Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-09-22
C-a(n,age
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank DC Witt Talmase. ID. d.

nature and habits of tho birds the
preacher finds II sinlilc of the entrance
tito The church of a large accession
Of converts The tex, is Isaiah Is. 8,
'Who are thcsc that uy MS Il cloud and
as the doves 10 their windpwST'
An axiom is q self evident fact. at
is the lcNcographcrs say. ~ PROPOSE
ton whose truth is 80 ohViuus ut first
sight that no process of reasoning or
demonstration can make IL palmer
II Is golden truism coined in the
mint house of naXims" with the rails
ell features of The GuddesS of Truth
stamped upon IT'S side even as the
English shilling bears the profile of
King Edward. an American silver dol
lar the outstrCtchcd wings OF an eagle.
as the Roman penny once bore the SUI
prescription and image of .CTsnr and
u GreCian coin the fea lures OF Alexan-
der tho Grpat. 1t r. an aphorisn. AN
apothegm. II is as llippocratcs once
said. ~ succinct saying comprehend
inE n complete statement" 1t IL one
OF the many lcrsc soutcnccs Of Zen Ia
min Franklin which arc found in Poor
Eichard'S Almanac. No sulnor do we
read 1t than We say "lhat is true
From tho moment of reading no
nmount Of illustration or argument can
charge Us from our original conclu-
sion. Il is a strong armed chariotccr
iwifty guiding before our eyes the
''chariot Of conS'ction.' 1t is truth in
n nutshell. ]: is - universe of analyses
col,dcnsod ia an cpigrnn.
The rru,a of an aAjom can be put TO
II practical test Sometimes. however.
men DO not taltN the trouhle 10 test 1t,
hut give crcdencc 10 S'atomenta ap-
paFontly conjradictinR it, instead Of
applying the test of experience Some
years ago the lrouch sayauts were
asked 10 explain how ii was that Il
o7ll Of water confirming II dead fish
Weighed moro dian on" of the Same
kiHo containing a live FISH. DisScrtn-
don after dissertation was written
npon the subject. a last one com
mon s"nsed SCIENTIST whose brain had
not been educated to The verge OF i'm
haclity. saw that the question was q
misleading ono. - dead tiSh ami u
living fish ought to weigh the same"
said be. This truth is axiomntic."
He put live fish into pail of water
aud weighed II. He Killed the fish and
put the dead body back into the sam.
water and weighed it again The
water containing the dead fish ami
that continuing the live fish OF course
Weighed the sauc All tho ingenuity
expended in writing the dissertations
had boon wasted The writers had
been tryiu- e. lind reasons for a ph"-
noinouon that did not exist.
Church's Po,yer Not waning.
Hundreds Of men are simply doing
the same thgg in trying To find the
reasons for the phenomenon stated by
shallow observers, that the church Of
Jesus Christ is losing it's power over
men. Long lists Of reasons for this
waning influence are cited whereas
the writers have only 10 open their
eyes to discover thai the church of
Jesus Christ is not losing its power
over mon. The church of God was
never so powerful rs it is today. More
strong men and strong women are
bowling before its affairs than ever
before. More are the church's teach
.ngs rosprc,pd ly statesmen and in
he homes and daily lives Of our citi-
1pnS than over before. have nos
limo 10 20 into argument to prove this
assertion would not today do so
had the time Whyt Herallse Il
: a self evident fact that the church
Of the Lord Jesus Chris, is the most
rital and essential Influence ia the
world today. II is n self evident state
mcnt. All intelligent people who have
ookcd boldly and inpartialN AT tho
facts are ready to cOuCcdc tlal tho
assertion i5 rue
But ti' Ugh tuc church OF the LORD
Jesus { lrlSt is growing more and
more T. W"rful day hy day. vet we
3rl.cv" that still greater triumphs axe
a"fore Z IN N" future The victories
ilraf won are small compared with
host which are yet II be won. when
lati' ~ shall ho born In day. Josiah
STR ~ recently wrote a boot. entitled
- Next Great AWakCUinG.' | am
a. going to md my theme in the lat
book of the famous author OF "Our
auntrY." an going to look through
i" inspired spectaclcS OF n prophet
no lived nearly 1900 years ago.
saiah took the picture Of the doves