Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-20

changed into fifteen bars and fifteen
stars, but now, by law, there are still
the original thirteen bars, but every
state has n star. Thus today the Amer.
lean flag has forty-hve different states
In one government-one great govern
ment with forty-fve different, distinct
states Beautiful is the symbolism,
But is not the gospel banner Just as
beautiful in symbol? Does II not make
us one with God? Like n chameleon
It continually changes It's colors. One
day It is all red, reminding us that we
are one with God. through the blood of
the cross. Another day it Is all white,
suggesting purity. as Christ Is pure
Another day II Is all blue. That sig.
nifies our inflnity Of divine resources,
as space itself Is filed with blue. Oh,
the glorious, the transcending, the in
spring thought that we are fighting
under Gods banner!
The Gospel Work Never Dies.
God is with living Christian workers
In the continuity Of service. He will
never allow the gospel work Of past
generations to die. Christian work has
Immortality. Like the government OF
England 1t goes on uninterruptedly
from generation to generation. When
King William ". breathed his last the
archbishop Of Canterbury Immediately
hurried to the home of n young girl.
He knocked at the door Of her palace
until 1t was opened Then he sum-
moned this young girl to arise and
come down and meet him. When she
entered the parlor he bowed to her,
saying: 1.-The king is dead! Long live
the queen. When that young girl,
after she Ind grown to be an old wom-
an Of eighty-six, lay dying the watch
ers stood anxiously about her bed. AS
soon as she had breathed her last. and
the attending physician pronounced her
dead, her eldest son. Edward, was
greeted with the acclamation, Long
live the king Rulers may come and
rulers may go. but the government goes
on, no matter what human hand may
grasp the sceptcr When our first mar
tyrcd president fell in Ford's theater.
James A. Ga field, who twenty years
later dropped under an assassins blh-
let, powerfully said. abraham Lincoln
may be shot, but the government at
Washington still lives" Like a true
government, the gospel work of the
past generations shall never die It
must live on in the world. 1t is for us
to continue it in our gospel faith and
In our Christian lives.
In the fourth chapter Of Mark. Christ
compares Christian work to sowcr
going forth to SOW. Some of that seed
Will surely fall upon good ground,
which will yield some thirty. some
sixty, some hundred fold. 1t must
reproduce itself multipotcntly in the
human lives Of the succeeding genera
tons. When Dwight L. Moody died
did his work die? without doubt Mr..
Moody was the greatest evangelist Of
the past century. His personality not
only appealed to sinners. but also to
the greatest Christian workers of his
day. His voice and pen raised vast
sums Of money for Christian work.
lie was gospel messenger who
stirred England and America on his
evangelistic tours. He built the famous
Moody institute at Chicago. He built
the famous Institutes at Mortified. He
gathered among the Massachusetts
hills college men as well as ministers
in annual conference for prayer and
communion with God and for the study
of the Bible. Suddenly, aye, as flash,
Mr.. Moody was struck down by the
death angel. one day on his way 10
Void great evangelistic services in Kan
sas City, the next day upon his death
bed What was the result Of Mr.
Moodys death? Has any great evan
gelst been found to take his place =?
"Ah, no." you answer; mot one, not
one!' Well, my friend. if no one has
been able to take Mr., Moody's place
can tell you this one truth Mr.. Moody
when living was never as powerful as
Mr.. Moody when dead. The Chicago
institute and Moody church have never
been 50 great as they are today. The
institutions at Mortified We're never
doing better work than at the present
time. And. what is more. the very sum-
mer after Mr.. Moody died the mightiest
Mortified conference ever known up
to that time was held, in spite of the
fact that the most eloquent tongue
and the best poised brain and the big
gest heart Mortified ever produced
were lying silent in the grave. MI
Moodys gospel seed planting yielded
f,wth some thirty, some sixty and
some hundred fold. 1t was Gods
| work. and Gods work alone.
God VIII Biess Our Work.
When Charles II. Sturgeon died did
his work die? Oh, no. God IS still
blessing the mission of the Metropol-
ltan tabernacle and of the London
Pastors college. He is still blessing
the work Of Charles II. Sturgeon be-
cause 1t was intrinsically inspired by
the Holy Spirit lie is blessing II
through Surgeons successors. God
will raise us up as modern Joshuas If
we only live for him. He will bless in
our lives the work of the Christian
men and women with whom we have
come into contact in the past. He will
make us an essential link In Il great
chain Of Christian influences which
shall reach through all eternity.
God will bless the lives Of modern
Christian workers even through the
death of his servants. Death is often
Il spiritual pruning hook. 1t lops Off
certain branches Of the great tree Of
the human race in order that other
branches may better develop and grtw
IVc are all ready to recognize the use
Pal, tv~s, A. in,