Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1891-09-11

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mouth. Come, all ye wounded Of the
flock pursued Of the wolves, come to the
fountain where the Lords sick and bereft
ones have come.
DEsoLATION OF THE BEREAvED.
"Ah," says some one, you are not old
enough to understand my sorrows. You
have not been in the world as long as
have. and YOU can talk to me about my
misfortunes in the time Of old age" Well,
have been a great deal among old people.
and know how they feel about their fail
ing health, and about their departed
friends. and about the loneliness that
sometimes strikes through their soul
After two persons have lived together for
forty or hfty years and one Of them Is
taken away, what desolRtionl
shall not forget the cry Of the late Rev.
Or. De Witt, Of New York, when be stood
| by the open grave OF his beloved wife, aud,
| after the obsequies had ended, he looked
| down into the open place and said; Fare
we'll. nv honOred, faithful and beloved
wife The bond that bound rs Is severed
/ Thou art IN glory, and am here ON earth.
| We shall meet again. FAREWELL FareweilF'
| To lean on a prop for fifty years, and then
| have it break under you'll There were only /
| two years difference between the deaths Of i
| NV father and mother. After my mothers
| decease my father used 70 go around as
| though looking for something; and he
would often get up from one room with
/ out any seeming reason ana 90 70 nnother
room; and then he would take his cane
\ and start out and SOME one would say, /
! "Father, where are you goingi" and be 4
/ would answer, 81 don't know exactly /
/ where am going" Always looking for |
I something. Though he was q tender heart \
ed man, never saw him cry but once, and |
that was at the burial OF my mother. After |
sixty years living together, it was hard to
| part
! And there are aged people today who are |
feeling Just such pang as that want |
to tell them there is perfect enchantment !
in the promises Of this Gospel; and come !
! to them and I Offer them my arm, or take |
/ their arm and bring them TO this Gospel |
| we'll Sit down, father or mother sit 1
down. See If there is anything at the well
| for YOU. Come, David, the psalmist have |
| Won ANYTHING encouraging TO offer themi |
| ayes" says the psalmist; They shall |
still bring forth fruit in old age, they shall
he fat and Furnishing 10 show that the
Lord Is upright, he is my rock, and there
4 no unrighteousness In me" Come, |
Isaiah. have YOU anything TO say ont Of
vour prophecies for these aged people?
ives y saws Isaiah: Down to old age am
with thee, and TO hOary hairs will carry
thee"
Well. II the lord is going to carry you,
Won ought not to worry much about your
falling eyesight and failing limbs You
get little worried for fear sometime you
will come to want, do your Your children
and grandchildren sometimes speak little
aharD at Won because of your ailments.
The | ord will not speak sharp. Do you
think YOU Viii come to want? Who do
Vol, think the Lord is? Are his granaries
emptyP Will he feed the raven and the
rabbit. and the lion in the desert, and for
oct votil Why, naturalists tell ms that the
DorDoise will not fOrsake its wounded and
sick mate And do you suppose the Lord
of heaven and earth has net az much sym
nathv as the fish Of the sea? But you
saw; al am so near WORKOUT, and ! am OF
no use to God any more" think the
Lord knows whether you are Of any more
use or not; II you were Of no more use be
would have taken you before this. Doyou
think God has forgotten you because he
has taken care Of you seventy or eighty
vearsg He thinks more of You today than
he ever did. because You think more Of
him. MAY the God Of Abraham and Isaac
and Jacob and Paul the aged be your
J God for everl
GATHER YOUR FLoCRs.
Bnt l gather all the promises today in
: ,,romn and ask the shepherds to drive
fheir Aocks of lambs and sheep up to the
sparkling supply. behold, happy is the
J nan whom God correcteth." Though he
cause grief, yet will he have compassion"
.sNfanV are the Affections Of the righteous,
but the Lord delivereth him out Of them
, all" weeping may endure for night,
J hut ioy cometh In the morning. am de-
ternined today that no one shall go
avav uncontrolled YOnder Is timid
and shrinking soul who seems to hide
away from the consultations am utteHng'
as a child with sore hand hides away
from the physician lest he touch the wound
too roughly, and the mother has to go and
? compel the little patient to come out and
see the physician. -
+ so,,i TODAY. and compel you to come out ia
2 tbe presence of the Divine Physician HI
t will not hurt you. He has been healing
{ wounds for many years, and he will give
2 Won gentle and Omnipotent medicament.
l ant neople. when they have trouble, 90
! apvvhere rather than to God. De Quincy
0 took opium to get rid of his troubles.
G Charles Lamb took to punch. Theodore
q Hook took to something stronger Edwin
Forrest took to theatrical dissipation. And
men have run all around the earthi hoping
( in the Quick transit to get away from their
i nisfoFtunes. Il has been dead failure
= There is only one well that can Stake the
thirst Of an afflicted spirit, and that Is the
ldecD and inexhaustible well OF the Gospel.
THE THOUGHT or HEAVEN.
But some one says In the audience
i Notwithstanding all you have said this
7 morning, / find no alienation for my
y troubles" Well, am not through yet.
i have left the most potent consideration LOT
the last atn going TO soothe you WIFI
Il A Church Flooded with Honey.
z Who ever heard of church being flooded
o with houeyy The very idea sounds ridden
It lous, and in any other place than Califor
II MIA would excite only a smile OF incredu
J. lity. We have all heard about places thai
e allowed with milk and honey" and meta
Is Dhbrical references to the "droppings o
e the sanctuary are familiar, but it has re
e manned for a swarm Of bees to make itera
facts of these familiar metaphors.
It appears that lot OF yagrant bees
e while in search Of n suitable home, foun'
s. an admirable location in the loft Of al
It Episoopalian church in Tulare county
" Herr having an abundance OF space the.