COM
pass and marked n circle from those dogs
clear around TO the dogs that should eat
the body of Jezpbel. the murderess. I'm
possible!' the people said. THAT will
never hoppen," Who is that being flung
ont of the palace window? Jczcbel. A
few hours after they came around, hop
Ing TO bury her. They find only the palms
of the hands and the skull. The dogs
that devourcd Je2ebcl and the dogs that
dcvoured Naboth-oh, what a swift, what
an awful circuit,
The Circle of Centuries.
Rnt if Is sometimes the case that this
circle swccps through n century or
through many centuries. The world start
cd with n thcocracy for government
that is. God was the president and emf
| pcror of tho world. People got tired of a
thcocracy. They said: 1--WE don't want
God directly interfering with the affairs
of the world. Give lis n monarchy" The
world had "A monarchy. From a mon
| archv il is going to have a limited mon
archy. After awhile the limited mon
archy will be given up, and the republic
an form of government will be every
where dominant and recognized. Then
the world will get tired of the republican
form of ~lAvcrnment, and it Will have an
anarchy. which is no government Mt all.
And Their all nations, finding ont that
man is not capable of rightcously gov
crning man, will cry out again for theoc-
racy and say, Let God come back and
conduct the affairs of the world, every
stcp-monarchy, limited monarchy, re-
publicanism, annrchy-only different steps
between the first theocracy and the last
thcocracy or segments of the great circle
of the earth on which Coo sits.
But do not become impatient because
YOU cannot see the curve of events and
therefore conclude that Gods govern
meat is going to break down. History
tells us that in the making of the pyra'
mids it took 1000 men two years to DRAG
one great stone from the quarry and pur
it into the pyramids. If men short livet
can afford to work so slowly as that. can
| not bOu III IIt DullIlilE VI
afford to waltz
What though God should take 10000
years to draw a circle? Shall we take on
little watch, which we have to wind NJ
every night lest it run down, and hold i
up beside the clock of eternal ages? If
according to the Bible, n thousand year
are in Gods sight as one day, then, &C
cording to that calculation, the GOO
..,,u 90 So, u~orll'S aNiGtpnrp has bppi
only to God as from Monday to Satur
Gay.
But it is often the case that the re
bound is quicker, the return is muc
quicker, than that. The circle is soone
completed. You resolve that you will d
what good you can. In one week you pu
a word Of counsel in the heart OF a Sal
bath school child. During that sam
. week you give a letter of introduction t
l a young man struggling in business. Dul
ing the same week you make an exhortt
ton in n prayer meeting. 1t is all gon'
r You will never hear of it perhaps. 20
[ think. A few years after a maj CONF
G up to you and says, "Iou don't know MI
! do you?" You say, mo; | don't remen
y Der ever to have seen you why
{ saws, 81 was in the Sabbath school elias
| over which you were the teacher. Or
i sunday YOU invited me to Christ. ] q
I cepted tn. offer. You see that churC
With two towers yonderT YES yt
9, say. He says. THAT is where ! preach
|. or: do you see that governors hous'
Il That is where | live"
The Circle of Good Deeds.
One day a man comes to you and say
: Good morning" You look ut hin NJ
- . ..NN-l- ,D,, 1n,, tho al ., q ~ : a 20
o me. | cannot place You" He shy
: Don't you remember thirty years al
4, giving n letter of introduction to n your
VI mana letter of Introduction to Villa
e T.. Dodgo?' Yes, yes; | do" lie say
: 81 ain the man. That was my first ST
$ toward Il fortune, but | have retired fro
: business now and am giving my time
80 philanthropies and public interests. Coz
u up TO my house and see me-
~ Or Il man comes to you and says:
III want to introduce myself to you. | we
~ into a prayer meeting some years ago.
10 sat back by the door. You arose to ma
50 an exhortat.on. That talk changed t
course of my life, and if ! ever get
Ill heaven under God | will owe my sal'
r. ton to you" In only ten, twenty or tn
u, ty years the circle swept out and sw'
~ back again to your own grateful heart.
NC But sometimes it is a wider circle a
~ does not return for a great while. ! s.
III q bill of expenses for burning Latin
ne and Ridley. The bill of expenses |
" these items among others:
AZ Shilling. PEI
One load OF fire 3
we Carriage for four loads OF wood.......... 2
in Item, a l
of Item, two chains. d
of Item, two
-. Item, four !ahoreIs :
nd making in all 25s. Sd. That was che
rid fire, considering all the circumStan,
Is but it kindlcd a light which shone
around the world and aroused the n
20 tyr spirit, and out from that burning
asst Latimer and Ridley rolled the Gil
he wider and wider, starting other circ
thn couYoluting, ovCrrunuing, circuplscrib
on overarching, all heaven, a circle.
But what is true of the good is just
iol true of the bad. You utter a Sian
rn- against your neighbor. 1t has gone fc
is from your teeth. 1t will never come b;
m YOU think. You have done the man
eel the mischief you can. You rejoice TO
is him vince. You say, Didn't | give i
! il him." That word has gone out
il slanderous word-on its poisonous
we blasted way. You think it will never
led YOU any harm. But | am watching
VIC word, and ! see it beginning to Gu
tar and it curves around, and it is aiminl
mr.. your heart. You had better dodge it,
nc. cannot dodge it. 1t rolls into your hos
and after it rolls in n word of an