Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-04-30

gers. If you nave Sunefed 40 ErleVOuS
~ from the harsh words. the unchnrita-
bic lnsnuations, the mnlevolent I'M
truths of those who have trcacherously
turned against You without cause. learn
the lesson and look well to your own
conduct, lest you sin against another
The law Of love works both ways. To
deserve Gods love we must graft the
lives Of others into our lives and make
their sufferlngs our sufferings and their
heartaches our henrtaches..
Brother, do not speak that harsh
word. You have no Idea how deep its
probe cuts. Sister. do not make that
bitter Interpretation. You think the
person against whom yon speak 1t will
not hear about It. lie will; he will.
He will hear about 1t In Its meanest
and most malignant form. know your
brother may have wronged you; but, re
member, the injusticcs which he has
done you can never Justify the angry
thoughts you have against him. Love
puts the suffcrings Of your enemy
above your suiferings and the heartaches
Of those against whom you are utter
ing those singing words above your
own heartaches Love suffereth long
and Is kind Is not easily provoked,
thinkcth no evil. bcareth all things. be,
lieveth all things, hopeth all things. en-.
durcth all things"
But we do not always want to be lit
tie children In the kindergarten Of love-
We do not always wish to Ike spiritual
babies learning the negative side OF the
gospel, which tells us Don't to this"
and Don't do that" and Don't do the
other thing" We should grow In grace
and grow in spiritual power and learn
little petition
Now lay me down to sleep
| pray the Lord my soul TO keep
which we learned years ago at our
mothers knees. And so the next great
step in the way of love Is. "Never give
pain, physical or mental. to another"
The second Is like unto the drst, only a
little higher in spiritual life. When
we love our ncighbors we must rejoice
with them in their days of prosperity
AS their sorrows should be our sor-
rows, so their temporal and spiri;uni
triumphs should he our temporal and
spiritual triunphs. Their lives as trees
are grated upon us. Then we. as the
old orange trunk Supporting them
should rejoice ut the gathering Of their
fruits Just rs much rs though the au
tumnal nuggets Of gold were taken
from our own branches. DO you gras,
the farreaching significance of my
text? And the greatest Of these is
love" The more others prosper the
more we should rejoice
Jealous Of Others Success.
But, strange to say. some evil minded
cynics look upon the success and the
prosperity Of other people rs an insult
to themselves. They feel that If they
cannot have all the honors and all the
praises OF success they do not wan
any one else to have those honors. Ant
not only that, but by sneers they viii
do all in their power to undermine an
others work Here, for instance, Is {
college president. For years and year:
he Is the official head Of the institution
! For years and gears he molds TIT
characters Of the boys and the girl
under him. He has the devoted fol
lowing of the officers and teachers, bu
when his work Is done he sometimes
officers and teachers give the SAM
loyalty to his successor as they accord
ed to him and because the college i
making greater success after b
leaves the institution. Why should no
that old college president he happy a
the success Of his successor? VIII,
should not the minister be happy whel
he hears that the man who follows hin
in his pulpit is more beloved and 1
doing greater work than he wa
privileged to do?
But you cannot rejoice with a ma,
In his days Of prosperity unless at tn
same time YOU are willing to sympa
thize with him in the days Of his sol
row. And You cannot truly sympathiz
with friend in his time Of trial unles
at the same time you are willing to d
everything in your power to overcom
his mental moral and spiritual weak
nesses and help him to rectify the mi.
takes he has made. Have you bee
willing to do that? Have you sue
an overwhelming love Of mankind !
your heart that you will do everythin
and anything to help your brother OH
Of his present difficulties?
Friend, could there be a better me:
sage for us to dwell upon this mornin
than this Of love? oh" said. III
can only get my people to feel an
, practice this divine love all will |
we'll" VIII you let this divine grac
eradicate all hate and bitterness frol
cour heart: Will you go today to tn
man against whom you have a grudG
and take him by the hand and so.
Let us quit our enmities for Christ
; sake" Indeed it Is not so hard *
, some of us to say that for Chris
whom we love and whose example W
! are to follow, has taught us to pra.
"Forgive us our trcspasses as we 70
give those who have trcspassed again:
u.s." oh, for baptism of divine low,
} "And the greatest of these is love"
Thera is a star tina. beams CT earth
, with tender. lovely ray.
That lights the path of generous wort
And speaks brighter day.
1t IL friendship.
There Is a tic, n golden chain.
That binds with stronger hand
Than iron shackles of the cell