Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-11-09

carriage and pursue a fleeing thief, has
not my Lord and my God a right to
summon you TO come and work in his
church, where Christian people are
working and praying in order to de-
vel0p boys and girls and men and wo-
men SO that they will not become
thieves II social Outcasts? Ia the
flreman's work, who rushcs to a burn
ing building, any more important than
that Of Il Sir IIumphry Davy, who
manufactures the little mining lamp,
that there may not be a fatal explosion
in the mine?
The Country's cali.
But I cannot close without speaking
n or two words with direct reference
to Caesars couriers. Christ is here
enunciating the doctrine he preached
to the Pharisees when he said. "Eendcr
unto Caesar the things which are Gaze
sar's as well az to God the things
which are Gods" Shall we not, in the
best and In the truest sense, be sub
timely submissive to our city and
state and national government? And
yet. when II country is calling It's
and needs u aid, how many of MS
turn deaf ears to those calls! For the
peace and happiness of our dear native
land are we ready to fight its internal
enemies as well as its foreign foes?
Are we ready to fight the saloon and all
Its sinful dives and all the evil VAN
pires that are trying TO suck out the
lifeblood Of our social organism? Are
we willing to be true to the nation and
come to her help, as the Hebrews
should have been willing to spring to
the aid of Caesars couriers and GO
with them not one mile. but twain?
Would that in these times of peace
we might be as true to the best inter
ests Of our nation as were our ances-
tors in times Of war. Then it was with
them no question of money. Oh, how
heavily the burden of taxation rested
upon them. Every loaf of bread in
those war times was taxed; every cup
Of coffee and tea was taxed. Then the
n sewed and the men poured
forth their money in rivers of gold.
Not only did they give their money.
but they gave their blood and their
lives. to save the land. Mothers brought
their sons TO the recruiting officers and
said: Il am a wOman l cannot fight,
but here are my boys. my brave boys.
Take them and let them die as sacri-
fees that their country may be free"
Fathers left their wives and their chill
dren; brothers left their parents, their
sisters. their sweethearts. Those brave
men left these brave ONE and went
fovtI, e. .1;n H.. %l,r o,, - %lcl, ;,.
order that their country might be free.
Oh. We men. in these times Of peace
cannot you hear our country calling
you to come to her aid and imploring
you to make the same kind of sacrifices
as your ancestors made in time of war?
The heroes of peace must be just as
brave and Just as true as were the SOL
dier boys who waded through blood
soaked battlefields and whose bodies
are now awaiting the call Of the resur-
rectiOn in the trenches of Bunker Hill,
Of Yorktown and Of the Wilderness.
Thus my text has not, as some peo-
pie might suppose. a literal hut Il figur-
alive Interpretation. 1t does not sim
ply mean that you should be willing
to travel with a man 1000 PAGES, which
was double the distance of the Roman
mile, but it means that in the home.
the store. the church and as an Ameri-
can citizen you should render unto God
the very best service you an. You
should sacrifice for his name. no mat
ter how great the sacrifices may seem
to be. 1t is said that after one of the ia
nous Spartan battles a Lacedaemoninn
mother hailed the courier who brought
the news from the front. This mother
had five sons fighting in the army.
"IIow goes the battle?" called she.
ALAS" said the courier, "all thy boys
are slain" The brave mother answer
ed: Il did not ask thee how Jared my
boys. but how fares my country. If
the battle Is won, all is we'll, no mat
ter what has happened to my sons
=. So may it be with us. May we not
work to find out how it shall be with
. us, but how it shall be with others.
May We work and continue to work
not for our individual selves. but for
the best interest of the home. the store,
the church, the country. Then we shall
be working for God and humanity
? Oh, men and women, will you traveI
r for others today the twain mile?
copyright. 1906. BY Louis Klopsch.l