Milford chronicle., 1901-10-25

who had nothing to start with, and after /
awhile for a family as well, and carry |
this on until children are reared and edu- |
Gated and fairly started in the world, and |
to do this amid all the rivalries of bust |
ness and the uncertainty Of crops and !
the fckleness Of tariff legislation, with !
an occasional labor strike and here and |
there a financial panic thrown in, is a |
mighty thing to do, and there are hun !
dreds and thousands of such heroes and |
herOines who live unsung and die I'M
hOnOred.
SOlnce of Christian Faith.
What we all need, whether up or down
in life or half way between, is the infinite
sOlace Of the Christian religion. And so
we employ the word Gomez 1t will
take all eternity to find out the number
of business men who have been strength
ened by the promises Of God, and the peo-
pie who have been fed by the ravens
when other resources gave out, and the
men and women who, going into this bat
tie armed only with needle or saw or
ak or yardstick or pen or type or shovel
or shoe last, have gained a victory that
made the heavens resound. With all the
resources Of God promised for every ext
gency, no one need be left in the lurch.
/ like the faith displayed years ago in
Drury lane, London, in a humble home
where every particle of food had given
out, and a kindly soul entered with tea
and other table supplies and found a
kettle on the fire ready for tea. The be-
nevolent lady said, How is it that you
have the kettle ready for the tea when
you had no tea in the house" And the
daughter in the home said: Mother
would have me put the kettle on the fire,
and when said, What is the use of do
ing so when we have nothing in the
houseY she said: MY child, God will
provide; thirty years he has already pro-
vided for me through all my pain and
helplessness, and he viii not leave me to
starve at last. He will send US help
though we do not yet see how We have
been waiting all day for something to
come. but until we saw you we knew
not how 1t was to come" Such things
the world may call condolences. but
call them Almighty deliverances, and
though you do not hear Of them they are
occurring every hour Of every day and
in all parts Of Christendom.
But the word Come" applied to those
who need solace will amount to nothing
unless it be uttered by some one who has
experienced that solace. That spreads
the responsibility of giving this gospel
call among a great many. Those who
have lost property and have been con-
soled by religion in that trial are the ones
to invite those who have failed in BUSH
ness. Those who have lost their health
and been consoled by religion are the
ones to invite those who are In poor
health. Those who have had bereave-
ments are the ones to sympathize with
those who have lost father or mother or
companion or child or friend. What null
titudes Of US are alive today and in good
health and buOyant in this journey Of
life who would have been broken down
or dead long ago but for the sustaining
and cheering help of our holy religion!
So we say, Gomez The well is not dry.
The buckets are not empty. The supply
is not exhausted. There is just as much
mercy and coincidence and soothing power
in God as before the first grave was dug,
or the first tear started, or the first heart
broken, or the first accident happened,
or the first fortune vanished. Those of
us who have felt the cOnsolatory power
Of religion have a right to speak out OF
our own experiences and say, Gomez
The Worlds Dismal Consolation.
What dismal work of coincidence the
world makes when it attempts to condOle
The plaster they spread does not stick
The broken bones under their bandage dc
not knit. A farmer was lost in a snow
storm on a prairie of the far west. Night
coming on, and after he was almost
frantic from not knowing which way t.
go his sleigh struck the rut of another
sleigh, and he said, Il will follow this
rut. and it will take me out to safety
\ He hastened on until he heard the bell
I Of the preceding horses; but. coming up
he found that that man was also lost
and as is the tendency Of those who ar
confused in the forest or on the mOOrs
/ they were both moving in a circle. ant
the runner of the one lost sleigh was fol
lowing the runner of the other lost sleigl
round and round At last it occurred t
q them to look at the north star, which wa
peering through the night, and by the di
= rection Of that star they got home again
Ghose who follow the advice Of this worl
q in time of perplexity are in a fearfu
round, for It is one bewildered soul fol
lowing another bewildered soul, and Onl
those who have in such time got thei
eye on the morning star Of our Christia
faith can find their way out or be stron
cough to lead others with an all pc
suasive invitation.
"But," says some one, you Christia
people keep telling us to come yet 70
do not tell us how to come" That chars
shall not be true on this occasion. Con
believingl Come repenting! Come pra
ingi After all that God has been DOH
80, -, nj off
y Datriarchs and sometimes through prop
cts and at last through the culmin
ton Of all the tragedies on GOlgOtha, c,
, any one think that God will not WELDON
] your coming? Will father at vast OF
! lay construct a mansion for his son al
lay out parks white with statues al
green with foliage and all a-sparkie wi
fountains and then not allow his s.
TO live in the house or walk in the park
j Has God built this house Of gospel me-
cy and will he then refuse entrance
II his children? Will a government
great expense build life saving static
all along the coast and boats that c
hover unhurt like a petrol over the WI
est surge and then, when the lifeboat Il
reached the wreck Of a ship IN the Ohm
not allow the drowning to seize the
line or take the boat for the shore
safety? Shall God provide at the c.
of his only Sons assassination esca
for a sinking world and then turn dc
Y ear to the cry that comes up from
= breakers?
re- Two Things to believe.
''But," you say, there are so ma
Nv things | have to believe and so ma
= things in the shape of creed that Ia
lQ to adopt that am kept back" No,
You need believe but two things-name
IL. that Jesus Christ came into the world
save sinners and that you are one
r. them. But" you say, Il do belt
ri both Of those thingsw Do you rea
OF believe them with all YOUR HEARTY "Ye