Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-10-19
Calrnase
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaae, y. D.

los Angeles, Cal, Oct. 15.-That In.
gratitude may be one Of the meanest
Of sins and fruitful Of the worst results
Ia shown In this sermon, the preacher
taking his text from Genesis xl. %.
But forgat him."
How oon The plowmnn eau vel.
take the reaper" as the aocieut prophet
saidt How soon after the harvest field
CLOVIS With its csop Of ripcnins grain.
ready for cutting and garnering. does
the pillow come 20 tear up the rich soil
With it, ruthless share! How soon the
midnight frosts cover the fruits with
their cold. caammy death sweat! The IA.
vofitsooc.fdetune ase sometimes repidiy
lifted to success, but not so quickly a.
the victims Of misfortune are dragged
down to ruip. The stone drops from
the highest cfR to the bottom Of the
deep canyon moro swiftly than the
powerfully winged eagle scars up aud
up until he dyes his feathers with the
golden pigments Of the rising sun. The
kings frown and the kings smile may
follow each other even more rapidly
than the changes Of the tickle weather
OF the sprtng. which King Solomon de-
scTibed when be said. And the clouds
return after the RAIN"
Could any lark with a broken pinion
fall to the ground more suddenly than
Napoleon III. fell from his throne? In
1850 be was considered the most pow
erful ruler Of all Europe. His great
uncle's name, his brilliant coup d'etat,
which placed him upon the French
throne after he had been elected pres.
ident for ten years: hts fostering Of the
arts in his kipgdosn, his past military
record, circled a halo around his per.
sonaiity aud made him the man Of the
hour" When the Suez canal was Open
~ Nov. 16, 1859, all Europe came to
participate in the marriage Of the wa
tiers Of the Mediterranean with the wa.
ters Of the Red sea-. Many kings and
dueeps, Princes and princesses were
there, but the royal yacht, which car
ried on board the beautiful Empress
EuseaSc. was the center Of all eyes. At
that gathering she was the ruler Of
Aings and Tho queen Of queens. No black
cloud darkc led Der horizon. Yet in a
little o>tr one year the Franco-Pru
sian wal broke out. Napoleon III. in
a short time was an ex-emperor. Sedan
lad been fought. the Tuieries was ex-
casnged for Chisclhurst. Then the only
crown Of Eugene was a crown of
1torns. pressed into her agonized brain.
With one mighty crash the Napoleonic
dynasty fell into q heap of ruins.
Poor Empress EugenieI" you say.
Why poor EuGcnte? She had no mo
ropN;tv OF trouble. To be hurled in a
fev months from a throne into exile
wal a ..artfing fate, but to how many
have m.s:oftuaes come as swiftly and
as pots athtly? They pounce upon US
- eri!;iy as q hawk darts for his
prey. 1:.A.s come upon us as quickly Az
they ca ~ to Joseph and to the chief
baker s-Ac the chief butler In the Egyp-
t:an prison. But though they have
ONE to us quickly in the past. yet
many Of u. are like the chief butler of
Tharaoh's court. As soon az our trou-
OitS ituNC uS We III 8Nt uli NOOut SuCuI
and heir wounds. We forget that the
same kind Of troubles may afnict us
again. Thus We go on practicing the
came sins that flung us into our past
difficulties. Let me draw from this
simple Bible story some plain, practi-
cal gospel lessons. May you and l not
ho like the forgetful butler. but like the
uuforgctfui Joseph, who in his prosper
ity remembered his old father Jacob
and his brethren and who in his beau
tiful. fOrgiving nature will always re-
main as one of the Old Testament
pure and noble types Of the life Of
Jesus Christ.
Pr0mises Of Youth.
Like the restored butler are We be-
cause, in the first place, we have for
gotten the promises We made when 60
ing through the struggles Of youth.
When in5ustices were practiced upon
us. when we were working during the
day and studying during the night for
an education, when we had TO wear
shabby clothes and had to hear the
sneers and the tauntz of the world,
what did We then say7 'Ab. II l ever
succeed In life I will help all the young
men and women ! can who are in the
same predicamsnt 40 I am" We have
succeeded. Are w fuinlling QUE prem
ises? A. successful ministers have W
sympathy with young ministsfsi A
successful doctors have We sympathy
with young phyGtciansi A. ~sueesssful
merchants have We sympothy with
young marehants1 A. successful con.
tractors have We sympathy With youua
contractors1 No. Tnat y not the gen
eral rule. When the deors Of Phara.
obs court were opened for us aud sue.
cess was ours. like the chief butler w
forgot all about Out past promises and
the Josephs whom we left behind in
prison. We forgot our troubles almost
Immediately. This statement is trus
not only Of one but Of many depart
ments Of life.
How was II In reference to your col
lege dsys3 Who was the meanest AND
the most contemplate man on your
faculty. Was he the great Drained
And world honored Mark Hopkins o.
Eliphalet Mott OF Timothy Dwight or
~ the boys used to lovingly call him
Jimmy McCosh. who. though the ablsst
Of theolosians and mstaphyslcIans
with his north Of Ireland brosue. al
ways talked about me collsger' VA
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