Milford chronicle., 1893-11-17
MILFoRD. DEL, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER Il. Is93.


ia, some corner Of the Duilaing the arcb,fec,
.ie name may be chiseled But the storms
les their work, and time, that takes down =
ad erything viii yet takedown that stlq1ct1,
ne until there shall not be one stone left una
- another 'F'
- THE EVERLASTING NOW.
M But there is a soul in heaven. Throup
ho your insI INmentality it was put there. Ur
90 uer uoo grace You are the architect Of IL
at euernai happiness. Your name is written
~ not on one corner of its nature bnt H.
le wrought into its every fiber and enerov
n Wlu the storms Of winter wash out f5.
10 story Of what you have wrought upon III ~
a spiritual structure? No There ara NJ
storms IN that land, and there is no winter
Ie WIN time wear out the Inscription which
n shows your hdelitys No Time js nost
q and 1t IS an everlasting now. Built jnfd
: the foundation Of thai imperishable str,,c.
: ture. built into its pillars. built into its
1 eapstone, is your name-either the NAME
: you have on earth or the name bv v-bicb
I celestials shall call you.
know the Bible says in one place that
1oa IS a Jealous God, but that refers to tbs
WORK oi Ihose who worship some other
eoG. A true father is not jealous of lis
cnilu' " ith what glee you show the picture
your enid penciled, or q toy shin vofir child
hewed out or recite the noble deed vonr
child accomplished And God meyer ,,.os
Jealous Of Joshua, never was iaaIope of
raul never was jealous Of a Frances
tiaVergai, never was jealous of a man
or woman who tried to heal wounds and
/ wipe away tears and lift burdens and
save souls; and while all is of graoe. and (
1 your self abnegatng utterance win be /
Not unto us, not unto us. but unto tbv I
name O Lord, give gloryP YOU shall I'll. I
ways feel heavenly satisfaction in every
good thing you did on earth. and If icono.
ciasn, borne from beneath, should break
through the gates Of heaven and efface ope
record Of your earthly fidelity, metbinks
SHils0 would take one o. the nails of his
own cross ana write somewhere on the crys-
tal, or the amethyst or the iaeintb n. 10
chrysoprasus your name and inst nnfsr n
the inscription Of my text 1.-THE rigbteous !
snail be held In everlasting remembrance. y !
On, this character buildingi You and 7 :
are every moment busy in that tremendous a
occupation. You are making me better or {
worse ana am making you better or &
worse, and we shall through all eternitv
bear the mark Of this benediction or blast. O
ing. - '-'-'' \
A MOMENT OF JOY. a
Let others have the thrones of heaven- Il
nose who have more nightly wrought for q
1od and the truth-but it will be heaven le
'nough for you and me if ever and anon we w
meet some radiant soul on the boulevnr.ls Ii
u the great city who shall say: You Sc
ieipea me once. You encouraged me when OF
was in earthly struggle I do not know, an
hat ] would have reached this sbinino NJ
lace had it not been for you.n And we viii en-
augh with heavenly glee and say; "Hai
a. DO you really remember that talk, or
~ You remember that warning? Do Won ia
imemper ihat Christian invitationg What
memory you haye Why, that must have
cen down there tu Brooklyn or New Or
ans al ieast ten thousand million wears Il,
go. And the ans 'ges3 be, Yes. it was ~
long as that but / fe4aember it as well 80
though it were yesterday. ~
Oh, this character buildingi Tinc ,~rl
re lasting independent of passing ce,,l
rles, independent Of cgumblinQ mauso- -
lms, independent of the whole planetarv W W
stem. Aye, if the material universe ~
lleh seems all bound together like @ M,
zee Of machinery, should some dav ne.t -. -
th an accident that should send worlds IN, RyS
ishing into each other like telescoped rail
" trains and all the wheels Of constella- 49,
ms and galaxies should stop. and down ~ ~
% one chasm of immensity all the SIMS -. -
moons and stars should tumble like -oN
midnight express at Ashtabula. that
? Id not touch us and would not burt
FOR God Is a spirit, and character and III.
mory are immortal, and over that crave W. W..
wrecked material universe might truth is a
" be written, THE righteous shall he orde
4 in everlasting remembrance" edie,
; Time, we defy theel o, Death. we allv.
mp thee IN the dust Of thine own sepul- cous
Isl o, Eternity, roll on till the LAST a qu;
has stopped rotating, and the last sun Of tn
on the sapphire pathway years
the last moon has illumined the last comp
at, and as many years have passed as All 9inec
scribes that ever took pen could describe airee
IS many figures as they could write in P1ilIe PSiIe
he centuries Of all time, but thou shalt we We
e no power to efface from any soul in =
y the memory Of anything we have Soi
to bring it to God and heavenl
TATTooRD ON GODS HANDS.
iefe Is another and more complete de-
for oblivion, and that is in the heart Of
himself You have seen a sailor roll
Is sleeve and show you his arm tattooed 9oh
the figure Of favorite ship-perhaps la. ~ iiiis
first one in which he ever sailed. You steps
seen a soldier roll up his sleeve and VIC VIC ~
you his arm tattoOed with the figure eie n'
fortress where he was garrisoned. or 9.o' 8
~ "a @ esANeAN e3HlAgAAA un4eI whom he
1t. You have seen many a hand tar la'es /
with the face Of a 1,,5 - Is -. 1t.'- are br
marriage, bacon
S tattooing is almost ss- ola .s e. ble.-7I
|. 1t is some colored liquid punctured
he flesh so indelibly that nothing can Tha
u out. 1t may have been there so Sores,
but when the man goes into his cof- Cbappe
at picture viii go with him on hand .rpn,i,,
q. Now, God says that he has tattooed ,,,,,;...
N his hands. There can be no other ,s.s
ng in the forty-ninth chapter of ''''' %,
+, where God says, Behold, / have OK
= thee on the palms Of my handsn
as as much as to say; 81 cannot omen
nd to help, but think of you. lean II
read abroad my hands to bless, but She i
OF you. Wherever I go up and down who gil
avens I take these two pictures Of She q
th me. They are so inwrought into she thin
ng that cannot lose them. Aslong she
hands last the memory of von viii along 81
Not on the back of nv hands as 1t usu
! to announce you to others but on most fr
Inns Of my hands for mvself to IooiT want it
study and love. Not on the would
Of one hand alone, but on the She hf
Of both hands, for while [ not brig
king upon one hand and thinking Of beads u
must have the otherhand free to pro- WIN ap
q, free to strike back your enemy. glance
lift if you fall. Palms Of NV hands If she
" tattooedl And tboupb hold ~ tens, it 4
in my fist no cyclone shall uproot relate he
,ription of vour name and vo,rf,cs You IN
ugh hold the ocean In tie hollow would Ii
hand its billowing shall not wash through
record of my remembrance. Be doubtful
rave craven thee on the palms Of my VIII ever
. teach.
GoD's GREAT HEART PALACE. She me
joy, what honor can there be COM she is yer
to that Of being remembered bv the in her wa
st and kindest and loveliest and New Yor
st and most affectionate being in
'erse? Think Of it, to hold an ever
pace "a n ~ me heart Of God. The When I