Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-11-03
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Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank Dc Witt raInade, D. d.


sermon the preacher tells Of tho beau
ties and the potentialitics OF gentle.
ness and human Kindness IN the homo
in business and In our everyday deal.
iucs with friends and enemies, The
text Is II Timothy II. "a. BE gentle
unto all men"
The great moral le1veners Of the
world have used but little blasting
powder. They are not past masters In
the High order of Babbling Quar.
refers" Like the laborers, lifting high
or and higher the walls Of Soiomon's
temple In Jerusalem, they make but
little noise. They tread the pathway
Of life with feet, for the most pnrt,
sandaled IN velvet. Their voices are not
an angry growi, but Gulcet whisper.
Their breath Is not cyclonic, but sum.
mer zephyr. Their cnuntenances are
not twisted with the denoniac pas
eiops of q Hoenrth'e caricoture. Their
eyes arc not finshing With the light.
nings of n Msditerrnuean eurociydon
They are red Tipped and laughing eyed
and rosy checked, with he happy smile
of a glorious June SUNRISE They be-
liNye not IN the strenuous life, with
its swords and spears and battleaxes
and clubs and bludceons and confia-
Qrations. They believe not in hurting
storm cloud against storm cloud until
tho deiuga comes, and the bridges are
swept sway. and the harvest fields are
battered down, as though two mighty
lnA
gigantic battlefield, Who're the heavens
were resounding with the cannonading
OF the elements. But they believe in
the gentle lfe" They believe in
the golden pu,leys OF oyn porahon. gath
ering up the waters Lito the reservoirs
Of the clouds, TO be uttered abroad
In the blessed retirement Of April
showers, They believo in the geptler
means, which ptoduca fe, and not IN
the fierce, passionete lIethods OF the
iconoclast. the nnarcht and the fire.
brand, which destroy iie
Nature has her storms, eruptions and
earthquakes, which l her angry
moods carry death ana destruction III
| their path but the gentle ways are al
ways used by nature n accomplish her
greatest good. Standn4 upon n ships
deck some day, / say. Where did yon-
Ger tall, straight mast come fromf"
why" you say. "hau' reds OF years
ago bird was hytne a,eg the Maine
hills toward her nest with a little seed
in Der mouth. The keeu eye Of hawk
spied her When the lawk began to
soar higher and higher a the heavens
that he might make c-r terrific plunge
upon his prey, the lirt bird saw him.
Before she fed to ST v she gave one
little frightened cry = hen she utter
ed that cry her bi opened and the
seed dropped to tho ground. A gentle
wind blew up tn ALLEY and covered
over that seed with 4 lutle soil. a lit
tie shower then came and moistened
that soil anG tn little seed began to
sprout. 1t took rot. 1t grew into a
| bush. It grew Ne into saplIug. 1t
rounded out into great big trea. One
day a Maine lumter1nan came through
that valley. WHa his az he marked
that tree for tbs shipyari- The tree
was cut down, ] was dragged 10 the
river and fioatcd own TO the sawmil
1t was scraped and liked for a mast
When this ship was launched that tree
wos fitted IN ia present place for
mans use. Natute developed that tree
not in the uphesvGls Of day, but by
the gentle ways Of maturing years"
The gentle life OF the Christian must
be manifested toward those with whom
we come into closest contact. We fret
Of all should DC ronte 10 our parents,
our wives, our hcgbands md children
and brothers an listens and home as
sociates. We sb,uld be gentle when
we arise In the morning and prepare
for the breakfast able be gentle when
we are fixing the children for school,
be gentle when we kiss our wives good
by as we start for the train, be gentle
when we come / ne at night from the
store. be very eentle When We tuck
away the little ones Into their beds for
the night, for II Is by the gentle words,
the gentle deeds and the gentle mem
cries that we hold our greatest infiu-
ence over our dem ones and not by tho
rebukes and the cersoriousness Of our
bitter tongues.
An OF Provrrb.
The old proverb teaches, zone warm
Runshiuy May dAy can WOO more buds
out Of the trees nd bushes than Ave
months OF winter frosts can ever nc
complish." One wore OF gentleness
can accomplish more for good In the
lives Of our dear ones than thousand
angry look; can ever do You know
that your mothers su.ile, your moth
er's KISS and your mothers sweet ways
we're the greatest magnets which made
you try 10 do right, They were not
your fathers purishmertts ard sharp
rebukes. You know that your wtte's
gentle ways have far more influence
for good over the lives OK your little
children than your sharp corrections,
although your wire rarely hits hand
10 strike them n blow, Why, only last
week this fact was illustrated TO you
IN an emphatic way. You told your
boy not to do certain act. You told
him not to 90 to a neighbours house.
He went. When you came home you
found 1t out. You were angry. You
said TO yourself. Il will make that boy
mind me II / have to whip him for his
disobetlience." You took him to your
room and thrashed him. DID that
whipping do any good Not particle
Tho same angry look which flashed