Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-04-26
Calrnase
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaae, D. d.


get rid OF the skeleton in the closet"
to overcome the hidden trouble. the I'm.
repented fault is the subject of the
sermon today, the text chosen being
Psalm &c, 4. "Our secret sins in the
| light OF thy countcnancc."
Most men are born towards. They
were as babies rocked in the cradle Of
fear. As boys they always by night
disliked to travel the road which leads
to the bridge over which Tam O. Shan
ter was chased by the hobgobins. "Of
course we do not believe in ghosts"
once said great English evangelist,
"hut most of us feel squeami when,
alone, we have to walk past silent
country graveyard in the dark hours
about midnight And most OF us arc
afraid Of the valley Of the shadow of
death when like tho psalmist Of old,
we look at Il in the dim vista of the
future. although, like him. we know it
IS nothing but black shadow" OF
course there may he men born. like
| Eoratio Nelson who never know what
the name of fear means But il such
men exist they are worry few and far
between. They are almost ms scarce
as clover tops growing in a January
snow bank or as diamonds imbedded
| IN n vein OF copper ore.
The members Of the human race do
not dwell all the time in the City Of
Courage. They nearly all live for
little while at least once year, in the
City OF Timdity. They more often
cry and tremble before the imaginary
dangers which threaten them than
they suffer from the wounds inflicted
by mortal foe The legend is told that
one day a traveller met the Black Plague
| journeying TO the famous eastern CAPT
tai OF Racdad wv here are YOU 20
ingi' asked the eastern pilgrim. ITO
| Bagdad" was the answer, TO kill
1900 people A few weeks later, so
goes the legend, the same traveller met
the Black Plague on the same road, but
now returning from Bagdad and going
home. Why" said This traveller. did
you not do as YOU said YOU intended
to do? You said you were going to
Bagdad to kin 1000 people. From the
awful reports hear coming from that
doomed region you have killed 10000
people instead of 5000" All" an
swered the Black Plague. with a glee
ful fendish grin 81 have kent nv
uord Lilled only : OOO neonla on
occour+ of my fot,J toucb but tho
other a. ooo raonlc VIM also died nor
ishod of ro.r 1b.v lil,ad themselves
I had nothing to do with it" Yes the
old logond Is right rrcat many
nlacuos staIL throi,oh this land do.
strovinp THAR victims ovcrvyyherc but
the dead that lie in ,hnir tracks are nor
ali slain nv those swinging scvthes.
Most neople are born natural towards.
( More peop,e die from fear than ever
die from the ravages Of disease.
Tn. Ee, Of prr;.hmcpt
/ This aseumn,ion i. oln,os, n self cvi.
don't fart mr. nm axiom Now os most
or us ore couords in more WAYS than
ono tho Greatest checl, on vronpdoiny
in this WORLD * the fear of future nun
jshment The would he murderer ia
afraid 10 shoot his victim for fcar he
will ha oxecutad. ,ha vo,nr clcrk who
is rattin. into tho habit Of hettinr IN.
IN tho races i afraid IN rIsl, any Of
bis omnlover's NANCY for fear he will
no found out and SEM IN iail. the WON.
on or tho mon who would like 10 vio.
,ata tho seventh commandment often
oro q fro,d 70 do II for faar tho novvsna.
nor renor+ers will got unon thor track
md tho whole scandal will no nuh.
,ished in tho daily n.usnaners and
then thev will no ostracizan from all
decont associations but If n man could
sin without hejnp found ont or the
sinn.r MT ha brounht IN Judgment then
u.boro tboro ore now two sips ,bora
wou,d Ina twen,v and u,bor. mon orr
once NOW ,bev nigh, do wrong ten
tiros oyar Thot n,eano Of courso 70
our Gin. womb novar hs brought IA
trial
Non. os Woo tbirLi,c olo,o fiji,
Ii,e tho othsr dow my evos ware scan.
pins IN. Nirataenth ps,l,, Of Dovid
Sudden,v nv otten,ion vac attracted
ia thoss ,vo,ds .our ..,rot SING IN tho
IIioht 80 ,h,. oo,,r,on.,o,, ",,ho+"
s.id 70 n,rsa1f "con II ho tbot thoro
orc Gins ca sooret Ga co,on,,to,, b,d-