Milford chronicle., 1895-07-26

{ compromising medlcanent, or holding tn
) delicate pulse of a dying child, they ma.
o have the presence and tie dictation of tn
4 Almighty Doctor, who tlok the case Of tn
o mailman, and after he had torn off hi
, garments in foaming denentia clothe.
$ him again, body and mind, and who LITE,
y up the woman who for 10 years had beer
{ bent almost double with tho rheumatism
4 into graceful stature, and who turned tn,
: soabs Of leprosy into rubicund complexion
I and who rubbed the numbness out of pa
1 rlysis, and who swung ~ lde open the CLOSED
{ windows of hereditary or accidental blind
ness, until themorning light came stream
! ing through the fleshly easements, and
who knows all the diseases and all the
remedies, and all the herbs, and all the
catholicons and is monarch Of pharmacy
and therapeutics, and 'ghO has sent out
10, 600 doctors Of whom the world makes
no record, but to prove that they are an
gels of mercy / invoke the thousands Of
men whose ailments have becn assuaged
and the thousands of women to whom in
crisis of pain they have been next to God
in benefaotion.
Come, now, let as have "a religion for
ordinary people in professions, in occupa-
tions, in agriculture in the household, in
merchandise in everything. 1 salute
across the centuries Asynoritus, Rhlegon
Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, Philologus
and Julia.
Conspicuous People.
First Of all, if you feel that you are or
binary, thank God thar you are not eK-
traordinary. I am tired and sick and
bored almost to death with extraordinary
people They take all their time TO tell us
how very extraordinary they really are.
I ~ n T.. l.. IL. II
sister, that the most Of the useful work Of
the world is done BY unpretentious people
who toll right on-by people who do not
get much approval, and no one seems to
say, "That is well done
Phenomena are of but little use. Things
that arc exceptional cannot be depended
on. Better trust the smallest planet that
| swings ON its orbit than ten comets shoot
ing this way and that, imperiling the
longevity of worlds attending to their own
business. For steady illumination better
is lamp than rocket. Then, if you feel
that you are ordinary, remember that your
position invites the less attack.
Conspicuous people-how they have to
/ take it, How they are misrepresented and
abused and shot at The higher the horns
of a roebuck the easier to track him down.
/ What a delicious thing it must be to be
candidate for president Of the United
| States 1t must be so soothing to the
nervesl 1t must pour into the soul Of
candidate such sense of serenity when he
reads the blessed newspapers
came into the possession of tho abusive
cartoons in the time Of Napoleon 1, printed
while he was yet alive. The retreat Of the
army from Moscow, that army buried in
the SHOWS Of Russia one of the most aw-
full tragedies of the centuries, represented
under the figure Of monster called Cen
eral Frost shaving the French emperor
with a razor Of icicle. As Satyr and Beel-
zobub he Is represented, page after page,
page after page, England cursing him,
Spain cursiug him, Germany cursing him,
Russia cursing him, Europe cursing him,
North and South America cursing him,
the most remarkable man of his day, and
the most abused All those men in history
who now have halo around their name
on earth wore a crown Of thorns. Take
the few extraordinary railroadmen of our
time and see what abuse comes upon them, /
while thousands of stockholders escape. |
All the world took after Thomas Scott, |
president Of the Pennsylvania railroad, |
abused him until he got under the ground. |
Thousands of stockholders in that COM
pany. All the blame ON one mani The |
Central Pacific railroad-two or three men 4
get all the blame if anything goes wrong. |
There are 10000 in that company.
Let Us Be Content.
mention these things to prove it is ex-
traordinary people who get abused while !
the ordinary escape. The weather Of life |
is not so severe ON the plain as it is on the
high peaks. The world never forgives a
man who knows or gains or does more
than 1t can know or gain or do. Parents
sometimes give confectionery to their chill
dren as an inducement to take bitter medi-
cine, and the world sugar plum precedes
the worlds aqua fortis. The mob cried in
regard to Christ: Cruelty him Cruelty
himp' And they had to say it twice to be
understood, for they were so hoarse, and
they got their hoarseness by crying little
while before at the top of their voice,
"Hosanna" The river Rhone is foul
when it enters Lake Leman, but crystalline
when it comes out on the other side. But
there are men who have entered the bright
lake Of worldly prosperity crystalline and
came out terribly riled. IT, therefore, you
feel that you are ordinary, thank God for
the defenses and the tranquility Of your
position.
Then remember, if you have only what
is called an ordinary home that the great
deliyerers of the world have all como from
such home And there may be seated,
reading at your evening stand, a child who
shall be potent for the ages. just unroll
the scroll Of men mighty in church and
state, and you will find they nearly all
came from log cabin or poor homes. Genius
almost always runs out in the third or
fourth generation. You cannot find in all
history an Instance where the fourth gen
. g..
anything. Columbus from a weaver's (
hut, Demosthenes from cutters cellar,
and Missionary Carey from
bench, Arkwright from bar
bers shop, and he whose name is high
over all in earth and air and sky from a j
Let us all he content with such things
as we have. God is just as good in what |
he keeps away from MS rs in what he gives I
Us. Even a knot may be useful If it is at
5he end Of o thread.
At an anniversary Of deaf and dumb
asylum a child wrote upon the blackboard ]
words as sublime as tho "Iliad, the /
. Odyssey and the "Divina Commedia" S
al compressed in one paragraph. The ex- {
lminer, in the signs Of the mute language, s
lsked her, "Who made the world?' The /
board, In the beginning God created the {
heaven and the earth. Tho examiner '
lsked her, For what purpose did Christ !
,ome into the worldy' The deaf and dumb y
girl wrote upon the blackboard, This is a .
aithful saying and worthy of all acoepta- /
ion, that Christ Jesus came into the world c
o save sinners The examiner said to @
Ter, why were you born deaf and dumb, 1
while hear and speakY" She wrote upon S
he blackboard, Even so, Father, for so
t seemeth good in thy sight. Oh, that /
ye might be baptized with a contented 5
pirit The spider draws poison out of r
lower, the bee gets honey out Of "A thistle d
tut happiness is a heavenly elixir, and the d
spirit extracts it not from the p
Of tho hills but from the I
ily Of the valley. v
Jinklets-I want my wife to be a
woman who thinks before she speaks =
Plunkett-Why don t you say you are
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