Milford chronicle., 1892-05-27

> eeen halted by such Selah You Wrunp
yoar hands and said: 81 can't see any sense
in this Providence | can't see why God
gave me that child, il he is so soon going to
take i away. Oh, my desolate home. Oh,
my broken hearth You could not under
E stand it. \ But It was not a Selah Of over
throw. ltgaye you greater appreciation
OF the blessings that have gone; it will give
you greater appreciation Of the blessings
> that will CONF
When the Muguenots were being very
much prosecuted IN France a father and
mother were obliged to fly from the coun-
try, leaving their child in the possession Of
q comparative stranger They did not
know whether they would ever return. OF.
returning, if they would be able to recog
nlze their child, for by that time she might
be grown The mother was almost fren-
zled at che thought Of leaving the child
and then, even If coming back again, not
being able to know her. Before they left,
the father drew bis sword and he marked
the wrist OF that child with deep cut. Il
must have been-a great exigency 70 make
a father do that.
Years Of absence passed on, and after
awhile the parents returned and their first
anxiety was to find their lost child. They
looked up and down the land, examining
the wrists Of the young people, when lol
after awhile- the father found maiden
with 4 scar upon her wrist. She knew him
not, but he knew her And oh, the joy Of
the reunion So it is now Whom the
Lord loveth he chasteneth." He outteth.
he marketh, and when he comes to claim
his own the Lord will know them that are
his; know them by thescarof their trouble.
know them by the stroke Of their desola
tipn.
THE UsEs or ADVERSELY.
Oh. it is good that the Lord sometimes /
halts US. David says 1T is good that 1
have been afflicted Before was afflicted /
| went astray, but now have kept thy 1
word Indeed, we must all soon stop 1
Scientists have improved human longev
lty, but none Of them have proposed to
make terrene life perpetual. But tine Cos
pei makes death only Selah between two
beatitudes- between dying triumph on
one side Of the grave and celestial escort
on the other side Of the grave Going out
OF this life, to the unprepared, is a great
horror
"Give me more laudanum," said dying
Mirabeau; give me more laudanum, that
] may not think of eternity and what is to
GOMEZ And dying Hobbies said, "a leave
my body to the grave and my soul to the
great perhaps" II was the discord of an
intide's life breaking down into the jargon
Of despair; but the Gospel makes the death
of the Christian Selah between redcmp
lion and enthronement almost we'll"
said dying Richard Baxter; "almost we'll"
play those notes over again-those notes
which have been so great a delight and /
iolace to ME, said the dying Christian '
Mozart. None but Christ none but {
Christ" exclaimed dying Lambert. q
Richard Cameron, the Scotch covenant
IT, went into the battle three times pray e
ng Lord, spare the green and take the q
fpe. This Is the day have longed for a
This is the day shall get my crown. e
Jome, let us fight il to the last. For 2
Vardp So you see there Is only short
lanse y Selah Of iptermission, between Q
lying consultations on the one side and g
vertoPping raptures on the other. a
My flesh shall slumber in the ground !,
Till the last trumpet's joyful sound; u
Then burst the chains with sweet surprise, t
And IN my Sayiour's image rise. q
TIKI sELAH OF EMPHASIS. T.
next speak of the Selah Of emphasis. u
'wald, the German orientalist and theo
'gian says that this word means to as
end and wherever you find it, he says, -
Oh must look after the modulation Of the g
Dice, and yOu must put more force into y
our utterance It is Selah of emphasis "a "a
hi my friends you and need to correct ~ ~
II emphasis. We put too much emphasis "
] this world and not enough on God and %
e next world, People think these things w.
onnd us are so important, the things OF ~
e next are not worthy Of our considera pl
On, l'n
The first need for some of MS is to change 81 q
IT mphitsis. Look at Wretchedness on VI
throne. Napoleon, while yet emperor Of ~
rance sat down detected his hands over We
$ face. A lild came in with a tray Of ~ "
od and said, Fat, it will do you gOodn Wy
le emperor looked up and said "YOu are ~
I'm the country| The lad replied, yes" ~,
,Our father has cottage and few acres q
grnund?" "Yes " "There is happi ~
IS, said the detected emperor. Ali cia
lpole0n never put the emphasis in the w
,ht place until he WAS expiring at St. or,
lena =.
IN the other hand, look at Satisfaction N
id the worst earthly disadvantage ~ lno
yer saw until ! was blind, " said Chris me
n man. II never knew what content 90
mt was while ! had my eyesight as Iie
ow what content is now that have lost ~,
eyesight. ! affirm, slough few would NM
dit il, that | would not exchange my 6at
sent position and circumstances for my -.
before lost my eyesight." n
At man put the emphasis in the right Tin,
ce. We want to put less stress upon ION
3 world and more stress upon our God No.
our everlasting portion. n1t
)ayid had fOnnd out the nothingness Of ~
: world and the all sutiiciency pf God iat
ice how he interjects the Selaha e. !,
-ust in the Lord at all times; ye people, ~ =
r out your heart before him. God is a =,
Ige for Us. Selah. Blessed be the Lord ~
} daily loads us with benefits, even the mi. M
Of our salvation. Selah." "The Lord y
/ count when he writeth up the people ~
this man WAS born there. Selah" -
the world have its honors and its ~
es and its pomp. Let me have the sols
d for my light. my peace, my fortress. =,
pardon. my hope, my heaven. ~
What sinners value I resign; peer
Lord 'tis enough that thou art mine. cnas
shall behold thy blissful face. VS5S
And stand complete in Righteousness.
This world is all an empty show, p,
But the bright world to which go tba
Hath Joys substantial and sincere: Cisn
When shall wake and find me therei ~,
o glorious hourl D blest abodel Will
shall be near and like my God, Nor
And sin and SENSE no more control vars
The endless pleasures Of my soul. -
1t when / speak Of the Selah Of EN-. ssI z
is ! must notice it is startling, othe
mite emphasis II has in it the harkl ariti
hist Of the drama That Weakening caus
arousing emphasis we who preach or som,
-uct need to use more frequently. The grun
Jiest audiences in the world are reli hills
$ audiences some
DRAMATIC SCRIPTURE SCENES, meni
~ sabbath school teachers ought 70 saw
more VI the dramatic element 10 that
Instructions i'y graphic Scripture ~
g by anecaote, " descriptive gesture, me a
representation, urge Your classes to mysa
action. We want IN All our schools head
colleges and prayer meetings and IN conn
III attempts at reform, and in all cur over
ches, 70 have less OF the style didactic felt
more Of the style draniatic. famil