Milford chronicle., 1888-02-10

Of the night-waiting until a divine hand
shall be put forth to soothe the pang, and
hush the storm, and release the captive. A
wife abused, persecuted, and a perpetual
exile from every earthly comfort-waiting,
waiting, until the Lord shall gather up his
dear children in heavenly home, and no
poor Vashti will ever be thrust out from the
palace gate. Jesus, in silence, and answer
ing not word, drinking the gall, bearing
the cross, in prospect Of the rapturous con
summation when
Angels thronged his chariot wheel.
And bore him to his throne;
Then swept their golden harps and sung
The glorious work is done
An Arctic explorer found shin floating
helplessly about among the icebergs. and
going on board he found that the captain
was frozen at his log book, and the helms
man was frozen at the wheel, and the men on
the lookout were frozen in their places That
was awful, but magnificent. All the Arctic
blasts and all the icebergs could not drive
them from their duty Their silence was
louder than thunder. And this old ship Of a
world has many at their posts in the awful
chill OF neglect, and frozen Of the worlds
scorn, and their silence shall be the eulogv
Of the skies, and be rewarded long after this
weather beaten craft Of planet shall have
made its last voyage.
thank God that the mightiest influences
are the most silent. The fires in a furnace Of
factory, or Of a steamship, roar though
they only move few shuttles or a few
thousand tons, but the sun that warns a
world rises and sets without a crackle. or
faintest sound. Travellers visiting Mount
Attna, having heard Of the glories Of sunrise
on that peak, went up to spend the night
there and see the sun rise next morning. but
when 1t came up it was so far behind their
antieipations they actually hissed it. The
mghtlest influences to-day are like the
planetary system-completely silent. Don't
hiss the SUM-
o, womanl does not this story of Vashti
the queen, Vashti the veiled, Vashti the sac
ritce, Vashti the silent, move your soull
Ny sermon converges into the one absorbing
hope that none of you may be shut out of the
palace gate Of heaven. You can endure the
hardships, and the privations, and the
eruelties, and the misfortunes Of this life. il
you can only gain admission there. Through
the blood OF the everlasting covenant Won
go through those gates, or never 90 at all.
When Rome was besieged the daughter Of
It's ruler saw the golden bracelets on the left
arms Of the enemy, and she sent word to them
that she would betray her city and surrender
it to them if they would only give her those
bracelets on their left arms. They accepted
the proffer, and by night this daughter of
the ruler Of the city opened one Of the gates.
The army entered, and, keeping their
promise, threw upon her their bracelets.
and also their shields, until under weight
she died. Alas, that all through the ages
the same folly has been repeated, and
for the trinkets and glittering treas
ures Of this world men and women
swing open the portals of their immortal
soul for an everlasting surrender, and die
under the shining submeresment.
Through the rich grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ may you be enabled to initiate the
example of Rachel, and Hannah, and abb
gail, and Deborah, and Mary, and Vashti.
Ameni