Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-05-29

who NURSES 1.-THE graduate from til
school for, trained nursesF Oh, no. I'll
trained nurse. may come in and help
The person who for, weeks never takes
of her clothes, the person lwho Is al
ways by the SIDE Of the crib and sees
that the medleines are given. regularly,
the person who is ,anxiously touching
the fevered cheek, is the mother, the
sacrifclng mothers
Why is love generally purer and
deeper and. wider in the poor mans
home than in the rich mans palace?
Some people may declare that this
statement is untrue, but IL you have
been around as pastor as much as
some ministers you will find that such
statement is true. The reason that
love is generally sweeter and purer in
the poor mans home ia not because the
poor man naturally has q bigger heart
than the rich man, but the poor man
has to daily sacrifice for his wife and
children. When Christmas comes
around, in order to have Christmas
tree, perhaps the father himself has
to 60 without an overcoat. When his
sons are to be sent to college, in all
probability the poor man will have to
run into debt. He has to work over
time. He has to live in a small house
upon side street. His love feeds up
on his sacrifices. So, my brother, If
you and l want to love and truly love
Christ, we must be willing to do some
thing for Christ. We must give our
selves body, mind and soul to his serv-
ice. We must be ready to travel for
him the twain mile. 1t is because some
Of us are not ready to travel this twain
mile that Christ's teachings seem harsh
and narrow and perhaps unsympa-
thetic.
Companion of the Twain Mile.
Some years ago, in the mountains of
North Carolina, rich lady was riding
along in her carriage. Being overtaken
by thunderstorm, she found shelter
In a farmers home. The place was
very humble. AS in many poor homes,
there seemed to be healthy children
everywhere, but there was also one
crippled child. The rich lady said to
the mother, Can nothing be done for
that child?" mo" answered the moth
err, nothing can be done. The village
doctor said the great surgeons in New
York might help him. OF course we
have no money to send him there"
The rich lady pitied the child. She
took him to New York. While there
the surgeons Strengthened out the Grip.
pied limbs. But though the little child
was at that time cripple, yet on ac
count OF what the rich lady was doing
crawl into the rich lady's heart. Then
the rich lady went back and said to the
mother "Since I have been caring for
your boy I have learned to love him
Will you let me adopt him? I want -
bring him up as my own child and
make him my heir" In after years
the boy used to crawl into the rich
lady's lap and say: Mamma am GLAD
| was once II poor little cripple. If |
had not been poor little cripple, you
would not have pitied and worked for
me and learned to love me when you
were saving my life" So when we
work for Christ, when we travel fer
him the twain mile. the Saviour creeps
into our hearts as we'll as we creep il
to his.
And. my friend. l want you to fur,
ther remember that as you travel along
the twain mile for Christ he is also
travelling along the twain mile with
you. Upon the one side Of you will go,
as said before. the sweet faced angel
of inspiring hope, but upon the other
side, the left side. the side nearest to
the heart. you will have for compan
| iOnship the One who sticketh closer
than a brother, the One who will be
| by your side, even If your father and
| your mother should fOrsake you. If
| you will only trust him, he will not let
you carry burden greater than you
can bear. He will not let you have a
sorrow which he cannot and will not
cure. He will not let you shed tear
unless he is ready to wipe it away. He
Is used to travelling the twain mile. He
once Travelled that twain mile of his
own accord. He left heaven and trav.
cled it to the foot of the cross to carry
our sins and to die fog us. Christ glad.
| ~ did all this for you. Are you ready
10 travel the twain mile for Christ?
| Copyright. 1902. by Louis Klopsch.l