Milford chronicle., 1889-04-26
MILFORD, DEL, FRIDAY, APRIL 26. 1889.

around that tomb and carried it away and
not been besweated. Hesat upon it, think,
to show you and to show me that we may
make every earthly obstacle u throne Of
triumph. The young men who get their
education easy seldom amount to much
Those who had so struggle for it
come out atop. There is no end Of
the story Of studying by pine knot lights
and reading while the mules Of the towpath
were resting, and of going hungry and
patched and barefoot and submitting to all
kinds Of privation to get scholastic advan-
tages. But the day of graduation came and
they took the diplomas with hand nervous
from night study and pale from lack Of food
and put their academic degree in the pocket
of a threadbare coat, Then starting for an
other career Of hardship they entered pro
fessiOu or business where they found plenty
of dishcartenment and no help, Yet saying:
Il will succeed; God help me, for no one else
viii, " they went on and upuntil the world was
compelled to acknowledge and admire them
STRENGTH BY STRUGGLING.
The fact was that tho obstacle between
their discouraging start and their complete
success was "a rock of fifty tons, hut by reso-
luton, nerved and muscularized and re-en-
forced by Almighty God, they threw theft
arms around the obstacle and with the
strength of n supernatural wrestler rolled
back the stone, and, having become more
than conquerors, they sat upon it. Men and
women are good and great and useful just in
proportion as they had to overcome obsta-
cles. You can count upon the fingers Of your
one hand all the great singers, great ora
tors, great poets, great patriots and
great Christians who never had a
struggle. That angel that made a
throne of the bowlder at Christ's tomb went
back to heaven and warrant that, having
been born in heaven and always had an easy
time he now speaks of that wrestle with the
rock rs the most interesting chapter in all hi;
angelic lifetime o, men and women with
obstacles in the way, | tell you that thosc
obstacles are only thrones that you may after
a while sit on Is the obstacle in your way
sicinessl Conquer it by accomplishing more
for God during your invalidism than many
accomplish who have never known an all
ment. Are you persecutedl BY your up
rightness and courage compel the world to
acknowledge your moral heroisIn. Is it
povertyl Conquer it by being happy in the
companionship Of your Lord and Master,
who in all his live owned but sixty-two
cents, and that he got from fish's mouth
Roman assessor; and who would have been
buried in potter's field had not Joseph Of
Arimathea contributed a place, for he
who had not where to lay his head during
his life had a borrowed pillow for
the last slumber There is no throne that
you are sure to keep except that which you
make out of vanquished obstacles. An I'M
grateful republic at the ballot box denied
Horace Greeley the highest place at the ma
tional capital, but could not keep him from
rising from the steps Of New York printing
office, on which he sat one chilly morning
waiting for the boss printer to come that he
might get job, until he mounted the highest
throne of American journalism He rolled
back the stone and sat upon it. A poor or
phan boy, picking up chips at Richmond,
Va, accosted by a passing sea captain and in
vitel to come on board his vessel, drops the
chips and starts right away and is tossed
from port to port, and homeless and friend
less, wanders one day along fremont street,
Boston, and sees Park Street church open, and
speaking Of it afterward on great occasion
and using sailors vernacular, as was usual
with him, he SAYS: 81 put in, up helm, TN
fured sail and made for the gallery and scud
under bare poles to the corner pew. Then l
hove to and came to anchor.
a NAUTICAL SERMON.
1.-THE old man, Dr. Griffin, was just naming
his text Pretty soon he unfurled the main
sail. raised the topsail, ran up the pennants
to free breeze, and tell you the old Gospel
ship never sailed moro prOsperously. The
salt spray flew in every direction, but more
especially did it run down my cheeks Satan
had to strike sail, his guns were dismOunted
or spiked his various crafts by which he led
sinners captive were all beached, and the
captain Of the Lords hosts rode forth, con-
quering and to conquer Before that sailor
boy was poverty, but he conquered it; and
orphanage, but he conquered it; and igno-
rance, but he conquered it; and the scoff Of
the world, but he conquered it; and he rose
till every sailors bethel in the world blessed
him and great anniversary platforms invited
him, and Daniel Webster and Charles Dick
ems and Freler'ika Bremen and poets and ora
tors and senators sat electrified at his feet,
and his Gospelized influence will go ON until
the last jack tar is converted and the sea
shall give up its dead All the obstacles of
his lire seemed gathered into one great bowl
der, but Edward T. Taylor, the world re
nowned sailors preacher, rolled back the
stone and sat upon it.
Yet do not make the mistake that many do
Of sitting on it before it is rolled away. 1t il
bound TO 50 if you only tug away at it. II
not before, then l think about II o'clocl; noon
Of resurrection day you will see something
worth seeing The general impression is that
the resurrection will take place in the morn
ing The ascent to the skies will hardly
occur Immediately. 1t will take some hours
to form the professions skyward, and we viii
all want to take look at this world before
we leave it forever and sec the surroundings
of the couch where our bodies have long been
sleeping On that Easter morning the mar
bic, whether it lay Hat upon your grave or
stood up in monument, will have to be
iostled and shaken and rolled aside by the
angel of Resurrection, and while waiting for
your kindred to gather and the procession to
form, your resurrected body may sit in holy
triumph upon that chiseled stone which
marked the place of your protracted sluni-
ber On that day what a fragile thing viii
he Aberdeen granite and column Of basalt
and the mortar which will rattle out of the
wall Of vaults that have been sealed a thou
sand years, and the Tai, built for queen in
India, a sepulcher two hundred and seventy
Two feet high, and made Of jasper and corne-
Ian and turquois aud lapis-lazui and anne
t.iyst end onyx and sapphire and dia-
monl, which shall that day rain into
differing dust on groves Of banyan and
bamboo and palm. And all under what
power? Ponderous crowbars welded by
giantsl No Thunderbolt cleavihg asunder
the granted No. Gathering ram swung
against the walls of ceIneteriesl No. Dyna-
mite drilled under the foundations Of ceno
taph and abbeyl No. It will be done by
music. Nothing but music, sweet but all
rlusic The trumpet shall sound
You say that is tigurative; how do you knowi
But, whether literal or fgurative, it means
music anyhow. The trumpet, that stirring, in
cisive, mighty instrument, with a natural
compass from G. below the staff to E above,
llown above Sinai when the lawfvas given,
blown around Jericho when the walls tuu-
bled, blown when Gideon discounted the
Midianites, blown when the ancient Israel
ties were gathered for worship, to be blown
for the raising of the dead in tie last great
Easter. The mother, who when the child must
be awakened, kisses its eyes awake, does well
MN, opusw prctruprcTrON