Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-07-24

same kInd or rest which Christ gave
to his disciples when he led them Off
into a desert place.
Go into the Desert.
beg Of you, Woodworking Christian
men and women, to rest awhile be-
cause a, summer vacation ought not to
cost you financially very much. Christ
did'not tell his disciples to spend weeks
and months in order to get up an ex-
pensive wardrobe so they could 60 to a
fashionable hotel. He did not want
them to 60 to great watering place
where they could drink and carouse
nj turn night into day and day into
night He did not desire that they
should go to place where they would
have to be dressed up all the time.
To some people the idea Of taking a
summer vacation is not to find rest, but
dissipation. From the time they arrive
at the fashionable summer resort they
defy every physical law Of health.
And II after few weeks OF carousal
they return to the city with the fatal
germs Of disease or invalidism planted
in their vitals they have no one to
blame but themselves. They will be
just rs much to blame for their on
coming sicknesses as my dsspated
classmate was blamed blythe profess
or. He asked for sick leave. The
professor looked at him moment and
said: mo, sir, will not excuse you.
You are young and strong. You have
been dis6beying the laws Of nature,
and you must suffer the consequences
You have no business to be sick" So
these summer dissipators will hnd
much to their sorrow, that no man or
woman ever found physical rest In n
fashionable hotel by dancing until
or 2 in the morning. No man ever
found health at the summer gaming
table or In the hotel barrooms.
The Fashionable watering places are
very expensive places in which to live.
But when Jesus babe his disciples to
go into desert place and rest awhile
he commanded them to go into the
quietude Of the country. One can live
very cheaply in the rural districts. 1t
does not cost very much to go into the
suburbs Of the city and live for little
while next to natures heart, to dwell
in some quiet farmhouse far away
from the great, busy world. It does
not cost very much to associate for a
little while with the cows and the
sheep, to carry the lambs and feed the
chickens, to toss the hay and to hunt
the eggs. 1t does not cost very much
to study Gods thoughts in the leaves,
to study Gods thoughts in the flowers,
to hear Gods voice in the music of the
winds. No somnambulance can so rest
the tired brain as the Quietude of the
woods. That Is where God wants us
to rest. In the desert place means
near to the great tbrobbing heart of
Mother Nature.
To prove that It will not cost very
much to go out for few days into the
Quietude Of the country and rest
awhile would like to ask you a per
tinent question. You have not had q
vacation-that Is, the kind Of vacation
Christ wants you to take--for q long
while. How much did you spend ir
Doctors bills last year? WELL" you
answer, last winter was a hard win
ter for me. I seemed to be taking cold
all the time. n; throat was very
weak. and each draft would affect It
One week was in bed threatened
with pneumonia; another time I had
bronchitis. vas away from the store
about ten days. My Doctors bills
were very high. I have not paid them
all up yet" would like to ask yor
another pertinent question. What die
your druggist bills amount to last win
ter? "Oh." you answer, II was buying
medicines all the time-medicines fol-
my digestion, medicines for my cough
medicines for headaches, tablets fol-
this and that and the other thing"
The Economy of a Vacation.
Now, my friends, you are ready,
think, to listen to rational advice Yoy
know that one Of the great medica
tenets states that it Is far better t
prevent disease rather than cure tn,
disease after 1t has come. Old DR.
Samuel D. Gross, the greatest surgica
authority Of his day, used to say t
his students. Gentlemen, any stupit
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leg, but it often takes very great sur
geon to save one" Any man can take
medicine after he Is sick, but 1t takes {
wise man to look far enough ahead t
keep his body In such physical trim
that he will not get sick. And, my
friends. would It not be far better fol
you as Christian workers to look ahead
and spend the money which you nigh
give to the doctors and the druggist:
In taking a summer vacation? Would
1t not be far more economical for yot
to spend some money in tonng up your
physical system by taking rest2 Their
you can resist the ordinary diseases
then you will not have to be placed
upon an invalid's bed until God say:
that your work is done; then you vii
save money by resting as well as th'
precious time which you can i'll AFFORD
to lose from your next winters work.
But the greatest of all advantages II
going off into a desert place to rest
awhile Is that we can there come
nearer to Christ than We have ever
been before In this age of work bu
few men have time to stop and think
Daily tasks become so absorbing tha'
the second duty crowds itself upon yor
as soon as the first duty Is done. The
rushing electric cars whirl the hus
bands and fathers and brothers to the
store. From morning until night the
cuStOr,orc have tp he seen Then come