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

now. YOU cannot remember one mo-
mcnt when he did not impress you
with the fact that he had supcrnat-
ural strength given TO him with which
to meet the temptations of life. MY
brother, YOU have the same tcmpta.
tonS to meet as he had. DO Won not
craze the same divine strength with
which to fight those moral and spir.
itual dangers? If your dear father
was to rise from his grave. would he
not be speaking to you as am doing
now? 1t is not too late to 20 back to
Jerusalem and at the altar of Calvary
supply your spiritual deficiencies. Re.
member, you are still at your first
spiritual camping place. 1t is not too
late TO TAX, Christ along with YOU on
your Journey of life.
The Destination.
But there ia another fact we must
settle before We start upon the Journey
of life. and that Is our destination. IL
YOU were 20 go TO one OF the old from
tier towns of 1850, you would find
many people assembling there from all
l!le ulHcIcht pa 10 u lhe tHllcu
States. Some OF those trains Of ''prai-
rie schooners" would he planning to go
to Oregon and Washington territories.
Some would be seeking the gold fields
OF California Some would be seeking
western farms Each Of those emf
grants was planning to 90 to some
DEFINITE region ana he would lay his
I, tie.
plans and map ont MS course before he
started. III Is OF NI'ai importance Tor
man to Know III Wilh' direction he Is
10 travel bcf''c ne i'aVeS tne home
city After We nave nc'h travelling on
Gay alter day II Is Almost impossible
Tor us to turn pd'N ana start out with
ahother par'f OF eh''e"l's' II you
were 10 enter me camp tonight IN
Wil"h "0Slh an Nary were traVcllnS
you would ma UI're was no oouDt IN
'her mlnos III ""icn direction 'hev
were SoluH W '"Nc'' "tt uS "Sh 10
sepn ana nave MN te'' us no" De 'aihe
10 JON thiS c"r"N'h.
Here he Is now ny the campfire.
Mary ana he are worrying about their
absent boy. "lir!lo, Joseph, Is that
youE 1ou say you iett Jesus behind!
HOO could any loving lather and
hother 90 as you nave zone Wen.
answers Joseph ! VIII tell you. We
went down to Jerusalem 10 attend the
Passover feast After the national
feStlvity was over began to look
% s0,'nu w. mnu ,D aaia,. Wv en. .,'' p".y
bon,o to.n 80 >.,1oroth r,.or,, dnv
tho ,oon,a ,voro ,.o,in, hr+ ,bo,. ,,.nra
oil c,oi,r IN .,i,.o.,i,ns wa di1 mo-. ,,,ish
to tr,vol Tact ,icbt ho,rd mot q
rortr ~ MOI, ,,.,,,,Id s+ort for t,a zo,,
r,op hius ne c,rrso ho,b Norr and
r,,..olf had e. d.. - lo+ 90 rronoro.io,,
IN or1er 10 co+ ,ff ot srch o,,iot not;ca
In tho oxcitornort Of oatti,a our tb,ncs
tocotbor uo did nor IooL 40 corefulIv
flor onr how a. we oueht Tbis ,s tho
on,, nor+r -, +ro,.o,o,s who oro ,oir,
to Eavoratb Gov t,., r.eoLs W. hod
IN ioin this marty ar NOT yo at oil This
Is the reoson why Josus was forpotten
in the rush of getting off" Yes If
would have been very silly for Josenb
and Mary to travel -oward Nochnolab
in the hone of somehow retting oround
To Nazareth II is verv foolish move
for some of us TO start the tourney Of
life when we do not know or care TO
what destination We are heading. O
man are Won travelling toward heaven .
Are Won iourneying toward the CROSSE
~,
Dut tnele Is sun ""'tner warning
"nicn wan. YOU ~ neru well III soul
Jo"'ne! Va ,Ne 'n"' 10 t'e "io''i anu
.Ae spa ''"' " 'he INV" any.
INC women WIN nol'' YOU are pouno
~ NC ~ u"i'' "'Soc
"I, wa" us ~ "o Al
~ 'nose "''i "Ho'' wv 81 ioi III ''i'o
'he "oou' upon sum- summer >ae"-
'ion' Al 1ou w ho' hceu wei 'he MINI
VI Pe'p'e WIN "no'i' you 20 cam
III Tue SUMMER sou' "hoie spiri'ua'
ne may DE "recheo'
NO man, care not now strong he
may be- Is strong enough to resist the
perhlclous influence OF SINFUL coinpan-
Ions Ihere Is an ora saying that II
you put one decayeu apple IN barrel
hlleo win req app'es when nave just
! been gathered from the orchard that
rotten apple IN time VIII contamlnate
all the other apples IN the barrel.
therefore II you pun one good apple
among dish OF decayed apples 1t