Milford chronicle., 1901-10-04

nature, but lnwrought into its every fiber
and energy. VIII the storms of winter
wash out the story of what you have
wrought upon that spiritual structure?
No. There are no storms in that land,
and there is no winter. Will time wear
out the inscription which shows your
fidelity? No. Time is past, and it is an
everlasting now. Built into the founda-
ton of that imperishable structure built
into its pillars, built into its capstone is
your name, either the name you have on
earth or the name by which celestials
shall call you. l know the Bible says in
one place that God is a jealous God, but
that refers to the work Of those who
worship some other god.
No Cause For Jealousy,
A true father is not jealous Of his
child. With what glee you show the pic
ture your child penciled or a toy ship
your child hewed out or recite the noble
deed your child accomplished, and God
never was jealous of a Joshua, never
was jealous of Paul, never was jealous
Of Frances Havergal, never was jeal-
GUS Of a man OF woman who tried to
heal wounds and wipe away tears and
lift burdens and save souls, and while all
is Of grace and your self abnegating ut
terance will be, Not unto US, not unto
us, but unto thy name, o Lord, give
glOryW you shall always feel a heavenly
satisfaction in every good thing you did
on earth, and If iconoclasm, borne from
beneath, should break through the gates
of heaven and efface one record of your
earthly fidelity methinks Christ would
take one of the nails of his own cross
and write somewhere on the crystal or
the amethyst or the jacinth or the chrys-
Oprasus your name and just under it the
inscription of my text, ''The righteous
shall be held in everlasting remem-
brance." Oh, this character building!
You and ! are every moment busy in
that tremendous occupation. You are
making me better or worse, and l am
making you better or worse, and we shall
through all eternity bear the mark of
this benedictiOn or blasting. Let others
have the thrones Of heaven, those who
have more nightly wrought for God
and the truth, but it will be heaven
enough for you and me if ever and anon
we meet some radiant soul on the boule-
wards Of the great city who shall say:
you helped me once. You encouraged
me when / was in earthly struggle l
do not know that l would have reached
this shining place had it not been for
you" And you will laugh with heavenly
glee and say: "Ha, ha! DO you really re-
member that Christian invitation? What
memory you have! Why, that must
have been down there in Washington or
New Orleans at least ten thousand mill
lion years ago." And the answer will be,
Eyes, it was as long as that. but / re-
member it as well as though it were yes
terday"
Oh, this character buildingl The struc-
ture lasting Independent Of passing CEN
turtles, Independent Of crumbing mauso-
leums independent of the whole planet
airy system. Aye. if the material uni
verse, which seems all bound together
like one piece of machinery, should some
day meet with an accident that should
send worlds crashing into each other like
telescOped railway trains, and all the
wheels of consultations and galaxies
should stop, and down into one chasm of
/ immensely all the suns and moons and
stars should tumble like the midnight
express at Ashtabula, that would not
touch US and would not hurt God, for
God is a spirit, and character and menu
DRY are immortal, and over that grave Of
wrecked material universe might
truthfully be written, 1.-The righteous
shall be held in everlasting remem-
brance." o Time, we defy thee! o Death,
we stamp thee in the dust of thine own
sepulchers! o Eternity, roll on till the
last star has stopped rotating and the
last sun is extinguished on the sapphire
pathway and the last moon has illumin-
4 ed the last night and as many years have