Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-05-30

The same facts which have been stated
in reference to the clerk and the law
yer are true when applied to the sue
cessful physician, the minister or in
ventOr. They can be applied to the true
temporal success Of all men in every
department of life.
Now, God in the same way is testing
the spiritual availability and the future
usefulness Of his servants. He tests
them by their willingness to travel the
twain mile, to do more than they are
asked to do. He tests them by the way
they go and hunt up the poor invalids
in the back alleys. He tests them by
the way they are willing to assist in
some mission work. He tests them by
the way they are ready to teach in the
Sunday school and by the way they
take part in the Christian EndeavOr
prayer meetings. He tests them by the
way the mistresses try to uplift the
spiritual welfare Of the kitchen and by
the conversations the merchant has
with the young clerk in reference to
the salvation Of the boys soul.
My friend. you think your spiritual
position in life is very humble, but you
have a twain mile to travel. That
vain mile, whether 1t starts from the
nursery, the factory. the mechanics
bench, the labOrers ditch or the farm
Gr's pillow, heads straight up to the
throne of grace. God is spiritually
Judging you today by what you are
spiritually willing Of your own accord
to do for him.
The Angel of the Twain Mile.
The twain mile has for u guide the
angel Of inspiring hope The man who
lives without ambition or without the
hope Of making something better out
of his life is practically dead. He is
! like the branch of tree in midwinter.
All its latent buds are frozen. Then
the sap Of life is unable to flow, but
when the spring comes then the snow
fakes melt away. Then the air is redo
lent with incense. Then the tree takes
OH u new life. Later on, If the tree is
ali apple tree. its branches are laden
with the golden fruits.
The pathway of the twain mile is al
ways warmed by the life developing
sunshine Of hope. The young man says
to himself: Il am ready to work years
and years if necessary in an incOnspic-
uous position. l am ready to work
hard and do more than l am asked to
dc because ! know that at last my
employer will reward me with higher
position" The young college student
says. 81 am ready to bury myself in
mT books and work hard because
kr Ow that at last there will come a
time when my industry will be recon-
pensed as we'll as recognized"
The young man is led along the twain
mile of sacrifice the more willingly be-
cause as he walks hand in hand with
the sweet angel Of inspiring hope he
reads the lives of the great men Of the
past. He finds that the position from
which some of them started to climb
the mountain Of fame and usefulness
was often more humble than that
which he is filling. He sees a poor
ignorant colored boy standing before
the billboard poster trying to learn how
to spell. Then he sees the ignorant col
Ore1 boy grow into the great orator.
until Frederick Douglass name be.
comes known over the civilized world
He sees a young man as a Sunday
sch pol teacher gather his own class Of
rough boys by going into one Of the
poorest and most depraved sections Of
, Chicago. Then he hears of that young
: man. d. L. Moody, who was the great
est evangelist Of the last century. HI
sees DR.. Bernardo called to his grea
work by being led by the hand Of ;
4 street urchln to where fifteen littl,
[ boys were spending a winter night II
! a coal bin. There the great human
e savior Of the London street arab saw
fifteen hungry urchins who were o.
}. thei. way. but for his rescue, towar
e the gallows. the penitentiary or tn
@ poor house. When the young ma
J. thinks of these great men, he says: 81
L too. have a mission in life. l, too. ca
e accomplish some good for my felloV
g men if am ready to travel the twai
O mile of self sacrifice"
+? So the sweet faced angel of hop
s leads the disciple of Christ along tn
l. self sacrificing pathway of the twai
s mile She puts the Bible into the dii
IS ciple's hand and says: Read, Chris
Il tan; read. That Bible is the prOmis
d God has given tn you. God declare
@ that if you will do what he bids 20
y, do you shall have your reward #
/? travelling the twain mile for him."
le Learning to Forgive.
y The twain mile is the place where IL
d Christian traveller upon life's jOurnt
70 learns how TO forgive an injustice ,
10 we'll as to forget. Forgiveness is OIL
O. of the gospel fine arts. 1t is the pow,
IN which comes into a Christians Iii
re which practically says: when ha1
: d work to do and only a short time
!, which to do it, l cannot afford to |
= wasting my energies in foOlishly a
rs lacking those people who are attackiI
- me. ] cannot, as u general, be spendiI
ne most Of my time in pursuing few 70
:, aging parties when l ought to
n marching on toward the great city
Gospel Success" Besides that, Il
90 Christian traveller says to himsel
~ duty toward my enemies. Perhaps
he have not been kind and loving enOug
No Perhaps l have not presented n
ID Jesus in a clear, simple way.
- l did then / might change the 70
cd Of Christ into his loving disciples.
- will forgive as well as forget. Aft
.i. mine enemy has smitten me ON o
- cheek will turn to him the other al.
- After he has compelled me to 90 wi
for him one mile l will go with hi
~ twain"
,as This is not an absurd Interpretati
to make of the Christians feelings
reference to his enemies when he
&, trying to travel the twain mile of f
g. givenGss. Almost without except
oG the truly great men who have con
81 Grated their lives to 4 temporal cat
-, have been able to drop the bitter D
iiel xOnali ties out of their existence. tt
were able to forgive as well as for
CuS the personal injustices which had b.
nc practiced against them. When
on north German states were being we
ed into the great cOnfederacy Of
German empire by the master stat
iee' man f the last century, Prince /
~ marck said to friend during the da
~ :. est days Of the struggle: 81 must
" think Of what mine enemies might
pei or do To attain this end 1 wO
SleI brave all dangers-exlle. indeed;
,cie' scaffOld itself. What matter if t
L i hang Inc provided the rope with wi
n.ns am hanged binds this new Germs
l NC firm tC the Prussian thrOneT
s During the last days of the South
case Onlee'., ~ .1e Sou'neln olnly