Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-09-29

by The amount OF work you shall be
able to accomplish / Will let you live
longer than did Jacob, who died of old
age at one hundred and forty-seven, or
Isaac, who lived one hundred and eighty
years, Of Abraham, who lived to he
one hundred and seventy-fve years,
or Noah, who lived to be nine hundred
and fifty years. or Methuselah, who
only lacked thirty-one years of being
one thousand years old. ] Will let you
live SO long that what your ancestors
accomplished in the course of their
lives will seem to he as nothing to
what you shall he able 70 accomplish"
The twentieth century speaks thus not
TO one man, but to all.
Advantages Of en- Invsntivc Age.
This inventive nxe has lNsrally dou-
blod aud ouadrup,ed aad almost IN
fintciy multiplied tAe maternal pro.
ducinG power Of man. YltIk q the
facilities q eomrunieAt1eni 0uppeS-
ing I wish 20 plead the cause Of Ch1st
with some friend clear across the
American continent. SIT down and
pen my appeal In Il few minutes it is
I'm the DOStman's hands. \ little later
it is i'm the mail wagon on It's way to
the depot Soon it is IN the mail car
going at lightning speed over tho noun
tains ana across the alkal deserts aud
across the rivers until II is dropped in
the eastern home. 1t has taken only
f"W days for that message to reach
its destination in the east, and In
few days longer an answer comes back
to me that my appeal has bcon read.
and under Gods blessing II has been
made efl'cctual TO tho salvation OF a
soul. Think how many times such an
effort might he multiplied and how
largely the facilities of communication
might he utilized for the spread of the
gospel.
You must see that all these increased
advantages of man can he made to
act and react nightly for good in the
coming campaign Of the church Of
Christ against sin. Matthew Simpson.
the great bishop Of the Methodist
church, once delivered n lecture to
show how God is preparing the way
for the glory OF his coming millennium
in the inventions and the social move
ments OF everyday life. Tho other day
a book came into my hand entitled
"The Romance of lnycntion.' Hut no
romance Of Inventions has ever been
written which can fully depict the
Christian romance Of the uses to which
those Inventions can be applied in the
extension OF Chr.sCs KINGDOM as Bish-
Oh Simpson explained them. one item
alone Of flat lecture comes to my
mind. | speak it in my own language,
as | recall it from a blurred memory.
The Methodist orator wanted to show
how every modern facility was appro-
priatcd and used in the late civil war.
The sewing machine had just been in
vented. Il was employed TO insure the
soldiers being properly clothed. The
steam engine was utilized TO carry the
armies quickly to the scene of conflict
so that the carnage might sooner end.
The modern improvements in arms
were adopted, aud so the terrible de-
etruction OF life lii single combats by
the old fashioned AK and spear was
avoided. And as man used modern in
ventions for carry ing out his purposes,
so might Goa use the terrible curse of
slavery itself for the benefit Of the
colored race. The negro torn from his
African home ana sold rs Il slave
might bo Christianized in the land of
his bondage ana return as a missionary
to carry the tidings of the gospel to
his people stiIl on the banks OF the