Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-01-10

words and deeds of Jesus live. They
live in the lives OF the men whom he
redeemed by grace. They live as the
unwrltten words and deeds with which
we try to lift up our fallen brothers
and sisters to Christ shall live through
all eternity.
Working For Peace.
But | cannot close without showing
you how the unwritten words of Jesus
must have affected those who did not
follow him us they should have follow
ed him. 1t was not all peace and hap
piness in the disciples camp. There
they had their little frictions and jeal-
ousies, and Jesus unwrittcn words
must have been continually pleading
for pence, peace, peace. Not one word
do we find in the gospels about these
conversations. But those pleadings for
peace must have been uttered.
Turn II the first two verses Of the
fourth chapter of st. John, when,
therefore. the Lord knew how the
Pharisces had heard that Jesus made
and baptized more disciples than John.
though Jesus himself baptized not but
his disciples" Stop there. | want to
ask you why Jesus himself did not
baptize his new converts. but left it to
his disciples so TO do. Jesus did not
baptize his disciples" wrote great
commentator, because if he had bap-
tized some of them it might have made
unhappy divisions among his followers.
Those might have considered them
selves more worthy or honored who
had been baptized by him than those
baptized by the disciples.' Don't You
see the force of this Interpretation!
Jesus is practically saying to his dis
ciples: eve must do everything IN ON
power to keep down the troubled wa
tiers OF jealousy. We must do every
thing in our power so that We each
and all Of us, shall work in harmony
with each other. Peace, peace! Let
us sacrifice everything in order that
we should work for the glory Of God
in peace Yet we find not one word
of this conversation recorded in the
Scriptures.
The Value Of Harmony.
Are our unwritten words pleading
for harmony In Christian work among
Christ's followers? Are we doing all in
our power to have our homes harmoni-
Gus ana our churches harmonious and
our different seCtaran organizations
working hand in hand for the glory of
God and not for self? Are we ready to
sink ourselves for that peace and for
the glory Of Christ? During the dark
est days of the attempt to amalgamate
II lot of petty German municipalities in
to one great German empire Prince
Bismarck said to a friend: "Oh, that |
could live to see the day when all
these German peoples shall be united
together in one great purpose 10 pro-
tect and care for each other. | must
not think of what my enemies may say
or do. TO attain this end | must brave
all langers-eXile, even the scaffold IT.
self. What matter If they hang me,
provided the rope with which | am
hanged binds this new Germany firmly
TO the Prussan throne:" Can you
speak like that for your divine King?
Shall your life he spent not only in
bringing social outcasts to the cross.
but in binding all Christians closer and
closer together with the Christ's love?
While we dwell on these episodes in
the life Of Christ that the evancelsts
have left unrecorded. we feel sure that
they We're very kind and tender and
pure. He could not have acted other
wise. That divine life must have been
consistent throughout, and the parts
that we do not know have been in har-
mony with those we do know. So it
should be with us. Like Christ we
have an uuwritten life, or. rather. an
unrecorded life in the public sense.
And. thank God. that life can become
an infinite power for the saving of
souls for Jesus Christ Shall our I'M
written words and deeds be truly con.
secrated to the divine Master? Oh,
the unwritten life of every mortal
man, viii you heed and grasp these
opportunities today?
Let me, then. be always growing,
Never, never standing still;
Listening. learning, better knowing
Thee and thy most blessed will.
That the Masters eye may trace
Day by day my growth in grace.
Copyright. 1906. by Louis I(lopschl