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

CLOUD 40 We now nnd the "fair moon"
aud the "ciear sau'' are concomitants.
They must move along side By side.
They upust continually b seen at the
same time By watching world. The
twain, 40 at a marriage altar. most h.
deed become one In life.
"Oh," some one says to me, nut that
Is impossible. You cannot have the
sun and the moon shining at the same
time. When we were chiIiren back on
my fathers farm we used to have
moonlight sleighriding parties. We
would wait until the sun had set. Then
we would have supper. Then the big
sletghs, with their heavy robes, would
be driven up. About 8 or 8 o'clock
over the eastern hills the pale faced
moon would arise. With her mellow
light she would hood tl,e valleys and
the white robed trees. Then over the
crisp snow the runners would slide.
the bslis would Jingle. the dogs would
bark and the merry songs would be
sung. But We would not expect q
moonlight ride and Q sunlight ride at
the same time" Perhaps not, my
friend. But. though we cannot see the
sun and the moon rise and act ut the
same time, II you have ever camped
upon the heights Of oM 0reylock Of
the BerkshiRe hills, In the early hours
Of the morning. you would have seen
the sun Ytse before the moon has set.
Togetber, for q time, they sit upon
their thsoues In the heavens, as King
Ferdinand aud Queen Isabella together
governed the kingdoms Of CASTLE and
of Aragon.
Now, where does the moon gather
her light? find this old earth stretch.
ing out her arms and warming her
body by the blazing fires Of the SUMS
furnaces. When I think Of the sun,
picture the old New England Puri-
tan coming out In the January snow
storm chilled and cold and hugging
the old fashioned andirons to get
warm. But when approach the
moon I find she has no hres. Here
are only deep caverns and burnt
out crate. Then / cry out In amaze
ment, 70 moon, from whence cometil
thy MghtT' MAN. I am not blasting
furnace like the sum-" hear the moon
answer. Il am not simply FURNISHED
mirror. All the light have ia reflected
back to earth. because the suns rays
beat upon my Sides" Then I say to
myself: "Oh. yes. l know what the
old book means when it declares that
the conquering church Ia to be Clear as
the sun and fair as the moon II
means that the church Of the Lord
Jesus Christ shall conquer the world
for Christ when she does two things
She must preach Jesus, and Jesus
alone; secondly, all the members OF
that future church in their private
lives must be rejecting the Hight OF
the gospel as found in the light OF
Jesus Christ"
ReAecting the Li9ht.
Most of us see this symbol to ou
own shame. o moon, thou fai
checked, laughing eyed. golden lippet
moon! o moon, thou beautiful queer
OF the night. who doth carry no Ian
torn, yet whose face IL aglow witt
light because the suns rays hav,
kissed thy forehead as the skin o
Moses shone when he descended from
Mount Sinai, after taking face to fac
with God! o moon, thou dear friend
who kept vigil with me as l paced tn
ships deck under the Southern Cros
and babe thee carry messages OF love t
my dear ones by the moaning seas Q
an Atlantic coast! Is my life reflect
ing the divine life Of Christ as tho
dost reflect the light Of the sun? I
every word I speak. every thought the
is Graded in my brain, every hops
every desire. every deed. an echo, re
Election Of my Saviour's life, who gov
up bis life that sinful man might live
The moon is speaking to the churc
members today With her mellowe
light she Is signaling this message
Church members. when you preac
Christ and live Christ then Christ
church shall be a conquering church.
Men and women, as church member
will you In the daytime be clear a
the sun aud In the night be fair as til
moon, which God has sent as an evan
gelist to us to teach us the need {
purity?
But we must not stop here. Havin
a clear voiced pulpit and consecrate
pew, what shall we find? At once IL
outside world will begin to crowd tt
church doors even as doves fee
their windows. The new converts wi
come to Christ by the hundreds an
the thousands. There is absolutel
no doubt about it. The chief reaso
why menDnd women are not comm
to Christ today is because most of II
men Of the world believe our profe
sion Of religion to be a sham and
mockery. Give US n purified chure
and an honest and consistent chure
membership and the new converts sha
crowd the seats in such numbers tn,
whole communities will be born in
day.
Personal History.
Never was I more impressed wit
this conviction than on one occasio
by the recital al a personal history {
great American minister whom
love well. For some years he ha
been preaching in one OF our souther
cities. The church seemed to be spi
ituaIly dead. The people loved hi
with all the cordiality Of the sout
and socially did everything for HIN
still he could not 1nove them with u
| massa ga NJ hiS Master One daH