Milford chronicle., 1902-02-07
MILTON NEWS.

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to heart by any one person, as it is of
collective nature, and not an individual @
arraignment I once asked a minister if Y
he could tell me how it is that many of l
the persons who appear to be most zeal
GUS at the time of protracted meetings. &
and other big occasions in church affairs, |
are more irreverent and loose in morals t
than any other of the church members,
when the excitement of these occasions
are over. He said he could not fathom ]
the mysterious cause, for mysterious It !
was to him. He had noticed this class
Of persons, in their every day life, and on
many occasions had been Mortified at
their conduct, exceeding, as it did, the
actions of many persons who held no
church attachments and we're members
of no religious body. They appeared to
be far away from the fold of christianity,
aud wandered in the wilderness of sin,
associates with the "canaille, " and 9TH
ers who were doing the work of the devil.
No one would shoot one of these persons
for christian. They might 60 to China
with perfect impunity, and without any
fear of creating a Boxer uprising. But
let protracted meeting commence and
begin to get interesting, and these men
and women count. They come from, you
hardly know where. People are aston
ished to see them mingling with those
whom they are persuaded are faithful,
and the cry is, 81 didn't know he was
member of church." Their zeal ~ if
possible, exceeds that of the christian
workers in Navy street, or the missionar-
les in the Chinese quarters in New York.
This excitement and show, is kept up as
long as the meetings last, and then comes
the inevitable, or chronic relapse. "The
dog returns to its vomit, and the SOW to
its wallowing in the mire.,' Certainly
this spasmodic overflow does the COM
munity some good; it assuredly does it
no harm; this class of people are known,
and their annual ebullition is expected ;
the true members of the church are as
much mortified over their enforced asso-
f. citation with this class of what-do-you-call
them as the outsiders are disguised.
But what can the church do? To accom-.
, plish its mission on earth, it must accept
5 these persons as members, and put up
i with them. But, o, it must be a eros:
i to the minister and the faithful members
One of our citizens bought hog las
week and after dissectingi it the feminine
portion of the family commenced t.
J make the indispensable sausage. The,
{ procured a grinder and went to work
I, but the meat would not feed into the ma
- chine. 1t all came out at the place the!
. put it in. After many efforts to max
. the machine work, they called the hea,
of the family, who, after investigation
found there were no knives in the grinder
BE sure you are right, then 60 ahead.
! Mr.. Josiah Culver, station agent, an
= D. NJ. Conwell, patronized the excursio
= to Baltimore on Thursday.
!. On Sunday, at the NJ. P. Church, tn
= Rev. H. S. johnson administered tn
Sacrament of Baptism to four young pei
sons-one male and three females. H
: also admitted into full membership {
- the church two probationers-one NAL
end one female.
The annual election of the officers
the Sunday school will take place at ii
M. P. Church on next Sunday afternoon
n There is supsrhuity of dogs in tn
c community. On last Sunday mornir
r. we noticed four on the sidewalk, stan
NJ ing at convenient distances, and passir
Nv the compliments of the day one with Il
at other. And this is not all; these san
r. dogs, with many others, make mer
V times of nights in their diagnosis of Il
n weather, and other things that do not 81
their canine instinct.
- Last Sunday was Ground Hog Day, a
cordiug to time-honored tradition, and
the little fellow saw his shadow, it
ou more than any of the rest of us did aroui
es Milton, About three o'clock in the aft,
y noon the sun came out for awhile, but ,
~ think the hog had more sense than
cn come out in such weather.
le The Missionary Society of the M.
-, Sunday School, held its monthly me,
III ing on Sunday afternoon. About
were raised.
en- As the late snow storm has been &c
m eral, is is nothing new-every one kno
ere we have had one. In Milton there /
been sleighing plenty, and slipping
although we have heard of but O
from falling on the ice I
rued until Saturday when
= siush, and continued IL
On Sunday evening
set in and on Mond
skan.
ans living near
ell on Saturday a
er blade Tn
he time, and ]
some time
ton of Mr.. 7
and he went
into the no
aid. Mrs. v
slofage.
III is quite S
n
u Sunday
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