Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-06-07


sure II you wish to be sure Christ
says, Seek We first the kingdom Of
God and his righteousness and all
these things will be added unto you"
Cannot you trust him? VIII you not
today roll over all that responsibility
upon hlm7 You may have financially
failed. but God never fails. He will
look after you when you are not able
to look after yourself. VIII you trust
him now?
But food and clothing and house rent
mean more to me than the bare neces-
stiles of life. They mean more than n
mere treadmll existence and a perpet-
ual grind. They mean more than eman-
cipation from poverty and distress.
They mean vast and unlimited re-
sources. They are the symbols of great
armies Of men marshaled together as
employees. They represent not only
what we shall eat and wear and the
houses in which we shall live, but they
represent the food and the clothing we
sell to others and the land which 9th
ers rent from us. In other words, they
represent power, unlimited and mighty
power.
Working For Power.
Let me illustrate. I go out upon the
lilsides of New Zealand. | see thou
sands upon thousands Of sheep brows-
ing there. I say to the owner of these
countless sheep: "For what do you
raise those sheep? Why. I can see your
hocks everywhere" II raise them for
the WOOL he answers. What do you
do with the WOOL "Why. send that
to the English factories. If you were
here in shcarng time you would see
hundreds Of tons of that wool cut and
shipped as the harveSters press the hay
into bales for the market. Then after
that wool reaches the factories It Is
cleaned and secured and spun ont into
threads and woven into underwear and
turned into coats and vests and pants
and dresses and cloaks. Why, that coat
!ou have on today Is made out Of wool.
Thousands upon thousands Of yards of
cloth come from the backs of my sheep
every year" But" shy, what IS the
good of raising so many sheep? You
and your family can only wear a few
dozen yards of cloth annually. Yet here
YOU are raising enough sheep to clothe
the whole English army. You certainly
are not raising all these sheep for your
own use:" NO" he answers. II am
raising all these sheep for power. ! nm
beyond the mere question of my own
livelihood. But the more sheep l own
the more money I get and the more
workmen l employ the more influence
I have in the world and the more am
honored and looked up to as an infuen-
tial capitalist" The great sheep own
or of New Zealand pastures his thou
sands upon thousands of sheep for
power. Many focks are the symbols
Of mans influence over man.
What is true of the focks of sheep
and the herds of cattle is emphatically
true in reference to the land. Tho more
land a man owns the more power he is
supposed TO have. This is the reason
why the laws of entail of England are
In vogue today. Take, for instance, the
present Duke OF Norfolk, who owns
over 100000 acres. or the Duke of Rich
mond, who owns over 100000 acres.
When one Of these British noblemen
dies he will not leave his property to
his children share and share alike, but
he says to himself: Il must keep up my
family influence. am required by law
TO leave to my eldest son all the land
l have and my house and heirooms
Then as the years go by this property
will become more and more valuable
| Then, as a great landowner with thou
sands upon thousands of tenants de-
pending upon him. my sons voice in
the nation will be heard as voice Of
authority" Great harvest fields, great
fiocks Of sheep and herds of cattle,
great farms and landed estates are the
symbols not only OF what We eat and
drink and wear, but Of unlimited pow
or and influence. Now. when Christ
comes to us and says, Seek We first the
kingdom of cod and his righteousness
and all these things will he added unto
YOU" he is practically saying: Seek
first the kingdom of heaven, which is
your first and chief concern. and will
take care of your temporal interests.
All the wealth and power that it is
well for you to have shall be given to
you. only strive to do my work and
Feek to save men and serve me in your
daily life
As the World Sees.
Because the world at large does not
recognize the Infinite results of this
power that does not prove that this
power does not exist. The world has
not recognized some of the mightiest
men OF the ages even In statecraft.
The other day ! was reading most
interesting article by Hannibal Ham
lin on the United States senate. This
great son of New England had repre-
scented Maine in public life over forty
Years. or for nearly half century.
He was born only ten years after
Washington died. He was the per-
sonal friend OF Adams and Jefferson
and Monroe and the colleague and as
socint, of Webster, Clay, Benton and
Calhoun and all the great public men
from lS43, when he was first elected
TO congress, 10 1891 when he died He
was giant among giants, a king
among kings-that Is. if You believe
the makers and the moldcrs and re-
creators OF our nations belonged to a
race of kings.
With almost a century for his re-
Prospect Mr.. Hamlin declared that