Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-16

Egyptian march. The soldiers had been
for hours without water. No sooner
did the aerial delusion appear than be-
fore their eyes they saw a beautiful
woodland. Out Of this woodland was
flowing a clear stream. Upon the
banks of this STREAM the cattle were
coming down to drink. Not only n
man saw this mirage, but the whole
army saw 1t. At once the soldiers and
war chargers broke ranks and ran on
toward the supposed river bank. whero
they expected to quench their thirst.
They ran on and on until they dropped
from exhaustion. Napoleon nearly
met his Waterloo on that awful day.
Had the future conqueror been destroy
ed then It would not have been by the
hand Of q Wellington, hut by the de-
stroying finger OF the morning clouds.
A Deoeiving Messenger.
Herines was not only tho messenger
Of the NEUROLOGICAL gods, but because
he was also supposed to be the god Of
the morning clouds he was called by
the Greeks the god of deceit. The
morning clouds are decelving clouds.
Hermes was the god Of the mists, the
god who was able to deceive by his
fantastic reflections Of the light of the
sun Rut Hormes. with his canvas Of
morning clonds, drew more false
pictures than Satan, the enemy of
Christ, draws when lie declares that
the life Of a moralist is the life which
shall inherit eternal peace. What say
the Bible? DO not be Il druukard and
you shall he savedI DO not be a thief
and YOU shall be savcdf 10 not be a
murderer and You shall be saved? DO
not be a libertine or n liar and you
shall be saved" No. no! That was
not the message which Christ gave unto
his disciples. Read the sixteenth chap
ter of Mark: And he said INIT them:
60 ye into all the world and preach the
gospel 10 every creature. He that be-
lievetl and Is baptized shall be saved,
but he that believelh not shall be
damned" 70 live the life Of a pure
moralist is not enough. With his left
hand Christ brushes away the morning
clouds of an earthly repentance, and
with his right hand he points to tho
star of bethlehem, which shines In tho
darkness of the night. and says, That.
o sinner, that is thy guide TO lead
thee into paths OF eternal JOY and peace,
that and that alone Oh, my friends,
will you cease here and now to res,
your eternal hopes upon the whit,
feecy mist of n morning cloud repent
ance?
Among The pictures of the late We
5%eschagin, the treat Russian artist,
Ihere is not one which has a more In
tense interest for art students than
that which was painted above ths
clouds. The noted artist wanted to
climb to the Top Of one of the Hima-
laya mountains. but the guides re-
fused TO 20 with him because the dan
ger was too great. 60 Nereschagin
did. He went alone. lie lived among
the snow and ice until he saw them
respondent in their most gorgeous col
ors. Then he painted his wonderful
picture entitled ".Ahov" the Clouds"
Higher than all the sea Of clouds,
Vereschagin portrayed the mighty
peaks Of the Ilimaiayas lifting them
selves. Thus rnnv we be gospel We
reschagins tclay. May we climb
the Himalnya heights of Calvary. May
we put our hand in Christ's hand and
go higher and higher until we climb
above the morning clouds of a vapory
repentance. May we climb higher and
higher until we browse ut :he foot of
the cross. Then may we paint the
mountain peaks of Gods mercy. We
may paint his mountain peaks Of love
and forgiveness. Then. ike Moses.
may we come down from the cloud
lands and give to the Sinful world
this picture. in the center of which we
the cross, Wilt thou do this, 0 I'M
mortal MANI Is Your repentance 10
be of longer duration han the morn
ing clouds, or shall we give our
whole nature. mind and soul and
heart. into his hands 20 be made n
new creation, all attuned TO his will.
changed in everything to his nature?
The-l shall vc know what tie apo! tie
meant when he said. "Boholding as in
a glass the glory of the Lord. we are
changed into the same image from
glory To glory. even rs ~ the spirit of
the Lord" May that be our passion
ate desire. ana then We can say With
the pSalmist. Il shall ho satisfied
when | awake with thy likeness"
tCorvrirht, lNi, by I.o'is Nlorschl