Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-05-10

4 LAYERS OF the hOmun empire there WOul
be still eight fingers and two thumbs II
at the tips.
Oh the power OF conscience when it
fully arousedl With whip of scorpion
over bed Of spikes in pitch Of midnigl
1t chases guilt. Are there ghosts? Ye
not Of the graveyard, but Of ones min
not at rest
J And thus, Brutus, amid his slumberins hos
Startled with Cnsar's stalwart ghost.
Macbeth looked at his hand after tn
midnight assassination, and he says;
viii all great Neptune's ocean wash this bloc
Clean from my handf No; this my hand wi
rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine,
Making the green one red.
The Voice of Conscience.
For every sin, great or small, conscience
which is the voice Of God, has a reprooi
more or less emphatic. Charles TX, re
sponsible for ST. Bartholomew massacre
was chased by the bitter memories, and il
his dying moment said to his doctor Am
brose Parry: Doctor, / don't know what
the matter with me; 1 am in fever o
body and mind and have been for lons
while Oh, if had only spared the limo
cent, and the imbecile, and the cripplep
committed in his youth still gave him
sleepless nights. Charles II Of Spain could
not sloep unless he had in the room con
fessor and two friars. Catiline had such
bitter memories he was startled at the
least sound. Cardinal Beaufort, having
slain the Duke of Gloucester, often in the
night would say: "Away, away Why do
you look at me?" Richard III, having
slain his two nephews, would sometimes
i in the night shout from his couch and
clutch his sword, fighting apparitions. DR..
( Webster, having slain Parlsman in Boston,
and while waiting for his doom, COM
} planned to the jailer that tho prisoners on
the other side Of the wall all night long
kept charging him with his crime, when
there were no prisoners on tho other side
of the wall. 1t was tho voice of his own
conscience.
From what did Adam and Eve try to
hide when they had all tho world to them
selves? From their own conscience What
made Gains punishment greater than he
could bear? His conscience. What made
Ahab cry out to the prophet "Hast thou
found me, mine enemyS' What made
the great Felix tremble before the little
missionary Conscience. What made Bel
shazzar's teeth chatter with a chill when
he saw flhsjr como out Of the black
sleeve of the midnight ard write on the
plastering? Conscience, conscience
A Grave Aceuser.
Why is it that hat maa in this audience,
with all tho marks of worldly prosperity
upon him, is agitated while 1 speak and is
now flushed and is now pale, and then the
breath is uneven, and then beads of per-
SEPARATION on the forehead, and then the
look of unrest comes to look of horror and
despair? 1 know not. But he knows, and
God knows. 1t may be that he despoiled
q fair young life and turned innocence in
to a waif, and the smile Of hope into the
brazen laughter of despair. Or it may be
that he has in his possession the property
of others, and by some strategem he keeps
it according to law, and yet he knows it is |
not his own, and that if his heart should
stop heating this moment he would be in |
hell forever Or it may be he is RESPONSE |
bic for great mystery, the disappearance |
Of some one who was never heard Of, and /
tho detectives were baflled, and the tracks /
were all covered up, and the swift horse /
Or the rail train took him out of reach, and
there are only two persons in the universe
who know of it-God and himself. God
present at the time of the tragedy and
present at the retrospection and conscience
conscience with stings, conscience with
linchcfs, conscience with fails, conscience
with furnaces-is upon him, and until
mans conscience rOuses him he does not
'epent What made that farmer converted
o God go to his infdel neighbor and say;
Neighbor, l have four Of your sheep.
They came over into my fold six years ago.
They had your mark upon them, and
hanged it TO my mark. 1 want you to
lavo those sheep, and want you to have
he interest on the money, and want you
o have the increase Of the fold. If you ]
want to send me to prison, shall make no {
The infidel heard of the ]
nan S conversion, and he said: "Now, now, {
you have got them sheep, You are well ;
ONE to them. 1 don't want nothing of 5
hose things at all. You just go away ]
rom me. Something has got hold of you I
hat dom understand. heard you were {
own at those religious meetings. But i
he converted man would not allow things ]
D stand in that way, and so the infidel {
aid: "Well, now you can pay me the l.
alue of the sheep, and per cent interest
'Om that time to this, and 1 shan't say
nything more about it. just go away {
ON me. - What was the matter with the
NO farmers? In the ono case convicted
leading him to honesty, and in 4.
le other case a convicted conscience warn
lg against infdolity.
Converted Hearts. i
Thomas Oliver was oneof John Wesley's Il
,eachers. The early part Of his life had h
zen full of rccklessness, and he had made n
,bts wherever he could borrow Ho was Il
inverted to God, and then he went forth u
preach and pay his debts. He had 4
nall amount Of property left him and inn o
ediately set out to pay his debts, and ev-
ybody knew he was in earnest, and to M
the last payment he had to D.
II his horse and saddle and bride. That Il
as conscience. That is converted con ~
ience That is religion. Frank Tiebout, ~
converted rumseller had large amount r.
liquor ON hand at the time OF his con- n,
rsion, and he put all the kegs and bar 81
Is and demijohns in n wagon and took O,
EN- down in front Of the old church
lere he had been converted and had ov- n
ything emptied into the street. That is 81
iglon. Why the thousands Of dollars n,
ut every year to the United States treas m
y at Washington as conscience money!" M
by, it simply means there are postmas- IN
rs and there are attorneys, and there are sv
icials who sometimes retain that which "a
Us uol DtlOuE 10 Nltull anu tueso ultu pv
, converted or under powerful pressure as
and make restitution. If all IN
0 moneys out Of which the state and the nd
lited States treasures have been DC III
uded should come back TO their right m
exchequers, there would be money SCI
,ugh to pay all the state debts and all sp
United States debt by day after tomor- dii
=. Of
amounts to nothing unless tn
heart is converted, and tho pocketbook til
converted, and the cash drawer is con- TIL
ted, and tho ledger IS converted, and an
hreproof safois converted, and the pi-
nhole containing tho correspondence is thu
verted and his Improvement is noticed thi
n by the canary bird that sings in the cal
lor, and the cat that licl,s tho platter MS,
n the meal, and the dog Sat comes an
nding from the kennel to greet him. the
nan half converted, or quarter convert no
or a thousandth part converted, is not Du
vorted at all. What win be the great col
K in the day Of Judgment? Conscience.
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