Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-11-07

living. God does love you. Your dear
ones are dependent upon you. 1t is Of
infinite importance whether you do
right or wrong. You must not let
your. belief in God falter when you
need a physician and a dose of medi-
cine and a good rest; you must not let
the hand of Satan touch you and lead
you into the paths of sin when your
head aches and your digestive organs
refuse to do their proper work. One
Of the greatest generals of the ages
was defeated in battle and driven into
exile because the night before the bat
tie opened he was writing in physical
torture produced by a sudden and VIC
lent attack of dyspepsia. Many a
commercial traveller has been defeated
in life's spiritual battle because his
health has become undermined and I'M /
dertoned. Oh, We knights of the grip,
be very careful of your physical health !
for your spiritual happiness and faith
fulness may be destroyed through your
physical debilities.
Dangers threaten a modern CONNER
cial traveller also unless he rigidly full
fills his religious duties and spiritually
employs himself on the Lords day. 1t
is very easy when Sabbath morning
comes. in little town where the COM
mercial traveller has to spend his Sun
day, for him to say to himself: "WelL
1 guess l will not 90 to church today.
l will stay in my room and read the
morning newspaper or write some let
ters." 1t is very seductive after hard
weeks work for the commercial tray
eler to 20 to bed Saturday night with
the intention of staying there until
half past 10 o'clock the next morning
and then, in order to save time, to
break the Lords day and take the Sun
day train for the next town. Or, if a
! commercial traveller is spending Sun
/ day in a large city. it is very easy for
him to go and hear the different popu-
lar preachers in the same way that,
out Of curiosity, he might go to see
the great tragedians act the part of a
| Hamlet or an "Othello," "Riche-
lieu" or a "Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde"
The TUE Worship.
I uUuEu All liDSt ulll dNLAoio AiNy ~
very fascinating. yet my friend, you
must remember that the true worship
of God does not consist in the mere sat
isfying of our intellectual curiosity Of
in lying in bed on the Sabbath day, bu
in work, hard, conscientious work, fO
the Master. The old adage tells us tina
Satan has to hunt the busy man, bu
the indolent man hunts the devil
Therefore, my brother, the easiest wa,
to overcome the temptations which be
set the commercial traveller during tn
long. lonely hours of the Sabbath da
is to worship God while away fror
f home in the same way you would, o
. rather ought to do. if you were at hom'
l Go to the little village meeting hous
. bright and early and offer your serN
4 ices to the Sunday school superintenC
@ ent, and say that you will take elias
for the day if any teacher is absen
r Go to the Young Peoples meeting q
s night and offer there your most earneS
i prayer, and give them the most pract
O cal, helpful talk you can. After I'll
II morning or evening sermon go to I'll
20 pulpit and take the country or the cit
v minister by the hand and tell him tn
you intend to pray for him and h
81 work during the whole week. If yc
10 will do all this regularly and systema
- ically every Sabbath day, you W
Il find. oh, commercial traveller, that yC
"a have not only been a messenger
re help others. but that you have dee
m ened your own spiritual life. BY SUI
# an evangelistic mission as this you W
pd not only by divine grace overcome t
10 sins peculiar to the Sabbath, but al
GO the besetting sins which every wee
li day Turk along the wayside Of eve
e. commercial travellers journey.
90 The worst dangers of a modern co
IN mcrcial travellers life generally ass
ne him when he is comparatively you
ne man. Once in awhile you may fl
ke an old man who still travels upon
at road. but as rule the commerce
ieE travellers are comparatively young m
M The life is so hard an older man {
II rarely stand the physical strain.
ny less protected and restrained by
ia, grace Of God these young men are
OIL to fall into the traps of sin impulsivt
iau They are apt to say to themsely
as "Well, l know 1 ought not to sin, bJ
cen am young yet. Therefore l can aft
my to sow few wild oats, and then I
me repent and at last live to a respecta
eri- middle age, and even be hOnOred in
the old age"
the This avnactation NV voung fri,
ion might be all right if it were true,
le- as a rule, it is not true. General
elal sinful young age means a sinful l
Tor die age. A sinful middle age meal
you sinful old age. if the human bod