Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-06-07

lost MS fortune IN speculation. Instead |
OF jeering at his fall go and tell him Of
riches that never take wings and ly
away. Buckle on that one talent Of per.
suasion, 0 man, . woman, and you will |
do a work that heaven will celebrate TO- |
0uO years
Among the 114,OOO words of Noah |
Webster's vocabulary and the thousands |
OF words since then added to our English |
vocabulary there Is one administering |
word the power Of which cannot be esti- |
mated, and it reaches so far up and so far |
down, and that is the word come" 1t
has drawn more people away from the
wrong and toward the right than any
word, 1 now think Of 1t has at times
crowded all the u gates of heaven with
fresh arrivals. 1t will yet rob the path of
death Of the last pedestrians. 1t will yet
chime so loudly and gladly that all the
tOlling bells of sorrow viii be drowned
with the music. 1t is piled up in the BIZ
ble's climax and peroration, "And the
spirit and the bride say come, and let him
that heareth say come, and let him that is
athirst come" Have it on the point of
your pen, have it on the tip Of your
tongue. Monosyllables are mightier than
polysyllables, and that word "come" is
the mightiest of mOnosyllables. Shake
speare says Of one of his characters, "She
speaks poniards, and every word stabs."
We may say of others, they speak words
which are of balm and music, are light
and life Master one of those words, har-
ness one of those words, project one of
those words, prove the full penitude and
power Of one Of those words. David Gar
rick, the dramatist, said he would give
100 guineas if he could say "Oh" as
George Whitefeld said it. What might
we not give if we could say come" as
Jesus said it? Some one has said that
syllables govern the world, and | think
that one syllable might save the world.
But | cannot particularize. Whatever be
your one talent, cultivate it. Once fully
I realize that you have something with
which to enhance heaven and take hold
! Of the eternities, and it will add a new
bank Of keys to the music of your soul.
/ You are ordained to some kind of work
! by the laying on of the hands of the Lord
/ God Almighty. II you cannot do anything
| else, go around and feel sorry for some
body. When some one asked, what is
the secret of William Wilberforce's pow
err" the answer was, His power Of sym
pathy." And there are 100000 people
who have the same qualification if they
only knew it. Sympathy! II you cannot
restore the child to that bereft parent OF
the fortune to that bankrupt fnancier OF
health to that confirmed invalid or an
honorable name to that wrecked charac.
ter, you can at least feel sorry for the
/ misfortune or the bereavement or the suf
fering. Sympathy! If you have not the
means to do anything else, 60 and sill
down and cry with them. That is the
way Christ did when he went out to the
desolated home in Bethany and the sis
tiers told their sad story. He cried will
them. Oh, cultivate that one talent o.
sympathy!
The Final Review.
After the resurrection day and all heav
en- is made up, resurrected bodies joined
to ransomed souls, and the gates which
were so long open are shut there may b.
some day when all the redeemed ma,
pass in review before the great whit
throne. IL so, think the hosts passing
before the King will move in differen
divisions. With the first division will
pass the mighty ones Of earth who wer
as good and useful as they were great
In this division will pass before tn
throne all the Martin Luthers. the Johi
Knoxes, the Wesleys. the Richard Ce
ellis, the Millions, the ChrysOstoms, tn
Herschells, the Lenoxes, the George Pea
bOdys, the Abbott Lawrences and all tn
cOnsecrated Christian men and wome
; who were great in literature, in law, i
medicine. in philosophy. in commarr'