Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-08-25

hymn that breatheS in it a SWeeter
gospel, no hymn which helps more to
make truer, happier, purer and holier
Christian life than that hymn with the
chorus:
Count your blessings; name them one by
Count your blessings; see what God has
done.
This is hymn that ought to be sung
every day from the heart. 1t is a
| hymn which should aid in transform
ing life of sinful worrying into one
of trust and gratitude and holy joy.
Troubles cannot be rightly antici-
pated because we cannot rightly antic-
ipate the grace God will give to his
| believing children, by means of which
we shall be able to overcome our trou-
bles when they arrive. For proof of
/ the abundant grace and strength that
are given when most needed let me
| point you to the many wonderful, glo-
rious and triumphant Christian death
bed scenes that have been recorded.
When DR.. Dome was dying, he said,
| in answer to a question: II am as hap
| py on earth as / can be and as sure of
glory as if l were in it. l have moth
ing to do but step out of this bed into
heaven" When Senator Foote of Yer
mont was dying, he looked, at the last,
and cried: 81 see it! | see it! The
gates are wide open! Beautiful! Beau
! tifulv' AS DR.. Sewall of Washington
city lay dying he cried out: ooh, if |
had voice that would reach from
pole to pole, | would proclaim it to all
the world! Victory! Victory, through
the blood Of the Lamb" But when we
hear of such wonderful deathbed
scenes we are apt tG say to ourselves:
81 do not see how any Christian could
be happy when he is leaving behind
wife, children, work and loved ones.
do not see how anybody could be hap
by because he is going away, while
those who are near and dear to him
are clinging to his side"
But, friend, the reason you cannot
understand the glorious triumph of the
dying Christian is because you cannot
understand the infinite amount of di-
vine reinforcement which is given to
Gods children at the time the death
how that divine reinforcement is able
to let them look straight through the
dark clouds of mystery into the face
of Jesus, whose parting lips tell them
that all is well. When your future
troubles come, and they must come
Gods grace, if you are. believing
child, will be sufficient for you. Gods
grace, the infinite amount of which
you cannot now estimate, will go with
you down into the depths of sorrow
though the waters thereof roar and
be troubled. though the mountains
shake with the swelling thereof
Influences of Christian Faith.
Anticipating trouble is SIM because
it exhibits lack of gospel faith to thu
unbelievers around you, who might
otherwise be willing to believe in the
atoning, saving, inspiring and recreat
ing power of the blood of the Lamb
Talk as we may, we cannot get away
, from the overwhelming fact that ever.
| processing Christian is as a city set up
on a hill for all unbelievers to look a
| and to be guided by. 1t has been sai(
that no cook or chambermaid or butler
or other employee ever entered thu
house of Phillips Brooks but he or sh'
became Christian, if not already one
through the Influence of that great ant
good gospel minister of Boston. s.
our Christian lights cannot be bidder
under bushel If they are false lights
, the world will see that they are falls
, and will despise them if they are tru
lights, the world will follow thos
lights. What we say and do will in
fiuence others in reference to wha
! they say and do for or against Christ
But no man can safely let the futur
! take care of itself unless he deals
!. rightly with the present, and no maj
can deal rightly with the present I'm
less he deals rightly with God, or, rath
! err, lets God deal rightly with him
Are you and 1 in touch with Jesu
Christ so that Christ can and will tax
charge of our future for us? If w
are, we are eternally all right. If w
are not in touch with Christ, we ar,
eternally all wrong. If you are il
!. touch with the Lord Jesus and you
;, present relationship with the Saviou
: is that of a true follower and disciple
;. then l would like to give to you tn
message which Abraham Lincoln sen
:, to Richard Oglesby in the darkest day
:. of the civil war. Richard Oglesby
:, who was thrice elected governor of L
: linois, was at one time very much dis
couraged. When the Union armie
were being steadily driven back, b
: sent melancholy letter to the Whit
: House, i'll which he told the presiden
= that he thought all was lost. Whe
the letter came, Abraham Lincoln sen
. this startling telegram to the state car
> itol at Springfield:
= Dear Dick-Read Exodus xiv 10: "Fea
= We not; stand still and see the salvatio
Il of the Lord ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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