Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-10-26

rather Than that others should perish.
Lie down. Lie nat down The boy
dropped. The great engine and it's
coaches swept past. Then it was found
that. because the boy absolutely yield
cd his will to his fathers aud lay down
| fiat upon the ground. his life was saved.
Oh. that PLATE had obeyed his divine
Fathers commands M that little child
| obcyed his earthly parent. Would that
we could surrender all our wills to
Gods Will. Pilates halfway attempts
to rescue Jesus did no good. plate
| should have been man enough to have
| gone all the way. no matter what the
temporary cost might have been. He
should have firmly said: Jesus, thou
Son Of God. thou art free. I. the gov
ernor. decree it,"
Blu, to yicid our wills to Christ's is
not enough. There IS another ques
ton which l would put. What are You
going to do with Jesus who is called
Christ in reference TO Your affections
or orr hearts loving power" To III"
obedient IN Christ is not necessarily to
he Il loving disciple Of Christ. There
is many Il clerk in Il store who tries
TO he obcdient and faithful to his EN-
ployer's interest who personally has
no more use for his employer han a
weasel has for a rat or {; niongoose for
a Kissing cobra. There is nan Il wo-
man today trying To b" q true and duti-
full wife who years ago lost all love
G.. 49,. t - s. No.
again and again broken every one Of
his VOWS. she is true 10 him for her
chiidrcn's sake alone. Thus | believ.
there are many men trying to obey
Christ. and yet they are disciples who
, have not learned to love Christ.
Pilot. in one sense. was trying to
serve Christ. but PLATE did not love
Jesus any more than some of us love
him who have been trying TO follow
him for years. Why are you q Chris
tian: Why do you go to church and
always contribute to the church and
have your name enrolled upon the
church books? For two reasons" you
may answer. when I was . littlo
chap, mother started me to church and
to Sunday school. For years and years
she took nse Churchsohg Is an old
habit. and old habits are hard to break.
Then. IN the next place. though ! do
not profess to love Christ very much.
yet l fear the results if ! do not follow
him. AdOniram Judson was started in
the Christian ministry by the death of
Of his worldly college mates. As
soon as he heard he was dead this
sentence sprang to his lips: Dead and
lost! Dead and lost" SO, because I
fear death without Christ. that is the
reason ! am following him" Now,
my friends. your answer is the answer
many are ready to give. They worship
, md follow him because they are afraid
not to do II. Their God ia a God of
'ear anu not a God Of love. Now
comes the practical question. What
are you to do with Christ in reference
to your hearts affections?
We Must Love.
You must love somebody or some
thing. You cannot help 1t. Tho ten
. drills of the heart will climb up and
reach out for an object to love, just az
the roots Of a tree win reach out t.
: clutch hold Of the rocks or will sink
themselves into the earth. As WI
!. must love. cannot You and learn I,
. love Christ? Cannot we begin to study
and to learn what he has done for MS
In the record OF that beautiful life a
. not we learn TO love him M We Learned
hrst 10 love our mothers on account NJ
j., the SACRIFICES they have made Tor us