Milford chronicle., 1892-01-15

e, self all day longs- There is nothing bt
a shadow. How sl0t w we are to realize thi
the storm is froA God and the darkne.
from God and the}chill from God Or W
buy the day before the markets retreat {
we make an Investment that never paws. {
we purchase goods that we cannot dispos
Of, or a crop OF grain we sowed is RUNE
by drought or treshet, or when, we took a,
count of stock or the LIST of january "
found ourselves thousands OF dollars wors
off than we expected. Who under sue
circumstances says This loss is from God
l must have been allowed ID go Into tina
unfortunate enterprise for some good rea
son; God controls the east wind ny well a
the west windS"
GOD CONTROLS THE SHADOWS.
+ My friends, ! cannot look for one momen
on that retrograde shadow on Ahaz's dia
without learning that God controls tn
shadows and that lesson we need all t,
learn, That he controls the sunshine is no
so necessary "A lesson, for anybody can b.
happy when things go right. When yot
sleep eight hours night and rise with az
appetite tn cannot easily wait for break
fast and you 20 over to the store and OPEL
your mail to read more orders than you car
fill, and in the next letter You find div
dend far larger than you have been prom
ised, and your ueighbor comes in to tell
you some Gathering thing he has just heard
said about you and you find that all the
styles of goods in which you deal have nd
, vanced Is per cent. in value, and on your
! way home you meet your childlen in full
rOmp and there are roses on the center OF
the tea table and roses Of health in cheeks
all around the table what more do you want
. of consolation? don't pity you a bit. You
feel as if yOu Could boss the world But
for those in just opposite circumstances my
text comes in with an Omnipotence Of mean
ing. The shadOwl Oh, the shadow sshad
ow of bereavement Shadow of sicknessl
Shadow of bankruptcy Shadow Of mental
depression Shadow Of persecution Shad
Ow Of death! Speak ont, oh, sun dial Of
a haz, and tell all the people that God
manages the shadow As llczekiah sat in
his palace window wrapped in inyaliSisn
and surrounded by auodynes and c.ta
plasuus and looked ont upon the black hand
Of the only clock known at chat time and
saw it move back ten degrees he learned u
lesson that nIaipii;y OF the human race
need this hoUrtO learn -that the best friend
a man ever had controls the shadow The
setbacks are sometimes the best THINGS
that can happen The great German an
thor, Schiller, could not work unless ne had
in his room the scent of rotten apples, aud
the decay Of the fruits of earthly prosperity
may become an inspiration instead Of de
preston. Robert Chambers lame feet
shut him up from other work, and he be
came the world renowned publisher, and
helped fashion the best literature Of the
ages. The painful disorder like that of
Hezekiah called carbuncle is spelled ex
actly the same as the precious stone called |
the carbuncle, and the pang Of suffering
may become the jewel OF immortal value /
Your setback, like that of Ahaz's sundial, |
may be recovery and triumph never had |
a setback but it turned out to be a set for !
ward. You never would have become |
Christian if you had not had Il setback. |
The highest thrones in heaven are for the .
5ethacks. In 1861 the shadow of the sun
lial Of this nation was set back and all .
-hings seemed going to ruin, and it was set
back further in 1882, and further in 1863
md still further in 1863. but there is not
IN intelligent and well balanced nun
north or south, cast or west-but feels it
vas set back toward the sunrise.
HOW THEY MAY De TURNED BACK.
But promise O show yOu how The shad-
Dws might be turned back First. by going
much among the young people. In most
amily circles there are grandchildren BY
his divine arrangement most Of the people
Fho have passed the meridian Of life can
ompass themselves by juvenility 1t is "a
ad thing for an old man or old woman to
it looking at the vivacity of their grand
hildren shouting, stop that racketr
better join in the fun Let the eighty.
ear-old grandfather join the eight-year-
oung grandson or granddaughter. My
lther aud mother lived to see over eighty
hildren and grandchildren and great
and more boisterous crew ]
'ere never turned out on this sublunary
Dhere, and they all seemed to cry to the
Id folks, Keep young, and they did keep
Oung Don't walk with a cane unless you {
ave to or only rs a defense in 4 city afflicted !
-ith too many CANNES. Don't wear glasses i
ronger than necessary, putting on num-
ar tens when eighteens will do as well '
ont go into the company Of those who
'e always talking about rheumatism and a
Imbago and shortnPss Of breath and the Il
'evity of human life 1t is too much for n
y gravity to hear an octOgenarian talking q
lOut the shortness of human life From W
/ can find out he has always been here e
I'd from present prospects he is always
,
sIr stockings in Christmas time Help Q
e boys fly the kite Teach the girls how L
dress their dolls. Better than arnica g
r your stiff joints and catnip tea for your G
iepless nights will be a large dose Of G
uthful companiOnship.
SET BACK THE CLOCK. G.
Set hack the clock Gf human life Make a
e shadow Of the sundial of Ahaz retreat n
D degrees. People make themselves old Il
always talking about being old and
shing for the good old days, which were o.
yer as good as these days From all u
can hear the grandchildren are not
If rs bad as the grandparents were. u
alters have been husheil up. But il you
We ever been h a room adjoining room o.
lere some very old people, little deaf, ',
re talking over old times. you will find u u
It this age does not mOnOpolize all the v
ing Tlseals II may now be bard 10 get y
ing people up early enough in the morn :.
:, but their grandparents always had to -
pulled out OF bed It is wrong now to
.y mischevious tricks on the unsus
ting but eighty years ago ei (.
lpol Thai nuw venerable man sat =
vn on crooked pin not acciden v
~ placed there, and purposely \, y
I'VE the sleigh riding party too uear the - y
e Of the embankment that be might see - =
" they would look when tumbled into y. y.
snow. And that mau who has so little ~ !,
ience with childish exuberance was in a
en- times mp to pranks, one-half Of which
,rgeticed by the eight ht-year-old Of to-day
uld set grandfather and grandmother
~. Revive your remeIphrance Of what
were hatweeu Eve and ten years Of age,
with patience capable Of everything in
D with the young Put back the SHADOW ~
he dial not ten degrees, but fifty and vs
ty and seventy degrees. a.
ct back your clocks also by entering on 81
: and absorbing Christian work. Incur hi
ire to inspire the young we have in our ma
iys had much TO say about what has n
n accomplished by the young; OF a
mulus, who founded Rome when he was =,
snty years Of age; Of Cortes, who had ~
aafred Mexico at thirty years; Of Pitt =