Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-11-09

mound upon the track OF mare, new
or lose their scent. They track the sim
ner from town TO town; they track him
into the Partisan capital: they track
him until at last Villefort's reason be-
comes deranged. and as a mailman he
passes the rest Of his life behind iron
bars.
read only a short time ago Of an
old man who was at last brought to
justice on account Of a sin Of his
youth. In a northern state over a
quarter of a century ago he commit
ted a murder and fed. He went to
live in the mountainous regions Of
Kentucky. He married there and
reared large family of children. Aft
er his hair was white and back bent
the sleuthhounds of the law found him.
He was arrested and handcuffed. He
was brought back to his childhood
home. In his old age he had to an
swer for the crime of his youth. An
unforgiven man can never get any
rest from the heavy, remorseful bur
den of sins, no matter when they were
committed. These unpardOned sins
will curse his life as they despatched
the beautiful hands of Lady Macbeth
with the blood of the murdered Dun
can. They will hiss at him as the
haunting specters terrified the sleep
ing King Richard after the murder Of
his two nephews or as the cries of the
dying during the ST. Bartholomew
massacre never ceased to echo in King
Charles ears.
You tell me that a sin committed can
never be undone. You say that the
guilty can never become innocent; that
the soul stained and polluted with
| transgression can never be made clean.
| From a human standpoint that is true,
| but there is a divine remedy that eff
| fects even that miracle. Christ has
| borne the penalty for the sins of the
world, and through his blood shed for
| you your soul may be cleansed. He
was wounded for our transgressions;
he was bruised for our iniquities; the
chastisement of our peace was upon
| him, and by his stripes we are healed"
Many years ago young Russian Of
ficer became hopelessly in debt. By
the law of that time he would have
been expelled from the army on &C
count of these debts. One night he sat
up in his tent making an account Of
these debts and wrote under them these
words: "Who will pay my debts?"
Then in utter encouragement the young
man fell sound asleep. with his head
on the table. That night the emperor
was making his rounds of the camp.
He saw the candle burning in the
young mans tent and stepped in.
There he saw the paper and the trou-
bled look upon the young officers face.
He read the memorandum, and then he
picked up the pen and wrote under the
question, 81, Nicholas, the emperor OF
all the Russias, will" Today, like the
Russian emperor, Christ, the divine
sufferer, will pay the price of your sins
Christ the King will lift the heavy
burden of our evil past; Christs death
shall cancel our well deserved sentence
of capital punishment oh. the joy
the peace, the rapture, the glorious tri
umph of feeling, that Jesus can lift the
heavy load of sin off from every crush
ed heartl Brother, sister-man. WON
an and child-if you have not yet re
ceived this glorious rest which comes
from the forgiveness of sins will yor
not at the foot Of the cross kneel an(
take it now?
A Heavy Burden.
The Heavenly Father offers rest from
: financial distress. The older l grow
the more l realize that the creates
struggle on earth is after daily bread
Most people are not fighting for tn
luXurieS, but for the bare neceSsaries
If man gets $50 or 500 ahead in tn
bank then comes some dangerous sicl
ness in the family. His daughter
: threatened with blindness, and she ha
L to go to the best oculist and have til
most expensive glasses, or his viii
!. breaks down, and she must go off fc
rest and extra servants are hired, an
l the whole sum of money is soon sweI
away.
Said a young man of about thirt.
FIVE years of age to me a short tin
ago: Il have no sympathy for peop
who financially do not get ahead.
they would systematic their bushes
.. and work regularly they would hay
= plenty of money" YES" l soliloqui
ed as l looked at him, that is all we
enough for you to say. You have
= mother who has supported you all yo'
life. You have never known what
= is to pay a dollar for rent. Only fe
/! clothes have ever come out of 70,
y. salary. What would you have dol
: If you had four or five children and hi
to live upon your salary and perha
e y support q widowed mother or an c
: phan sister, as many, aye, most me
~ have to do?" Life for the most of
~ is a ceaseless struggle for a bare ply
ical existence.
81 The financial burden is the heavy o
to bear. Most of us are ready to gra
that. That burden, too. Christ W
&c bear If you commit it to his hanC
ne Your anxiety, your distress. your fo