Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-03-20

to consult with you rs to the best way OF I
warming up tho world. l want TO have a /
great heater introduced into all your
churches and all your homes throughout /
the world 1t Is a heater Of divine patent.
1t has many pipes with which TO cOnuuc5
heat, and IL has "a door in which To throw
the fuel Once get this heater introduced
and it will turn the arctic zone into the
teinporate and the temperate into the
tropics, 1t is the powerful heater; 1t Is
thu glorious furnace Of Christian sym
pathy. The question ought u DO, instead
of how mueh heat can we absorb, How
much heat can we throw Outl There aTe
men who go through tho world floating
iecbcras. They freeze evorything with
thoie furbidding look The hand with
which they shake yours is as cold as the
nav Of a polar bear If they float into
religious meeting, the temperature drops
from so above to 10 degrees below zero.
There are icioles hanging from their eye
brows They float into religious meet
ing, aad they chill everything with their
ieremiads. Cold prayers, cold songs, cold
greetings, cold sermons. Christianity on
iee The church great Refrigeration
Christians gone into winter quarters.
Hibarnationl On the other hand there
are people who 60 through tho world like
tho breath of u spring morning. Warm
greetings, warm prayers, warm smiles.
warm Christian influence There are
such persons. We bless God for them.
We rejoice in their oompanionship.
The Good Samaritan.
A general in tho English army, tho
army hay ing haltod for the night having
lost his baggage, lay down tired and sick
without any blanket An officer came UP
and said: "Why, you have no blanket
I'll 90 and got you blanket. He dc
parted for few moments and then cano
back and covered the general up with
very warm blanket. Tho general said,
"Whose blanket is this2' The officer re-
piled. Il got that from private soldier
i'm tho Scotch regiment, Ralph MoOon
aid" "Now," said tho general you
/ take this blanket right back to that sol
der He can no more do without u than J
can dowithout It. Never bring to ne the
/ blanket of private soldier. How many
men like that general would 1t take 70
warm the world up? The vast majority
of MS are anxious to get more blankets
whether anybody else is blanketless OF
not. Look Mt tho fellow feeling displayed
/ in tho rocky doiile between Jerusalem and
Jericho in Scripture times. Here is man
who has been set upon by the bandits, aud
j In the struggle to keep his property he has
/ got wounded and maulad and stabbed, and
| he lies there half dead. a priest rides
along. 10 secs him Rpd says Why,
what's the matter with that manf Why,
be must be hurt, lying on the hat OF MS
back. Isn't it strange that he shcald lie
there? But l can't stop. l am on my
way to temple services Go along, you
beast. Carry me up to my temple duties
/ After awhile - Levite comes up. He looks
over and says; "Why, that man must be
very much hurt. Gashod on the forehead.
What a pity Stabbed undor his arm,
What pity Tut, tut What Is pityl
WHY. they have taken his clothes nearly
ali away from him. But | haven't time
to stop lead the choir up in the temple
service Go along you beast, Carry me
up to my temple duties"
Aftor awhile Il Samaritan comes along
ono who you might suppose through ma
tional grudge might have rejected this
door wounded Israelite Coming along, he
ssas this mau ana says "Why, THAI man
must be terribly hurt. l see by his Iea-
lures no is an Israelito, but he Is man,
and he is a h7cther - ''WhoaV' says the
Samaritan, and he gets down OFT the beast
and comes up to this wounded man. geGa
down on one knee, listens 70 SEQ whether
the heart Of tho unfortunate man is still
beating, makes up his mind there IS
chance for resusoitatiOn, goes to work at
him, takes out of his sack bottle of oil and
a bottle of Wine cleanses the wound with
some wine. then pOurs some Of the restoE-
etive into the wounded mans lips, then
takes some oil, and with It soOthes the
wound. After awhile he takes off part
of his garments for bandage. Now nc
sick and wounded man sits up, pale ana
exhausted. but very thankful. Now the
good Samaritan says, "YOu must get on
my saddle, and 1 viii walk The Samar
itan helps and tenderly steadies this
wounded man until he gets him Oh toward
the tavern, the wounded man holding on
with the little strength he has left, over
and anon looking down at tho good ga
maritan and saying: You are very KIND
I had no right to expect this thing of O
Samaritan when am an Israelite. You
are very kind to walk and let me ride.
J Christian Sympathy.
Now they nave como up to the tavern
Tho Samaritan, with the help of the land
lord. assists tho sick and wounded man q
, disnount and puts him to he'd. The Bible
} saws the Samaritan staid all night. In tint
morning, I suppose, the Samaritan wen
in to look how his patient was and ash
him how he passed tho night. Then NJ
comes out, the Samaritan comes out, ant
, saws TO tho landlord: Hero IS money u
pay that mans board, and, II his conVa
), lescence is not as rapid rs hope for charg
2 the whole thing to mo. Guou morning
ali" He gets on the beast and says, '6'
/ along, you beast, but go slowly, for thos
! bandits sweeping through the land ma.
5 have somebody else wounded and nal
3 dead sympathy Christian sympathy
. How many such men as that would it tax
S 10 warm the cold world up? Famine il
] Zarepthath. Everything dried up. Their
S is widow with a son and no food exeep
& n handful Of meal. She is gathering stick
' 10 kindle a fire to cook the handful q
o meal. Then sho is going to wrap her arm
4 around her boy and die. Here come
i Elijah. His two black servants, the ra
, vens, have got tired waiting on him. ii
+; nsss that woman for food. Now tina
9 handful Of meal is to be divided into tire
@ parts. Before it WAS to be divided int
O two parts. Now she says TO Elijah, Com
in ami sit down 10 this aolemn table an
J.. rako Is third % .ha last mursel, " Ho'
S many women like that would 1t take
y warm tho cold world npG
;, Recently an engineer IN the southwes
a on locomotive saw train coming wit
II which he must collide He resolved
% stand at his post and slow up the trai
% until the last minute, for there were pa
% sengers behind. The engineer said TO u
l. fireman: "Jumpi Ono man is enough o
it this ongino Jump" Tho fireman jumpe
/. and was saved THE crash came. The ei
is eineer died at his post How many me
n like that engineer would it take to war;
d this cold world up? A vessel struck on
n rocky islund. The passengers and Il
g crow were without food, and n sailor Ia
10 shellash undor his coat He was sayir
y it for his last morsol. He heard lit
Is child cry to her mother; Oh, mother,
" am so hungry Give me something to ca
70 / am so hungryP The sailor took Il
8. shell0sh from under his coat and sal
n "Hero, take that" How many men iii
10 that sailor would 1t take to warm the co
70 world upY Xerxes fleeing from his enem
got on board boat. A great many Pc