Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-12-08

around the crowd and then emptied
into the boys pocket the gold and the
silver he had collected, saying, "There,
my lad, take that home to your sick
mother and buy her the medicine she
needs" During the coming Christmas
holidays will our new song be n help
full one, in n temporal sense, rs Paga-
nlni's was blessing to the Vienna
street nrabi When you buy presents
for your father and0 mother. wife or
husband and child, brother and sister
and friend, will your new song inspire
you also to buy bread for the hungry
and clothing for the naked md medi
cine for the sick?
When we sing our new song shall we
bring spiritual blessings to others also?
The great hosts which shall enter
heaven may be augmented If we sing
our new song MS we ought TO sing it.
Charles RI. Sturgeon, the famous Lon
don preacher. once had wonderful
dream. He saw n great throng pass
ing through the gates Of the new Jeru-
salem. who are these, and whence
came they?" he asked. These" said
bis guide are the apostles and mar
tyrs. These are they who have laid
down their livcs for Christ But"
answered Spurgcon. Il never was an
apostle or a martyr, I cannot walk
with that thrbng" soon. however. he
snw another multitude greater than
the first. crowding through the same
celestial gntes. "Who are these, and
whence curne they he again asked.
These arr the sinners. These are the
Tacchaeuses and the Mary Ma gdalenes
! and the women of Samaria, who came
from the lowest depths of SIM All"
said Mr.. Spurgeon III those are the
great sinners then can 20 IN among
them" AS you and begin to join
the redeemed multitudes are we going
with our friends? Shall not our new
song Of gospel loye first be sung hy
some lnvalid's bed to bring that sick
man to Christ; Shall it not he sung
among the spiritual outcasts vino
never have bowed tho knee al the
cross? Yes, my friends. our new song
should be a cheerful song on account OF
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helpful song. which will lead people to
surrender their lives to the work OF the
Divine Master.
song Of Captivity.
We'll" says one. chow can sing a
song Of cheerfuness and OF gospel hope
for myself or for others when every
thing seems TO be going wrong in my
own lifel feel Just as did the writer
Of the one Hundred and Thirty sew
cnth Psalm. Then all was sadness and
gloom to him. He seems to see the
Jews huddled together in captivity
There be seems to gather them togeth-
err as the Jews today are gathered n,
the foot of Mount Mor!ah. at the wall
ing place" under the walls Of the OLD
temple. Their captors come to them
and cry: Sing. sing, Sing as you used
to sing In Jerusalem But they an
swer. How shall we sing the Lord'f
song in a strange land?" Then you say
to me: This coming Christmas vii
find me in a strange land Why" yol
say, Everything in my life Is so differ
ent from what 1t used to be. So man!
ter was here last Christmas. she Is
gone now forever. Is It mothers va
cant chair. or fathers or n wife's OF
n husbands? Yes, l have been n good
gver to the grave. and that grave has
taken the best have. II IS not the
time for me 10 sing. il is the time for
sobs. Then | cannot give financially as
I used TO give. ! have had many tinan
cial revcrses during the past few
months Then cannot do as | used tC
do for others. My own health is grad
ualy breaking. How can sing now
/, song? | am like RubIni and Borden
. md Cuzzoni and Pasta and Mal!brAn
After their voices once went they wer,
gone forever" All. my friends, you car
sing the new song OF hope and saliva
ton il you will. The grent trouble o
your life is not that you have ha,
great troubles but that YOU have no
wadcd way down knee deep, hip deep
shoulder deep lip deep. into God
promises and comforts to get suita
bic inspiration for your new song.
The great trouble with you Is tina
when trouble comes. instead Of throw
Ing yourselves more and more upon III
divine strength. you have let go o
Gods strong hand and only depende'
on your own strength After Jeln
L.nd's name had become famous ~
singer her voice began to fail. ION,
said she to herself. IF | could only q
and see Garcia. | know he would hel
: me" Manuel Garcia was at that tim
the greatest musical developer @
prima donnas. She left Stockholm am
: went to Paris. As soon az she entere+
his studio and sang Garcia said, M
good girl. you have no voice, or rather
I should say you had voice. hut !o
are now on the verge 0f losing II
Your organ is strained and worn out
~ The only adVir" can offer - TO recon
mend you NOT To sing not" for lhre
months. AZ the end Of that time com
, 70 me and | will see what | can do ~
: You" That was good advice for Mai
uel Garcia 10 give 10 Jenny LIND, bu
II is not good advice for thristla
> teacher 10 give You in reference to you
+. learning how 10 sing the new song &
Christ, What you need is not rest ne
V retirement. not scclusion, You need |
practice your gospel throat You nee
to learn how TO sing the new song b
y tplyinr deem in the PROMISES OF COT