Milford chronicle., 1895-05-24


While Thomas Chalmers occupied the
chair of moral philosophy in St. Andrew 5
university he had at the same time Sab
bath school class Of poor boys down in
the slums of Edinburgh. While Lord
Fitzgerald was travelling in Canada he
saw poor Indian squaw carrying a crush
ing load, and he took the burden on his
own shoulders That was Christlike That
was "a hand under the wing" Tho high
est typo of religion says little about itself
but is busy for God and in helping to the
heavenly shore the crew and passengers Of
this shipWrecked planet. Such people are
busy now up the dark lanes of this city,
and all through the mountain glens, and
down in the quarries where the sunlight
has never visited, and amid the rigging
helping to take in another reef before the
Caribbean whirlwind.
A friend was telling me of an exquisite
thing about Seattle, then Of Washington
territory, now Of Washington state. The
people Of Seattle had raised a generous
sum of money for the Johnstown sufferers
from the food A few days after Seattle
was destroyed by fire. saw it while the
whole city was living in tents In pub
lie meeting some one proposed that the
money raised for JohnstOwn DO used for
the relief of their own city, and the cry
was Mol mol mol Send the money to
JohnstOwn, and by acclamation the mon
ey was so sent. Nothing more beautiful or
sublime than that Under the wing Of
fire that smote Seattle the sympathetic
hand, the helping hand, the mighty hand
of Christian relief for people thousands Of
miles away. Why, there are a hundred
thousand men and women whose one bust
ness is to help others. Helping hands,
inspiring hands, lifting hands, enamel
pating hands, saving hands. Sure enough,
those people had wings Of faith and wings
Of prayer, and wings of consolation, but
"the likeness Of the hands of man was
under the wings" There was much sense
in that which the robust boatlnan said
when three were in boat of the coast in
q sudden storm that threatened to sink
the boat, and one suggested that they all
kneel down in the boat to pray, and the
robust man took hold Of the oar and be-
gan to pull, saying, LET you, the strong,
stout fellow, lay hold the other our, and !
let the weak one who cannot pull give |
himself up to prayer" Pray by all means, |
but at the Same time pull with all your /
might for the worlds rescue. An arctic |
traveller hunting beaver while the ice was
up, and supposing that there /
was no human being with 100 miles, heard /
the ice crackle, and, 10, lost man, insane |
with hunger and cold, was wading in the /
Ice water The explorer took the man /
into his canoe and made for land, and the
people gathered on the shore. All the is.
landers Ind been looking for the lost man.
and finding him, according to prearrangc-
mfnt, all the bells rang and all the guns
fred Oh, you can mako a gladder time
among The towers and hilltops of heaven
L you can fctch home wanderer.
A Word For the Cities.
In our time it is tho habit to dcnounce
he cities and to speak Of them as tho per
iition OF all wielzedness. Is it not time
lor somo ono 70 tell the other side Of the
story and to say that the city IS tho heaven
Il practical helpfalnesss Look at tho en-
.-----as, and fnnntained parks, where the