Milford chronicle., 1901-10-18
TERMS PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.

rev moments to get there. was qrr.
prised as weW in. | saw him in IL.
ordinary dress, fully dressed. lving ~.
top of the bed gave him my hand. ana
he seized it convulsively and SGD. "Oh.
how glad | am to see you! Sat down
there" | sat down. and he said; "Alr.
Talmage, just where you sit now my
mother sat last night. She has been
dead twenty years. Now, don't war
you to think I am out of my mir
that | am superstitious; but, sir
there last night, and she said,
| wish you would do better
would do better ! said:
wish | could do better, tfy to DO better,
but | can't Mother, you used to help
me. Why can't you help me nowY And,
sir, | got out OF bed, for it was a reality,
and went to her and threw my arms
arog.,9 her neck, and l said: Mother,
20 do better, but you must help. I
can't do this alone" l knelt and pray
ed. That night his soul went to the Lord
who made it.
Arrangements were made for the obse-
quies. The question was raised whether
they should bring him to the church.
Somebody said. "You cannot bring such
a dissolute man as that into the church."
said: you will bring him in church;
he stood by me when he was alive and /
will stand by him when he is dead.
Bring him." AS l stood in the pulpit and
saw them carrying the body up the aisle
| felt as II / could weep tears Of blood.
On one side Of the pulpit sat his little
child of eight years, a sweet, beautiful
little girl. that l had seen him hug con-
/ vulsively in his better moments. He
put on her all jewels and gave her all
/ pictures and toys, and then he would go
away, as if bounded by an evil spirit,
to his cups and the house of iniquity-
a fool to the correction Of the stocks.
| She looked up wonderingly. She knew
not what it all meant. She was not old
| enough to understand the sorrow Of an
orphan. On the other side sat the men
who ruined him; they were the men who
had poured the NORWOOD into the
orphans cup; they were the men who
had bound him hand and foot. l knew
them. How did they seem to feel? Did
they weep? No. Did they say, what
pity that so generous a man should
be destroyedY" No. Did they sigh re-
pentingly over what they had done2 No.
They sat there, looking as vuitures- look
at the carcass of a lamb whose heart
they have ripped out. So they sat and
looked at the coffin lid, and l told them
the judgment Of God upon those who had
destroyed their fellows. Did they re-
form? l was told they were in the
places of iniquity that night after my
friend was laid in lakewood cemetery,
and they blasphemed and they drank.
Oh, how merciless men are, especially
after they have destroyed you! Do not
look to men for comfort or help.
Sad Life Tragedy.
But there is a man who viii not reform.
E[e says, 81 won't reform" Well, then
how many acts are there in a tragedy?
e believe there are FIVE acts in a tragedy.
: Act the first of the tragedy: A young
2 man starting off from home; parents ant
e sisters weeping to have him go; Wagon
: rising over the hill; farewell kiss fun
S back. Ring the bell, and let the curtain
e fall
IS Act the second: The marriage altar
s full organ; bright lights; long white vel
n trailing through the aisle; prayer an
er congratulation and exclamation Of 'HoV
well she loOks!"
Act the third: A woman waiting 70
% staggering steps; old garments stuck int
i. the broken window pane; marks of hare
in ship on the face; the biting of the nails Q
k bloodless fingers; neglect and cruelty an
!. despair. Ring the bell, and let the cul
at tain drop.
40 Act the fourth: Three graves in a dar
he place-grave Of the child that died fC
= lack Of medicine, grave of the wife tbs
bv died Of a broken heart, grave Of the ma
ir- that died Of dissipation. Oh, what
ar. blasted heath with three graves! Plent
m. Of weeds, but no flowers. Ring the be
re- and let the curtain drop.
II, Act the fifth: A destroyed souls etc
~ nifty; no light, no music; blackness
w darkness forever. But l cannot look al
am longer. Woe, woe! close my eyes
# this last act Of the tragedy. Quick, quie
nm Ring the bell. and let the curtain dro
nos "Rejoice, o young man, in thy youth, al
mo let thy heart rejoice in the days Of t
no youth, but know thou that for all the
nd things God will bring you into jud
tbe ment." "There is a way that SCENE
led right to a man, but the end thereof
Of DEATH"