Milford chronicle., 1896-09-04

ham, England, al the workingmen felt
they had more grace for the spindles- When
DR.. South preached to kings and princes
and Processes, all the mighty men and
women who heard him felt preparation for
their high station.
Do you not know that this simple story
Of a SaNioIrs kindness is to redeem all
nationsg The hard Leart Of this worlds
obdurut is to bo broken before that story.
There is in Antwerp, BELGIUM, one Of the
most remarkable pictures l ever saw. 1t
Is "Ihe Descent Of Christ From the
Cross. F." 1t is one Of Rubens' pictures No
man can stand and look at that Descent
From the Gross, as Rubcns pictured It,
without having his eyes flooded with tears,
If he have any scnsibiiity ut all IL Is nm
Ovcrmastering picture-one that stuns you
and staggcrs you and hauhts your dreams.
orc afternoon a man stood In that cathe-
DIAL looking at Rubens Descent From
the Cross. lie was all absorbed in that
scene Of n Saviour's sufferngs, when the
iunitor came in and said: 1t Is time to
close up the cathedral for the night
wish you would depart. Tie pilgrim,
looking at that Descent From the Cross,
turned around To tho jauitor and said:
"No, 10; net yet. Wait until they get
nm QOWL. Alf ~ - lAc HAuAJ VI a
Sayiours suffering kindness that Is 10 cap
tuIe the world. When the bones Of that
great behemoth Of iniquity which has
trninplod all nations shall be broken and
shnttcrld, 1t will he found out that the
work was not doLc by the hammer Of the
iconoclast, or by tho sword Of the conquer
or, or by the torch Of persecution, but by
the plain, simple, overwhelming force of
tthe soft tongue that breaketh tho bone. "
Our Ete-naI Heritaneo.
Kindncssl We I'll need more Of it In our
hearts, our wort.s and our behavior. The
CHIEF characteristic Ct our Lord was kind
ness. a gentleman in England died leav-
ing l,is fortune by will TO two sons. The
son that staid at home destroyed the IA
TIERS W III and pretended that the brother
who was absent was dead and bsried. Tho
absent brother aIUer awhile returned and
claimed lis pant OF the property. Judges
ard jurors were to lie bribCd to say that
the returned brother and son was 10 son
1T all, but only an hnpOstor. The trial
csme on. Sir Matthew Hale, the pride Of
the English courtroom and for 20 years
tic ride of Jurisprudence, heard that that
injustice was about to be lracticed lie
put Of his official robe. He put on the
EiIl u u lAlAAAAs III NNA4N ~ NA@N HA~-t.t1S
where that trial was to take place. He
entered the courtroom. He somehow got
imIanelcd as one Of the jurors. The
biiDes came around, and the man gave ten
pieces Of gold to the other jurors, but as
this Was only IL poor miller the briber gave
to him only live pieces Of gold. A verdict
WAS lrougnt III rejecting the right Of this
returned brDthcr. HeMus 10 have no share
in the Inheritance. "Hold, my lord!' said
tho miller Hold! We arc not all agreed
on this verdict. These other men have re-
ceivcd ten pieces Of gold in bribery and
have received OILY five" "Who are your
Where do you come 1ron?" said the judge
ON tho bench The response was; Il am
from Westminster hall Ny name is Mat
thew Hale, lord chief justice of the kings
bench. on Of that place. thou william!
And so the injustice was baked, and so
tic young man got his inheritance.
1t was all Tor another that Sir Matthew
Hale took OH his robe ard put on the garb
Of miller. And 50 Christ took off his
robe OF royalty and put on the attire Of our
humanity, ard III that disguise lac won our
eternal LCrtion. Now are we the sons of
Gcd-joint heirs We went OFF from home
sure enough, Lut We got buck in time to
receive or eternal Inheritance. And if
Christ Was So kind to us, surely we can
afford to be kind to each other