Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-03


the Samaritan he would not go through
tho Samaritan land. Therefore he
made big detour. In one sense he
made as big II detour as the traveller
coming from New York to Chicago
would make if he went by the way OF
Louisville. Ky, instead Of by the way
of Buffalo or Pittsburg Christ In
journcying to Galilec simply took the
straight path. He went as bird
would fly overland. He went to Gal
lee through Samarla.
The straight path is nearly always
the right path. When that young
man comes into your store and asks
for position If you have not any
vacant place for him toll him so. DO
not say to yourself. Nov | do not
want 10 hurt that voting mans feel
inHs, therefore will tell him 70 come
back next week o. neNt month. Ky
such an answer you are doing an iniue-
ice 10 the young man. ana You are
uoing IN injustice 70 foiIrSHll. | ne
shortest way oft of n difficulty IS gen
orally The right way. Even FOR sur
gcon ii IS never n ple9m?ut act to drive
knife into the uuivchng flesh to cut
out the vir,leNt cancer. Neither Is It
always pleasant task to tell person
| of his faults. Put wien TINT young
| girl who is doing wrong comes to you
for advice tell her tl' truth. Warn
her rs you would like some ono to warn
| Your morally endangered child. The
direct way ont of difficulty is gen;
orally the right way. SO, my brother,
when y1u yourself haze done wrong
wrong 10 your follow men and wrong
! To Goo be 2 Christian man and
! straighten out the WRONG and maxi"
restitution for Your moral dofciencic.
! Confess your sins 10 Coa. The short
est way out Of dil1rul'y Is generally
| tho right way The Christian way
/ Therefore. O inan Q woman, VIII YOU
not today at the Samaritan well seek
Christ and asl: his pardon for your
/ sins? VIII YOU net do rs did the so
| C'al o'ltCaSl who II tho Samaritan well
found there her say our mary cen
turies ago:
Chri~tly Refuge.
!
refuge in all probability will always
mean more 70 mo thar to any ore else
gathered today within these walls on
the afternoon of Oct. &c, 1904 with q
brother minister. G. r Trout by name.
| was resting among the Palestine
hills Our dragoman had left us some
two hours before to hunt up n saddle
| i.J .,I foI 49,
While there, alone and unarmed. we
were attacked Ivy the eastern bandits.
w" were attacked in almost the iden-
| tical place where. three weeks before
Two English travellers had been slain.
We were driven back and back to the
Nlge Of the prccpice. I saw the club
'aiscd to s.l''!r down my companion
md knew that my turn was to come
text, when sIccor and rescue suddenly
anne 20 hand That night was dark
a'hen we ended our journey in Sa-
maria. bit. oh. in the darkness what
10Y and pence came to Us both when
~ the Samaritan we'll, we knew that
Nc ii last had safety. As we found
,hysicc refuge in Samaria on that
laf"tv - man. O woman. for YOU,
CO. Christ "nlrst needs 20 through
Samara.' Nol for that degraded
Woman alon" Yves that journey taken
The revelation of himself that he made
ny that w"'l Is an eloquent invitation
to all in every age 10 come To him for
thc water ot life" Are you weary WIFI
! nf
ithirst for the water that will satisfy
he longings of your soul? Are YOU
fearful of the grave and the Judgment
IF God? Come 20 the well and hear
him say that to all who come he vii
give living water" whereof If mar
lrink he shall never die.
Copyright. 1874 by Louis Klopsch.l