Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-08-29

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stance depended what mighty results!
Practical inference: There are no in
sgnifcanccs in life The mnutcst thinl
is part OF n magnitude. InGnity is mad,
mp Of infinitcsimals great things an az
grcgation of small things. Bethlehem
mangcr pulling on star in the eastern
sky. One book in drcnchcd sailor,
mouth the evangclization of a multitude
One boat of papyrus on the Nile freight
ed with events for all ages. The fate OF
Chrstondom in a basket let down from
window on the wall, What you do, DC
well. If you make rope. make il
strong and true. for you know not how
much may depend on your workmanship
If you fashion n boat, let it be water.
proof. for you know not who may sail
in it. If you put Bible in the trunk Of
your boy as he goes from home, let it be
remembered in your prayers for it may
have n mission Ms farrraching aS the
book which the sailor carried in his teeth
to the Pitcairn beach. The plaincst mans
life is an island between two eternitie-
eternity past ripping against hi.
shoulders. eternity to come touching his
UlbNs Nv 'UNudl, lHf ut'lNPlIHl, IIUI
which merely happened so, are parts of
Il great plan, and the rope that lets the
fugitive apostle from the Damascus
wall is the cable that holds to its moor.
ing the ship Of the church in the storm OF
the centuries.
The Humble Spinners.
Again, notice unrccognized and unrc.
corded service. Who spun that rope
Who tied it to the basket? Who stcad-
led the illustrious preacher ms he stepped
into it? who relaxed not muscle of
the arm or dismissed IN anxious look
from his face until the basket touched
the ground and discharged its magnf-
cent cargo? Not one of their names has
come to us. But there was no work done
that day in Damascus or in all the earth
compared with the importance Of their
work. What il they had in their agitn-
ton tied knot that could slipI What if
the sound of the mob Mt the door had led
them to say. "pau must take care OF
himself, and we will take care of our
selves No. no, They held the rope,
and in doing SO did more for the Chris
tian church than any thousand of US will
ever accomplish. But God knows and
has made record of their undertaking.
And they know.
How eXultant they must have felt when
they read his letters to the Romans, to
the Corinthians, to the Galatians. to the
Ephesians, to the Philippians, to the Co
loSsians, to the TheSsalonians, and when
they heard how he walked out Of prison.
with the earthquake unlocking the door
for him, and took command Of the Alex
audrian COru ship when the sailors wprn
H'a'lS scnreu 10 ueath anu preached
sermon mat nearly shook fehx on ms
JuuE''eht seat' near the men ana
"o",'n N"o "elpeu nln' u0Wh through 'ue
"lhoo" ana over the wall taking IA prl-
WV over 'nP H'a''er ana saying: HOW
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