Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-08-17

ference. the nadir, the senlth, the be-
ginning and the ending aud the all Of
that conQuefing church or there shall
be no triumph ahead Of her. What the
rising sun Ia to the natural world the
Bun Of Righteousness 70 10 the spirit.
ual world.
HIGHER REESE the Sun.
A true conception Of Jesus Christ
IL as necessary to the church as Is
the suns radiance to the earth. Can
not you grasp III Cannot you discern
II In the beautiful panorama y0u Wit
messed many years ago, when you
nrose one morning very easly on Mount
Washington to see the sun rise In old
New England2 You went forth In the
darkness and took your position on
Sunrise point. The whole world
seemed dead as you left the hotel pi.
axxa. Tie servants were asleep. The
night clerk or the watchman was the
only person around 10 speak to you.
The trees, tail and grim in outline,
seemed nike gigantic highwaymen, with
their black hats drawn down over
their foreheads and their black cloaks
thrown about their shoulders, under
which they were concealing the fatal
dirks. on In the distance by the dim
light Of the stars you could see the
mountains sinking lower and still low
or as stepping stones leading to a g.
gantlc throne. Slowly, almost imper-
ceptibly. the light OF the stars dwtn-
died and the blackness Of the night
was changed into dull gray. Then the
tops Of the eastern hills became rim
med with a golden covering. The suns
head lifted itself as though one Of the
huge rocks, touched by Gods finger.
had been changed into a huge. living
coal. Higher and higher rose the sun,
as the glowing headlight OF the oncom-
ing locomotive of in the distance is
seen coming out Of a Hoosic tunnel
Lakes become Furnished mirrors Of
light. and the mighty sea Off In the dis.
lance becomes reservoir Of light
and the rivers, as parts Of great
network spread at your feet, be
come silver threads. The heavens DRIP
with light aud the earth Is flooded
with it. The birds begin to sing and
the cocks begin TO crow. on in the
distance the farmers are seen starting
for the fields and the cat&le for the
pasture. The sun has at last risen
and morning has lighted her many con
flagrations. "Who Is she that cometf
forth as the morning, fair as the moor
and clear as the sum- Cannot 20,
grasp It? The church, the conquefin(
church--the church, clear in her di
vine beliefs, clear in her conception d
Jesus Christ! In order to have n con
quering church we must hold fast t
Christ as the alpha and omega, TIL
beginning and the ending. which Il
and was and which Is to come, the al
mighty and omnipotent Christ. Thu
conquering church must be clear II
reference to her belief in the atone
ment. What the sun rising in til,
east ana setting IN the west is to tn
natural world the Sun Of Righteous
ness is to the conquering church.
Look and Live.
Do not Christ's own words prove tina
the more we exalt him the more W.
shall conquer in bis dear name? Rea.
his promise as recorded in the twelfth
chapter Of John. "And !. II l be LITE
up. will draw all men INTO me-" VIVA
does that mean? You find the connet
ton between that statement and ar
other In the third chapter Of the sam
book. "As Moses lifted up the sexpen
in the wilderness, even 70 must tn
Son Of man be lifted up" Methink
! am wandering about IN the lsraeli'
ish camp In the LAND Of Edorn." O
account OF the sinful dissat isfaction Q
the people God has sent them tn
plague Of serpents. We can hear thei
hiss everywhere. The people wit
clubs and swords and spears are xii
Ing the serpents by the hundreds an
the thousands, but the more they XII
the more the serpents seem to sprin
up. Suddenly one OF these serpent
buries its fangs in the naked leg Of
man ON the outskirts Of the CAM
Come" cry his companions. "con
and look at the brazen serpent whic
Moses has lifted, and you shall live
But the deadly poison is doing 1,
work. Like a man benunbed by tt
bliszard's cold and determined to u
down in the snowdrifts and sleep, tn
Hebrew wants to lie down and slice
the sleep OF death. let me alone
he mutters, "let me sleep" His friend
rouse him. They beat him to keep u
the circulation. But 1t does no goo
Sleep he will. Then. by main force. {
a drowning man is pulled out Of Il
surf, they drag him over the sand
the foot of the brazen serpent 81
God" they cry, sis 1t too late? WI
he not open his eyes and look? Ma
you are dying! Look, look and live
At last, as in drowning stupOr,
halfway opens his eyes and looks.
tremor, life giving tremor, shoe
through his body. He has looked, ar
he will live So. my friend, the churt
of the Lord Jesus Christ Is 10 he
conquering church when she lifts his
the Cross.
To that Cross we must lead. and,
necessary, even drag those who al
drugged and poisoned and stupefed /
their sins. Tint does not mean th'
we should make shrine out OF Sc
tartan creed that does not mean that Y
should struggle to make Episcopa!iai
out Of Mcthodists or Presbyterians o.
Of Baptists. but 1t does mean that