Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-04-27


morning. He Will ssnd 20 me tne sun
shine In bic own,S god time. . Will now
say ny prayers and 60 to sleep and
trust him."
What would you,<hink if.all theswiid
flowers ON the Jerusalem hillD on the
morning Of the blackest Of all Black
Fridays in the worlds history began
to weep and to cry and to beg. Sup.
posing that we ahouA heac' thenGbegin
to moan: what n the matter? What
Is the matter? Why is that great
crowd surging forth from yuudee'gztes
to crush us ana trample our pexsls IN
the dust? Why IL this. darkness over
the whole earth? 1t Is not yet night.
Is the end Of tho world at hand? u
God, why are those rocks swaying I'M
derneath US as a cradle would rock
under mother'sstouch? Why this aw-
ful light in the ganien on this early
Easter mornw II ever there was q
time when flowers could open their
lips and speak It must have been then
when their Meker suffered. But not
with such words would they have bro
ken their. silence. I can imagine their
greeting a. the SaS1oursstepped among
them that morning In the garden Of
Joseph Of Arimathsa. Sweet aud.besu.
tiful must they haxo. hooked to him,
and canamagine.histsayin gsto them:
Swing your incense. wild flowers.
Swing it,far, and near. Hold high your
chalice filled with sweetest Of nectar
that every passing cumming blrd may
have his fill. And then don't worry,
but trust me. JustStr1,E me-" And IL
the wild flowerg.4ruGt 0pd 5orfoodand
drink and sleeps, cannot we do tie
sames
The Lessen, ofstho, Na11aa.
Trust Christ. ASIDE the Wild 0pWazs.
oh. why cannot We DO it1 Whlt
blessed peace this trustswuul0 tuoansAo
our tired heartsf Tho other day I aas
riding out to a cemetaxJN withsa esutDe-.
manswho was one Of thepauosn6szs d
the funeral we were folsuaVenN He
toldAmerhh, age. ln,great auoezam0e y
said: "'Why, you donot look neaet~as
old as that. What Is your panacee OF
perpetual youthY' WELL" he IN,
swered, II do not know OF any excepE
one. 1 trust Cod. Because fully tsust
him 1 never worry. always go-toee
early and get eight or nine 1ulf h0wss
sleep. Then when get up in the n1Wn~
ing say to myself. Now, with Gods
help, I will do the best. the zefv osDt,,
I can Then. II 7 have done my best
and things DO not come out % ryvlShe
why, It Is Gods ioohpueS Rn0- DOT NINE.
| ,,-.-. ~ a.,,~~, q, a 1,o<<ap <h>as. Z lnvn
myself. Why should grumh,e r. he
has a better plan for me than 1 4Ase
thought outT' All, my friends. aztec
we have done our 'bestrw1Rh God'1aheln
can we not trust God7 Can we not ksst
that God will care for NJ even as he
does Cor the wild fowers?
The Easter lilies teach us that a
short earthly life 10 notsnecessartiyr an
unimpcvtant Sife. Even though our
loved ones were wNth Us but q few
years, the influence Of those years both
for them and US may ,<s4ch on through
the eteruties. Their lives and, our lives
may oe % short as theShprtest lived Of
the wild flowers. and yet the eternities
themselves will never be able to outlive
them sad US In our heavenly Joys. The
Easter lily Is the symbol OF the Christ's
resurrection and Of our own resurrec-
ton through Christ.
The God Of the heavenly garden
sometimes gives his sweetest perfumes
and most exquisite aafwe-ts to those
Of his floral children who may be call
ed the transient beauties Of this world.
TO some Of as our earthly lives may be
cs short as those Of the passing flow-
ers. The Eight blooming ceceus BIOS
SONS but ,o1ce year. About 8 o'clock
ut night this beautiful aowcr, with Its
rim Of most delicate pinh andfsts whites
center, opens. In three hours che dow.
er IL dead. The mianIght. tnilsf.s knell.
The night blooming Ceseus, alxhough
nine inches In dlaxnuDef. dles Of old
age after it haa had but khaee short
hours Ct maturity. The mayvels Of
Peru. better known BY the name pf
the four oclocks. were the little 66w-
ers dearly eherished BY our grand
mothers. They open late every a3eer'
noon, Just at 4 o'clock IN olden SA4a
these flowers were far more TO be
trusted 40 timepieces' <hAn The aNEi1nt
wooden clocks Of tne QeFdnt fsasm-
houses. These dowt4s'Gie q st6,xatime
after the suu has So Ntx:14:ll WAND
flowers live but Q few days at rsost.
gnowdrops fade aimost.as 9Gtcf.y a.
q snowdrop meits away. Ills trailing
arbutus shivers In the cold Gf spring
ana soon catches pneuunonia and dies.
The biographies Of nearly all plants
can be written In the few words with
which Jesus described the Vie Of q
lily. as ''the grass Of the eed. which
today 10 and tomorrow Is cast Into the
oven" The heat Of the sun may both
incubate doral life and cremate the
shriveled corpse In the same day.
The Resurrection Truth.
} But, though mans life, like the Hikes
may be very short. his heavenly life
the resurrection life. II very long
Christ was only thistysthrse years OF
age when he was crucified. But Christ
; Is today dwelling In heaven with oul
dear ones who have gone beyond
Mother, by the grave Of your little
baby. I declare Il. Husband, by the
grave Of your dead wife. believe it
, Child. by the casket Of your father and
, mother, welcome thls resurrection
! truth. Our dear ones earthly livei
, may have ended, but their heavenly
/ lives have Just begun. Oh. ON this glO
| -lovo Nm o<,v -, <~v> v,iel mn q