Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-08

uTOp tDat tear upon that young man
head and anont him with the Spirits
power" Last night God sent another
white winged messenger with another
tear out of his bottle. shed by your IA
ther OIL the day you joined the church.
One white winged angel after another
did as they were told. They all dropped
those parental tears upon your head
and heart. Discouraged man, today
wcarcd of the sinful world, as you sit
there with the tears running down
your checks. you think they are your
tears They arc not. They are the
tears of your dead and redeemed ia
Their and mother, which God has long
been preserving in his sacred bottle.
They arc the tears OF JOY which your
father and mother are now shedding
in heaven. because the white winged
angels have already flown to the Celcs.
tial City to announce to them that their
boy is awcaried OF sin; that their boy
Is now ready to cast himself upon the
love Of Jesus and be saved. Oh, today
the sacred band of Christian worship
ers about me can hardly keep from
clapping their hands in JOY. Truly
this Is not only for US. but also for
your repenting soul, a happy happy
new year day.
Your Mothers Memory.
This ought TO be especially n happy
now year for you, reporting, sinful
man, because now the good works Of
your dead father and mother are about
10 be perpetuated through the coming
centuries. When your mother died
you said; II do not want for her any
expensive funeral or useless show.
| do not want any trained choir to sing
any classical music by her casl;ct. do
not want for her a public funeral
do not even want her body to be taken
TO the church. Let her sleep rs long as
possible in the bed where she died.
Let her funeral be by her own lireSidc.
Let few friends gather here who
loved her. Let some young girl who is
Il friend Of my sister sing a simple
song like
safe In the arms Of Jesus,
Safe on his gentle breast.
Mother was not fond of society. She
was home body. She lived mostly for
father and us children" Well my
brother, if your mother was q home
body and lived mostly for her children,
do you not see that if you refused to
repent, refused TO consecrate your life
to the cross, refused to he good
man and live n pure life, your sinful
acts would be damming back great
part Of her prayers and the good results
of her life? When your mother died
you gathered up all the kind, sympa-
thetic letters which Were written to you
about her past kindnesses. You also
had the officiating minister write down
his funeral address. Then you had those
letters and that address all printed and
bound together into Il booklet, which
you called My Mothers Memorial
But, man, the mightiest and most tri
umphant memorial you could ever
make of your mothers life is Your OWL
life consccrated To the service of Jesus
She put her blood and her life into
your life. SO. man. this ought to be 8
happy year for you. IL ought to be
, happy because by your own cOnsecra
ton tn the service of the Lord Jesus
you are here and now ready 10 let youl
mothers prayers echo and re-ccho ant
resnund in your prayers. Her good
deeds will find true continuance il
your good deeds Her Christ shall here
after be worshiped with a Swoeter lool
because he is also now her boys Christ
The holy endeavor to fulfill the pas
. pledges which you have made to Coo
, shall be another desire inspiring yol
during this ensuing happy new year
All your past days have not beer
bright and happy days. The meadow
larks do not sing when they hear thu
, mcrciless growl of the destroying cy
clone. The red roses of June do no
like to rest their hlushing check
, against January snowhunk. Nol
may have welcomed The many conGrat
Ilations which your friends showero,
I upon you in your younger days of Fri
, umphs. But you have also had you
, defeats and heartaches and disappoint
mcnts. You have also had your day
when you lay upon Il bed of sick
ness You have had days when YOU
life was hanging by slender thread
ready to he snapped by death at m.
moment. Your wife and mother nurs
: Ing you at the time did not think tina
-, you fully realized how sick you were
, You did You knew it by the anXiou
way the doctor watched. You knew
;, by the care the nurses took in givini
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