Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-02-25

Tic wolves call hin llVO tllp uHrknCSS
of the northern forests. and "thc call of
the wild" Is answered by "the response
of the wild"
obey the Divine Command.
Is not sOciety'a call too often "thc
call of the wild?" In the social world
when you give banquet do you not
for the most purt ask only those in
your own social set? DO you obey the
divine command. when thou make.,t
dinner or Il supper call not thy
friends nor thy brethren. neither thy
kinsmen nor thy rich ncghbors, lest
they also bid thee again and n recon-
pcnsc be made thee l;ut when thou
mnkcst Il feast call the poor. the
inaimed. the lame, the blind. and thou
shalt be blessed, for thcy cannot rec
oinpcuSc thee. but thou shalt be rccom
pcnsed ut the resurrection Of the just"
IL not society'S cail often the call or
The wild" because il is n call to selfish
ness, th" call of only doug good to
them who DO good 20 You? Is it not
often the call merely of wealth TO nsso.
ciatc with wealth and social caste with
social caste? Oh. We wOrsnipcrs AT the
social shrines. better heed today the
Lcntcn call. Better snuff out the many
lights OF the bathrooms and the ban
utet halls Know We not that during
In" spring fast" the lowly Nazarene Is
knocking at the door OF your hearts
trying TO get in?
Ills true W. cannot reach Christs for
ticth day
Yet to 20 part of that religious way
Is better than no decd
Neither ought other mems abuse Of Lent
Spoil no good use. les, by that argument
We forfeit all our creed
The Lcptcp Cnii.
The ;pscopaian Lent in the next
place IS Il protes, against business ab-
sorpiion. 1t says 20 tho merchant the
manufacturer and the professional
man: You have IA right to " ,rk. IN
deed You must work and work hard if
YOU are to support your family and
meet the financial necessities which
are yours. But . man. you have no
right to make the acquisition OF money
I The chief object of your life any moro
/ than YOU have Il right to live To eat.
1 by the sweat of thy face shalt thou
cat bread But that sweat should not
make thee Indifferent to God or to the
! higher purposes of life for which thou
vert created
But the great danger OF money max
ing is that the acquisition of wealth
may become Il passion The calls of
the money market become ST. great and
urgent that an average business man
does not feel that he has time to stop
and think about his relations 10 God
! Amid the whrl of business activities he
feels great deal as did Oliver Wen
dell Holmes during his "trip through
England. lie said he went so fast h'
had time ito talk with lots Of people
but he had time TO have Il true CONVEX
SatiOn with none" by that the poet
Holmes meant that he had time to DROP
here Il word and there n word. but h
Went through Europe SO quickly h,
had no time to exchange heart 10 heart
thoughts with great thinkers. as lie did
with Max Muller When lr lay in his
hou>c sick FOR nearly a week But
though the business world would de-
Lcntcn season comes into busy Iner
chants life and says. go man, YOU
should never hc too busy to take time
to think of your responsibilities IL
Gol. 50 the Episcopalian Lent send
its best men straight into the very
heart Of Wall street. In old Trinity
church. in the busiest part Of til" da!
Il, -, 7
Christian proacher'S voice ailing. ~ d'
the Mohammodan priests from tn
miuaretS of the eastern mosques. -
business men. come 10 prayers. Conn
10 prayers, q We business men. CONF
10 prayers. come To- prayers, come It
AYERS
Plea For Higher Life.
The Lenten season pleads with bust
ness men for the higher life. as | once
heard Robert Speer plead with n ErcN
audience of men for the higher life
"Mcn." said he, II have always beer
ambitious. by that | mean have al
ways wanted to make the most ont o
my life II had thought ! coul'
have made more out of my life by on
teriny the United States army | Ger
tainly would have done SO. Had
thought ! would have made more on
OF my life by entering business
should have consccrated my cncrgic
to money making. But | dill think
could make most out of my life by be
Ing an evangelist If God. Therefore
men, beg and plead with YOU no ma,
ter who You are. to live for the h.Yhe
life. If Won are a me-, liant. he
, Christian merchant: il lawyer. be
christian lawyer. IL u manufacturer
he = christian manufacturer" Thu
hiaher life Make Your counter