Milford chronicle., 1895-03-01

one nceasion in the presence Of Pompey In
the Roman amphithoater. Lions came out
and destroyed the oamels which carried
the baggage Of Xerxes' army. In Bible
times there were so many lions that they
are frequently alluded to in the Scriptures
Joel. the prophet, describes the cheek
toeth" Of a great lion and Isaiah men
tions among the attractions Of heaven
that no lion shall be there, and Amos
speaks of a shepherd taking lambs ear
out Of the mouth of q lion, ana Solomon
Describes the righteous as bold as lion
ard Daniel was q great lion tanner, ana
David and jeremiah and st. John often
speak of this creature.
The Devil Lion.
But most am 1 impressed by what l
have quoted from the Apostle Peter when
he calls the devil a lion. That means
strength. That means blo0dthirstiness
That means cruelty. That means destruc-
tion. Some Of you have felt the strength
of his paw, and the sharpness of his tooth,
and the horror Of his rage. Yes he Is
savage devil He roared at everything
good when Lord Claverhouse assailed the
Covenanters and at Bartholomew against
the Huguenots, one August night when
the hell tolled for the butchery to begin,
and the CHASTITY joke in the street was,
s.Blood letting Is good in August" " and
so, GOO assassin knives were plunged into
the victims, and this monster has had un-
der his paw many Of the grandsst souls Of
ali time, and fattened with the spoils Of
centuries he comes for you.
But / am glad to say to all of you who
have got the worst in such astruggle that
there is lion on our side, If you want
him-Revelation v, ., The lion Of Ju-
dahfs tribe A lamb to us but a lion to
meet that other lion, and you can easily
guess who will beat in that fight, and who
will be beaten. When two opposing lions
meet in a Jungle in India, You cannot tell
which will overcome and which will be
overcome. They glare at each other for
moment. and then, with full strength Of
muscle. they dash against each other like
two tbunderbolts Of colliding storm
clouds. and with jaws like the crush of
avaIanches. and With a resOunding voice
that makes the Himalayas tremble, and
with pull and tear and clutch and tram
nle and shaking Of tho bead from side to
side. until it is too much FOR human en-
durauce TO witness, and though one lion
NAV be left dead the one which has con-
ouered crawll away lacerated and gashed
and lame and oyeless, to bleed TO death IN
an adjoining Jungle But ifyou and Ieel
enough our weakness in this battle OF
temptation and~ask for the divine help
against that old lion of hell, described IN
ST. Peter, will go the stronger lion de-
surihed in Revelation, and 1t Will be no
uncertain grapple, but under one omnlp-
otent stroke the devourlng monster that
would slay our soul shall 60 reeiing back
into pit 10, 600 times deeper than chat in
.-Ta 2 an
day.
A word to all who are in n snowy day.
Oh. fathers and mothers who have lost
children. that is the weather that cuts
through body and soul. But drive back
the lion of bereavement with the thought
which David Rae of Edinburgh got from
the Scotch gravedieger, who was always
plantinQ white clover and the sweetest
bowers on the children's s graves in the
oemetery and when asked why he did SO
replied: Surely, sir, Gamma make over
fine the bed coverin o. a little innocent
sleeper that's waitin there till it's Gods
time to waken it and cover it with the
white robe and watt it away to glory
When sic grandeur is waitin ityonder, it's
fit IT should be decked cot here 1 think
the Saviour that counts its dust sac pre-
cious will like to see the white clover sheet
e1raad over it. Do ye moo think So too
sir2u Cheer up all disconsolates. The
best work for God and humanity has been
dome on the snowy day. At gloomy Ma.
rjne Terrace, " island of Jersey, the exile
Victor Hugo wrought the mightiest
achievements Of his pen. Ezekiel, banished
and bereft and an invalid at Cornhill, on
the banks Of the Chebar, had his momen-
tous vision Of the cherubim and wheels
within wheels. BY the dim light of dun
Qeon window at Bedford, John Bunyan
sketches the 'Deleotable Mountains.
Milton writes the greatest poem OF an
time without eyes. Michael Angelo carved
statue out of snow, and all Florence
gazed in raptures at its exquisiteness, ana
many Of Gods servants have out OF the
cold cut their Immortality. Prosecutions
/ were the dark background that made
more impressive the courage and consecra-
1 tion of Savonarola, who when threatened
! with denial of burial, said Throw me
/ into the Arno if you choose; the resurree
| zion daywill find me, and that is enough.
4 Bepaiah. on a cold, damp, cutting, snowy
4 dav. gained ledhine triumph. Hardship
/ and trouble have again and again exalted
and inspired and gloritied their subjects.
The bush itself has mounted higher
And fourished unconsumed in fire.
Lesson Of the Gascognes
Well. we have had many snowy days
within the past month, and added to the
chill of the weather was the chilling dis
NAV at the nnnarrival of the ocean steam
er Gascoene. Overdue for eight days,
many had given her up as lost, and the
most bopefnl were very anxious. The cy-
clones whose play Is shipwrecks, had been
reported being in widest romp all up and
down the Atlantic The ocean few days
before had swallowed the Elhe and with
unappeased appetiteseemed saying Give
us more Of the best shipping. The Nor
mandie came in on the same track the
Gasongna was to travel, and it had not
seen her. The Teutonic, saved almost by
the saperhuman efforts of captain and
crew. came in and hoard no gun Of dis
tress from that missing steamer. There
were male faces and wringing hands on
both continents and tears rolled down
cold cheeks on those snowy days. We all
feared that the worst had happened and
talked Of the City of Boston as never
heard of after sailing, and the steamship
President. on which the brilliant Cook
man sailed. never reported and never to
be heard of again until the time when the
sea gives up its dead. But at last under
most powerful glass at Fire island, a ship
was seen limping this way over the wa.
tiers. Then we all began to hope that i
might be the missing French liner. Three
hours Of tedious and agonizing waiting
and two continents in suspensel When
will the eyeglasses at Fire island make
revelation Of this awful mystery of the
sea? There it Isl Ha, hal The 6asoogne
Oniekl Wire the news to the cityi Swing
the Gags ont on the towers Ring the
bellsi Sound the whistles Of the shipping
all the way ap from Sandy Hook to New
York Battery She's safe, she's satel
are the words caught up and passed on
from street to street. 1t Is the Gascognei
Is the cry sounding through all our de
lighted homes and thrilling all the tele
graphic wires Of the continent and all th'
cables under the sea, and thehuzza ON th'
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