Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-24


weed. and every living creature that
flies about us will be a hornet thrust
Ing sting, and every sunbeam will
have a blasting heat, and every wind
will be a srocco kissing and moaning
over a desert of sand. Jonah was not
angry with the withered leaf. He was
not angry with his own obstinate, sin
full, selfish self He was out of tune
with the divine nature, and therefore
he was out Of harmony with everybody
and everything.
Out Of Harmony.
My friend, you know exactly what I
am driving at. You know when you
get out of harmony with God every
thing that Is about you irritates you
Why, only last week you had an illus
traton of this fact. The supper was
ended. You were in the midst of the
children's frolic and fun. No one was
having a happier time than yourself
Suddenly the doorbel rang. An old
friend came in and said: Harry,
have a fine financial scheme. If you
will go In with me, we can make $4,000
apiece" But, Charlie" you say, 'is
that square, "Bosh!' answers your
friend. Business is not made up of
Sunday school ideals. If we do not dc
this, some other fellow will" WELL
you answer, call right go ahead.
will stand by you" Your friend hur
ries out of the house saying: "All right
Goodby. / must clnch the bargain.
He Is gone in flash. You went back
to the sitting room. Everything was
now different. The frolic was now dis
cordant to your nerves. You took out
your watch and snapped 1t shut and
said sharply: Children. stop that rack
ct. 1t Is time TO go to bed" Your wife
said something. and you answered hel
Grossly. All night long you tossed and
tumbled, or when you did sleep 1t was
troubled sleep.
The next morning when you arose
the sun was shining just as brightly as
ever for Others but not for you. There
was dense fog around you. The
breakfast left a bad taste in your
mouth When you got into the car you
grumbled because fat man had the
impudence to sit down beside you an(
did not give you room enough t.
stretch out your elbows. When you
entered the store you began to fine
fault right and left. Nothing seemed tC
please You. Every thing seemed TO rul
you the wrong way. oh" the employ
ees whispered, better look out today
Il Il, g., ~,
Is on the warpath.' And this condition
went on for days. What was the mat
ter with you, my brother? Why was
everything wrong in the home and or
the street car and ia the storei Why
We're the blue heavens black for you
Need | tell you why? You know. Goo
told you to go to Nineveh, and vol
went to Tarshlsh. God showed you s
plain, simple Christian duty, and yol
refused to do it.
How to Get Right.
My brother do you want to see th'
sun shine again? DO you want to as
sociate with loving, gentle, kind PEG
! pie? Would you have your pathwa,
strewn with flowers and your heavel
melodous with songsl Then get RICH
with God. Get right with your bette
and truer self Undo at once tn,
wrongs you have done your neighbors
! When the Russian engineers were plan
| ming the railroad line between st. Pe
| tersburg and Moscow, for personal nnc
| selfish reasons they planned to maxi
] hn Dly fhic tho
/ When they brought their plans to EN-
/ peror Nicholas, he looked at them
moment. Then he laid n ruler upOl
/ the map and drew a straight line be
/ tween the two cities as he answered
You will construct the line So" Thu
| God draws for us straight line o
duty. and until we are willing to fol
! low that straight line OF our own nc
cord we will never be in harmony will
/ the divine will.
But we must not halt here. Jonah
anger stands rs the symbol Of TIT
small soulcd Christian that we SCI
! sometimes on a throne or in q bishop
! chair. who says: "If the world canno
| be saved through me, then l shall G.
all in my power to destroy 1t. If can
not make all Christians surround m,
chancel or study my catechism or lis
ten 10 my preaching, then ! will do ev
erything in my power to debar then
from entering any other church o
| studying any other catechism or listen
! ing to any other preaching. What w
want in religious work Is grca
want at the head of that great churcl
trust Is a man of our own denomina
ton or selection. In other words if
and mine are not going to get tn
credit for saving the world, then | ant
mine will do all in our power to keel
the world from being saved" Is no
that exactly the position of Joual
when he got angry with God becaus
God had repented of the evil that h
had said he would do unto the Nine
vites and he did it not?
Jonah Displensed.
There" ! can hear Jonah say, :"
knew it. / knew it, Here | was, tn
greatest prophet in all the east TIL
crowds everywhere ran after me
Whenever lifted up my voice coulC
see mems cheeks pale and their limb
tremble. They We're afraid to have III
speak one word lest l might hurl
divine thunderbolt at them. glorieC