Milford chronicle., 1892-05-13

Ut TIE AIRY Hlcp OF lulHE VINO Nltl NOR
! skill in their heels than their heads. and
will show you a man who will yet maste
languages and sway very scepter owe
his fellows. Many an education which Il
now considered complete IS made up of
smattering Of newspapers and the las
page of "A fashion magazine.
The parlOr and the drawing room canno
educate us They may give us outward
adornments Of manner, but getting yalu
able knowledge is like sweltering at
forge. bellows in one hand and hammer il
the other-like digging in mines Will
crowbars, prying under the ledge and th,
constant bang of blasted rocks. Espe
cially is it true that no growth in grace Il
possible unless, like Daniel. we are willing
to take up the cross however heayyit may
be and rough with nails. Moses chose AZ
Fiction with the people Of God rather thar
the pleasures OF sin, and II we would bs
anything like him We must be willing
sometimes to choose the hard bread Of sell
denial rather than the imperial clusters
from royal vineyards
To get strength and depth enough in
rivers for turning mill wheels and manu-.
factories, dams are built across them. and
then through the mill race the quick floods
leap on the water wheel TO turn It with
tremendous power So natures that would
otherwise have been powerless and INSULT
cient by self restraint have been damned
back and deepened, until with consecrated
power they rush into the world, turning its
ponderous machinery OF important inter
ests. Unestrained meu may have much
COOL in them, but it is so scattered that
Bpu see no positive effects Electricity in
the air does not strike, but gathered in the
cloud with its bare red arm it cle;ives the
mountain
Passions harnessed and yoked make ex-
eellent beasts Of burden. However ut
tractive may be the sinful offers Of the
world, though rich and luxurious as the
provision Of the kings table, we must be
willing to refuse theulif nothing be left us
but plain pulse OH how we want the
faith and courage Of a Daniel aud a Paul
I but how we dread the hot atmosphere Of
4 trial, in which their graees ripened The
/ richest fruits Of religion grow in the sultry
I tropics Of trial. II you want pearls, you
must dive for them. II you want gold
( you must dig for it. The richest parts Of
/ California and Australia are under ground
Depend upon it, II no pruning no fruit; no
climbing no elevation; no battle, no vic
tory; no cross, no crown. Had there been
no Nebuchadnezzar, there would have
been no Daniel Even so Il has been ia all
ages The flames that have flashed up
from the stake have been 50 many illumina-
tiOns Of Christian triumph.
When God would make a great light of
truth and holiness IN the world, he often
takes great prosecutions and with them
strikes ire. The DEVILS hate is Gods
glory Had il not been for the persecu-
tons Of Emperor Nalerian, the world would
not have known Of the courage OF Cy-
prian. and if the tyranny Of Dioclelian had
never been known, the triumphant grace
would not have been seen which made
Maximilian, when sentenced TO death, ex
claim, God be praisedr' Had not the
bandits Of Piedmont pursued the Wal
denses through the valley Of tbs Alps, and
the infRriate decree put to massacre the
Albigenses Of France, the world would
have had fewer illustrations Of Christian
herOism BE Joseph before Pharaoh. Be
Paul before Felix. Be Daniel before
Darius.
BE PURE ALWAYS
Again let the story Of Daniel teach Us
the beauty Of that youthful character
which remains nmblemished and upright
when away from home Had Daniel, on
arriving in Babylon. plunged into every
excess, his friends in Jerusalem would
never have heard Of it. His dissipation
and Remuneration Of religion would not
have cast one sorrow ON the family hearth
where he had lived or the old family Bible
which lie used to read But, though far
away from home, he knew that Gods eye
watched him and that was enough 1t is
not every Young man who maintains the
same character when absent that was
maintained at home
Frederick watching bis fathers sheep
among the bills or thrashing rye in the I
barn Is far different from Frederick on the 1
Stock exchange How often does the kind, I
retiring spirit become bold rifrOntery, and /
the accommodating, self sacrificing dis 4
position once exhibited among Brothers 1
and sisters becomes cold aud unrespon. 4
sive selishness, and economy, wasteful- /
ness and open handed charity, tight lsted /
stingness, and the keqmug pf good hours /
is changed to midnight vyelry,
! probably address young mcn now, dis
tant from their futheF'S house. and others
who, still under the parental roof, look
forward to a time-wiien they will depart
alone to conflict with the world and among
strangers he called to build mp characters
for themselves, Happy for you, oh, young
man, II You shall, like Joseph, be the same
when living with wicked Pharaoh as with
pious Jacob, or Daniel as pure IN Babylon
as in Jerusalem There is no passage in a
mans life of more thrilling interest than
the day in which lie leaves home and goes
of to seek his fortune. The novelty and
romance connected with the departure
may keep the young man from any poig
pant sorrow, but parents. who have seen
the destruction among strangers OF those
who were considered promising youths,
cannot help feeling thar this step is full Of
Importance. Before the youth
left home all his conduct was under at
guardianship
Outbursts Of folly, clrelessness and inn
propFiety Of mannerand lOoseness Of speech
we're kindly rcproved, and although the
restraint seemed sometimes too severe, yet
hours Of sober reflection have convinced
lim that it WAS salutary and righteous
But behold how the scene changes. The
iather, through the interceding Of metro
1olitan friends, has secured the son place
N some bank or store or Office. School
mates, on the nigbt before bis departure,
,ome to take their farewell 81 the young
idventApeE
That morning he takes a last walk
around the old place, and going past some
owed spot sly tear may start, but no one ,
ICES it. The trunk IS on the carriage, and
lfter a warm goodby sway they speed over
he bills, Set down amid exeitements and
lmong companions not prescriptions as
% their words OF deeds, temptations troop
.round tho stranger. The morning comes, ;
lut no family altar, and the Sabbath, but
10 real quiet and perhaps ut hesanctunry
he faces ares strange and no one cares
whether be $3.50 church or whether he
loes not go. Long winter evenings arrive
md how shall they be spent' On bis way
lome from his place Of business he saw
tanning placards announcing rare per
and that this was positively the
asst night.
AT the door Of bis cherries boarding
ipuse no one grpets lin. and the evening /
neal'is insipid, for no one cares whether (
e eats or does rot eat The room in the I
bird story that evening seems doleful and
epelling. a book snatched UP from the
al