Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-10-19

saying bitter things. lie seemed 10
feel that the chief end Of every college
tutor vas 10 make the lives OF the stu.
dmts 3ust as miserable az possible.
Not only that but outside Of the class
RON b was always roaming around
he hans and the grounds and The town
to ind some Delinquent and to report
some broakine Of the college rules.
Ths chief tutier Of rharaoh's court in
codege life forgets the Josephs whom
he has left behind In prison.
The Worst Taskmaster.
What 10 true in reference to school
life 10 equally true In reference to the
factory and the department store. The
head Of the department who Is most
cruel ana hard hearted and remorse-
less to those under him is the man who,
only q few years ago, groaned and SUI
fered and prayed to God for deliver.
ance under q like treatment. What is
true about o~verseers " true about CAPT.
talists. The rich vi who 10 the most
cruel In collecting the last dollar, the
last cent. owing him and who will
strike the hardest bargain is invariably
The man who wss once 80 poor that he
knsw all the panss Of hunger. all the
benumbments Of cold. all the horrors
that come from facing a 6inty eyed
creditor. My friend, where 10 the chief
butler Of Pharaoh's court who has for.
gotten the trials and agonies Of the
past struggles Of life in his dealings
with others?
Oh. that we would be more like 10
seph and less like the chief butler in
our dealings with our fellow menl II
you are a man you have without doubt
read that book which is 30 dear to near.
~ all boys hearts. called TON Brown
Mt Rugby" There the English author,
Thomas Hughes, writes an a%utobiogra.
ply Of his early life. He gives an &C.
count Of the flag system" of the great
public school Of England. the school in
which DR.. Arnold made his name as a
tie boys in Hughes day were not only
allowed to be "hazed' by the big boys.
but they had to be their servants. They
had to carry the water and black the
shoes and run the errands Of the older
students. On bitterly cold nights, with
their little shivertng bodies, they had
to crawl In between the sheets Of the
big boys beds aud warm them before
they could go to their own beds. They
had to DO everything the big boys or
dered them to do. There we find the
law Of Rugby raj the same al Is the
universal law Il hfe. As a rule. the
boy who had the hardest time az . Ut
tie boy was the hardest upon his flag"
when he became a big boy. What
American boy has not had the big
lump come into his throat when he
read of the struggles Of little Tom
Brown? And. oh. the prayer Of CRATE
fulness we uttered when he "hg boy"
Of that book. that good big boy" came
to the rescue Of little Tom! My friends.
cannot we be the good big boys" Of
life? All of us have served u ap-
prenticeships IA flags" We have had
our hard times. Shall we not try to
make the burdens Of the little "fags"
about us lighter. az Joseph tried to do.
or are we going to be hard upon u
fellow men. as was the chief butler
who forgot about the troubles Of 10
seph. who was once his fellow pris-
oner?
In the ButleF's Place.
There ia a centripetal as we'll as a
centrifugal lesson resulting from this
butler Of my text ignoring his past mis-
fortunes. The n forgctfulness blinds
his eyes and hardens his heart to the
sufferings Of others. The second for
getfulness blinds bis eyes and hardens
his heart to the threatening misfor-
tunes which = ahead. Because this
chief butler had sscely weathered one
hurricane on the sea Of life he IL very
apt to forget to look to the seaworth!-
ness Of his craft ana to feel that from
now on there Will be nothing but
q smooth passage ana no threatening
storms ahead. Because he has lain
down upon the operating to ble and had
the surgeons knife cut near his vitals
and successfully remove the dangerous
tumor he fooaishly supposes that he
will have another tumor and
have to undergo another similar
physical and mental ordeal. Then
what 10 the result? As he forgsts his
past troubles he aho forgets to guard
against the aims and evil habits which
might have brought him into his late
difficulties. Let US for a moment put
ourselves into that buffers place.
Three days after the Interpretation
Of the chief buffers and the chief bak.
er's dreams 10 past Joseph bad said to
the baker, You must die;" to The but.
Ter. You shall be restored Al the cup
bearer Of the king" W. hear the
tramp Of the soldiers. The warden OF
the prison enters. He fret points Ia
the baker and announces to him that
the king has condemned him and or.
den him out to be hanged. To The
butler the warden turns and Gays,
"Cuvosavsr, thou art free. Ths kipa
bids thee hasten a be fsixtaful os1vanl
to his palace" The iptsspsetauen Of
(he two dSosans cane true. Now, II
the chief e0sisr haa feared that h
might b. auuy again into prison and
suffer the fate Of the ogksr. what would
he have done when Be donned the uni,
form Of q royA servauf3 The same al
you would do IN q similar condition
Methinks I might see him a. soon Al
he goes to his room sitter the frst
nights banQust Is owe He PAGES or
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