Milford chronicle., 1902-07-11

matter with him? He broke down from
OverwOrk. Ills life's desire was to en-
ter the Christian ministry. lie used
to clerk during the day and send most
Of his money home TO help support his
father's family. Then he used TO study
at night. His clothing was very poor,
his food was poor. and yet if you will
go into that sickrOOm and carry those
flowers you will find tears of joy COM
ing into his grateful eyes; you viii
hear him say that, though the greatest
ambition Of his life was to preach the
gospel, yet God knows best! Then he
will plead with you to take his place.
My brother, you had father to send
you through college; you had kind
friends to help; you have everything
for which to be thankful to God, yet
the greatest lesson Of cOntentment you
VIII ever learn is when you cast those
few flowers into the grateful fountain
OF that dying boys tears
My sister, you are freitIng on ac-
count Of the children. You say il keeps
your needle going night and day to put
dresses upon the girls You complain
that the boys never seem to care
whether or no they wear holes in the
knees of their stockings and pants
Sister, want you to make mp a lunch
basket. You need not fix up bundle
Of little dresses. They will not be
needed now. But as you take that
lunch basket, filled with delicacics, |
will Inod vou 70 ., homo ,,-I,o-o q, ,.o,,,,,
mother has Just lost her baby. That
baby was an idiot. He had water up
on the brain. Yet, as you go into the
sickrOOm Of the weak mother. you will
hear her say: oh Mr.. Talmagr. did
love him so muchl The doctors said
he never would be bright But he was
all had. ! did love my baby so much!'
And after you have gone there with
me you will stop your complaining
and fanltiinding and return to your
home and love your little ones as you
have never loved them before. Yes.
one of the most precious shcaycs the
gospel reaper ever garncrs is the shcnf
Of commitment. the sheaf Of gratitude
TO God for his many. many blessings,
Plnut Undytng Seeds.
Another precious sheaf which is gar
ncred by the Christian s0wcr is rho
joyful realization that the results of his
seed planting will never die rs long as
the world lasts. AS we have before
said, one seed properly planted will
produce many seeds. Those seeds which
are produced by the one seed In turn
| will produce many other seeds. And
these in their turn will produce many
seeds more. So a Christians earthly
influence does not cease nj the grave,
but will multiply for good as long as
the world lasts. II will 80 on increas
Ing until the seas have been licked ~
and the mountains and the valleys
have been crcmated in the last cOnla-
grafton.
DR.. Louis A. Banks tells how Rev.
DR. Valpy wrote four simple lines for
his confession Of faith. They went
thus:
In peace let me resign my breath
And thy salvation see;
My sins deserve eternal death,
But Jesus died for me.
DR.. Valpy gave copy Of those lines
to DR.. Marsh, the rector of Reckenham.
who had them placed over his study
desk. The Earl of ROden was visiting
DR.. Marsh one day and asked him for
Il copy. A short time after this Gen.
cral Taylor, hero Of Waterloo. was
visiting the Earl of ROden and he took
Il copy of those lines and was by them
led to Christ. General Taylor in turn
gave copy of those lines to a soldier
friend of his, and he also was con
verified. Thus the good seed which DR.
Valpy sOwed many years ago has kept
on through generation after generation
multiplying for good a hundredfold
And today perhaps by my repeating
those lines some one here may be con
verified by them.
My father once told of a chain Of in
f1uence more wonderful to hear even
than the story of DR. Valpy as show
ing the results Of gospel seed planting
He started with poor woman giving
a simple gospel tract to passerby
That tract brought this young man tC
Christ. This young man wrote a book
That book was blessed OF the HOLY
Spirit and brought thousands upOr
thousands into the kingdom. among
others Richard Baxter, who wrote
Saints Rest" That book in turn
brought thousands upon thousand.
into the kingdom of God. Among othel
converts were this man, that man anC
the other man who in turn all wrote
books which had blessed results. 81
there was developed harvest of thou
sands of souls. all the direct results o.
one simple seed planting the result o.
one poor unknown woman giving ;
gospel tract to Il young man who wa!
passing by. SO the results of the gooC
seed which the gospel sower Sows vii
never die as long as this old wOrlC
lasts.
The Eternal Harvest Home.
But the most precious shcaf garnereC
by the Christian sower and reaper il
the joyful realization that all the har
vests which result from all the differ
ent Christian paintings shall be gath
cred ut last into the granaries OF heav
en- 1t matters not how many immor
tai men and women and children ma,
be saved, nor whether they are rich 0
poor, black or white, Jew or gentle
Protestant or Catholic. they shall al
, lind room for themselves in heaven
All who will accept Christ and throI
themselves upon his pardon and low
/ Mo ~.
seed might hesitate 10 cast the brea,
of life upon the troubled sea of si
, if he thought the gospel invitation wa
! TO be in any way circumscribed Blu
, it is not. The invitation is so wild
that it takes in all who are ready 1
be cleanscd of sin. The invitation
SO wide that the welcome comes iron
every direction The Spirit and tn
bride say, Come And let him tha
5 hcareth say come. And let him tina
S is athirst come. And whatsoever wi
! let him take tho water of life freely.
i That surely is broad enough invita-
4 ton for all
] And what harvest home that wi
J. be when all the gospel shcaves sha
r be gathered into the granaries o.
B. heaven! The rejoicing will be every
s where. Some Of us have seen the note
a picture Of the painter Seifcrt, calle
i '"The Harvesters' Return" We hav
5 seen there the joyful looks upon I'll
e faces of the men and the women VIII
: have been working in the fields. Pc
l, haps we ourselves have lived in tn
e country. We have shared in the 10
# OF the lahorcrs when the last sheaf {
e wheat has been taken to the thrashin
o floors. but the joy of the earthly la