Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-10-27

The dependence OF other lives upor
our livesis not this realization n
mighty safeguard against man run
ming into needless physical dangers rs
well rs SPIRITUAL? The other day q
sailor rowed you out into the ofiing OF
bay 10 take you fishing. There was q
strong breeze blowing beyond the point
Of Jutting rocks which protected the
bay. but the fish were jumping every.
where. and the temptation To 70 was
very great. Hut no sooner did you ob.
serve the "crapkiuees" Of the saiibuat
toward which you were rowing and in
which you were to sail than you turned
to your companion aud said II am
not going out todgy. That boat Is NOT
safe II IL leaking now" why were
you not willing to 60? Are you any
more Of coward now than you were
ten or fifteen years ago. when YOU
would have Bumped into that boat
without fearc oh. no. not that. No
coward. Personally you would just
as lief run the risl now as you did
fifteen years ago. but now YOU have q
wife and children. which WIS not so
fifteen wears ago. Now you have 9th.
ere dependent upon you. Now you
cannot afford fcn their sakes to need.
lessy risk your llfe
why Thcy Were Reckless
what kipd of soldiers arc the most
rechl"sST' was one day asked Lord
Kitchener. the British general Of the
Socr war. Without any hesitation he
answered: "IHchclor soldiers Not that
they are ut heart Drawer. hut when a
man has wife and children depend
ont upon him fpr daily bread he guards
his life moc carefully on their ac
count and does not run into any useless
dangers" Now. my friends, when a
true father is careful not to run into
physical dangers. fearing he may de
prive his wife and children OF their
daily bread, is not a man by the same
law 81 reasoning the more unwilling to
run into spiritual dangers and tcmpta
tions If he realizes that the toys of 9th
ers. in spiritual sense. are wrapped
NJ in his own joys and that sorrows
In other lives will be caused by his
sins? Lord EAcon. in one Of his match.
less essays once said, After man
mayries he surrpndcrs into the hands
OF success his wife and children as
hostages" by that Lord Bacon meant
Every man who Is married Is handi-
capped in the race of life" He meant
that man becomes timid when he has
a wife and Children. In the crises Of
life. when success is won by the man
who casts everything into the scale.
the married man hesitates because he
is afraid 10 risk the future of his wife
and children. But he overlooked the
fact that his love for his family will
keep him from running foolish risks
SO when a man enlarges his circle and
makes the welfare Of others his con
Germ he has al inspiration to n better.
tr1ier nObler life. He shrinkS from
wrong,ioina because he knows that he
will njIre others by his example The
ascetic has only himself to consider.
but the man who has entered into 9TH
or mems Joys and sorrows knows that
his fab or his good life may affect the
lives Of Others.
What the Scripture Means.
But how IS Christian sympathy TO
enter truly into the existence of an
others life? First, my text says, Re
joicc with them that do rejoice" 10
You know what that means? Why the
Interpretation is simple enough to un
derStand. 1t means when you see nm
old school friend getting ahead in life
when you see a brother succeeding at
the lHw or in medicine or in the pulpit
whom YOU see sister living in n finer
house than yours or driving in a car
rlagr while You walk. or when YOU
know that your brother-iu-law il able
to take his family and children to the
country To get back the flush of health
10 their pale checks. while you cannot
afford TO go, that you must not be jeal
ouS Of their successes. If YOU nre a
minister and you hear of another
church holding st great revival and
gathering In new converts hy the
scores. You nre TO 60 10 he minister of
that church with warm. loving COS
pei handshake and sHy: Brother |
congratulate you. We are praying for
you and the great good you are doing
May God bless YOUR new members and
rlai.c them mighty agents for Christ"
II means that if You are - candidate
for sO'nc office and another is clecto,l
20 the presidency OF that society in
Your stoad then you an' 10 pitch in and
work just as hard for the successful
outcome Of your successful rivals al
minlstrAtion as you would have work
el for your own, and, furthermore, not
only work just rs hard for the new
mnn, but he Just as happy In his sue
cesses as YOU would hive been in your
own SUCCESSES.
"Oh.' says some one with n quick
gasp. II did not know This text meant
rs much ne that That IS pretty hitter
medicine FOR an average disciple 20
swallow. | cannot understand how
George u. Mcclellan would feel very
kindly toward Major General Burn
side. who superseded him after the
battle Of kntietam. Neither Is il nat
ural for n Seward or Il Chase TO be
enthusiastic over the election of
iinCon. OF course there have been
some great. big hearted, noble men.
like Samnei Adams who were ready
to stay In the background ana push
other men to The front. rs samuel
ADAMS ala hancock and John Adams
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