Milford chronicle., 1902-05-02

orders pledge their members to the
same brotherly regard for one another. |
We have respect, too, for national ties |
A traveller in foreign lands always |
speaks to and greets a fellow country |
man. The farther away from home the |
warmer is his salutation. We have
family ties When brother or sister !
goes wrong, if we are sincere in our
affections we try in every way to bring
the wanderer home to our earthly IA
theirs house
A Lesson For Christians.
AS I grow older l am the more
disposed to judge the spiritual condi-
ton Of a truly religious church men,
Der by the way he treats those who
have gone astray. He is more apt to
condemn himself than he is to accuse
his unfortunate brother. When a Sun
day school pupil goes astray, the truly
good Sunday school teacher says: "Ah,
that is too badl | wonder if did my
full duty? Perhaps, if | only had call
ed on the lad and invited him to my
home and had seen where he spent
his evenings. this awful sin would not
have happened. must not be too
hard upon the lad. Yes. l, too. am to
blame"
When a minister goes astray, the
truly good elder does not upbraid him.
All. no! He knows too much about the
weakness of human nature to do that.
The old member of session will sit by
the fire, with tears streaming down
his fuTowed cheeks, reproducing him
self when he says: Here | have been
a professed follower of the Lord for
forty years ought to have looked
after the young man; | ought to have
been his guide and protector" When
Peter played the coward and denied
his connection with Christ. the Saviour
did not call a meeting Of the apostles
for n hercsy trial and make Peter de
NIT the ministry. BY his treatment Of
Peters sinful act Christ taught the
lesson of forgiveness and mercy for
the penitent wrongdoeT. He reordained
Peter to 20 forth and feed his lambs
Bear We one unother's burdens and
so fulfill the law Of Christ" is especial
ly an appropriate lesson for Christians
to learn who take no interest in the
welfare of fellow Christians who are
the members Of the household of faith.
1t isn't the thing you do. friend,
It's the thing you leave undone
Which gives you bit Of heartache
A the setting of the sun.
The tender word forgotten.
The letter you didn't write.
The flower you might have sent, friend,
Are your haunting ghosts at night.
Accept the Lords Promise.
But my text clearly means also that
every one should try in manful, wo-
manly, Christian fashion to bear
his own burdens. We are very apt
to think that our own troubles are
heavier to bear than any other persons
troubles. But if we were allowed. as
in the old legend. to go to the plain Of
atiliction and deposit there our own
/ Eorrows. and were compelled instead to
] take mp the sorrows Of some one else,
/ in all probability we would carry away
/ from the mountain of difficulty the bur
] den pack which our backs have been
accustomed to carry. Now. we cannot
help our brother to bear his burdens by
trying to pile upon his stalwart shout
ders orr own burdens in addition.
No man ever becomes healthy man,
mentally or spiritually. who is n mem
dicant by choice, crawling from door
TO door, begging and whining Yet
there are some burdens that are abso.
lutely impossible for US to bear in our
own strength. Some of us have had
SO much trOuble-such an awful. awful
lot Of trouble! We have suffered again
and again. We have had to go to the
Family plot, as went two weeks ago,
and to leave there a loved one. The
grave did look so big, and the black
hole was dug so deep But there is a
way we can all carry our own burdens.
That way is to cast them upon the
Lord, and he will sustain us. He has
promised, and he will do it. If we
will only cast our burdens upon him,
our own hands will be free. Then we
can go forth like athletes stripped for
the fray. We can go forth to help our
brothers and sisters, our parents and
children and all our friends, carry their
burdens.
Help One Another.
Let us return TO the good old coun-
try times when every one helped every
other person in the community. In those
good old times every one was ready to
halve a friends sorrows as well as
. double friends joys. When the wed.
ding bells began to ring, the young
girls, the friends of the bride, used t.
, come from the village and decorate the
church altar with the wild flowers
which they had picked. Friends would
, sew the wedding garments; friends
; would serve the wedding cake; friends
would help the young people furnish
, the new home; friends would beal
: the burdens, the happy burdens Of
> joy. Then, when trouble came, tn,
: same friends would come in and hell
the invalids they would pour out thu
medicine; they would close the eye
t lids in the last sleep; they would 81
) up all night long with the dead; the!
{ would sew the shroud and carry tn
2 casket and dig the grave. The sam,
/. friends would throw into the grave
l the sods which would fall upon tn,
2 coffin lid. The same friends would
: raise the headstone. Friends, the sam,
D friends who once plucked the orang
/, blossoms. would plant the cypress.
0 Let us be teaeh other friends o.
Y that kind. Together let us help on
S another over whatever difficulties ma,
q beset We have a share to bear, anC
n as we bear it we fulfill the law of tht
n gospel, which, in the language of m,
e text. says. Bear We one another's bur
< dens and so fulfill the law of Christ.
e There lies the merit. in bearing no
q merely Our own. but anOthers: in lift
ing up from the bowed and stoopinl
shoulders the heavy load under whicl
Il the bearer is ready to sink Reach on
/ your strong hand of helpfuness an,
n with Il stout heart give a mighty heavC
i and the added burden will seem ligh
Y, in your grasp DO it. and the sunshin
l. of heaven will irradiate many a dark
n ened home. Do it. and countless mu
IS titudes will be led into the kingdom
h Do it, and the angels will rejoice; til
Is celestial portals will open to your v
v sion, and the Saviours smile will ell
v courage the work that shall hasten th
a millennium aud usher in more speedil
le the day of his coming.
IT Copyright 1902, by Louis Klopsch.1
ID Boys Found Girls Body.
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6 16-year-old Jennie Rosenberger.