Milford chronicle., 1888-11-23
DEL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1883.

power and pomp; but there viii be ON that
day, l think, few moments Of outire siloucc.
l think a tremendous, an orerwhe ming 81
lence. 1 think it viii be such a silence as the
earth never heard. 1t viii be at the moment
when all natious are listening for their doom.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF EQUALITY OF HzWE1io
learn also from this parable Of the text
that our degrees OF happiness in heaven viii
be graduated according to our degrees Of
usefulness on earth Several a the com
mentators agree in making this parable tho
same one as in Luke, where one naa was
made ruler over Eve cities and another made
ruler over two cities. Would it be fair and
right that the professed Christian man who
has lived very near the line between tho
world and the church-the man who has
often compromised his Christian character
the man who has never spoken out for Cod
the man who has never been known as a Chris
tian only on communion days-the man
who.e great struggle has been TO sec how
much of the world he could get and yet
win heaven-is it right TO suppose tuat
that man win have as grand aud glorious a
seat in heaven as the man who gave all his
energies of body, mind ani soul 70 the serv-
ice of Godi The dying thief entered heaven,
but not with the same startling acclaim as
that which greeted Paul, who had gone un-
der scorchings and across dungeons and
through lnaltreatments into the kingdom Of
glory. One star differs from another star in
glory, and they who toll nightly for Christ
on earth SHALL have far greater reward than
those who have rendered only half a service.
Some Of you arc Fastening on toward the
reward of the righteous. / want 10 cheer yoI
up at the thought that there will be some
g ret
are Christian people in this house who are
very near heaven. This week some OF You
may pass out into the light Of the unsetting
sun. I saw a blind man going along the
road with his staff, and he kept pounding the
earth and then stamping with his foot. 1
said to him, what do you do that for9n
"Oh,n he said, II can tell by the sound Of the
ground when am near a dwelling" And
some of you can tell by the sound Of your
earthly pathway that. you are coming near
to your fathers house. l congratulate you.
Oh weather beaten voyagers, the storms are
driving you into the harbor Just as when
you were looking for a friend, you came up
to the gate of his house, and you were talk
ing with the servants when your friend
hoisted the window and shouted, Come ini
come inin just so, when you come 10 the
cato of the future world, and you are talking
with death, the black porter at the gate, me
thinks Christ will hoist the window and say;
"Come in! come inl I will make thee
ruler over ten cities In anticipation
Of that land do not wonder that Augustus
Toplady, the author Of Crock Of Ages de
clared in his last moment: II have nothing
more to pray fer; God has given me every
thing. Surely no man can live on earth
after the glOries / have Witnessed Oh, my
brothers and sisters, how sweet it will be,
after the long wilderness march, to get home
That was a bright moment for the tired dove
in the time Of the deluge when it found its
way safely into the window Of the ark,