Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-04-06

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you, I want 70 tell you clearly and en-.
phatically that God has not one code Of
morals for the rich and another for the
poor. You and must bow to the same
rules Of Justice and kindness and gen.
tleness and forgiveness and love 10 our
dealings with our fellow men. The
needles eye Is a low door. The low
door means that we must bend to God.
It IL a narrow door. The narrow door
means that we must be Just and true to
those with whom we come In contact
In the walks Of daily life.
The Spoiled Child.
Let me digress here a moment and
speak q few words in reference to
spoiled women. do not believe there
are as many spoiled men az spoiled
women. Men, as q rule, have not as
great chance to be spoiled down at
the store as some women have to be
spoiled in the home. They would be-
come Just as spoiled IL they had the
chance. But the women! Oh. how
| many Of them are spoiled In the home!
Did you ever stop to think that a great
deal Of the 30 called nervous troubles
of this world among women are simply
due to fits Of temper! The young girl
grows up as q spoiled child In her fa-
Tiers house. Then she marries. She
boasts that no one has ever been able
to govern her. She is right. She will
not even govern herself Then, when
something goes wrong in the home, as
a married woman she scolds and sulks
and refuses to eat and to sleep. She
cries and goes on until she works up
few spasms OF hysterin and physically
becomes as rigid as q board. have
been in many homes as pastor and
friend. have seen there many wom-
en- said to be nervous wrecks who were
not nervous as you or I might become
nervous from overwork. They were
nervous simply because they let their
tempers as spoiled children get the
better Of them. Many nervous women
could be cured Of their hysteria II
some one could give them good.
wholesome rebuke and put them to
bed, as mothers punish their children
and then put them to bed If they did
wrong. The symbol Of the camel as
applied to the rich man in reference
to his nleannesses toward his fellow
men might also be applied to many so
called nervous women who let their
tempers get the better Of them merely
because they are spoiled children. OF
course in making this sweeping state
ment / am not saying that all nervous
people are evil tempered, but some Of
them and many Of them certainly are.
But as l see these richly laden cam
els coming over the hillsides toward
the shut gates Of the Jerusalem walls
l see skulking in the distance other
forms. They are the robbers and the
thieves and the highwaymen. They are
the murderers who for one roll Of cloth
would be willing to cut n mans throat.
They are the same kind of bloodthirsty
human demons as were those pirates
who were supposed to have captured
the sailing vessels in which the beauti-
full Theodosia, wife Of Governor Aston
of South Carolina and daughter of the
famous Aaron Burr, sailed to meet her
father in New York. RumOr tells us
that this beautiful woman, with her
2elled to walk the plank that her cap.
tors might possess her wardrobe. So
these dark figures skulking behind on
the oriental hillsides are the robbers ~
Ing in wait for their prey. II these mer-
chantmen hesitate one hour in unload
ing their camels and In making them
60 through the eye Of the needle. down
these miscreants will swoop. They will
slay the owners and carry away the
goods ms rich spoils.
A Dangerous Road.
II these two merchants had been only
humble peasants, IL they had been go
ing afoot or astride cheap four foot
ed beast Of burden, such rs Mary, the
mother Of Jesus, rode when Joseph, the
carpenter. was taking her down to
Bethlehem the night before the most
memorable Of all Christmas days. no
attention would have been paid them.
but there they are this evening riding
camels. Each camel ia worth q large
sum Of money. Each one Of these cam
els was heavily laden with the richest
OF merchandise. do you wonder that
tuOsC IVOOSAS cAuiAiuS uPOu SAC Aiit-
sides are on the alert? And do you also
wonder that rich men always have the
robbers lowering around them. ready
to steal their morals. their good names,
their souls as well as their gold? The
Weather a man becomes, the higher
up the ladder Of fame he climbs. the
more awful are the destroying mon
sters who hover above him and flank
him and crawl beneath him. II hear
you are in great danger" said friend
to church member as he was leaving
the service one Sunday morning. why
do you warn me thus?" asked the gen.
tleman because" answered the
friend, II hear you are becoming rich
Take care, for it is the road by whicl
the devil leads thousands to destruc'
tion." No man has great wealth un
less at the same time the moral thieves
are ready to steal his good name and
head him OF from finding safety in the
city Of God.
Oh. the moral temptations which con-
front the rich! Only the power Of the
Holy Spirit can safely overcome them
One day gentleman entered the study
OF prominent New York pastor This
: pastor had once been leading minister
Of the city of Philadelphia. where the
visitor had grown uD under his preach.