Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-12-07

BTeuC eInduClputOr VI 8ioA' W "Sn We
fnd David bsiAs induced to 90 forth |
to meet the responsibilities OF his king
dom We end him breaking the shackles
Of sorrow which have bound him hand
and foot, az the Roman captives used
to be bound to the chariots of their
conQuerors in the triumphal entries
into the capital OF the Caesars. And
thus, my friends, II you and l want TO
be truly helpful to our friends In their
time Of trouble, We should not try 80
much to pet them and sympnthize with
them, but we should go as General
Joab went to King David to compel
them to go forth and 10 something.
Work a. . Panacsa.
Work IL the best panacea for grief.
Many years ago great trouble came
TO my fathers home. The best com
forter my father had was not TO he
found among those who came to weep
with him aud to sympathze with him,
but the best comforter was the old
clnssmate who came and said: "De
Witt, I attn going through trouble far
worse than yours. My wife for ten
years has been in the insane asylum.
l want to give you the only cure
know to help you Mt this time. DO
not stay at home and cry. 60 forth
into Gods great harvest field and work.
Work for God In the morning. work
for God Mt noon work for God ut night,
work and keep on working for God all
the time, and the blessed comfort from
God will be yours" Thus. my brother,
when you and are going to carry true
comfort to our friends IN their time of
trouble do not go to them to pet them.
Go to them and rouse them out of them
selves by urging them TO do something
for some one else 1t was by work
that David overcnme his grief, not by
selfish tears and sobs and weepings In
the silence Of his bedchamber.
And by the same reasoning. If there
be any blessing above all others for
which you aud should be thankful in
our days Of adversely. it is for the
blessing Of work. ny imposing on lis
the necessity of earning our daily bread
and caring for those who are depend
cnt upon us God is able TO throw Oh
the heavy burdens of our grief. And
how near those burdens We're once to
destroying u.s. l today would have
you treasure your necessity of work.
ing for your daily existence. Sorrow
I and trouble raised their axes and
smote ut you. At first you were stun
ned by the cruel blows. But hardly
had the blows Of trouble and sorrow
descended when, like David. you had
to be IN and out and doing. And in
your necessity for daily toll you found
, one Of Gods great panaceas for grief.
Oh, my friends, thank God today that
you have to work and continue to work
, and, like King David, that you have to
, work all the time.
q But there is another fact l want you
r to notice about Joab's upbraidment and
denunciation. He did not waste any
n words about other peoples shortcOm
T ings. He did not go to the king and
n say: Nov, David, Absalom was an
r ungrateful dog You ought to have
a hanged him long ago. And those peo
q pie who m,rtined against you and
n made you fee from your capital ought
i. to be sought out and punished Oh
4 no, Joab did not bother himself about
O crying over the departed past. He
a practically said to David: Here, the
q insurrecticn has taken place. An aw
{ full lot Of damage has been done. There
Z is no use Of talking about who caused
8 the difficulty. The. one great fact WI
y want to solve Is how can we get tn
:. kingdom back upon its old, stable foun
No<; to
Y set fire to your palace. but how we cal
II put the connagraton out Now, yo'
@ had better get out Of this room AS sool
n as possible and get back to your capita
e aud pick up the reins Of government
Il without one moments delay" Ant
j." David returned and came to the Jor
II dan and went back to Jerusalem. Ar
"a you and l ready to do as did David
T. Are you trying to jump in and over
n come the evil deeds Of others instea
le Of sitting down and crying about Their
It and magnifying them?
e The world will never be saved by on
If proving that other people are liars an
ingrates. | read an article some year
ago. which cut out of Il paper an
~ pasted in my scrapbook. with the pun
~ pose of quoting it. but lost the articl
- and lost the book The article how
10 ever, went something like this: "Wha
~ is the use of men in business complain
"a ing that their employees are slothft
NJ and ignorant? What is the use Of say
n ing that your help is lazy and untru
vi and selfishf Men have always Dee
m lazy and untrue and selfish ever sine
n. the world was started. 1t is the stron
20 leader and the successful man VIII
It takes his employees as they are an
IN does not sit down and complain abOr
10 them. The successful man in spite {
la drawbacks uses all men for the bes
an purposes for which they can he uset
he "Ah. yes." l said when read that n
m ticle. chow true, how true! The s,l
~ cessful merchant is not the merchal
IN who has perfect clerks, but he taxi
as his clerks as they are and drills the
nd and keeps on drilling them until
i'd spite Of themselves they are compellt
w to do his bidding. The successful ca
IN tain is a man who, like Paul Jones. CT
re inspire a mixed crew. made up of {
or different nationalities. to fight his bs
UT ties as though they were made ont
to the stuff of heroes. And the stroi
nd man for God Is not the man who 81
i'd down and repines over the weakness
Of hia fellOw men. He is like ,JOa