Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-08-20

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Jonn Miston-great and good John Milton
| 80 forgot niihseif as TO pray, In SO many
worus, 'nat his enemies might be eternally
thrown uown INTO the darkest and deepest
gun Oh NELL ana De the undermost and most
de,ecteo ana tne lowest down vassals of per'
aitioni ana MARTIN Luther so far forc-pt
nimseii as 10 say IN regard to his theological
opponents; tut them in whatever sauce you
please, roasted, or Tried, or baked, or slowed,
Dr. ho.ied, or hashed, they are nothing but
asscsr An, my friends, IL John Milton or
Aartin Luther could down to such sour
rihty' what may you not expect from
less elevated opponentsi Now, the
world sometimes takes after them;
ehe newspapers take after them; public opin-
ion takes after them; and the unfortunate
man Ila Is hed ABOUT until all the dictionary Of
niiiiiieseate Is exhausted on him. You often
sec a man whom you know to be good, and
pure, anu honest set upon by the world, and
llRiuieu py whoie communities, while vicious
,ieli .ahe On superciiious AIR IN condemna-
tion OF MIN; as though Lord Jeifreys should
"r,te an essay on gentleness. or Henry VIII
eais aoout purity, or Hcrod take to blessing
ltsie cniidren.
. o1in amount OF persecution
mapp;6cept ha,tI. ~, -, - as..
times mora n man than h., ,ro,,IJ -, 49,,
without the narsoc,,t;on g., {, - IL. .La
great reformer when ha so;d. -, I'll, no. ~ hs
mt down. will ha ha..Jn A. :, - -
with MiIlard tho r-o..tar a., ~. e.. -
Irmis XII when Ion;s vi so,,. 81 -, h;,,,
that unless be stonrad nro.oh;nn =, .ha.
stvle bo von,d tbrorv h;r, i,., 49, ,;,,o, hs
nenlied. aTeII the t;na ,hat Iii ..,oh
bea ven soo,er hv ,vatar than h. lii - !.
bv fast horses A certain or,o,,,t ~ 49,.
cr,t;on "a a to,;, .,d ;,,,n;...;o. -. -
mpcb of n ana TO- Ionrr conti,,,ad -,
comes the rock Rozez tbrow;n1 dart
shadow over a mans life Wbat i. ha 20 AZ
then1 Go home vou say Go,d .dv;co
that Th,, q i,,s, ~. 49,, o.. -, =. -
wban tho vorId .h,,Ias ~. O. 80
blessed te C,o for ON, ,,,;at On,
homes Rnt there 10 nonv = mo-, III, has
the renutation of bavipg ! bo,na ,.hon ba h.s
none Tbroupb nI;no,,.ss ~, ,,-x,,;,;,o-
t;on tbera aro r,,,,, ,,,e,oho, - a..
ought uoya,. q, 49, -, "a, A. o.;
ating nr;est cannot olo,,a ,,,,;,a = o,,,,,I, IT,
Lord Alm;gbtv mrst ,,rocI,i,, h.rns Tharo
is many homo. In which there is no srm.
natbv. and no bann;ness and no cood cboar
The clamor of the battIa NAV NOT hovo No.,
hear, outside hut Cod tnows notv;,b,tonS-
inc all the MIA wing of the ..We.id;no, Morcb ~
and all the odor Of the ororca bIosso,ns and
the benedictiou Of the officiating pastor there
has been mo- narriape
Sometimes men have awatened N find On
one side of them the ros,k of ners,cnt;on and
ON the other side the rock Of domestic ;nfeiic-
ity. What shall sucb a one do, DO as
Jonathan did-cIimb Get mn the beigbts ~
Gods consolation. from which we NAV Ioot
and home trouble While GOOD and ereot
John Wesley was being silenced bv the
magistrates. and having hi, na,ne written on
the hoard fences of London in doooere, at
that very time his wife wns u,ating him no
miserable as she couId-actine AS though
She were possessed with the deyi, os
| suppose she was: never doing him a
kindness until tho day she ran awav so
that he wrote in. bis diary these words.
al did not forsake her; | have not dis
missed her; I will not recall herr Planting
one foot. John Wesley did. unop outside
persecution, and the other foot upon home
trouble, he climbed up into the heights Of
Christian joy, and after preaching forty
thousand sermons and TRAVELLING two hundred
and seventy thousand miles. reached the
heights of heaven, though in this world he
had it hard enouCh-"a sharp rock ON the
one side, and sharp rock ON the other.n
Again, that woman stands in the crisis of
the text, who has bereavement and a astruegie
tor a hVeihood at the same time: without
mentioning names, speak from observation.
an, IL is a haru tning Tor woman 70 make
an honest hving, even when her heart Is not
troubled, and sne mas iair cheek and the
magnetism OF an exquisite presence But
now the husband, or tne iatner, Is dead Ihe
expenses OF the opsequies nave ABSORBED all
mat was LETT In the savings bank; and wan
and wasted with weeping and watching, she
goes iortn-a grave, hearse, comm,
oenind her-o contend tor her existence
ana tne existence OF ner cnildren. when