Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-04-09
CalnnaQe
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmage. d. D.

er ways may seem to us at times. The
text is Psalm xcvii, II. Light is sown
for the righteous and gladness for the
upright in heart
This Is an unfamiliar metaphor. We
nre not accustomed to thinking Of light
MS of something that may he sown, as
the farmer soWs grain in the spring.
Light comes from heaven to drive
AWAY the gloom of the night, to revive
industry, to start again the wheels Of
business life to scatter the vultures,
winged or human, that prey IN the
darkness. We are thankful TO God for
the light that he sends to us every
dawn. But this conception that the
psalmist utters of light springng as
harvest from seed sown, IS novel to
us. 1t suggests the idea of the dark
ness Of sorrow or of trial, in which
Gods children must live ut times,
contrasting 1t with the encouraging as
surance that light is sown for them
which, though it lies for time hidden
and buried. will yet terminate and
fruit to their gadness.
This conception came to me with
special force as considered the topic.
1t had been raining for five or six
Wy - 'e'''u 40 mus Wv W.
ems We'e Po'o.'e si.o,Se ILLS '4ueeN-
g" VI o.c"iiH VI mus tu'e' i",i' '"i''e
~, 7'o'loN' -
-,
e''."' anu IT ii'o''eu 'ie 'Nir'' anu -
sank into every pore of the flesh. Oh.
""' 7'o, ,''' Wv" r'N ''
mere Is niue sunI'N''' 'oi you anu
l.''e HunilSut 100 sum- 'i'e c'Ne' as
tloush ne WIS alIdli ol Wasting IT, put
ne seemed 10 iioou 'he 'aI'" wit" iiSn'
III iaVish anuiuan'e' ne seemed "
say here IS H&nI' oceans o. "4u''
Ngh' lor tne mowers Oh 'ie menus anu
lot the plIUS Oh 'ile ar ana loI man )
lnenlal ana pm! sI'"' cA'S'e"ce' i"he Il.
ana pdtlle III 1t anu gro" Ill 1t ana
uie".he It, ii'ie ~ 'i'e sun "e d S.cl
lar furnace turning WIN ilEh'. w"
biNeS nlan! I'essiiRs' Out ne gives ho
pressing WIZ" r'cher "pu''u""ce IMAM
"hen ne 'oils out LOT man lie "iessins
OF tue suH!I@nl' men turheu ana
'eau 'ne "otUS u '"e tcAt' LISht Is
so"n ior Inc righteous ana slaoheSs
ior Tie upllsht Ill heart
Sunshine For ALL
God fulfills the promise of my text.
In the first place, by the revelations he
gives to his children to solve the intri-
cate and mysterious problems of ma
ture. God seems to say to man. IF
you love me and will honor me. |
will put the resources of the seas and
of the valleys and Of Tho hills and OF
the air at your disposal God gives
nperally the blessings or nature 10 the
race regardless or its moral conduct
summer ana winter. seed time ana
harvest sunshine ana shower are lor
hll. AS ChTlst SAID Hou causes MS
ram 10 Iaii on the just ana on 'he I'M
just ana Is klhu TO the uhtnahH1ul
hnu the evil but lie HAS slec'"I piesS-
1nGs LOT tnose VINO are uescrlpeu III
'hls passage as the rlSh'eons ana the
upright IN heart' lie honors them WIN
more intimate khoWled2e or MS
ways cI"Set acquaintance Win ia
lure ana clearer We" or the re-
sources OF clNiilzeu Ire.
"ei' 90 not understand that
soihe one says 10 me- IL thal ~ TRUE
no" can you account Tor the TACT tla'
some o' our greatest inventors dla NOT
peiieNe III Nou or " hereai Ter OF any
superhaturai power ! ne men VINO
nave eNploreu LOT us the wonders Oh
nature nave not always hoeh peileVerS
III reNe'atloh' men, pesld'S' some OF
rue most iililloFai ana uepraNeu lhel
nave peeh the llost prosperous no"
van your PROMISE pe "ccoruils 10 l"ct
"n!' n' pTo'he'' "hat 20" state ahu
whht STATE are III perfect "ccoru VIII
tha bis.or,, % p,r,,e io,,r,o,. 20 non,o.
WI, ,roro ~, w., nosson,,o-s o,, t,,
oro,r % no ,1o,,,,,',..o,, oo,,, s,,l sa,.
oo9 pocorso tbo sh;n oorr;od Pow, ,ht
servont of christ cod soved tho crov
m honor tho nrosonco op HE ovorrelist
Tho mara nroeorco Of tho oooI &c
source of lloesirc For tbo irdifforo,
ar1 tho had That is q Rihle trutI
tougb+ og,in ora oroin in tha nag
canturos Have Won nondarod ,vo,
over Ahrobom,s nrovor who, bo nIaoa
OIL For tina salvation re doonod s;odou
and C,onorrob9 what ain Goa re,,
when bo povo those answers 10 th
patriarch of Old? WHY God simnI,
meant this. "Ahrabom if there are if