Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-07-05

that az all ! think we are going to have
summer of great harvest and universal
health; at any iHte know as lmuch about it
as they do. Last fall all tte weather pro
phets agreed In saying we should have win
ter Of extraordinary severity, blizzard on the
heels of blizzard It was the mildest winter
/ ever remember to have passed. Indeed,
the autumn and the spring almost showed
winter out Of the procession. Real troubles
have no heralds running ahead Of their som
Der chariots, and no one has any authority In
our time to announce their coming. Load
yourself up with helpful words and deeds.
The hymn once sung in our churches is unfit
to be sung, for it says:
We should suspect some danger near
Where we possess delight.
In other words, manage 70 keep miserable
all the time, The old song sung at the pianos
quarter Of a century ago was rights "Kind
words can never die" Such kind words have
their nests in kind hearts, and when they are
Matched out and take wing they circle round
in flights that never cease, and sportsman's
| gun cannot shoot them, and storms cannot
ruffie their wings and when they cease flight
in these lower skies of earth they sweep
around amid the higher attitudes Of heaven.
At Baltimore few days ago l talked into a
photograph The cylinder containing the
words was sent on to Washington, and the
next day that cylinder, from another phone
graphic instrument, when turned, gave back
to me the very words had uttered the day
before, and with the same intonations. Scold
into photograph, and it will scold back,
Pour mild words into monograph, and it viii
return the gentleness Society and the world
and the church, are monographs Give them
acerbity and rough treatment, and acerbity
] Il
them practical friendlineSs, and they will give
back practical friendliness. A father asked
his little daughter: "Mary, why Is It that
everybody loves your She answered; u
don't know, unless it is because love every
body" "a man that hath friends must show
himself friendly We want something like
that spirit of sacrifice for others which was
seen in the English channel where in the
storm boat containing three men was upset
and all three were in the water strug-
Cling for their lives. A boat came to their
relief, and a rope was thrown to one Of them
and he refused to take it, saying; First fling
it to Tom; he is just ready TO 60 down l can
last some time longer" A man like that be
he sailor or landsnah, be he in upper ranks
of society or lower ranks, viii always have
| plenty Of friends. What is true MAYNARD is
true Godward. We must be the friends Of
God if we want him to be our friend. We
cannot treat Christ badly all our lives and
expect him to treat US lovingly. was read
ing Of a sea fight, in which Lord Nelson cap
tured French officer, and when the French
officer offered Lord Nelson his hand, Nelson
replied; First give me your sword and then
| give me your hand" Surrender Of our re-
sistance to God must precede Gods proffer Of
| pardon to us Repentance before forgive
ness. You must give up your rebellious
sword before you can get a grasp Of the
divine hand.
IT IS GOOD TO HAVE GODS FRIENDSHIP.
Oh, what glorious state Of things to have
the friendship of Godi Why, we could afford
to have all the world against US and all other
worlds against US if we had God for US. He
could in a minute blot out this universe, and
In another minute make better universe
have no idea that God tried hard when he
made all thinga The most brilliant thing
known to us is light, and Tor the creation Of
that he only used a word Of command As
out Of flint the frontiersman strikesa spark,
so out Of one word God struck the monday
sun. For the making Of the present universe
| do not read that God lifted so much as a
/ finger. The Bible frequently speaks Of
| Gods hand, and Gods arm, and Gods
shoulder and Gods foot; then sup
pose be should put hand and arm and
shoulder and foot to utmost tension, what
could he not makei That God, Of such
demonstrated and undemonstrated strength,
you may have for your present and everlast-
ing friend. But q stately and reticent friend
hard to get at, but as approachable as a
country mansion on.a summer day when all
the doors and windows are wide open.
Christ said; ~ am the door" And he Is a
J vv3Ja fnsh an,
always open door. Ny four-year-old child
got hurt, and did not cry until hours after
when her mother came home, and then she
burst into weeping, and some of the domes-
tics, not understanding human nature, said
! to her: why did you not cry beforeN She
answered: There was no one to cry to-
| Now | have to tell you that while human
| sympathy may DO absent, divine sympathy
4! is always accessible Give God your
love and get his love; your service
and secure his help; your repentance
and have his pardon God a friendl Why,
that means all your wounds medicated, all
your sorrows soothed, and if some sudden ca
tastrophe should hurl you out Of earth it would
only hurl you into heaven II God Is your
friend, you cannot go out Of the world too
quickly or suddenly, so far as your own hap
pineSs Is concerned. There were two Chris
tlans last Tuesday who entered heaven; the
one was standing at a window IN perfect
health watching the shower, and the light
ming instantly slew him; but the lightning
did not fash down the sky as swiftly as bis
spirit flashed upward The Christian man
who died on the same day next door had
been for a year or two failing In
health, and for the last three months had
suffered from disease that made the nights
sleepless and the days an anguish Do you
not really think that the case Of the one who
went instantly was more desirable than the
one who entered the shining gate through a
long lane Of insomnia and congestionl In
the one case, it was like your standing weari-
| ly at a door, knocking and waiting, and won
/ Herring If it will everopen, and knocking and
waiting again; while in the other case, it was
a swinging open of the door at the first touch
| Of your knuckle Give your friendship to
God, and have Gods friendship for you, and
even the worst accident will be a victory.
HUMAN FRIENDSHIP REFRESHING.
How refreshing Is human friendship, and
true friends, what priceless treasure! When
sickness comes and trouble comes, and death
.omes, we send for our friends first Of all, and
their appearance in our doorway in any crisis
reimbursement, ard when they have entered
we say: Now it is all right" Oh, what
| WOMB we 10 WITHOUT Lflenust personal tIleuusi
business friends, family friendsl But we
Wait something mightier than human friend
ship in the great exigencies. When Jonathan
! Edwards In his final hour had given the
last good-by to all his earthly friends,
he turned on his pillow and closed his
eyes confidently saying; 'Now where is Jesus
II Nazareth, my true and never failing
s-iendP Yes, l admire human friendship as
seen In the case Of David and Jonathan, Of
Paul and Onesiphorus, of Herder and Goethe,
Of Goldsmith and Reynolds, of Beaumont
and Fletcher, of Cowley and Harvey, Of
Erasmus and Thomas More, Of Lessing and
Men5elzsehn, Of Lady Churchill and Prin-
cess Anne, Of Orestes and Pylades, each re-
questing that himself might take the point OF
the dagger so the other might be spared; of
kEpaminondas and Pelopidas, who locked
Their shields IN battle determined to die to-
/ Qether: but the grandest the mightiest the