Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-10-28

Of that golden thousand years Of peace
ans holiness which have been predict
ed and for which the world Las so long
waited. AS the snoWdrops belong to
January, and the violet to March, and
the honeysuckle to June, and the chrys-
anthemum to November, so this bloom
and fragrance of generosity on the part
of the worlds wealth mean the adj
vancing summer Of the worlds release,
of Eden restored, Of paradise regained.
You say there are things to discoura ge.
l know it. But l am not now exploring
sepulchers full of dead mems bones
and all uncleanness. I am watching
the daybreak. [ am studying the light
that streams into the darkness. l am
considering the sweet influences of the
Pleiades
Notice also in my text the influence
of other worlds upon this world. We
all regard the effect which our CONT
nent has upon other continents or one
hemisphere upon the other hemisphere.
Great harvest or drought on one side
of our world affects the other side Of
our world. \ panic in Wall street, New
York, has it's echo in Lombard street
and the bourse. The nations of the earth
cablegra ahmed together all feel the
same thrill Of delight or shock Of woe.
But we do not appreciate the influence
Of other worlds upon our world. The
author Of my text rOuSeS us to the con-
sideratiOn. 1t takes all the worlds of
known and unknown astronomy to
keep our world in its orbit. Every
world dependent on other worlds. The
stellar existence is felt all through the
heavens. Every constellation is a sis
terhood. Our planet feels the benedic-
ton Of Alcyone and all the other stars
of the Pleiades. Yea, there are two
other worlds that decide the fate of our
World-its redemption or it's demOli-
ton. Those two worlds are the head
quarters of angelology and demonolo-
gy. From the one world came Christ
come ministering spirits, come all gra-
ciOus influences. From the other world
rise all satanic and diabolic influences.
From that world Of moral night rose
the power that wrecked our poor world
six thousand years ago, and all the
good work done since then has not been
able to get our world out of the break
ers. But the signals of distress have
been hoisted and the life lines are out,
and our worlds release is certain The
good influences of the cOnSecrated peO-
pie in our world will be centupIed by
the. help from the heavenly world, and
the divine power will overcome the de-
0 man, 0 woman, expand
your idea and know the magnitude
Of a contest in which three worlds
are specially interested! From all the
seven worlds which my text calls the
Pleiades there come no such powerful
influences as from the two worlds that
I am now mentioning. My only hope
for this world is in the reinforcement
that is to come from another world.
But that is promised, and so l feel as
sure of the rectification of all evil as
though looking out of my window to-
day [ saw the parks and the gardens
towering into another paradise and
the apocalyptic angel flying through
the midst of heaven with the news
that the kingdoms of this world have
become the kingdoms of our Lord.
Homes Sweet Influences.
Ny text called Job and calls US to
put too much emphasis upon the acidi-
ties of life, upon the irritatiOns of life,
upon the disappOintments of life. Am
mianus Marcellinus said that Chaldea
was in Olden times Overrun with lions,
but many Of them lost their power be-
cause the great swamps produced many
gnatS that would get into the eyes OF
the lions, and the lions, to free them
selves of the gnats, would claw their |
OWN eyes out and then starve. And in
our time many q lion has been over |
come by a gnat. The little, singing
of life keep us from appre-
eating the sweet influences. And how |
many of these last there are! Sweet |
Influences of home, however plain it |
may be! That is the harbor into which |
we sail; that is the goal for which we |
run; that is the place where we rest; !
there abide all confidence and affec- |
lions; there we lay out our plans; there |
we extend our sympathieS; there we |
-allz over. our successes; there we I'M
Oad our griefS. Its four walls shut |
put a prying and inquisitive world. |
Thank God for the home in which we
W 0IG DOIu, Tie III WA1CA we lIoN
i've, the home in which we expect to
lie!
Not sufficiently do we recognize the
sweet influences Of the wife. We men
Ire of rougher mold, and our voice is
oud, and our manners need to be tam
ed, and gentleness is not as much of
as it ought to be, and
we often say things we ought to take
pack. It is to change this that the
good wife comes in The interests Of
he twain are identical. That which
from outsiders would be considered
criticism and to be resented becomes
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