Milford chronicle., 1902-05-02


The intelligent traveller gathers infor-
nation wherever he goes. When talking
with a mOtorman upon the street car,
with the farmer in the field, with the
mechanic at his bench, with the sailor
upon the ships deck, with the engineer
in his cab. he can obtain answers to
questions which he himself could never
solve. He can always find a man who
knows more, in at least some special
field, than he himself knows, no matter
how intelligent the questioner might
lie. The servant in the kitchen in all
probability knows how to bake bread
better than her master, even though
the head Of the house may be the chief
owner Of the great Pillsbury -four mills,
where thousands and tens of thou
sands of bushels Of grain are daily
turned into the white substance which
forms the staple of every meal. The
skill Of the eminent surgeon is never
lessened by seeing carpenter handle
saw, and there never comes a time
when the man of ten talents can afford
to dcspise the lessons he may learn
from the man Of one talent
The Strong Mans Duty.
Proficiency being granted to us in
mental or manual abilities. there is also
proficiency given 10 US in spiritual
abilities. Certain temptations which
assail one sinner do not appeal to an
other sinner. One man may have
lurking propensity for gambling, an
other for drink, another for licentious-
ness. another for sloth, another for pro-
family, another for theft. still anOth-
ed for perjury. Some men are born
| liars. Parents testify that certain chill
Gren in one family have tendency to
| falsehOOd from their cradles; other
children born in the same family never
show a disposition to prevaricate. Par
| ents can often trace the life's weak
ncsses Of their children almost from
the time those children began to walk
and talk. They can distinguish certain
satanic characteristics as distinctly as
a stranger can tell whether child by
the color Of the skin is born from
white or black parents. OF course it is
often great deal harder to tell wheth-
or the white child has black heart or
Il black skinned child has white heart
than to tell the color Of the outside
| epidcrmal covering.
As nearly every man is stronger in a
| spiritual sense in some one way than
his neighbOr. it ought to be that strong
mans duty TO use his strength to COM
| pensate for the weakness of his neigh
| Dor Bear and forbear is the teaching
( of the Bible. This is the reason Christ
sent forth his messengers two by two.
This is the reason we find impulsive
Peter often walking by the side of the
well poised John; the gentle Mary liv.
ing in the same house with her sister,
who lost her temper in the kitchen,
spritualized by her own sweetness of
soul that entire household. This is the
way in which we can double our loved
ones spiritual usefulness and diminish
their temptations to sin. Bear We ono
ano;her's burdens" has a wider and
deeper significance than most of us
have ever realized.
Tighten Life's Burdens.
In helping brother bear his burdens
we make Che back stronger by which
we cam lear our own. a few years agC
a dear friend Of mine was threatened
with the loss Of one of his eyes. He be
came very much depressed The sur
geons said the eye must be cut out. Fol
some time he stayed ut home and brood
ed over his nearing misfortune He was
rebellious against God and would no
be cOmforted But one day he started
down Broadway Ahead Of him he saw
an old blind colored woman standin,
upon the street corner waiting to pas
over She dare not without help Thi
old colOred woman had long stick il
her hand by which she would find he
way along. Upon her arm she carrie,
Il market basket The gentleman wen
up and accosted her with the words
well. auntie, can ! help you over th
streetY The colored woman's face wa
wreathed in smiles as she answered
"rlank you. massa; thank you, subj
On the way across the street the color
ed woman said: "Alassa. some peopl
say | am old and blind and no accoun
to any one. But, massa. life is yer,
sweet to me. | find the goodness O
God everywhere. He has taken ava.
my two eyes, but the people are Away
kinder to me than to any one else
am blind. And then, sir, have sti
my hearing My children love me, an
| can never cease to praise God for tn
mercies with which he has surrOunde
my life" My friend stopped his broot
ing then and there Surely" said h,
''if God can make poor old blind co
ored woman happy, he does love an
, care for me-" When man tries to bel
! carry his brothers burdens, he find
that his own become lighter to bear.
.dembers Of Christian church ar
IN the sight Of God one spiritual fan
] lily and therefore have a right to e1
? pect help one from another. Every shiI
/. wrecked mariner has claim upon ey
: cry stout keel floating the wide sea-
: The religion of the Lord Jesus Chri:
' cannot be hemmed in by the four wall
e of a religious edifice. The parable {
t the good Samaritan teaches that W
e should love our neighbor as ourselve
e Our neighbor is not alone the frien
who lives next door. He is also IL
s stranger Of foreign birth who has fal
/. en- among the thieves on the road /
r Jericho. Any traveller who is naket
n ahungered, athirst, any wayfarer wi
q is lost upon the mountains far ava
g from home, whose guide we can be,
/ our neighbor. We as Christians have
; duty to foreign missions as well as
e home missions, to the savage living
= the jungles of Africa as we'll as to Il
y heather in the back alley half u bloc
e away from our kitchen door, to Il
If waif of the street who has fallt
d asleep upon our doorstep.
lie Direct the Feet of the Wanderers.
II But the words Of the text have st
d another application. Paul was a
dressing the members of the Christi;
% churches. Those churches were sit
-r ated in Galatia. The members-sturd
IS warm hearted, but hot headed mou
e, taineers-had internal dissensions.
su the course of his letter he la
IL down the broad statement that ca
member must bear with the faul
and frailties of other members. TIL
IN should especially do this because tn
lg were brethren and members of
h church family of which God was t
to Father and Jesus Christ the ED
ne brother. The bond of a belief in
II common Saviour certainly ought
lg help the members of u church fam
l. to bear with each others weakness