Milford chronicle., 1891-12-04


y OF heavenly grace, able to mount u
y more than its original felicity; facul
10 that may blossom and bear fruit inexb
uoly. Immortality written upon q,
y capacity; a soul destined TO range in ,,,
u limited spheres Of activity long after tn
. world has put on ashes, and the solar srs
: tenn shall have snapped its axle. and IN,
Y stars that, in their courses, fought against
Sisera, shall have been slain and buried
: amid the toiling thunders Of the last dav.
1ou see that God has adapted everything
70 our comfort and advantage Pleasant
y thlngs Tor the palate; music for the ear.
beauty ior the eye; aroma for the nostril:
Ainured ior our aifectionsi poetry for our
taste; religion for our soul. We Ire uut in
garden, and told that from all the tr.ss
we may eat, except here and there one
de gives the sun to shine on us. and the
waters TO refresh US. and food to Strengthen
U.S. and the herbs yield medicine when wa
are sick, and the forests lumber when wa
would build house or cross the water in
a ship.
Inc rocks are transported for our foun-
dation, and metals upturned for our cnr.
/ rency, and wild beasts must give us cover
ing, and the mountains must be tunneled
I to let us pass, and the fish OF the sen coma
I up in onr net, and the birds Of the air droD
at the flash of our guns, and the cattle on
thousand hills come down 10 give as
meat. For us the peach orchards bend
down their fruit and the vineyards their
purple clusters To feed and refresh our
Intellect ten thousand wondens in nature
ana providence-wonders of miud and
body, wonders Of earth and air. and deem
analogies and antitheses, all colors and
sounds, lyrics in the air, idyls In the field.
conilagratiOns In the sunset, robes of mist
on the mountains and the Grand AIarchU
Of God in the storm.
But for the soul still higher admiration.
a fountain in which it may wash; a ladder
oy which II may climb; song Of endless
triumph that 1t may sing; n crown Of un-
laulng light that IL may wear Christ
came 10 save it-came with cross on his
Dacki came with spikes in his feet; came
when no one else would come, to do
work which no one else would do. See
how suited to mans condition is what
God has done for him Man is a sinner.
here Is a pardon. lie has lost Gods imac,e. 6
Christ retraces it. lie is helpless: All. ,
mighty grace is proifered. He is a lost y
wanderer; Jesus brings him home. He is
oilnd, and at one touch of him who cured I
bartimeus, eternal glories stream into his I
soul. Jesus, l sing thy gracel Cure OF /,
worst disease! Hummer TO smitc OFF heavi-
st chnin! Light for thickest darknessl II
Grace divinel Devils scoff at it and men G.
eject 1t, but heaven celebrates i'll cl
GOOD WISHES st
wish you good cheer for the national SC
ealth. Pestilence, that In other years has tc
ONE to drive out its thousand henrses 20 l'
brentwood and Laurel Hill. has not visit ~
q our nation. 1t is glorious thing 70 be al
'elll How strange that we should keep h'
ur health when one breath from mr-
the sting OF an insect or the siiI
foot or the falling Of q tree branch
italy assault our life! Regularly
lngs work, and their motion seems
spirit within us painting after its INN,
.lity. Our sight fails not, though thei
so full Of objects which by one tor
'uld breaS out the souls window.
ip, after years tossing on -
- come in with so little
gfes, though we arpl-~--ff.
y toaey9
you good
Ia .ai4t
- and corn husko.
l'ed out fuller ear, and NOW
mt down under sweeter hay,
ilps hopper never shook out lare,
my trains Of white covered wage
ought the wealth down to u
0rOughfares. The garners are full, Tho
'rehouses are OvercrOwded, the canals
blocked with freights pressing down to
2 markets. The cars rumble ali through
darkness and whistle up the fagman
dead Of night to let the western harvests
ne down to feed the mouths Of the great
les. a race Of kings has taken posses =
n OF this land-King Cotton, King Corn, VI
ng Wheat, King Rice, King Grass, King -
ii. ms It
CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. "a,
wish you good cheer for civil and re-
Gus liberty. No official spy watches our paI, 9ai
rance here, nor does an armed soldier I1ell
srfere with the honest utterance of thai
m We strand here -, III y, tells
to work and Onr tongues free to speak. HaO'
S Bible-it is all unclasped. This pull pies
there is no chain around about it. eIse
re is no snapping Of musketry 10 the LaH
ct. Blessed be God that today we are on
men. with the prospect and deteFmiua- wv
pf elWays being free. No established IooA
gon-Jew and Gentle Arminian and Ieac
7inist, Trinitarian and Unitarian, Prot re
mt and Roman Catholic on the same sWes
ing. can
persecution should come against the tHe
unpopular Of all tbe aeots, believe II Il
all other denominations would band gne
tbpp and arm thanealUaq and bao-t lulag
Ia be stout ana blood ,vonId bo eraa apple
the right Of men to worship God ac. req
ing to the dictates OF their consclenees PIE,
Id be contested at the point of the bay 70 D'
! and with 5oOd flowing up 10 the bits Ee
e horses brides,
+ mercies temporal and spiritual let
ecrated lives be offered Wherever
4 light shines and Gods rain descends L
Gods mercy broods let the thanks VINO
y arisel Matcl