Milford chronicle., 1896-06-12
MILFORD, DEL, FRIDAY, JUNE y, 1896.

larged you, has multiplied your resources
has equipped you has loosened your grasE
from this werld and frightened your grif
on the next. Oh, bless God for the east
wind II has driven you into the harboi
Of Gods sympathy.
This World Insunicicnt.
Nothing like trouhlo 90 show us that
this world Is an insufficient portion. Ho-
garth was about done with life, and he
wanted TO paint the end of all things. He
put on canvas shattered bottle, cracked
bell, an unstrung harp, a signbuard Of a
tavern called "Ihc Worlds End" falling
down, shipwruok, the horses Of Phoebus
lying dead in the clouds, the moon in her
last quarter and the world ON fire. zone
thing more, said iIoga.th. land my pic
ture IS done" Then he added the brokon
palette Of painter. Then he died. But
trouble, with hand mightiar and more
skillful than Hogarth's pictures tho fall
ing failing, m0ldering, dying world.
And we want something permanent to lay
hold Of, and we grasp with both hands
after God and say, The Lord Is my light;
the Lord is my love; the Lord is my for
tress; the Lord is my sacrifice; the Lord
the Lord is my God. j"
Bless God for your trials. Oh, my
Christian friend, keep your spirits up by
tine power of Christ's gospel Do not sur
render. Do you not know that when you
give up others will give upY You have
courage, and others will have courage.
The Romans went into the battle, and by
some accident there was an inclination of
the standard. The standard upright meant
forward march; tho inclination Of the
standard meant surrender
Through the negligence of the man who
carried the standard and the inclination
of it the army surrendered. Oh, let us
keep tho standard NJ, whether it be blown
down by tho cast wind, or the north wind,
or the south wind No inclination to sur
render. Forward into the conflict
Music of the Skies.
There is near Bombay tree that they
call tho surrowing tree" the popularity
of which is it never puts forth any bloom
in tho daytime, but in the night puts out
all It's bloom and all its redolenoe And
have to tell you that, though Christian
character puts forth It's sweetest blossoms
in the darkness of sickness, the darkness
Of financial distress, the darkness of be.
rcavement, the darkness Of death, "weep-
ing may endure for u night, but joy com
eth in the morning." Across the harsh
dscords of this world rolls the music Of
the sl5ies-music that breaks from the lips,
music that breaks from tho harps and
rustlos from the palms, music like falling
water over rocks, music like wandering
winds among leaves, music like caroling
birds among forests, music like ocean bill
lows storning the Atlantic beach, They
shall hunger no more, neither thirst any
more. neither shall the sun light on them
nor any heat, for the Lamb which is In
tho midst of the throne shall lead them to
living fountains of water, and God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes"
sec a great Christian feet approaching
that harbOr. Some of the ships come in
with sails rent and bulwarks knocked
away, bat still aHoat. Nearer and nearer
the shining shore, Nearer and nearer
eternal anchorage. Haul away, my lads,
haul away Some of tho ships had mighty
tonnage, and others were shallops, easily
listed Of the wind and wave. Some were
men-of-war and armed of the thunders of
Christian battle, and Others were unpre
tending tugs taking others through the
Narrows, and some were coasters that
never ventured ont into the deep seas Of
Christian experience hut they are all COM
ing nearer the wharf brigantine, galleon,
line of battle ship, longboat, pinnace war
as they come into the harbor
I find that they are driven by the long,
loud, terrific blast of the east wind 1t Is !
through much tribulatiOn that you are to
enter into tho kingdom of God,
You have blessed God for the north (
wind, and blessed him for the south wind,
md blessed him for the west wind. Can |
you not in the light Of this subject bless I
him for the cast wind?
Nearer. my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee.
Fen though it be cross
That raiseth me-
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, TO thee,
Nearer to thee.