Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-10-03


everything IS different from what 1t
once was" Thus was It with you on
that Sunday afternoon. You arose
from your knees and gave your heart
to God. oh, Christ was so different.
The love OF your father and mother
md sister was so different. Your own
purposes OF life were so different You
were, like Covper. filed with, holy
ecstasy because you were surrounded
by a divine revelation. Yet alas, alas.
how soon We have descended from the
heights of our mounts of transHgura-
ton.
But there was nnotEe; wonderful
manifestation In our spiritual lives.
That was when we left home and
started ont In the world to make our
own living. Somehow when we were
In the old homestead we felt good
deal like the bather who is swimming
inside the life lines down at the great
ocean. The waves rear themselves and
move on toward the shore You can
soc them begin to gather their gigantic
strength ont Mt yonder sand bar. They
come rolling on, higher and higher, un
III they cover their heads with foam
Then they tumble down upon us and
roll us upon the beach. We laugh and
shout and make merry. Why? Be
cause we feel there Is no danger any
whore around In the first place, IL the
waters drag ia out, there is the life
saving man on tho beach. with his
corscts of cork about him and his long
saving line attached to the belt. He
will plunge in after us. and friends on
the shore will get hold of the line and
pull both of us out from the angry
surf
Outside the Life Lines.
How safe ono feels when bathing In
! the ocean inside of the life lincs We
| feel a great deal like the little chickens
| playing around the harnyard, within
/ call Of tho checking hen. If anything
goes wrong they can run and find shell
ter and safety under the mothers
wing. SO with the old homestead.
/ There we always felt safe. If any
thing went wtonr we could always run
/ to father AMI mother and find help and
strength. Iut when the hathcr goes
beyond the life lines then he is taking
/ his life in his hands. And when we
leave the old homestead then we must
meet our struggles and temptations
aionc.
First Night Away From Home.
Have Won over seen your feelings
better portrayed than in the great pic
ture IIoyenden painted, called The
! E"c9king of Home TicsT" | have a
tNo copy Of that picture hanging on
ny dining room wall. Some people
declare the mothers face is the most
wonderful part Of that picture Others
draw your attention to the dog 9th
CrS to tho youngest sister or TO the Old
l;fUnlmothers eyes. But the most sUg
gcStve part Of that picture to me Is
the chin of the boy. who is about &c
leave home. AS | stand and look at
thGt chin | can almost see it ouivcr
1t seems 20 say: what am going tc
do? Away from father and mother
ana Ill The dear ones, where Shall
spend my evenings: VINO will take
care Of me when | am STICK? Oh,
| wish did not have to 70 10 that g.eai
jIg city. with all its temptations ana
loneliness. Why. there is no one am ona
those city people whom l can cali Il
friend All leaving home is no joke
Turning your back upon all youl
youthful associations is no pleasure
day iaunt. The Breaking of Home
Ties" when the young man start,
forth in life to battle with the worl,
alone, is one OF the sadlcst moments
IN all LIES journey.
And vet was not this utter lIolrlcSs
ness, this awcu loneliness. this widen
ing isolation, the means OF bringing Il
YOU ore of the most marvellous Of IL
vine revcla lions? When the revolvina
Wheels of the railroad train were tax
ing yOu farther aud farther away from
Your old home Your eyes sled with
tears. You kept iohking out Of the
car window. You We're not looking al
the new country, but you wore seeing
the dear faces in your old home. There
among the passengers You kept offer
ing this prayer: go God. my mother
cr'S and fathers God, be with me il
my now life" Then when You CLOSED
YOUR door for the first flight in youl
liille hall bedroom in the big city
boarding house you kNclt down anC
said The same prayer. and then wha
happened? You remember 1t rs thougl
II wore yesterday. Your room seemed
70 he filled with singing angels. W,
knew not whether You were in thC
body or ont OF the body, so wonderful
was the celestial glory that shont
around YOU The same God who spoke
unto Joshua appeared unto yol ant
said: Fear not my child AS | wa!
with thy father and mother, so will
be with thee if thou wilt trust me ant
follow me-" Was that vision hallu
cination? You know it was not 70,
know It was a glorious revelation from
God. Have YOU trusted Christ and fol
lowed him as you promised to do whel
young man on your first night in tn
great city? If you have not, then tel
God today Why YOU have not and asl
again for 4 renewal of his divine man
Hesitation.
But time passed on. You soon so
used to your city life. The green cOun
try ways wore off. The hobnaile'
shoes were exchanged for the leather
the rough clothes of the village stor
for the fashionable productions Of tn
expensive tailor Then came your maj
raGc. And that led on to another rev