Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1889-09-13

| and the lilies reddening into the roses Of
! stronger day-fit garlands, whether white Of
red, for him on whose head are many
crowns "The day is ut handr'
] One more ray Of the dawn / see in fact
chronological and mathematical Come
now, do not let US do another stroke of work
until we have settled one matter What il
! going TO be the final issue OF this great con
test between sin aud righteousness Which
is going to prove himself the stronger, Goo
or Diabolusi Is this world going to be al
garden or all desertl Now let us have that
matter settled. Ii we believe Isaiah and
Ezekiel and Hosea, and Micah and Malachi
and John and Peter, and Paul and Christ
we believe that it is going to be all garden
But let us have it settled Let us know
whether we are working ON toward success,
or toward dead failure. II there is a child
in your house sick, and you are sure he j.
going toget well, you sympathize with pres
ent pains, but all the forebodmg is gone. II
you are in cyclone off the Florida coast
and the captain assures you the vessel j.
stanch and the winds are changing fol
better quarter, and he is sure he
will bring you safe into the harbor
you patiently submit to present dstres.
with the thought Of safe arrival Now !
toward dismay, darkness and defeat or on
toward light and blessedness You and be
lieve the latter, and if so, every year we
spend is one year subtracted from the worlds
woe, and every event that passes, whether
bright or dark, brings US one event nearer a
happy consummation, and by all that is mex.
orable in chronology and mathematics COM
mend you to good cheer and courage II
there Is anything in arithmetic, if you sub
tract two from five and leave three. then by
every rolling sun we are coming on toward a
magnificent terminus. Then every winter
passed Is one severity less for our poor world.
Then every summer gone by brings us nearer
unfading arbOrescence. Put your algebra
down on the top Of your Bible and rejoice.
If it is nearer morning at o'clock than il
is at ?, if it is nearer morning at 4 O'Clock
than it is at s, then we are nearer the dawn
of the worlds deliverance. Gods clock seems
to 90 very slowly but the pendulum swings
and the hands move, and it will yet strike
noon The sun and the moon stood still once
they will never stand still again until they
stop forever If you believe arithmetic as
well as your Bible, you must believe we are
nearer the dawn. THE day Is at hand.".
MYSTERIOUS SIGNS OF THE TIMEs.
There Is class Of phenomena which makes
me think that the spiritual and the heavenly
world may after a while make demonstra-
ton in this world which will bring all moral
and spiritual things TO a climax Now, am
no spiritualist; but every intelligent man has
noticed that there are strange and mysterious
things which indicate to him that perhaps
the spiritual world is not so far off as some.
times-we conjecture, and that after a while,
from the spiritual and heavenly world there
may be a demonstration upon our world for
its betterment We call it magnetism or we
call it mesnerism, or we call it electricity,
because we want some term to cover up our
Ignorance. do not know what it is. Inever
heard an audible voice from the other world
l am persuaded of this, however: that the
veil between this world and the next is get.
ting thinner and thinner, and that perhaps
after while, at the call Of God-nOt at the
call of the Davenport brothers, or Andrew
Jackson Davis-some Of the old scriptural
warriors. some of the spirits of other days
mighty for Coda Joshua, or a Caleb or q
David, OF a Paul-may come down and help
us in the battle against unrighteousness. Oh,
how l would like 70 have them here-hin
of the Red Sea- him of the valley of Ala
lon, him of Mars Hill History says that
Robert Clayton, of the English cavalry, AT
the close Of a war bought up all the old cav
airy horses, lest they be turned out to drudg-
cry and hard work, and bought a piece OF
ground at Naversmire Heath, and turned
these old war horses into the thickest and
richest pasture, to spend the rest of their
days for what they had done in other days.
One day a thunder storm came up, and these
war horses inistook the thunder Of the skie.
for the thunder of battle, and they wheeled
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wheeled into line ready for the fray. And !
doubt me whether, when the last thunder Of
this battle for God and truth goes booming
through the heavens, the old scriptural war.
riors can keep their places on their thrones
Methinks they will spring into the fight and
exchange crown for helmet. and palm branct
for weapon, and come down out Of the king
galleries into the arena, crying; make room
Unjust fight in this great Armageddon."
Ny beloved people, I preach this sermon
because / want you to toll with the sunlight
in your faces. I want you old men to under
stand before you die that all the work you
did for Col while yet your ear was alert and
your foot fleet is going to be counted up in
the final victories. | want all these younger
people to understand that when they toll for
God they always win the day; that all pray
ers are answered, and all Christian work 10
some way is efPectual, and that the tide is
setting in the right direction and that all
heaven is on our side-saintly, cherubic,
seraphic, archangelic, omnipOtent, chariot
and throne, doxology and procession, princi-
palities and dominion; he who hath the moon
under his feet and all the armies Of heaven
on white horses
Brother! brotherl all am afraid Of is, not
that Christ will lose the battle. but that YOU
and | will not get into it quick enough to dc
something worthy of our blood bought i'm
mortality Oh, Christ how shall l meet
thee. thou of the Scared brow, and the
Scared back, and the SCARED hand and the
Scared foot and the SCARED breast, if / have
TO scars Of wounds gotten in thy servicel Il
shall not be so. step out today in front OF
the battle Come on, you foes of God, dare
you to the combat Come on, with pens
dipped in malignancy. Come on, with
tongues forked and viperine and adderous
Come on, with types soaked in the scum OF
;he eternal pit. l defy you'll Come ont /
oare my brow, l uncover my heart Strike
cannot see my Lord until have been hurt
.or Christ. If we do not suffer with him on
earth, we cannot be glorifed with him in
heaven Take good heart. Onl 0nl On!
See the skies have Frightened Seel the
hour is about to comei Pick out all the
eheeriest of the anthems. Let the orchestra
string their best instruments. THE night is
far spent, the day is at hand"
Petrifed Bodies.
A most remarkable story comes from As
pen, Colo, regarding an unexpected find in
one Of the principal mines on the Aspen
mountains. Last Thursday, as the story goes,
the night shift in the Minnie mine put In
32-inch holes in the breast Of the 500-foot level
and fired the blast just before leaving for the
surface. On returning to the mine it was
found that the two shots had broken into
cave, the extent Of which they proceeded to
explore
Going in a few feet, they found the walls
covered with crystallized lime and lead that
glittered like diamonds. Here and there little
stalactites hung from the ceiling. The lime
formation resembled lace and frieze work Of
wondrous beauty The cave has descent
Of about twenty degrees, and then formed
rooms and chambers grand beyond deserip-
ton.