Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-06-07
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Sermon
ny Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmaee, d. d.

sermon the preacher shows the won.
derful power that Is within the rca ch
of those who accept the invitation and
realize the promise in the text, Mat
thew vi, 80, "And all these things shall
be added unto you"
What is n promissory note? why"
you answer, lit is written agreement
made by one man In the interests Of
another man" There are many forms
of promlssory notes. Just the same as
there are many forms OF wills and last
testaments. but rs rule the legal form
of promissory note Is written thus.
Ninety days after date l promise to
ray to the order Of Mr. So-and. so $4,000
at the First National bank of New
York city, with interest at the rate Of
per cent per annum. Value received"
What, l ask, can anybody write n
promlssory note and get $1,000 on a
written agreement like thatl "Oh, no."
you answer, laughing 40 man can
get money at the bank on a proms-
sorry note unless he is known to be Il
wealthy man or he can put up some
property as cole ternl or unless he Is
able to get some friend to indorse his
note whose name IS Il sufficient guar
antee that this promissory note will he
paid. If it was not for this fact every
dead beat in town would be focking
to the banks and to the rich men to
borrow money, and our banks and cap
italists would be bankrupted almost in
a day" In other words, a promssory
note Is of value only when 1t Is signed
by a name which is a satisfactory
guarantee that the note when it comes
due will he paid in full.
Well, then. my friends, this promis-
sorry note of my text is one of the
grandest and best and most wide
sweeping notes ever written. The
name of the Lord God Almighty is at
the bottom of it. Christ is the King
who stands tho guarantee that it shall
be paid in full What glorious prom
issory note it is Christ's name Is the
most p-tent and glorious in all history.
In the records Of the centuries you
cannot find one instance where Christ
has broken his promises Now Christ
says, IF we will stop worrying about
what you shall eat and drink and
about what you shall wear and about
the house in which You shall live and
If you will seek me first and follow
me, all these things will be added unto
you." Are you ready 10 accept this
co LOT
us run over n fcw Of the temporal and
spiritual blessings which Christ is
ready TO give to us if We earnestly and
prayerfully follow him.
Christ'r Promise.
Christ stands today in the first place
as the willing deliverer from all tenn
poral anxieties. He comes to us and
says, Friend. | viii feed you; l will
clothe you; | will house you for today"
But this promise does NOT appeal to US
very much. Why? Most of us know
where today's dinners are to come
from. But it is the dinner OF tomorrow
or of next week or of next year that
Is worrying us. Then Christ says: II
will not only guarantee you full cup
| board. a full wardrobe and a bel in
which to sleep tonight, but | will prom
Use you these temporal gifts as long as
You live upon earth. | will promise
them for You next winter, next year
ten, twenty. fifty years from now, il
you are alive. l will promise you all
these things if yon will only trust me
and live for me-" Then we look up in
wonder and say, What Lord. wilt
thou take away from me this awful
anxiety in reference to the future ne.
cesstes Of life if ! trust thee?' Then
Christ answers: Il will. | will. Thus I
will do for all my disciples who obey
me- Then if we are true disciples of
Christ we say: 20 God, thank thee
for taking this responsibility OF the
future off my shoulders. I roll my
heavy burdens down at thy feet" Are
you and I ready to do this to Christ
and accept him at his word?
Have not the burdens in reference 10
the physical necessities of life been
awfully hard to carry? During the
first half of your business life most of
your earnings went into bread and
butter and meat and clothes and house
rent. ! read an address delivered
some time ago by one of the most bril-
liant women Of this country. She was
making plea for women to learn how
to cook, so that they could reduce the
expenses of the Kitchen to the mini
mum. If wife had to do her own
cnnlsinu than chn Shnnl1 20 u n
1t economically. II she had hired serv-
nnts, then by personal knowledge she
should compel her cooks not to waste
the food. Then this noted female speak
err made this impressive statement:
Women, you should learn how to do
your work in life well. for nearly
four-fifths Of all an average mans in
come is spent by his wife in meeting
the butcher, the baker the grocer, the
clothier bills and the house rent" Is
not that startling assertion? Yet It
Is true For the first fifteen years OF
your business life practically all of
your money was Immediately spent to
meet the bare physical necessities of
your familys existence. No wonder as
the money came in so slowly and went
out so rapidly the sharp iron pillow of
care f,rrowed your face with wrinkles
ana bleached your black hair into sill
yer and gray.
The Turn In the Lane.
But the old proycrb says, ut Is n
long lane which has no turning"
Though the lane Of financial struggle