Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-01-23

Is racking your whole organism to
pieces. You remind me Of little child
who goes to bed and is frightened
with a foolish dream You put your
little boy to bed and kiss him good
night, and he rolls over and goes to
sleep. But in the middle Of the night
/ you are awakened by a heartrending
cry, ooh, mammal" You call out:
Yes, my dear Come into bed with
mamma" And your baby crawls into
bed and you say, Ibid my baby have
bad dreams?" and he answers, Yes.
mamma; a great big bear was running
after me and almost caught me up"
Then you say. Never mind my dar-
ling; Just lie close to mamma, and she
will not let the bear touch you" Then
your boy nestles down by your side
and goes quietly to sleep.
Frightened by Dream.
Now, my brother, that Is the trouble
with you. You have a whole herd Of
bears running after you One Of those
big bears is going to eat up your bust
/ ness, and another one of those big
bears is going to swallow down your
good name, and another Is going to
steal your child, and another steal
your home. You are frightened with
foolish dreams These dreams. called
worry, are racklng your whole body to
pieces. You cannot sleep by night, and
you cannot rest by day, and you can
not properly digest your food. What
you should do Is what your little baby
does when he has bad dreams. He
knows you will take care Of him and
let no harm come to him. What you
need to do is to nestle close up to God s
heart He will take care Of you. He
will never fail you. Then II you can
only grasp this infinite truth all this
useless worrying will leave you. And
In nowise will the value Of the gospel
be shown quicker than in the benefit
to your physical health.
But there is another fact I want you
to learn about these gospel paths Of
peace. The longer you travel them the
more beautiful they become. the more
you will be stimulated by their fra
GRANGE and the more they Will reveal to
you the messages Of Gods love. They
will be to you Just what the paths Of
the woods are to the lover of nature.
The farther lie travels over them the
more fascinating and beautiful he finds
them.
God is Love.
| might appeal for confirmation to
the experience OF any aged Christian.
You. with your white hair and trem-
bling limbs; you. who are leaning on
your staff you have been following
the gospel paths of peace now for over
half century. Tell me. you with
your fourscore years. Is not Jesus more
rrecious to you than he was when as a
rudy checked lad you first surrender
ed your heart to him? ooh, yes an
I swers the aged Christian. LAS | look
hack over my long life like Che psalm
ist I can say, y have been young. but
am now old, yet have never seen the
ging bread My journey has been a
long. hard journey. Sometimes it was
away in the mountains. Sometimes it
was down In the valleys of despond.
Sometimes my feet have stumbled
Sometimes l have had to look into the
gaping mouths of opened graves. But
Christ has never forsaken me. Each
month and each year he has been
drawing closer to me. And now he Is
so much a part of my being that ! new
cr breathe the fragrance of flower.
I never hear lird sing never see
star twinkle. | never SEGA mans or
q woman's or child's face but hear
a voice singing In my heart: God j.
love God is love. God is love
Come, aged mother in Israel. Nhat
is your testimony: In the Kitchen and
parlor and nursery and home you have
had t1ur trials. Is Jesus Christ nearer
and dearer TO YOU as the years roll on
and the time draws nigh when you
will see them face to face? Yes. yes"
answers the beautiful faced saint. "As
think OF what Christ Is n me now
and what he always has been truly
can say there is one name above ever!
name and one love above every love
Oh. truly, Christ is dearer to me than
ever before. Like all Christians. | can
say. God is love-" Truly the path
of the righteous is as the dawning
light that shineth more and more unto
the perfect day"
A Triumphant Peace.
And then the terminus of the gospel
paths Of peace-oh. what glorious, a
triumphant peace they have, AS all
roads during Caesars reign were said
to lead to Rome. so all the gospel
paths Of peace ultimately converge at
one great central destination. They all
meet ut the foot of the great white
throne of God. And all those who trav-
el them shall assemble there. In the
many paths of the dense woods OF
earth you can pass within few
yards Oh your rrlends ana mss them
entirely, but there is no danger of ever
losing those who travel the gospel
paths Of peace. You see, We cannot
miss each o>Aer We are al! heading
to the same destination. We are all
going to assemble in the one place,
where we shall sing the same songs and
I look upon the face Of the same Christ
and live there through all eternity in
! the same mansions. Oh. is 1t not glori-
+ Gus news that those who have gone
before us and our dear children who
nre coming behind us shall yet be one
| with us in glory?
While l was writing this sermon |
seemed to see a most wonderful VI