Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-09-21

some sinful and some lost soul TO whom
otherwise il may never be sent AT all.
For the Weak and Helpless.
We have orIan read how heroic deeds
In martial life have saved an army for
an earthly king. Can we not realize
how our deeds as the representatives
of Christ can draw men to or drive
them away from the cross? Many
years ago a French army was battling
under the hot and blasting Algerian
sun. The forced marches and the coun.
ter marches which that army was com
PEELED to take were enough TO kill ar
African negro. let alone a European
Then in order to increase the horror
fatal cholera broke out in one regi
ment Man after man died. The army
became panic stricken. and all seemed
to be lost. But one night Colonel Gar.
darens wanted TO prove that this
dreaded disease was contagious ''whol
~ through food and drink and in no
other way" So he himself lifted one of
the cholera corpses out of its bed.
Then he turned to his men and said:
"Now l will show you that cholera is
not infectious. | will pass the night il
this mans bed" He raised the bed.
clothes and lay down and slept. In
| the morning he awoke. arose and de-
| parted to his own quarters a well man.
| That power of a personal example in.
! spired his men. They took heart. The
French army was saved. My friends,
| tot Of In
| sus Christ must exert the same kind of
| good or bad influence that Colonel
| Gardarens had over his men. AS Cos
| pei students we must duplicate Christ's
| life or we must misrepresent him. We
shall lead sinful men and women to his
altar or drive them farther away. 1--WE
are the light of the world" 1--WE are
the salt of the EARTH I'VE are the cit.
les set upon hill which cannot be
hid" AS gospel students we are
Christ's representatives. Christ's wit.
nesses. and we cannot help it.
But where as Christian disciples
shall we build Christ's future class
rooms? Everywhere. In them must
be gathered the old and the young. the
rich and the poor. the white and the
black. the Jew, the gentle. For them
the applications for membership do not
need the Endorsement of a wealthy
mans check. They are not restricted
to social caste. as is the famous pri.
vate school near st. Petersburg. which
was established only for the sons and
daughters of the men who are the ia
vOrites of the Russian car Did l say
the future gospel classrooms must be
built for all people alike? l misQuoted
myself. They must be especially bull
for the poor and the helpless and the
weak and the lame and the blind and
the outcasts. social and spiritual. The
command is given unto us in emphatic
terms, go We out into the highway:
and the hedges and compel them tt
come in" These are the words Chris
uses, Compel, compel, compel them tt
come in
A Message to the World.
What a MESA &c it is that the stu
dents in Christ's school are commits
stoned to deliver to the world! 1t trans
forms the whole aspect of life. Thi
world. in the light of our Lords teach
ing, is no longer the scene of meaning
less suffering. of useless struggle ant
inevitable disappointment 1t is
scene of preparation. of discipline. O
, education. in the highest sense of TIN
word. for q larger. fuller life AS TIL
! children who are now assembling il
our school-houSes are being prepare,
for manhood and womanhocd of use
] fri fhn ,
} Christ's school have reached a highe
grade. They. too. are being educate'
and trained for a grander career. Th
lessons are hard to learn. the disciplin
. is often painful. But we go to GU
I tasks with brave heart when we dis
e cover that there is a purpose in it al
l. We can bear hardship and persecutio
i and affection when we know that the
G are developing in us qualities which W
s shall need in better world than thi:
s Thus trials come to US with new face:
8 We can understand now our Divin
y Teachers inaugural message: "Blesse
g are they that MOURN Blessed al
: they who hunger and thirst" for III
e der his blessed teaching we have learl
b ed that ''all things work together fe
b good to them that love God
Thus. my Christian friends. by th
e words of my text. open to you lif
IS of endless gospel activity. First. as
e student. you are to come into touc
81 with Jesus. You are to be like you
D great Divine Master. This will not b
d very difficult if you will only com
s. near enough to Christ, if you will onl
n live in his presence day by day.
Is has often been said among the aluml
10 of Williams college that each studeI
te who ever lived under the influence
s Mark Hopkins had a distinctive STAN
n placed upon him which marked biz
De as "Hopkinsite." So if you live nes
in to Jesus you will have his stamp upo
s. you. You viii! become Christlike: yo
k will become good" or like God. Yo
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