Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-12-19


knew wha- wa on the end of the line
The big mackcrel would pull steadily
in a straight line The thick bodied
albicore would at once dive to the bot.
tom of the sea. The strong filmed vel
lowtail would seesaw, now on this side
of the boat, now on the other. and only
the gaff hook could stop his struggles
The barracuda would seem to swim
toward the boat. Like Il tender mouth.
ed horse. each pull of the line would
make him obey your will the quicker.
The sea bass would come to the sur
face and you would have to be care
full or, like a trapeZe performer. lie
would turn a complete somersault ovel
your line and be off. So men in com
munity, like some fish in the sea, are
known by their neighbors in their pr
vate lives even though those men may
think they are unseen. They all have
their unconscious influence when they
are at play as we'll as when at work.
Rather than write such a book as
a Man Without a Shadow | would
prefer to write one called The Man
-.
which the great American humorist.
Samuel L. Clemens, drew of the sailors
in the arctic regions chopping each
others shadows off the ships deck, so
that their friends would not stumble
over them, is not impossible of concep-
ton in the moral and spiritual world.
What gave the late William Chiches-
ter the most powerful religious leader
the Pacific coast ever produced. his
marvellous hold on men? His eloquent
tongue? l think not California. | be-
lieve, has had preachers as eloquent as
he was. His organizing ability? |
think not. | believe others here have
been just as great organizers. | will
tell you-it was his simple. true. pure,
Christian private life. 1t was his ten
der Christian heart which made him
stop OH the street corner and buy a
bag of fruit and give it to common
painter and say: Take this fruit home
to your good old mother, with my love
Tell her that with such prayers, as she
offers and with such life as she leads
she ought to have good SON." 1t was
the gentle ways he had.with little chill
dren in their rOmps and plays; it was
the way he would throw his arm about
friend in trouble aud say: Harry,
how can help you? What can L dog
Mighty AvaIanches For Good.
Oh, the unconscious influences of
every Christians private like! Like
the snowfiakes. they bank them
selves up into great drifts. Like the
grains of sand, they lift themselves
into the mighty mountains. Like the
little drops Of water, they Stake the
thirst of many valleys and meadow
lands. These little influences of pri-
vate life are despised by some SO called
Christian workers, but in the end they
result i'll mighty avalanches for good,
in mighty tidal waves of blessings, in
mighty east winds that dam back the
Red seas which. as impossible bar
riers. keep the children of Israel from
fleeing the Pharaoh hosts and march
ing on to the brightness of Gods prom
Used land.
But | find the Christians shadows
or unconscious influences not only i'll
mans own gospel seed planting. but
also in the Christian example he sets
for those who are trying to raise the
same kind Of gospel harvest. | find
minister's influence. like Peters shad-
Ow, within the four walls of his church.
/ also find minister's unconscious in
fiuence over ministers who are work
ing in adjacent churches. l not only
over his patients, but also doctors
influence over doctors, and lawyers
over lawyers, and a mothers over
mothers, as well as her unconscious
influence over her children. | find
here that a public school teacher has
her unconscious influence over her fell
low teachers as well as over the
scholars in her own class room.
4 Christian man always. to more or
less extent, makes or mars the success
of men of his own ilk. When wan
| der among the Railways of history do
not find there the picture of great
| soldier which differs in every way
| from all other soldiers of his day and
| generation. | do not find in country
| great law ycI vi pOCl dS ii
mountain peak lifting itself solitary
| and alone from the center of vast
| level prairie. But, like the stars in the
heavens, find that one great lawyer
Is always in juxtapOsitiOn with other
great lawyers. One great physician
means other great physicians Great
poets, authors, statesmen, reformers.
scientists. move through the armament
of the historical heaven in galaxies. in
considerations. like the stars i'm Gins
tiers. When | mention tie names Of
scientists | find that there is a scfpn-
fife PleiadeS. with a Darwin. a Tvn-
dali. Huxley and Il Herbert Spencer
all existing at the same time When 7
mention the name of William Shake
sreare find that Il Bacon, Il Rale;.h
Ben Jons0n, Il sydney, Il Spenser. :.
Beaumont. Fletcher L0nguevilIo
all belong to the EliZahethan era
When | mention the greatest warri9.
of tie ages. Napoleon. l find that tie