Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-08

formed child, or an inherited tending TO- /
ward insanity, or dissolute son, or de- !
spoiled reputation. or a weakened heart /
that may halt under the least excitement. ]
Envy no man. Envy no woman. Be /
content with such things as We have. Do |
not think in order to have it well with /
you according to my text, that there
fore you must have more than somebody |
else, or even as much as somebody else.
The Lord treats US all better than we
treat him, and if we would study our
blessings as much as we study our disas-
tiers we would be more reasonable and
thankful. In Isaiah God says that bread
and water shall be sure, and none of us
has been put on so low a diet. but we
often act as though God had not kept his
promise because we want more Injuries,
forgetful of the fact that he promised
bread. not cake; water, not sparkling cor
dials.
Let Well Enough Alone.
The reason so many people are misera-
bic is because they do not let well enough
alone. They are in one occupation and
see its annOyances and so change to an
other occupation and find as many annoy
ances, if not more They live in one place
ard know its uncomfortable environ
mcnts and move into another place which
has Just as many limitations. Their in
vestments yield them per cent and they
sell ont to make investments that will
yield 10 per cent and lose all. Better set
tie down and stop fretting about yourself
and the world.
An officer in Cromwel's time was so
worried about public affairs that he could
not sleep. His servant. a Christian man,
said he would like the privilege of asking
the officer a question. Leave being grant
! ed, the servant said. do you not think
I that God governed the world very well
before you came into it?' mo doubt OF
It," was the reply. "And do you not think
he will govern it quite as well when you
are gone out of it?" "Certainly."
! 'Then-pray. sir, excuse me-but do you
not think you may trust him to govern it
as long as YOU live in it?" The remark
was so sensible that sleeplessness depart
ed and tranquility came
A particular Providence is as certain
rs a general Providence. 1t did not just
happen so that Brunei noticed a ship
worm boring into the wood. so suggestive
to the engineer the tunneling of the
Thames. 1t did not just happen so that
a SPIDERS web strung from tree to tree
suggested the suspension bridge to its
first originator. Nothing just happened
so in your life or mne 1t is not an auto
crat at the head of the universe, but 8
Father
Leave thy low vaulted past!
Let each new temple, nobler than the last,
Shut thee from heaven with dome more vast
Till thou at length art free.
Leaving thine out rown shell by life's unrestini
sea!
An Unlimited Supply.
, Do any Of us fully realize the fact tina
God gives us three things in unlimite'
supply, although no formula of praye
, that | ever heard recognizes them-wa
ter, air and sunlight? Water by the riy
r erful Water by the lakeful. Water b.
the oceanful. Some for ablution, som
e for shaking Of thirst, some for baptistery
some for fountains and aquariums.
2 never appreciated what a wOnderfT
Y thing water is until last summer l stoo
o by the fountains before and around th
+ emperor's palace at PeterhOf, Russia.
Y had been familiar with this wOnderfl
;, element of nature from childhood, ha'
h ing been born on the banks of the beaut
g full Raritan and as a barefoOted boy dal
D bled in the brook near my fathers hOus
II But | never realized until last summ'
~ what water could do in play, or in strapg
Il caprice, or Identification, or when chm
ing the ladder Of the light or when skill
n full workmen took hold If it to toss it,
d whir it. or shape Il into crowns.
10 hoist it into columns, or spring it in
p arches, or lift it into stars. or turn