Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-07-21

rect were the California orange groves
and the flower gardens and the trees
which have made this land famous all
around the world. 40 you sec that
little hill yonderY' said n gentleman by
my side. YES" l answered. THAT
hill" said he. looks much lower than
we are" ut certainly does" replied
That hill mnst be at least three hun
dred feet below u.s." but II is not"
he answered. "That hill seems lower
because yontler lofty mountain is back
OF 1t. Water from that biIl flows down
to this hill. That hill yunder b much
higher thau we are' So some people.
standing upon mans greater works."
seem to think mans throne Is higher
than Christs throne. But II Ia not.
Only as Chr1st's life in ITS influence
touches our Hives are we able to do the
greater works. which are given man
to do.
EicvatinE Power of CI,rfstisnity.
oh. no." says some one that can.
NOT be. Some Of the greatest inv entors.
some OF the greatest statesmen, some
or the greatest Of American men have
been ngnostics and did not believe In
Christ at all. How then could they get
their power from Godf" BY the law
OF association. The influence Of Chris
uanity Is an eievat1ng. civilizing, in
spring power. Even those who are
personally strangers to II are affected
ny the atmosphere It produces. Have
you not noticed TINT nearly all inven-
lions. nearly all true progress, nearly
all the worlds best blessings are found
In Christian Lands alone. 1t Is said that
one day the great landscape painter.
Joseph Turner, came into the studio Of
that other famous English artist. T.
sidney Cooper. Looking about at the
pictures Turner saw one and gave
dep with his brush. saying. Put that
plIiar out. 1t destroys the breadth Of
tho picture A short time after Gil
iolt, the great art dealer Of Lon
don heard what Turner had done, he
cam" 10 Cooper and said, II will give
You three hundred pounds for your pic
ture of the Welsh scene" But" said
Sidney Cooper, "Gillott. you have not
even seen my picture" Il know it,"
answered elliott But I also know
one fact, Joseph Turner would never
nave touched that picture with his
brush unless It had been worth hav-
Ing And so mcthinks God blcsscs the
Just and often the unjust in Christian
iand, because Christs work and sacri-
lice have been blessed in that land.
Therefore, my brethren, the only way
FOR man 10 achieve his groater works
ny spreading abroad. rs far az he
can, the works Of Jesus Christ upon
which All mems greater works are de-
pendent When Christ goes ND. man
goes UP. When Christ goes down. man
goes down
oh. what could Moses .od have done
Had he not been directly sent?
The power was from God alone
And Moses but the instrument
Today Will YOU not feel that you can
only accomplish the greater work
Christ has given TO you to do by living
and working In Christ; When Mar
sinai Bernadotte, who afterward be
came King Charles XIV. Of Sweden.
was young man he was a revolution
lSt. At the hehcading of King Louis
= l. OF France, in order to show his
hysterical JOY, he had tattooed upon
his arm this sentence: Death to all
kings and royal tyrants" Bernadotte
aftcrward was himself raised to n
throne. He closely guarded that tat.
tooiDg from the eyes Of his people un-
IN no was dead, Oh, my friend. mark
od with tho signs Of infamy upon your
heart, marked with the signs of rebel
lion against Christ. will You not change
your belief, as Rerpadotte did to be
come 8n enthroued king: You bear on
Your soul the marks Of sin. hut If yon
will come TO him he will take YOU into
his employ and will send You forth to
bless and help the world. As the apos-
Tie bore on his body the marks Of the
Lord Jesus, 50 You may wear the
badge Of his service and in his namc
and by his power carry on the work
that he hognu. To you, too. tho prom
Use is given, He that belicveth on me
the works that do shall he do also,
and greater works than these shall he
do, because | 60 unto my Father"
[CopyrlEh;, 1904 h. Louis KlopschJ