Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-05-19

same time that he was being tied. and
said. "l,e Of good comfort, Master Rid
ley, and play the man; we shall this
day light such candle by Gods grace
10 England as | trust shall never be
put out at once Nicholas Ridley be-
came man. His nerves ceased their
quivcriug, and he was able to die as a
Christian hero. When the frightened
patriot Hernult de Scchelles assembled
the scaffold, over which hung the gilt.
tcring gullotnc, and saw the surgng
French mob below him, he was as pale
MS death. His knees trcmbled and his
teeth chartered. But when he turned
und looked ut the intrepid Danton by
his side. who scornfully said to the exc
cutioner. Man. wait n moment let
the people have a good look and see
how brave man can die" IIerault de
Sechelles became as brave as Danton
was brave IL we'll remember my
self" wrote an old soldier, "as fright
cncd boy trembling in the ranks at
Gettysburg. With fear saw the Con
fodcrate troops being massed for Pick
etts famous charge. All that | could
do was to restrain myself from drop
ping my gun and running to the rear.
But suddenly every cowardly feeling
In nv heart was stillcd when I heard
"A great shout and saw the most mag
niticCnt man ] ever looked Mt calmly
riding down the lines Calmly and
clearly he spoke as he said: Steady,
men, steady, We must hold these
lines. Steady. steady" When | saw
Winfield s. Hancock thus ride along,
utterly Obvious to all personal dan
ger, my hcsrt became that Of hero.
| became like unto him who at that
moment was my great c1einplar."
Yes. YES. We all know what the
power of personal example means In
life. We know that when men are
brave about MS they make IFS brave.
make us true. We know that when
mon are noble examples of Christian
faith they inspire us with like Chris
tan faith. So when Paul, amid the
shrickings ana Croanings and hcav-
ings and bombardmcnts of the Medi-
tcrranoan whirlwind. calmly and de-
liberatcly stepped forth and said,
Men, ! eXhort YOU to be of good
cheer. for there shall he no ioss of
any mans life. but of the ship then
the sailors and passengers stopped and
said to themselves "Why, that Is
strange talk We cannot understand
/ il. but paul must h;Vc had super
natural vision or else he could not
| have spoken thus. You speak so posi-
/ tively, O preacher. that we believe you.
| What God yours must be to inspire
4 such confidence. Would that We had
| your faith and your religion Men
/ and women of the Christian life, are
your actions and words living witness
I cs of your faith in the saving grace of
Jesus Christ?
Nothing Nenn About Him.
Why are the crew and the passen-
gers of this AlcXandrian corn ship hap
ny Of heart: Because Paul kept hold
ing up before them the mistakes OF
their past life i'll order that they might
the more easily be led TO follow in his
/ way. Paul WAS not mere taunter, u
snccrer. II ridicuIor, Il tantalizer. lie
WAS not one of those mean, Contempti-
Bile fellows who always stand around
! when any ding goes wrong and say
Il told YOU So lie was not one OF
those miserable Comforters Of Job who
are about ms healing 10 the bleeding
heart as n po,liicc Of cayenne pepper
or singing nettlcs would be to Il man
Gled arm caught in Il press But Tau
was like a good physician who comes
to an 0verworked man and says. my
friend, | told you if you did not hold
up you would have nervous break
down. Now this breakdown has come
Therefore | want you now TO trust Ii,
and do what tell you to do. and thei
we will make you well" Paul in thf
saIcc gentle way as the good phySi
clan stands before those helpless yoy
ayers and says: "Friends. | told y0l
not TO loose from Crete told yoi
that if we tried to make Rome during
This winter equinoctial you would re-
greet ii. But now that this harm ha'
come to you | want you to obey NY
commands and promise. by the Go,
whom represent, that there shall be
no loss OF any mans life, but Of th'
ship"
Cnt md Mouse.
1t is a contemplate characteristic Il
tell n man his faults and keep tcllin;
them, merely to glory in his misery
even as a hcndiSh cat might tease an'
tantalize a little mouse and vet no
Kill il. II is contomptihle thing TO
man to come around when your lii
lie child lies cold in death and say
well, So-and so, | am sorry your bah,
t. dead. but knew she would die.
knew II when you called in DR.. Big
dose us your physician. lie Away
Kills more patients than he ever cures
! told you so. | told you so. If yu'
had only followed my advice, You
baby would be alive today" Can h
bring the child back to life again? !
is mean. contemplate act in a ma
10 come TO you. inter n financial dis
aster and say. We'll, Joncr. you wcr
taught, were you? Just as expected
Aha! you would not take my advice,
when, In fact, the man never gave yo
any advice or offered any sensible pla
by which you could get ont Of you