Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-11-22

ccpt as it is Interpreted for them by
the pulpit. 1t ls just az much seale6
book as during the dark nges when 10
layman was allowed to touch 1t any
more than profane hands could touch
the holy Of holes during Mosaic
times.
Reading tho Bible.
You rarely read the Bible. Yet you
are an intelligent woman. You arc
one Of the leaders Of the woman's
club. You take very active part in
that organization. Only short time
ago you read before 1t an essay Oh
Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Brown
Ing Why did you not take that Sun
day school class Of young girls the
other day when our Sunday school SUI
perintendent asked you to do 1t? You
made this excuse and that excuse and
the other excuse. You did not tell the
real reason. The real reason why you
did not become a teacher of that class
Of young girls was because you did
not know your Bible, and you were
ashamed to expose your Ignorance.
Your Ignorance Of the Bible Is SO ap-
palling that do not believe you know
whether the book of Corinthians Is in
the Old Testament or the New. I do
not believe you could tell me, to save
your life, why Jesus was born In Beth
lehem or why Moses was not allowed
to enter the promised land. Now, you
would laugh at n woman who was so ig
norant as to suppose that Goethe wrote
Hamlet" or that Alfred Tcnnyson
was the author Of "Thanatopsis." Yet
you are SO ignorant Of Gods word that
you could not become a teacher Of Il
Sunday school class Of little girls. So.
my friends, some part OF each evening
ought to be held sacred for Bible study
and prayer. Carefully guard at least
half an hour as sacred for Bible study
and for prayer Then you should turn
to God and say: Master, teach me
thy will. Master, let me talk to thee.
This is thy quiet hour when thou canst
put thy amounting hand upon me to ri
me for the duties Of the coming day
and for holy communion with thee OF
the approaching Sabbath" In this
darkenng twilight can you not. with
an earnest. ppayerful voice. repeat these
beautiful lines of Emma C. Embrey
Morn IL the time to act, noon TO endure.
But oh, II thou woul5st keep the sp,.i
pure.
Turn from the beaten path BY worldlins-
trod.
Go forth at eventide in heart to walk
with Cod.
One NIGHT during the last sickness of
the sailOr-preacher. Father Taylor of
Boston. the nurse heard some one talk
ing earnestly in the next room. He
was very much surprised. because he
had left the aged preacher only few
minutes before lying in bed alone. SO
he went into the sickroom. and there
he found the evangelist standing in
his nghtgown before looking glass
and pleading with himself to accept
Christ. The old man was saying to
himself: you are sinner. Don't
you know you are? You are an old
man. The grave Is directly in your
path. Repent of your sins. Accept
Christ now. There is yet time" Was
not that q beautiful way for Father
Taylor to spend his last night on
earth? Aye. would not that be beau
| tiful way for us to spend part of
every evening on earth? After the
hard work OF the day Is over, after
our babies have gone to bed. let Us
steal away a little while and open our
| Bibles. Let us soc ourselves In GoS'f
looking glass. Let US talk with God.
! Let us plerd with God. Let US then
empty ourselves Of self and be filed
With the spirit OF Christ. Then will
)ur evenings be spent Alright Then,
Ti,h a renewed spiritual power, shall
We 20 forth = lnror For God in tie
work. of the coming dnv.
rCopyright 1906, br louis Klopsch.l