Milford chronicle., 1902-10-24

me to bear my trouble. But my be-
Of a dear, noble, Christian
mother is as nothing compared to the
loss to those children, who, when they
grow up, will never know the joy of
experiencing a mothers love"
Gods Love SymbOIized.
Yes, perhaps you are one Of those
who never knew a moth
er's love- Though her affections were
so intense that your coming was her
meat and drink, her hope by day and
her prayer by night, yet hardly had
you come into the world when she
passed away. She really gave up her
life for you. Once in awhile, with a
longing to find out something about the
height and depth of a mothers love,
you may go to some gray haired old
lady and say: ''Tell me something
about my mother. You knew her well
and were her bridesmaid when she
was married" Then that gray haired
lady will go over all the past. She will
tell you what a gentle, loving face your
mother had. She will tell you how her
eyes lighted up when you were first
placed in her arms and she looked at
you and said; "AIy baby, my baby, my
little baby! God bless my babyw Then
that gray haired lady will tell you how
your mothers strength never came
back again after you were born. They
took her south, hoping that the sunny
skies would make her strong again, but
only the warm sunshine of that eternal
city to which she went ever worked
her cure. AS the old lady talks you
look at your mothers picture again and
again and try to imagine her love for
you. But. young man, you cannot do
that any more than a blind bat or
ground mole can fully appreciate the
colOrs Of a butterfy's wing or the re-
Election OF a dewdrOp. So in order to
symbolic Gods love to you, a sinful
man, who never knew what it was to
have a mothers love, I would tell you
that it is a greater love than the COM
bined loves of a father, a wife, chill
dren, brothers and sisters and friends.
1t is a love so deep that no line can
fathom it, so high that no birds wing
can overly it, so wide that no mathe-
matician can circumscribe it. And all
this love of our earthly mother is only
an infnitesimal part of the love which
today God, like a divine mother, is
ready to pour out of his forgiving heart
for you.
JOY of Repentance.
TD,,A I,os fIl1Tcfrsn n
what your dead mothers love was to
you by telling you of an incident
which happened in the life of a very
dear friend of mine. When l started
out in the ministry, l was the assistant
of the Rev. Loyal Young Graham,
D. D., of Philadelphia. When Dr. Ora
{ ham, as a young man, was being or
dained for the Christian ministry, Rev.
DR.. Loyal Young, one Of the most emf
nent ministers of western Pennsylva-
mia in his day, was preaching the or.
dination sermon. There he told this
story for the first time. "Many years
ago." said he, "a beautiful young WON
/ an of the congregation / was at the
time serving lay dying. When / made
4 my last call upon her, she babe every
4 one else leave the room. Then she
lifted her little baby boy up and placed
him in my arms as she said: DR.
Young, am going to die. want you
to kneel and offer a conservation pray
er. / want you to cOnsecrate this boy
to the ministry of the Lord Jesus ant
to the service of my Master. l an
giving up my life for my baby, Now
sir, l want to give my baby to til,
service of my Christ. This is a dyin;
mothers wish. l do not want yOl
ever to tell Of this conservation unit
the day my little baby has grown int,
a strong man and is being ordained t
the Christian ministry | am here to
night" said DR.. Young, ito fulfill m,
pledge. That baby who was consC
Grated to the Divine Masters service
the young man we are Ordaining tC
night. Loyal Young Graham is tina
boy. May his mother in heaven, VIII
gave her life for her child, be witnes
Of this holy scene"
Sinful man sitting before me today
, are you the son of Christian mother
Whether she is alive now or dead, he
love for you was or is just as grea
/ as Loyal Young Graham's mother wa
for him. Are you today letting he
5 prayers find a fulillment in your life
: Are you today letting the love of Go
2 manifested in the sacrifice Of the Tor
/ Jesus Christ find a response in you
D life? Will you, here and now, realizin
J. that your mothers love was a symb,
0 Of Gods love for you, surrender vol
e life to the service Of him who. like
S divine mother. yearns over you? R
/, member this. oh, sinful man-Go
/ longs for your repentance more tina
b you can ever long to be cleanse
D through the blood Of Christ and to |