Milford chronicle., 1895-11-22

e that mother had with those youngsters,
@ and if she had relaxed caro- and work and
4 advice and solicitation Of heavenly help
S that next generation would have landed in
T. the poorhouso idiot asylum or poniten-
{ tiary. II is while she is living, but never
? whilo She is dead, that some girls call their
2 mother maternal ancestor" or "the old
( woman"
I Grief and Comfort.
And if you have grief already-and
Z some OF the kcenost sorrows Of woman S
: life como early-roil it over on Christ, and
r you will find Kim more sympathetic than
was Queen Victoria, who, when her chill
dren, the princes and princesscs camo ont
} of the schoolroom after the morning lesson
= had been giyon up by their goyorness and
told how her voice had trembled in the
morning prayer because it was the ami
versary Of her mother death, and that she
had put her head Gown ON the desk and
sObbed, "Mothcr -dotheri" the queen
went in and said TO the govornoss; "Aiy
I poor child! I am sorry the children dis
turbed you tnis morning. ] Will hear thoir
lessons today, ana to show you that havo
not forgotten the sud anniversary I bring
you this gift. And the queen olasped on
the girls wrist a mourning bracelet with
lock OF her mother hair All you
young women tho world around who
mourn a like sorrow. and sometimes in
your loneliness and sorfow and loss burst
out crying, "AIotherl Moihcr" put on
your wrist this golden oaspof divine sym
pathy, AS ono whom his mother comfort
eth so will l comfort YOU.
Advice the fourth: Allow no time 60
pass without Frightening some ono's life.
Within five minutes walk Of you thore is
b some ono in a tragedy compared with which
( Shakespeare King Lear or Victor Hugos
/ Jean Vatican has no power. Go out and
brighten somebody's life with q cheering
word or smile or "a flower. Take a good
book and read chapter 90 that blind man.
I Go up that dark alloy and mako that in
valid woman laugh with some good story.
Go TO that house from which that child
has been taken by death and tell the IA
ther and mother what an escape the child (
has had from the winter Of earth into the |
springtime Of heaven For Gods sake /
make some ono happy fer ton minutes il
for no longer Il time.
A young woman bound on such a mis- /
sion, what might she not accomplish. |
Oh, there are thousands of these manu- |
facturers Of sunshine They are Kings |
Daughters, whether inside or outside that /
delightful organization They do more
good before they are 20 years Of age than
selfish women who 1.-Two 90, and they are
so happy just because they make others
happy. Compare such young woman
who feols ho has such 4, mission with one
who lives "a round Of vgniJies, cardcase in
hand, calling on people for whom she does
not care, except for some social advantage
and insuilcrably bored when the call is re-
turned, and trying look young after she
Is old, and living life Of insincerity and
hnllnrrruae-a mil son fshn
Young woman, live to make others happy,
and you viii be happy Live foryoursef,
and you will be misorablo There never
has been an exception to the rule; there
never will be an exception.
have noticed on many Of the railroads
that the porter will 60 around and light
the lamps while it is broad daylight, and
l am at first surprised. hut l afterward
find that we are about 10 enter tunnel,
and its darkness is thus Illuminated. Oh,
kindle a light Tor those who are plunging
into financial or domestic or spiritual mid
night
Plan Out Your Life.
Advice the fifth: Plan out your life
on big scale, whether you are o farmers
daughter, or q shephordess among the hills,
or the fatterod pet Of a drawing room I'LL
cd with statUary and pictures and hric-a-
bTac. Stop where you arc and mako a
plan for your lifetime. You cannot be
satisfied with life Of f ivolity and giggle
and indirsction Trust the world, and it
will cheat you If 1t docs not destroy you.
The Rodoubtable was the namo Of an en-
emys ship that Lord Nelson spared twice
from demolition but that same ship after
ward sent the ball that killed him, and
the world on which you smile may aim at /
you its deadliest weapon.
BE a Gods woman. This moment make
as mighty a change as did college stu
dent Of England He had neglected his
studies, rioting at night with dissipated
companions and sleeping in the classroom
when he ought to have been listening. A
fellow student eamo into his room ono
morning before the young man 1 am
speaking of had arisen from his pillow and
said to him: "Pulcy, you are fool. You
arc wasting your opportunities. Do not
throw away your life Paley said: 81
was so struck with what no said that 1 lay
in bod until had formed my plan for life.
/ ordered my fire to be always laid over
night. l arose at 8 and read steadily all
day-alletted to each portion Of the day its
proper branch Of study and became the ,
senior wranglcr." What an hour that
was, when q resolution definitely placed \
changed young man fsom reckless and !
time wasting student to a consecrated man
who stopped not until all time and all
eternity shall DO debtor 90 his pen and in !
duence
The Kew and the True.
Young woman, draw out and decide what :
you win DO and do, God helping Write a
It out in plain hand, rot Ike tho letters a
which Josephine received from Napoleon o
IN Itaiy, IN wrung so scrawnng anu soav- I
tered that it was sometimes taken as map
of the seat Of war Put the plan on the ,
wall Of your room or write it in the c
opening Of a blank book or put It where b
you viii DO compelled often to see it. A n
thousand questions Of your coming life t.
you cannot settle now, but there is one b
question you can settle Independent Of q
man, woman, angel and devil, and that is {
that you will be a Gods woman now, q
and forever. Clasp hands with "
tho Almighty. Pythagoras represented f
life by the letter Y, because it early divides q
into two ways. Look out for opportunities
Of cheering, inspiring, rescuing and saw
ing all the people you can. Make a league
with the oternities. / seek your present n
and everlasting safety. Il
David Brewster said that a comet be- b
longing to our system, called Lexells W
comet, is lost, as it ought to have appeared v
l3 times and has not appeared at all. Aias q
It is not only the lost comets, but the lost II
stars, and what were considered fixed 81
stars. Some Of the most brilliant and II
steady souls have disappeared Tho world CT
wonders at tho charge Of the Light bril- O.
lade, immortalized by Tennyson. Only d.
! lew Of the 600 got back from the charge, b
under Lord Cardigan, Of the Muscovite ~
guns, and all the havoc was dono in IS g
minutes tho charge beginning at ten Ok
minutes PAST o'clock and closing ct 80 b.
minutes mist II. and yet nothing left ON 81
he Gold but dying and dead mon, dying VI
and dead horses. But smaller proper -
ion Of the mon ard women who go into
Inc battle Of life come out unwounded.
rho slaughter has leon and Will DO terrific,
and Sc al Iced God and We need him IL
now, and SIC need him al the Time And Il
ct ~. -.u -.n... N a now ,rninnn ns Hmm >.