Milford chronicle., 1892-12-16

, nut Tue mother knows It, Is sometime m
. that a little burt sometimes il verv prer
So with God, our Mother; all our nnno
= anees are Important enough to look at az
sympathize with.
q Nothing with God is something. Tho
are no ciphers In Gods arithmetic And
we were only good enough OF sight "
could see as much through microscor
as through telescope. Those things III,
, may be impalpable and infnitesimal to d
may be pronounced and iutfnite to COL
mathematical point is defined as having n
3 parts, no magnitude 1t is SO small VI,
: cannot imagine it, and vet a matbematicg
point may be starting point for a prea
eternity. Gods surveyors carry \ Yer,
long chain. scale must be verv deIicat,
that can weigh grain, but Gods scale 4
so delicate that he can weigh with IL tbaI
which is so small that grain is a millior
times heavier
When John Kitto a poor boy on a bach
street Of Plymouth, cut his foot with !
piece OF glass, God hound it up so success
Iuily that he became the great Christian
geographer and commentator known
among all nations So every wound OF the
soul, however insignificant, God is willing
70 Dlnd mp. rs at the first cry Of the child
the mother rushes to kiss the wound So
God, our Mother takes the smallest wound
OF the heart and presses it to the lips Of
divine sympathy. "As one whom his moth.
er comforteth. so will / comfort you.n
remark further that God has a moth
ers patience for the erring. II one does
wrong, first his associates in life cast him
oIi II he goes on in the wrong wav his
business partner casts him off; il he eoes
on, his best friends cast him off-his father
casts him of. But after all others have
cast him on, where does he go9 Who holds
no grudge and forgives the last time AS
well as the first? Who sits by the muir
derer's counsel all through the long triaIs
Who tarries the longest at the windows Of
a culprit's cell? Who, when all Others
tnlnk III OF Eian, keeps on thinking well
OF himf IL Is his mother. God bless her
gray hairs If she be still alive, aud bless
her grave II she be gonel And bless the
rocking chair in which she used to sit. and
Diess the oracle that she used to rock, and
bless the Bible she used to readi
So God, our Mother has patience for all
the erring. After everybody else has cast
a man Off God, our Mother, comes to the (
rescue. God leaps to take charge of n bnd !
case. After all the other doctors have pot
through the heavenly Physician comes in. /
Human sympathy at such a time does NOT
amount to much. Even the sympathy Of (
the church, l am sorry to say, often does
not amount to much.
TIE CHURCH LACKS SYMPATHY.
have seen the most harsh and bitter
Treatment on the part of those who pro
iessed faith in Christ toward those who
were wavering and erring. They tried on
the wanderer sarcasm and billingsgate
and carieature, and they tried title tattle.
There was one thing they did not try, and
that was forgiveness A soldier in Eng
and was brought by a sergeant to the
'olonel. what" says the colonel. bring
ng the man here againl We have tried
with him." "Oh, no. y savs the
ergeant; there is one thing you have not q,
ried. / would like you to try that
What is thatfn said the colonel Said {
he man, Forgiveness" II
The case had not gene so far but that II
night take that turn. and so the colonel
aid; well, young man, you have done so a
nd so. What is your excused" Il have :
o excuse, but | am very sorry" said the t
IAN. I'VE have made up our minds to
lrgive you, " said the colonel The tears
iarted. He had never been aecosted in b
nat way before. His life was reformed. a
nd that was the starting point for a posi- f
vely Christian life. o church OF God. b
mt your sarcasm when man fallsl Quit "
our irony, quit your title tattle and try Ii
'rgiveness. God, your Mother, tries it all b
le time. A mans sin may be like con u
nent, but Gods forgiveness is like the d
tlantle and Pacific oceans, bounding it p
! both sides. al
The Bible often talks about Gods hand.
wonder how it looks You rep,e,nber W
stinctly how your mothers hand looked. SC
ough thirty years ago it withered away OF
was different from your fathers hand.
hen you were to be chastised YOU had I o
ther have mother punish you than IA fi
er. 1t did not hurt so much. And IA te
er's hand was different from mothers a
rtly because it had outdoor toll, and part Of
because God intended it to be different. ca
e knuckles were more firmly set. and bo
g palm was calloused. 70
But mothers hand was more delicate. II,
ere were blue veins running through the a
,k Of it. Though the fingers, some Of ",
I'M, were picked with a needle the palm
it was soft. Oh, it was very softl Was wi
re ever any pOultice like that to take ha
n out Of a woundg So Gods hand is a
ther's hand What it touches it heals. pu
9 smite you itdoes net hurt as if it were kn
'ther hand. Oh, you poor wandering sta
l in sin, it is not bailiff's hand that If
.es you tcdayl It is not hard hand dri
S not an unsympathetic hand. It is not rar
'id hand. II IS not an enemyis hand sal
It is gentle hand, loving hand, a an
lpatheric hand, a soft hand, mothers cor
d. AS one whom his mother comfort a
so will comfort you.n wa
THE DIVINE PATIENCE. ten
want 10 say finally that God has a IN
hers way Of putting n child to sleep.
know there is no cradle song like
hers. After the excitement Of the
ling 1t is almost impossible to get the I
/ to sleep II the rocking chair stop bur
'ment the ayes are wide open, but the wifi
hers patience and the mothers sooth- tain
manner keep on until after awhile this
angel Of slumber pnts his wing over
pillow. Well, my dear brothers and an''
rs in Christ, the time will come when eng
will be wanting to he put to sleep. The as (
of our life will be done, and the shad- OF q
of the night OF death viii be gathering. Con
nd us. Then we want God to soothe sho
o hush us to sleep. per-
{ the music at our going not be the oel
g Of the OTgan, or the knell Of the TOOL
ch tower. f,r fl,e ,irnnor,ir., ~ n .,dsad shot
'h, but let it be the hush Of a mothers per
M will fb,. niIlo,y NJ al ~. late
m we are bein0 rocked into fbat isst per
her I want tbis ~ M tb,. cradle -, bon,
ono whom n mofbsrco,f fortsth so,,;iii eRt
lfort yon." tnat
Asleep in Jesass-95 pu thee IL
Tbv kindres. 5iniB, Saves MAJ, ~. perh
But thinst-ls lT;tei 4 sleep. pour
Frcih ~fi Il Y Ithkc to veep. won
- ~ His daughter but
e sat bv the 'oS s. j. ,.t was SUNDAY do Ii
ing, and the b 6t the church was intin
ng, calling the people to church The butt
old man, ia his dying dream, thought even
be was on the way to church, as be the
to be when he went in tho sleigh port
he river aud as the evening bell been
( up in his dying dream be Thought Is on
3 the call to church meal
said, "Hark. children, the halls are from