Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-14

had spent their all. The golden cords
of parental prayer are now Juggling ut
your heart. Nilcst Of sinners you may
have been; most hcartlcss Of Maynard
boys may have been your history. but
today God is calling; your dead moth
or. your redeemed mother. Is calling;
your broken hearted father is calling.
Come. come. come hone Oh. sinner,
come homc"' Will you hear the cry?
Way off in that far country Of sin
thou art not far from the kingdom Of
God" Thou art not far from Christ,
but near, on account of your early
Christian home training.
Donr Live For Yourself Alone.
Almost saved. Yes. you are. know
it by the unhappy looks that are CHS
clcd in the wrinkles of your face.
When you started out in life you
thought the height of mans happi-
ness could be estimated Ivy the length
of his hank account. You thought the
worldwide area Of his Joy could be al
ways circnmscribcd only by the hem.
/
by bitter experience you know that
wealth and fame only bring added
cares. You know that IL n man lives
for himself alone. If he docs not seek
the higher joys of the soul, if he does
not live for Christ. seeking also the
welfare of his brother man. he can find
! no happiness on earth Mt all
I rrtn in n n
which brought It's emptiness wildly
| before you. Such scenes, varying in
| their details, come to many man. bid
! ding him pause and consider what Is
! the true purpose of life. Let me see
Where did this scene happen? In Chi
/ Cago. You are n wealthy merchant
You have come out on q visit to Los
Angeles. 1t was in Chicago. as near
as can make out, on Il Saturday night,
the second week of January. The fire
was burning brightly on your Office
hearth. The table by your side was
filled with papers The employees,
working ten hours n day. sometimes
think the employer entering his office
at 8 or 10 O'Clock in the morning has Il
very easy time. But long after the
busy beehive Of the modern dry goods
emporium has stopped its hum. and
the tired little cash girls have crowded
the streets. laughing. shouting. perhaps
smiling at the passersby in Juvenile
delight at being set free from toll. and
the bookkecpcrs have balanced the ac-
counts. and the iron shutters have been
pulled down. and the clerks have clos
cd their counters. and the cashiers have
SDckcd their safes. and the delivery
/ wagons have ceased their rumblnC
and the wornout horses have been fed
and blankctcd in their stalls. and the
street lamps have become as multtudi-
nous as the visible stars of the heavens
the tired merchant works on. The
wood in the fire place cracked and
laughed. The flames leapcd higher and
higher and sputtercd more loudly as
the reports of the different departments
recorded the business triumph of q
whole wear Stock had been taken, for
the holiday goods were all sold Every
promissory' note had been met There
was plenty of money in the bank tc
clear away the remaining debit sides OF
the ledger
what Shall II Profit Mani
Was not that the history, q rich Chi
cago merchant, of the first results of
your mathematical calculations on the
Saturday night Of the second week in
last January? But what about the sec
oul calculation you made that impOr-
,i,rl, h.t.
easy armchair YOU began to dream
about the past. You began to won 'rr
ii all this endless struggle for a world
~ success really paid. As You dreamed
you thought of the many nights when
unable to sleep, you had tossed about
your hot pillow and thought how The
business world was trying to drive yor
to tho financial wall. even rs some mar
with the death marks upon his cheek II
his old age may be iceccd of his all
You thought how your very best mo
tives had always been impugned. Ant
then. strange TO say. instead of gloatinl
over your past financial success as the
fire niCkcrcd lower and lower an un
seen power made you write upon ;
broad sheet of white paper this prob
lem What shall il profit Il man if III
shall gain the whole world and lose hi.
own soul!" And as you studied tina
problem you were compelled to write
after it a word of seven letters. 70,
wrote that one word in letters of fire
Nothing" Nothing" Nothing An
| wrong. q financial maCnate. in stat
: ing today thou art not far from thu
| kingdom of God?"
My hearers may think I have over
drawn the picture in asserting tina
worldly success from mere seliisl
standpoint never pays, and that onl,
| the Christ life is the happy lifc Well
then, to illustrate whether mere earth
~ success is satisfying success o
the reverse let me read to you
cuoCy delivered lately in reference Il
that Warwick of American statesman
ship. that president maker. Marcus A
Hanna. In the memorial meeting helt
, in the senate chamber a short time ag,
Senator Scott, Senator Hanna'S init
mate friend, arose and spoke theS
words: "Mr. President. | shall neve
, forget one early morning when Senate
Hanna handed me New York pape
| containing a cartoon OF himself, picture,
| az n huge monster, clad in a suit GOV
, cred over with dollar marks, smoking