Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-29
NO LIFE ENDURING UNLESS LIVED
EOR OTIIERS

celNable that any man or any woman
could be supremacy happy with home
In Kingdom of uncertainty. Does it not
follow, as a matter of course, that the
only hope of happiness for any one OF
us is in finding a dwelling place secure
in the promise of permanenCy? We have
no assurance of happiness anywhere
outside such n realm. We are certain
to be unhappy within such a realm.
| unless we ourselves have caught the
spirit of the Kingdom and are seeking
to realize for ourselves life of unset
/ fish service through the same spirit of
love for humanity that animated Him,
the Founder of this Kingdom, in
tablishng it, No life is enduring un-
| less 1t is lived for others. It is pretty
clear. then. that to be n happy citizen
of the Kingdom of God, one must be
n useful citizen therein, giving up his
| life. not for self, but for the happiness
ana uplft of others. Through this hap
/ piness, of giving up our lives to our
! fellow-men in unselfish service, do we in
sure our own immortality in the cndur-
ing Kingdom of God where we have our
citizenship?
| The men who live longest in the
grateful memory Of mankind are those
| who have rendered some distinct serv-
ice to the men and women Of the gem
GRAFTON in which they lived. Those who
| bide forever in sweet memory are
| those who, when alive, gave themselves
Iup in earnest endeavor to make the lot
of fellowman little bit better. None
| but those who have learned the secret
of the enduring Kingdom of God are
! themselves guaranteed eternal influence
| that Is worth while. Those who have liv-
ed entirely for the qualification of self
! will tell you, even while they live, that
| life is stale, fiat and unprottable.' that
| earthly honor Is hollow and that human
praise is empty. Success means sacrifice
and only those who. in their working
! have it In mind to make the world a lit
tie better by being of some help to
others, not so fortunate as themselves
are the ones who are truly successful.
You will find there are certain things
which have come to you as an inner
itance by reason of the fact that you
were born. in n way, to an inherited
residence in the Kingdom of God. Abil-
ity means obligation. If you are educat-
ed and have refined tastes. by so
much the greater is your obligation to
serve. DO you think Christ found pleas
ure in eating with publiCans and sin
ners? He was there in fulfillment of
his obligation as an exemplary citizen
in the everlasting Kingdom of God. the
| Father. The Kingdom Of the Father
would not have been an everlasting
| Kingdom If the Son had not caught the
; spirit of the Father. He came into the
world, not to consult His own convent
cnce, but to he a model Of service with
out first regard to His own comfort and
happiness.
The foundation-purpose of the King
dom of God was shown by Christ who
came among men mot to be mnistered
unto, but to minister" Christianity will
not allow the fruitbearing bough to he
Topped from the tree. It will not allow
the man to live unless He bear fruit.
It will not offer to him the Kingdom $
guarantee of immortality unless the
controlling purpose of his life is to con-
tribute his full share toward the ult-
mate redemption OF the human race from
the curse Of sin and from the pangs of
poverty and despair.
Why does Lord Shaftesbury live in the
grateful remembrance of thousands OF
| English people to-day as no other Eng
hearts? Go down by Waterloo Bridge
and by London Bridge in 1885 and see
there massed together four hundred and
fifty thousand of the poor Of London
with no place to sleep. What are they
doing there They are gathered there to
honor the memory of their best friend,
who has Just died.
This great friend of the needy people
was a graduate Of Harrow and OF
Christ Church College. oxford. His ma
tive ability, his goody Inheritance OF
wealth. the opportunities he had enjoy
cd and the advantages which had peen
his were to him his obligations For
fifty-nine years, as a member of the
British Parliament, he was the dis
tinguished champion of the rights of the
unfortunate. He belonged to the CON
servative party of his country. but his
parliamentary conduct was greatly
modified by his intense interest in the
Improvement of the social conditions
OF the working classes. and his efforts
in the behalf of the toilers made his
name a household word In Parliament
his name. more than any other, is as
sociated with the factory Legislation
which made the lot of the workers east
err. happier and more efficient Chief
ly through his persistent efforts, a ten
hour bill was carried in 1871, but II:
, operation was impeded by legal dim
cuties which were only removed by
successive acts of his instigation unit
legislation reached a final stage in tn,
factory act OF 1874 The part which h
took in the legislation bearing on coal
mines was equally prominent,
II it worthy of note that Shaftesbury
efforts in behalf of the practical welfar
OF the working classes We're aided b!
, his own personal knowledge of thei
ter he had resigned his seat in Paria
ment for brief while, he took advan
, tage Of the respite to explore the Stun
of the metropolis, BY the informatio
| he obtained, he not only gave a ney
impulse to the movement for the es
= tablshment Of ragged schools but wa
I able to make them widely beneficial
= For over forty years he was presiden
| Of the Ragged School Union. He wa
also one OF the principal founders o
! the Recormatory and Refuge Union. tn
= Young Mems Christian Association
g and Working Mems Institute. He tool
an active interest In foreign mission
: and was president OF several of the mos
= important philanthropic and religion
4 societies Of London.
n Here. then. was nohleman who ha
. caught the true spirit of a citizen of tn
G | Kingdom of Cod He huilded himSel