Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-08-31

his life for he country No man can
do more for love Of his native land
than that. I will save him OH account
of his shed blood" Mark you this
not ON account Of Christ's blood, but on
account Of mans blood.
Looking Unto Jesus.
No sinner was ever saved from cter-
nal death except by the divine atone
mcnt. Now, my friends, II is about
time for some of you to stiffen up tho
backbone Of your theology. 1t is about
time for some of us to rcnlize that only
the blood Of Jesus Christ can cleanse
iis as white as the driven snow. There
is stream In Corsica called the river
RestOnia. which has the remarkable
power Of turning white everything
which is dropped into its clear waters.
The cane which falls from your hnnd
into it becomes Il white stick. The
watch which slips out OF your pocket
into 1t becomes a white metal a trav-
eler tells us thnt an iron bar dropped
into those waters at once becomes
white as n silver sceptcr. So every
one who IS really cleanscd by Christ's
blood becomes, as in the river Rcsto-
MIA, white as the driven snow. But,
mark you. ms the old southern nanny
said It Is only by looking to Jesus,
who Is a God to love. that you and
can become purgcd and cleansed and
washed until we become winter than
snow. 1t is surely time for some Of
us to center our hopes upon the Cross.
which alone can save us from eternal
death.
Many years ngo the British admi-
rally sent the man-of-war Thets to
Mediterranean waters TO hunt up a
shonl or reef or bank that had been
reported by some fishermen of the
coast of Italy and mark it upon the
chart. The vessel sailed back and
forth without being able to locate the
dangerous reef. The captain returned
! to England and declared no such rocks
/ existed, hut the first Lieutenant Of the
Thetis thought differently. He begged
/ the privilege of continuing The invcsti-
CATION. lie laborcd on until at last
he located those rocks. and was pro-
| NOTED for the service he had done the
worlds shipping. The old captain of
the Thetis obstinatey declared that
! these rocks were purely chimerical and
mover existed. III ever go near their
supposed site shall sail over them
to prove l am right" said he. 4 few
months later the Thctis was conveying
the British ambassador to the city OF
Naples. One stormy night the captain
! found that he was near this supposed
reef He headed directly toward IT as
he said. "Now | will prove that leu
/ tenant Il fabiicatOr" The ship sailed
on for few hours. then came the
/ grating sound OF shallow water. then
crash. The Thetis was helpless
wreck. Most Of the crew were saved,
I but the foolish captain would not allow
himself to be saved to meet certain
disgrace. HE perished," said DR..
! StouShton. "a victim to his own unbe-
lief Thus thousands upon thousands
of immortal souls will perish on ac-
count of their lukewarm acccptation Of
the cross. They are not directly enc
mics of Jesus Christ They belong to
what is called the liberal order OF
Christians. They believe Christ was
born. that Christ died, that Christ rose
again from the dead. but they do not
believe that Christ is the only bcgot-
ten Son IF God and the only way OF
eternal life. And Except yc believe
yc shall all likewise perish" for the
Bible distinctly declares the necessity
of believing in Christ as Il Saviour and
in Christ alone
Lax In business Principles.
But we also find these modern
Laodiceans wonderfully negative in
reference to their business principles.
Every Sunday morning they may be
found vending their way to their
church pcws. Every Wednesday even
Ing they may attend the midwccls
prayer meeting. But the way they
act inside the church and outside of the
church may have no moro similarity
than the nature of striped furred
leopard can he compared to the af-
fectiOnate whinny Of the Shetland
pony whom your children are petting
I
sorting that these modern Laodlceans
have no business principles am not
asserting that these men are any worse
than their business associates. but
do assert that they will be just rs dis
honest rs they can be in their financial
affairs and yet preserve their social
Responsibility.
Some time ago I was turning over
the pages of popular magazine There
l saw perhaps half a dozen pictures of
men who are among the so called re-
spectacle thieves Of this country. From
an old Californian many years ago I
had heard about men stealing thou
sands upon thousands Of acres of land
from the United States government.
but then I did not believe 1t. because
lived In the crowded east. But after
| came west and learned OF the vast
distances OF those unoccupied lands |
began to realize how 1t was done. In
that magazine the writer not only gave
the names of the plunderers. but also
told the numbers Of acres stolen by
each Of these individuals whose pic.
lures he presented. l go to one of
these men and say: How did you
get this Andi Why is It yoursr'
"Oh." be says. Il fenced 1t In" "Why
did you fence Il inf Did you have any
right to do sor' NO." no answers.
Except the right Of taking government