Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-04-06

slept. he thought an angel came and
stood by his bed and said, "Horatius.
what IS troubling thee?' "Oh." an
swered the minister, II do not seem to
derive any happiness from my Chris
tan belief. and l have practically no
snIrituaI resuItsr' THAT is easily &C
counted for" said the angel. Let US
analyze your ministerial ambition we
shall say the whole represents 100 per
cent. How large n percentage OF that
represents your selfish pride in preach
ing to a big audience7 Fifteen per
cent. How large a percentage repre-
sents the desire to live In fine houseE
Fifteen per cent How large per-
centage represents a desire TO bring In
a large addition TO your church, 30
that your brother ministers will speak
well OF you? Forty per cent. How
large a percentage represents the de-
sire to be intellectual and to have the
brainy men Of Edinburgh praise your
sermons? Ten per cent. How large
percentage represents your desire TO
have your children move In good 80
ciety? Fifteen per cent. What per-
centage of your ambition Is left to
serve. for Christ's sake, the poor and
the helpless? Only about per cent
of YOUR whole life" DR.. Bonar awoke
from the dream horror struck. In that
midnight hour he then and there prom
ised to give himself wholly up to the
higher motive of serving for Christs
sake alone. Like that Edinburgh min
lister. may we be willing to honor Jesus
not so much for what he may do for
us as for what we may do for him.
The FfclxIeness of Humanity.
Palm Sunday emphasizes the reckless
and unreasoning fickleness of the hui
man race. Christ, the popular favor
tie. being led to crucifxion within SIX
DAYS after his triumphal entry into Je-
rusalem. has his counterpart all over
the world Human likes and dislikes,
adulation and denunciation, approba-
ton and prejudice are very apt to tread
unon each others heels. The oscillat-
ing pendulum which swings one way
gathers Momentum to swing as far the
other way.
If we make an idol of common hu-
man clay. as the French did of General
Boulanger in 1889, then in very little
while we may become fconoclasts anC
smash our idol and also the shrine be
fore which we once worshiped. Presi
dent Carnot understood this ficklenes'
.. of the human race. When the Man OIL
Horseback" as Boulanger was called
threatened to ride down the Champs
Elvsees and overthrow the French re
public. some of the leading statesmen
> like ex-Premier Waldeck Rousseau
: wanted the president to quietly lea
Boulanger to the outskirts of the cit
> and have him shot for the good
q France. The president only smiled a
! his friends anxiety. He said to then
:. "Wait, wait just a few months. III
q rabble will turn. Then the most popl
!. lar man of France will be the most d.
! spised. Such popular alteration as tn
q is always short lived Carnot spok
q better than he knew. Not only did I'll
Il tidal wave of public alteration whlc
: threatened to lift the MAN on Hors
II back" into the Tuileries subside, b'
,r within few months General Boula
20 ger was friendless. In despair he COZ
h mitted suicide by the grave of his mi
- tress. Nine. Bonnemain, while an ext
"a in Brussels.
al The Duke of wellington well unde
ne stood the fickleness of popular
# plause. Long after the conQueror of
n poleon had regained his popularity al
of had become the most beloved suD1e
of of the Victorian empire he always Ike
en the fence around his city home brok
ed down as an object lesson to recall
1t- time when the London mob battered
ad down to show their disgust at one
se his official acts as prime mlnlst
William E. Gladstone was again
again execrated in the streets of
-, British capital. through which his dc
mo- body was afterward carried to sleep
,,r, last sleep among the honored dead
.h Westminster, the Prince of Wales,
,od king, being among the pallbeart
,or loan of Arc, who led the French
aln mics to victory, was deserted by
"a followers, who came to believe he
no witch and a devil. The same tom
,,r which once charmed the Roman ass
10 | pies WAS ullcINdIu Nul OuI AAOA1
no mouth of Cicero by the mobs and ma
md up in the Roman Forum, with the
taph, Thou fool, wag no more!
70 we do not have to stand among the
mo- ciferating multitudes of Palm Sun
no to hear and see the fickleness of
cry human race. We can see everyWl
res the human idols being shattered.
hon same voices that are ready to cry TO
call Put him upon a throne"' are the vo
nor which tomorrow will call, Lead
,ors away to execution
rec Is Popular Applause Worth Seekf
Their Now. my brother, as the adorato
lris- the human race is so short LIVED
OF does not pay to sacrifice everything
me popular applause. Cannot end viii
But we live with the nObler and higher