Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-09-26

/ ness wrecked 10y the sewing machine
/ breaking needle, by tie dough re-
fusing to bake in the oven and by the
children tearing their clothes
! Wives and mothers and sisters, what
you need today is the advice solomon
ga re to the young men of his time.
You need the grace Of God In your
hearts to be able to overcome the bur
del Of the grasshoppers. As Jesus
Christ turned to the angry and quick
tempered housekceper when she rushed
into his presence crying Lord, dost
thou not care that my sister hath left
me to serve alone?" and gently said,
Martha, Martha thou art careful and
troubled about many things, but one
| thing is needful,' so Christ says to
every living h9usekeeper today, You
need the grace IL your heart to over
come the little annoyances us well as
! your great trials" o woman, how
different life would be if you would
ask Jesus to stand by your side at the
| kitchen stove! How different if you
would only ask his help when you are
mcnding baby's frock! How different
Il you would only ask Christ's help
when you hunt for the missing silver
ep)on-if you would only ask him to
help you to bear the burden Of the
grlsshopper!
One day 4 minister was visiting an
intalid who was noted for her great
Christian piety and her exalted happl-
ness, even though she had been bed
| ridden for some years. He asked her,
"Eetty, how is it that you can lie here
in bed and be so happy when once you
were 80 full OF physical life and ener-
! ~ q 'Well, pastor" answered the
| Christian woman. lit Is only because I
am leaning hard upon the omnipotent
ard sustaining arm of God. When l
was strong and physically well, | used
to have a lot to do. l had a large fam
lily, you know, sir. of little children.
! Then | used to hear God keep saying
to me Betty you do this; Betty, You
do that Betty, you do the other thingn
| And So Of course, I did what God
wanted me to do. But now, sir, as
arr lying in Led l hear Gods voice just
the same-the same sweet voice of the
divine love. l hear it saying to me ev-
cry day, Betty, you just lie here And
so here / stay BECAUSE It is Gods viii,
ard | am happy very happy" Yes,
the divine grace is sufficient to help
every tired wife and mother triumph
a1tly to bear the little annoyanees as
well as the great. It is sufficient to
| help a woman to bear the painful
stitches in her side as well as to help
her in her domestic duties. 1t is suf-
iiCient even to enable her to bear the
nigging and tantalizing and continu-
GUS burden Of a great swarm of buzz
ing locusts.
Divine Reimbursement.
If it is important for wives and
mothers to have the grace Of God in
order to overcome the infnitesimal bur-
dens of the mutitudinous locust it is
also important for husbands and ia
Il ers and brothers to have the same
kind Of divine reinforcement to meet
de burdensOme insectile annOyances
that aiiiict them in turn. 1t is not the
d'oughts and the freshets and the
II ortguge upon the land that wear out
the patience of the farmer 1t is the
annoyance of the neighbors borrowing
his tools and not returning them. 1t is
the annoyance of the farm hand getting
dunk in the midst of the harvest 1t
is the stupidity of the same farm hand
il giving the best horse cold water to
drink when Overheatcd, so that the an
iTlal becomes fOundered
once heard of a prominent New
York merch9lt who was sneered at by
his business associates and called &C.
centric because every morning before a
yard of cloth was taken down from
any of the shelves or the front door of
the store was opened to admit the Gus
lDmers he used to call into one room
all Of his employees. He summoned
them together, the highest us well as
the lowest, the heads of departments
as well as the cashgirls and errand
boys. Then in that room this great
city merchant used to plead at the
, throne Of mercy for spiritual help tC
meet the little trials and annoyances
, Of the coming day. Surely if family
altar is needed in each home around
, which father and n mother and the
, children every morning and evening
Elay gather such an altar ought to bS
erected in every factory and store anC
office and study. Such an altar ought
, to be raised by every father and hus
band and brother and son at which t.
plead daily for divine grace, so thai
, they may overcome the little annoy
> snces that course about every active
life like the burden of the buzzing 10
| Gusts.
; Many unjust and contemplate crit
icisms which are daily made agains
us and our work can aptly be classe,
p as among the insectile armies of tn
I multitudinOus locusts. A good, honest
Q ! vehement healthy criticism ought Il
J.. | he spiritually helpful to the averng
| man. Ii ought to act upon the ambi
iiOus mind and the spirit in the sam
way that Il vigorous massage start
: The sluggish blood coursing throug
: The arteries and veins of our invali
. body. 1t is when an army is invadin
II foreign land that the commander
general is most careful about his scout
and sentries and countersigns and pow
Ter and bullets and guns and commits
: sary supplies. II is when a man feel
: that he is completely surrounded b
: rivals and by honest critics who do NJ
believe in the way he is doing that L
puts forth his best energies and live
I'd to his highest standard
Learn 20 dc letter.
;, The effect which the attack Of q
= honest enemy ought to have upon OF
! lives was once illustrated by a note
= preacher. He pictured flock of III
" grating birds being shot at by a fowle
= Al the first discharge of the hunter
= gun the migrating birds merely give
= few strokes Of their powerful wins
= and fly higher. At the next dischar,
= they fly still higher; at the next, hight
: and higher until they are out of ran;
= of their enemy's bullets. The true {
: | feet of an honest critics attacks shou
be to make US fly higher and still hig
n. or into the spiritual life-to fly high
d and higher until we como closer n,
% closer to God. 1t was the attacks al
r, sneers and derisiveremarks hurled at Il
&c young statesman that nerved Benjam
Is Disraeli to become the great leader
IN the house of commons and the favOri
ed prime minister of his queen 1t w
o. the harsh criticism of an English nav
TT officer that made Admiral Farrag
al firmly set his teeth and lips togeth
and redouble his energy when he dro