Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-02-07

possible unless it be the loss of the
mind. Those wondrous seven muscles
that turn the eye up or down, to right
or left or around. No one but God
could have created the retina. If we
have ever appreciated what God did
when he gave US two eyes. it was when
we saw others with obllterated vision.
Alas, that only through the privation
Of others we came to a realization of
our own blessing! If you had harp in
hand and swept all the strings Of graf
itude. you would have struck this.
which is one of the most dulcet of the
ten strings.
Further, notice how many pass
through life in silence because the ear
refuses to do its office They never
hear music, vocal or instrumental. The
thunder that rolls its full diapasOn
through the heavens does not startle
the prolonged silence. The air that
has for US so many melodies has no
sweet sound for them. They live in a
quietude that will not be broken until
heaven breaks in upon them with its
harmOnies. The bird voices of the
springtime. the chatter of the children,
the sublime chant of the sea. the solo
of the cantatrice and the melody of the
great wOrshiping assemblies mean
nothing to them. Have we devoutly
thanked God for these two wonders of
our hearing. with which we can now
put ourselves under the charm of sweet
sound and also carry in our memories
the infantile song with which our
mothers put us to sleep. and the voices
of the great prima dOnnas like Lind
and Patti and Nelson. and the sound
of instruments like the violin of the
Swedish performer. or the cornet of
Arbuckle, or the mightiest of all in
struments with the hand of Morgan
on the keys and his foot on the pedal.
or some Sabbath tune like Corona
ton" in the acclaim of which you
could hear the crowns of heaven COM
ing down at the feet of Jesus? Many
of us have never thanked God for this
hearing apparatus of the soul. That is
one of the ten strings of gratitude that
we ought always to thrum after hear
ing the voice of a loved one or the last
strain of an OratOrio or the clang of
cathedral tower.
Further, there are many who never
recognize how much God gives them
when he gives them sleep. Insomnia
is calamity wider known in our land
than in any other. BY midLfe vast
multitudes have their nerves so over
wrought that slumber has to be coaxed,
and many are the victims of choral
and morphine. Sleeplessness is an
American disorder. If it has not touch
ed you and you can rest for seven or
eight hours without waking-if for that
length of time in every twenty-four
hours you can be free of all care and
I wOrriment and your nerves are returned
and your limbs escape from all fatigue
and the rising sun finds you a new
man, body, mind and soul-yOu have an
advantage that ought to be put in
| prayer and song and congratulation.
| The French financier. almost wealthy
enough to purchase a kingdom, but the
victim of insomnia. wrote, "NO slumber
to be bought in any market" He was
right. Sleep is a gratuity from him
who never sleeps. Oh. the felicities of
slumber! Let all who have this real
benefaction celebrate 1t. That is one
of the sweetest strings in all the instru.
ment of ten strings.
Further, let us gratefully acknowi-
edge the power of physical locomotion.
To be able to go where we wish and all
unaided-what kindness! What null.
titudes have to call in the aid Of cane
and crutch and invalid's chair, and
their whole life is Underwent! How
hard to get about with lack Of strong
and healthy and supple limbs! Con.
graduated ought you all to be if you
have the usual physical endowment,
and sympathized with ought all those
to bewhocan neither walk nor climb nor
enter upon any great activities. That
is one of the thousands of reasons WHY
l hate war with a complete hatred. II
takes off with bullet or shell or sur
geon's knife the capacity Of men tC
achieve their own livelihood or do the
work for which they would otherwise
be fully qualified. Brave men. sell
sacrificing men. for the rest of theil
life are put on the limits and strangely
suffer in stormy weather from limb.
amputated.
Give Thanks For Sound Limbs.
How much of the human family II
every century has been cut up anC
shot to pieces and passed into mutila
toni American manhood had hardll
recovered from the decorations of tn,
war of the Revolution when it wa
called TO be carved by the swords ant
stabbed with the bayonets and black
ened with the gunpowder of 1872
Hardly recovered was our American
manhood from that when the war wit
Mexico began its butchery. Hardl
was American manhood recoverel
from that before the civil war tool
hold Of it and dug its grave trencl
through the north and its grave trencI
, through the south. Hardly was on
! American manhood recovered frOr
} that when the Spanish war came, wit
( | its malaria and crowded hospitals
r Thank God that now four of the great
? est nations are allied in good under
' standing-the United States, England
g Germany and Russia-and if they wi
+ do the right thing they can foreve
8 stop national and international strif
0 and put an end to wholesale amputi
i. ton. There are enough accidents i
: time of peace to keep the race mutila
: ed more than it ever ought to be, an
o the human family needs all its arm
V and hands and feet to do the wor
e that God calls it to do.
S Further, celebrate on the instrumeI
Of ten strings our illumined night
s They spread their tents over us, an
l. some of us hardly go out to look ;
It them. During the nights other worl(
N come in sight. The author of my te.
ID chimed the silver bells in the tower
T. the midnight heavens, saying, "Whe
r | consider the heavens, the work
Ot thy fingers; the moon and the star
which thou hast ordained. what is ma
- that thou art mindful of him?' "
=. thank God for the day; we ought all
to thank him for the night Worl,
- on worlds in sight of the naked ey
- but more worlds revealed by telescOI
=, AT least one night in his lifetime eve
~ man ought to go into astronomical o
servatory and see what has been do
% by the great World Builder. THAI
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