Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-02-03


tuition, and its standing in the cominun-
ity:-Clark, 1ngersoli, Peabody, Gush,
Young and Ware I'm the pulpit mot to
speak OF those now living) and the
Pecks. the Loomises. the Richardson's,
the Fomeroys. the Wlliamses. the Rus
sells, the Lynans. the Moores. and
many otter noble men and women IN
the pews. Lofty IA the standard which
these have set up for YOU to maintain.
We congratulate you, moreover. upon
living to SEQ general acceptance Of
many of the truths for which your faith
ers commended In the face Of strong, and
often bitter opposition. The old misbe-
liefs, which maligned the character Of
the Eternal Father and his government
have been melting away. as you have
seen the Ice In your beautiful lake rnelt
away in the spring: and the ameliora-
ton Of the harsher features Of the old
theology within thirty years has been
one OF the great occas ions for rejoicing
in the modern progress of the Christian
Church.
And we congratulate you, finally, up
on reaching the century mark without
falling into decrepitude:--you are a hun
dred years old, but not yet in your
dotage.--venerable, but not fosslized. It
seems TO me that this noble edifice Itself
happily symbolizes the organization
which II has so long sheltered. II has
proved to be strongly built. firmly com
pacted together, and capable Of with
standing the fiercest blasts that sweep
up and down the lake. It's foundations
were deep set and we'll laid. It's walls
NJ Gu, efvic
ca pacious, dignified comfortable. 1t has
proved to be practically adapted for the
religious uses for which 1t was intended.
With sufficient hold upon the earth.
| and with it's graceful spire pointing sug-
ReettVely heaVenward, IL stands, the
same to-day IN ite main features, As
when erected In 1916. And yet II is not
altogether the same. How many i'm
| provements and embellishments have
been added to It from time TO time
| What gains have been made In lighting
heating. furnishing, and decorating this
auditorium. How admira bly, have TIL,
congregation met the demands Of mod.
ern times for better provisions for mu-
, sic and the Sunday school, and social
| enjoyment. But my words suggest tc
you changes. and YOU are reminded tina,
while the edifice in which we are assem-
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kind. That year by year II gives proc
tnat II encourages IT'S members to US
their BRAINS enough 70 keep them IRON
atrophy; and that in this II honors IT
founders. not so much by repeating
their WORDS, as by searching Tor large
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IN their spirit. TO DC as good as you
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