Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-01-19


there.
And more than this: where'er the
parkway lead
He gives to me no helpless, broken
road,
But His own hand, sufficient for my
need.
So, where He leads me, can safely go
And in the bleast hereafter | shall
know,
Why in His wisdom He hath led me
sO'
"And Enoch walked with God; and
he was not; for God took him." Since
the tidings came to me last Thursday
morning, these words have been ring
ing in my ears and in my heart, "And
Enoch walked with God and he was
not; for God took him.
Searching among the names that
appear on History's page we find
many men who, possessing some trait
of character, have left their impress
sion upon the world in which they
lived, especially upon the generation
in which they lived and to which they
belonged. They have won for them
selves, because of what they
wrought, lasting place in the affec-
ton of the world in which they
lived They have accomplished some
thing really worth while. Such a man
was Abraham, that man who, in the
long ago, believed in God, followed
Gods leadings, and, because of his
faithfulness, he won for himself the
high, the dingnified title of "Friend
of God" Such man was Moses, the
meek one, and because he was meek,
because he was humble, he became
a channel through which the bless
ings of God flowed out to his genera
alton and to all succeeding genera
tions and the world honored him be-
cause he became a medium through
which God could express Himself.
Such man was David and God
poured into the soul of the shepherd
lad song and he gave to the world
that song; he did not keep it to en-
rich his own soul but poured it out
that all succeeding generations might
be comforted with the words of that
wonderful Twenty-third Psalm that
bears his name. Such a man was
Paul who struck the keynote of the
Kingdom of Christ upon Heavens
Harp when he gave to the world that
wonderful thirteeth chapter of First
Corinthians. And so we might go
on calling the honor roll of the great
and the good who have blessed the
world and we shall find that from
every quarter of the known world will
come response, perhaps not from the
men the world has sought to honor,
not from the men upon whom the
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ways, but the answer will come from
fet the impress of their words while
living, and who are glad to add their
words of commentator to the bless
ing of God that had been conferred
upon them.
God knows who they are to whom
he can entrust much. God knows
who the servants are that will do his
bidding. Referring again to the
words that have been ringing in my
heart, "And Enoch walked with God"
We are not told that .Enoch led mighty
armies to victory; we are not told
that he sat upon any earthly throne;
we are not told that he gave to the
world any new philosophy; we are not
told that Enoch claimed any high
place or rank or dignifed title. Why,
then, have we the record of the man?
He built no temple, erected no altar.
Enoch walked with God and that is
all we know about him. Why? He
walked with God that by companion
ship with God he might be inspired to
live a really noble, worth while life.
He walked with God from where
Oh, don't know where that journey
began. AS young man, he stood
as others stand where the way divides
upon that way you and have looked
He looked upon the broad way with
it's many allurment; upon the mar
row way with it's difficulties. He
looked upon the broad way with it's
multitudes and the norraw way with
it's few. He regarded the dangers,
the trials, the hardships, the priva-
tons of one and the ease of the other
and, as I think about it, there seems
to fade from my visions that Oriental
the Bible calls Enoch and 1 see an
other young man standing where the
way divides apd 1 see him making his
choice even as every man makes his
choice. l see him, too, regarding the
allurments of the broad way and the
trials perhaps of the narrow way and
we wait for moment to see the
young man choose. Which way shall
it be? For thirty years and more you
have been privileged to look upon one
whose life answers your query,
(Which way did he take?" When a
little lad he began to follow in the
right course but he hadn't travelled
very far in that way when he came to
Newport to enter upon business ca
reer. Do you know what the young
man faced? He faced what all young
men face. Which way-which way
should it be? The life of my brother
has answered your query.
He walked with God that he might
participate in the works of God. We
know very little of the religious duties,
Obligations, and privileges of the old
Oriental and I confess I am not
thinking very much about those but
know of man who choose to walk
with God that he might help God do
His work. Oh, he knew that it was
little that mortal man can contribute
to the work of an Infinite God, but he
wanted to do that little part as best
he could and he went on doing Gods
work as God gave him direction to do
it. He was a man who was naturally
highly endowed; that we all know.