Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-04-21

sand hills, ana all the securities That
make the money markets fawn at your
feet, and all the diamonds taken from
n Golconda mine. and yet put upon the
other side of that moral scale one dis
honest act by which those riches were
won, in the sight of God and Christian
men you have paid for your wealth at
too high n price. You have paid for
them at the expense of your Christian
integrity.
But there is still another very foolish
sacrifice many men and women make
for temporal successes of life. That is
the respect and love which all good
men and women should feel toward
their fellow men. II is one thing to be
careful about our Christian integrity
that others may think we'll of us. BIT
ii is another ana Il more important
thing that we do not foolishly sacrifice
our Christian integrity. lest we lose
our respect and love for our neigh
bors.
A Thought Illustrated.
What do moan by this statement
Let me Illustrate my thought. My
, father. in an address on the bright
Side OF Things" began in this wise,
This world always appears TO man
/ in exactly the same cOlOrs as are tho
| colorcd glasses through which he looks
| If hc uses green glasses, it is Il stupid
world: IL rcd glasses. "A martial world
! if yellow glasses. Il jaundiccd world
! but if crystal glasses. the same bright
glorious world IN which the birds sing
4 and the brooks gurglc. ana the yolln-
people and the old people love; The
/ same bright glorious world rs Coz
made it, What. again. You ask. "i'
the meaning Of thiSF' Why. sjmpl'
that If You are dishonest III Your ar
tons. You VIII think All other people
are dishonest; II you are mean. you
viii think others are mean II yo'
| are d"r"it1ul. yoll VIII u" looking only
Tor hah motives III o'h"rs. but II Eo'
| hr" pure ana good. ana true ana loV
ing. yol VIII 1nt'litlNeiy begin to seef
only what IS Ioou ana true ana town.
III others. therefore,, my hrother' "hel
IN" dishonest man seeks temporal
success ut the expense OF christian III
"Grlty ne Is Always uo'hS IL AT 'i'
'Ap'IS" Oh hlS respect i"r MS H'ISii
DORIS. rs Dad man. II" always ieci
as 'ho'gli lie was SURROUNDED ny ha'
men; White on the other h'nd' II
true man absolutely refuses 10 VIII
temporal success uhl'SS ne hiii'sei
remains good an" true ana pure lie i
always fWi' I'll HIS oar'niE aSSo''a'eS
why : b''"'Se " eo"u ma" "'""E
le"IS tial ne Is Surrou'"h'u u! soo'
n'lShpofs'
The Price TIC" High
1t must h" an awful sensation for
man who mas sacrificed his CHRISTIAN
integrity To reel mat lie always mas L
live III I'll" "titN or Dishonesty, np"
IN" "iollleVard OF p"'elt. IL must u
nm awful thing To feel lhat every pei
son WHO comes in to'ich with you |
prompted To seek your frl"ndshlp VIII
a sinister desire. once read OF
heartrcnding scene. During the bon
bamnlcnt of Charleston. >. g. yonn
girl in one or the prlhclpal mansion
of that fair city of the south was stanc
Ing with her soldier lover before IN
marriage altar. just rs IN" chipla
was about To pronounce 'hc twain one
there sounded ringing OF smell.
burst into the ROOM ana the Nouh
BRIDE dropped dead NJ the Feet OF he
lover. ON. That death was horrible
terrlhc. mat was Il Tragedy. but III
scene or horror whlci met the Nouli
bridegroom eyes mat hlSht Is h''
horrible to me as must De me haunting
~ agonlHlng feelings OF Il pan man VIII
thinks that every marriage altar
built upon the nara rock oi SeihNi'iloS'
that all iri"nuIT greetings are hl'rei
tn" faWnn% words uttered 10y hNpo'
rsy. mat every on" with Wuoh w
walk is trying 10 ovcrreach us as w
are trying Ia overrearh him, Hod PIT
the man VINO has lost MS CHRISTIAN II
tegrily. COO ply Inc man VINO zee
he has to NV" upon the street or -"
Love ana 10 associate entirely wit
ncighbors who belong to tine great fan
lily OF Hard Hearts.
Rut temporal success Is again pouSl
at too nigh price when the desire 1'
poral and spiritual blessings wit
which we are surrounded. 1t IS bouSl
ut too high 4 price when man,
. gain that end, is willing TO Sacrii(
in the end may lose the prize Il