Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-02-27


the benefciarles OF charitable inst!
tons. One Of the loveliest ladies
ever knew was left widow w
rare financial acumen she doubled a.
quadruplcd her husbands estate. Th
with nearly 100000 she erected Z
endowed an "old folks home" The
in the most beautiful climate of {
world upon site which Is unsurpasaa
in beauty in all southern Californ
she has reared this institution as
memorial to her husband suppr
there would be 10000 applicants to e.
ter that institution this year If the +
strictions did not bar all but inhlh,
ants of California from entering. As !
is the waiting list runs up into T.
hundreds "Oh. if | could only becon
an inmate of IIollcnbeck homew IS ~
pleading prayer OF many who are !
the twilight of life. Yet have bee
told that, though all those who cntc
there 20 with thanksgiving son
upon their lips, yet as soon as some O
the inmates get thoroughly establish
in their rooms and walk for lit,
they begin to grumbe about the moa'
and grumble about the superintendent
and grumblc about the people who m.
living in the rooms next to them. Tn
average person. ! care not in what dc
partmtnt of life YOU may take him
does not know what loyalty means
A Good Notice.
I think the best notice ] ever cav
hung upon the walls of a business Is.
tablishmcnt had written on 1t theSc
words. The more have read thcH
over the more their honesty and far
reaching significance have appealed {,
me. Listen and ponder well; 'If yor!
work for man, in heavens nam
work for him, If he pays you wages
that supply you bread and butter.
work for him, speak wei, Of hIn.
stand by him and stand by the institu
ton he represents. II pot 70 pinch.
an ounce of loyalty is worth u pound
Of cleverness. If you must Witty, con
denim and cternally disparasc. resign
your position and when you are ont
side dcnounce 20 your hearts content.
But as long as you are part of the in
stitution do not condemn it, If you do
you are loosening the tendrils that
hold YOU TO that institution, and the
first high wind that comes along you
will be uprooted and blown away in
the billiards. track. and probably you
will never know why" Woman, have
you ever thought Of that when as a
servant girl you are talking against
your mistress? Stenographcr. have you
ever thought Of that when you are
talking against your employer? Clerk
have You ever thought of that when
you are talking against your employer,
Beneficiary, have You evcr thought OF
that when you are talking against
your benefactor? Are you loyal to the
men who feed you and put clothes or
your back and give you a home in
which to live? If you arc. YOU are the
exception for the great masses Of peo-
pie cast mud at the windows Of the
homes in which live the men and the
women who support them and who
should he esteemed their best friends
In the Spiritual Lie.
what is true of the temporal life Is
emphatically true of the spiritual. Dc
you know why you have so small a
spiritual harvest: In the first place
some of You talk against your minister
who is trying to build up your church
Then YOU talk about some of the pco
pie who are in the church. You com
plain about YOUR superintendent OF
about the pr sident Of your Ladies' Ait
or Missionary society. Then YOU fine
fault with the church people becaus,
they do not call upon you more. Their
you grumble against God because h,
does not let You live in better home
Then YOU get angry because your hus
band was not elected an elder. 1hcl
you find fault with the choir. Thcl
you will lie gin to sulk because YOU
little girl was not asked to lead the
procession at the ch!drcn's day sorv
Ice. Then IN high glcc YOU 90 aroun,
spreading the scandal Of some domeS
tic lircside and call the members 0
that marital catastrophe 'hypocrites
because they persist in coming T.
church in spite of their moral dclin
quencics. And it is disparaGcment her
and fault finding there and dcprccia
ton farther on My brother, do yol
know what is the matter with you
You do not know the first principles o
loyalty to God ana loyalty to his sun
day school and loyalty TO the house
hold Of faith. In order to reap spir
itual harvest what You need in III
first place is 70 get down on yoN
knees and get right with God and *
right with Gods Institutions. no mat
/ ter where they may be. If You hcon
| to Gods great family, then live for III
/ harmony Of his HpirituaI family an
| never parade your differences bcfor
/ the eyes of the outside world or hus
1 band or nurture these cnmities in YOU
own heart. First he loyal to his d
vine institutions. Speak well of them
! DO everything in your power to mai,
this inner life harmonious and loving
happy.
Oh that we would do everything 4
our power to keep the purity and III
honor of the Christian church frol
being derided and ridculed by the me
and the women OF the outside. Their,
is beautiful story told that after tn
Prussians had defeated the Austrian
in the battle of Sadowa young Aus
trian officer was found MORALLY wound
4 To, L.