Milford chronicle., 1891-02-13
MILFORD, DEL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY l3, 1891.


lative power, and what rebuke to all Of
Us who get discouraged because we cannot
do much, and therefore do nothingl
DO YOUR SHARE FOR GOD.
''Oh," says some one, Il would like to
stop the forces OF sin and crime that are
marching for the conquests Of the nations,
but am nobody; have neither wealth
nor eloquenee nor social power. What can
I dol" Ny brother, how much do you
weight As much as a snOwfiake2 "Oh, yes. Z"
Then do your share. It is an aggregation
Of small Influences that viii yet put this
lost world back into the bosom Of = par
doning God Alas that there arc 50 many
men and women who will not use the one
talent because they have not ten, and wiz
not give penny because they cannot give
a dollar, and will not speak as well as they
can because they are not eloquent, and vial
not be a snowflake because they cannot be
an avalanchel In earthly wars the gen
erals get about all the credit, but in the
war for God and righteousness and heaven
all the private soldiers viii get crowns Of
victory unfailing.
When we reach heavenly the grace Of
God may we all arrive there-I do not
think we will be able to begin the new
song right away because Of the surprise
we shall feel at the comparative rewards
given. As we are being conducted along
the street to our celestial resideRce we VIII
begin to ask where live some Of those who
were mighty on earth. We win ask. rs
SO-and-so heres" And the answer will lle:
''Yes, think he is in the city, but we don't
hear much Of him; be was good and he got
in, but be took most Of his pay in earthly
applause; he had enough grace to get
khr l.rrEi he ffrran
know not. He squeezed through somehow,
although think the gates took the skirts
Of his garments. I think he lives in one
Of those back streets in one Of the palmer
residences"
Then we shall see q palace, the door
steps of gold, and the windows Of agate,
and the tower like the sun for brilliance,
and chariots before the door, and people
who look like princes and princesses going
up and down the steps, ard we shall say,
''What one Of the hierarchs lives heEet"
That must be the residence Of = Paul or
Milton, or some Ono whose name resounds
through all the planet from which We have
Just ascended" mo, no." says our eeles-
tial dragoman; that is the residence Of a
soul whom you never heard OF
''When she gave q charity her left hand
knew not what her right hand did. She was
mighty in secret prayer, and no one but
God and her own soul knew it. She had
more trouble than anybody In all the land
where she lived, and without complaining
she bore it, and though her talents were
never great, what she had was all conse-
Grated to God and helping others, and the
Lord is making up for her earthly priva-
ton by especial raptures here, and the
king Of this country had that place built
Tao lie hodrnet 70
up when her troubles and priVations and
consecrations began on earth, and it so
happened-What heavenly coincidence
that the last stroke Of the trowel Of anne
thyst on those walls was given the hour
she entered heaven.
''You know nothingo Of her. On earth her
name was only once In the newspapers,
and that among the column of the dead,
but she is mighty up here. There she
comes now out Of her palace grounds in
her chariot behind those two white horses
for a ride on the banks Of the river that
flows from under the throne Of God. Let
me see. Did you not have in your world
below an old classic which says something
about ''these are they who come out of
great tribulation, and they shall reign for
ever and ever?"
PEARLS ON TIE FoRRHEADs OF THE RIGHT
EoUS
As we pass up the street find good
many on foot, and I say to the dragoman,
who are thsse" And when their name
Is announced 1 recognize that some Of
them were on earth great poets, and great
orators, and great merchants, and great
warriors, and when express my surprise
about their going afOot the dragoman
says, "In this country people are rewarded
not according to the number OF their
earthly talents, but according to the use
they made of what they had" And then
1 thought to myself; why, that theory
would make a snowflake that falls cheer
fully and in the right place, and does all
the work assigned it, as honorable as a
whole Mont Blanc of snOwfakes."
eyes, yes" says the celestial dragOman,
''Tnany Of these pearls that you dnd on the
fOreheads Of the righteous, and many OF
the gems in the jewel case Of prince and
princess, are only the petrihed snoWhakes
Of earthly tempest, for God docs not forget
the promise made in regard to them, They
shall be mine, said the Lord Of hosts, IN
the day when make up my ieWels.'" Ac-
eumulated pOweri All the prayers and
charities and kindnesses and talents OF all
the good coneentered and compacted will
be the world d'sevanRelization. This thought
Of the aggregation Of the many snalls into
that one mighty Is another treasure Of the
snow.
Another treasure Of the snow Is the sug-
Restion OF the usefulness Of sorrow. Alb
sence Of snow last winter made all nations
sick. That snOwiess winter hGs not yet
ended its disasters. Within fewweelzs it
put tens Of thousands into the grave, and
left others in homes and hospitals Rradu-
~ A-frr Il
name, the Russian grip" it was an inter
national plague. Plenty Of snow means
public health. There Is no medieine that
so soon cures the worlds malsriAs as these
white pellets that the clouds administer
pellets small enough TO be homeopathic,
but in such large doses as TO be aliopathie,
and melting soon enough to be hydropati-
ie. Lake a sponge, every fake absorls un-
healthy gases. The tables Of mortality In
New York and Brooklyn immediately less-
ened when the SHOWS Of last December be
gan to fall. The snow Il one Of the grand
est and bast Of the worlds doctors.
THE BLESSINGS OF WINTER
Yes, it Is necessary for the lands pro
ductiveness. Great SHOWS In winteg are
generally followed by great harvests next
summer. Scientific analysis has shown
that snow contains a larger percentage Of
ammonia than the rain, and hence its
greater power Of enrichment And besides
that, It Is a white blanket to keep the earth
warm. An examination Of snOwin Siberia
showed that It Yves a hundred degrees
warmer under the snow than above the
snow. Alpine plants persisted In the mild
winter Of England tor lack OF enough snOw
to keep them warm. Snow strikes back
the rich gases which otherwise would es-
cape in the air and be lost. Thank God for
the SHOWS, and may those Of February be
as plentiful as those Of December and Janu-
airy have been, high and deep and wide and
enriching; then the harvests next July viii
embrolder with gold this entire American
continent. But who with any analogical
faculty can notice that out Of such chill as
the snow comes the wheat, without reali-
zing that chilling sorroWs produce harVests
Of gracel
The strongest Christians without any
exception are those who were BY bereave-
ureuts or sickness or poverty or persecu-
ton, or all Of them together, showed un-