Milford chronicle., 1896-01-10


angels that wait upon the throne to fly
and ''put ring on his hand" In Christ
arc the largest liberty, aid brightest joy
and highest honor, and richest adOrnment.
'tPut a ring on his hand.
A Ring OF Adoption.
remark, in the first place, thAt when
Christ receives soul into his love he puts
upon him the ring of adoption While in
my church in Philadelphia there came tho
representative Of the Howard mission Of
New York. He brought with him eight
or ten children of the street that he had
picked up, and no was trying to lind for
them Christian homes, and as the little
ones stood ON the pulpit and sang our
hearts melted within us. At the close of
the services great hearted wealthy man
came up and said IN take this little
bright eyed girl, and I'll adopt her as one
of my own children" And he took her by
the hand, lifted her into his carriage and
won't away.
The next day, while We were in the
church gathering up garments for the poor
of New York, this little child came back
with a bundle under her arm, and she
said: "Thero's my old dress. Perhaps
some of the poor children would like to
have it, while sho herself was in bright
and beautiful array, and those who more
Immediately examined her said she had a
ring on her hand. 1t was a ring of adop-
ton.
There are a great many persons who
pride themselves on their ancestry, and
they glory over the royal blood that pours
through their arteries. In their line there
was lord, or duke, or prime minister,
or a king. But when the Lord, our
Father, puts upon us the ring of his adop-
ton we become the children Of the Ruler
Of all nations. "Behold what manner of
love tho Father hath bestowed upon us
that we should be called the sons of God.
It matters not how poor our garments
may be in this world, or how scant our
bread or how mean the hut VIC live in, If
we have that ring Of Christ's adoption
upon our hand, We are assured Of eternal
defenses.
Adopted Why, then, we arc brothers
and sisters to all the good Of earth and
heaven We have the family name, the
family dress, the family keys, tho family
wardrobe The Father looks after us,
robes us. defends us, blesses us. We have
naval blood in our veins, and there are
crowns in our line. If we arc his children,
.,Nen prfpoes and prinoesses. 1t is only
- ion 81 time when we get our coronet.
! s l'sll 15en we have the family Sc
s.sshe secret Of tho Lord is with
sE 80 Year Rim. Adopted Then
plieiI 1ii'y 49, familSN inhoritanco and in
tbo d Law, when onT >FatheK, shall divide the
r -,J Of heaven ,y,s shalntake our share
Of tho mansions and paslaces Ned temples.
Henceforth let us boastN no meSo sl,.,' -,
earthly ancestry. The insignia of'elernai
glory is our coat Of arms 1Rls HhgNi
puts upon us IL honE ana an
privilege Now we can take the wSfus OF
Charles Wesley, thai prince Of hymnna9k'
ers, and singh II
Come, Let us join our friends above
Who have obtained the prizo,
And on the eagle wings Of love
To joy celestial rise
Let all the saints terrestrial sing
With those TO glory gone,
For all the servants Of our King
III heaven and earth are one.
l have been told that when any Of the
Of any Of the great eeeFof socie-
tios Of ibis country arc IN a distant city
and are in any kind Of trouble and are set
upon by enemies they have only to give
certain signal, and the members of that
will flock around for defense
And when any man belongs to this great
Christian brotherhood, if he gets in trou-
Bile in trial, in persecution, in temptation,
he has only to show this ring Of Christ's
adoption, aud all the armed cohorts of
heaven will como to his rescue
A Marriage Ring.
Still further, when Christ takes a soul
into his love, be puts upon 1t marriage
ring. Now, that is not a whim Of mine
Hosea Ii, 10, Il win betroth thee unto
me forever-yea, will hetroth thee unto
me in Righteousness, and in Judgment
and in loving kindness, and IN morcles 2
At the wedding altar the bridegroom puts
a ring upon the hand Of the bride, signify
ing loyo and faithfulness. Trouble may
come upon the household, ana the carpets
may 60 the pictures may 60 the piano
may go-everything else may go. The last
thing chat goes is that marriage ring, for
It is considered sacred In the burial hour
it is withdrawn from the hand and kept
in o oasket, and sometimes the box is
opened on an anniversary day, and as you
lOog at that ring you sec under its arch q
long procession OF precious memories.
Within the golden circle of that ring there
Is room for thousand sweet recolleotions
to revolve, and you think Of the great con-
trast between the hour when, at the close
of the Wedding March, under the flash
ing lights and amid the aroma Of orange
blossoms, you set that ring on the round
finger Of the plump hand, and that hour
when, at tho close of the exhaustive
watching, when yon know THAT the soul
had fled, you took from the hand, which
gave back no responsive clasp from chat
emaciated finger, the ring that she' had
worn so long and worn so well.
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