Milford chronicle., 1903-01-23

complished for the church as whole
they may also accomplish for the hum
BILE individual workers in the church
God fits many of the humber workers
for his vineyard as he spiritually pre-
pared Adoniram Judson. the great mis-
siOnary, for his work. For seven long
years Mr.. and Mrs. Judson seemed to
labor in Burma in vain; for seven long
years he testified for Christ amid al
most insurmOuntable difficulties; for
seven long years he and his wife every
four weeks sat down to the communion
table absolutely alone. They had not
yet made one convert for Christ At
the end of these seven long years Of
seeming defeat the Missionary society
wrote to him that he had better surren-
der his mission as a failure and start
/ in another field. AdOniram JudsOn,
with his gospel spirit aglow with the
awful struggle from those seven long
years, answered the Missionary society
I in these memorable words: mo! No!
I cannot and will not surrender this
/ mission Success is as certain here as
/ the promise of faithful God can make
/ it." Then came the great OutpOuring
Of the Holy Spirit; then Burma saw its
day of Pentecost. So, my brother, in
the Christian ministry or in the Chris
tian pew, fighting against seemingly
Overwhelming obstacles, remember that
God has sent to you that tempest for a
/ purpose; remember that you are being
fitted for your work, if you are faithful
/ to him, as AdOniram JudsOn was being
fitted for his work; remember that in
/ the dark hours of your tempestuOus
night Christ is watching and caring for
/ you as he watched the disciples strug-
/ Cling on the waves of Lake Galilee; re-
member that at the fourth watch, or
Just at the breaking of the dawn,
! Christ, as he did Of old. will appear to
you walking upon the crystal pavement
of the deep.
Fitting Us For the Work.
There is a suggestive story told Of a
young girl who sang in large concert
\ hall of London. One of her friends
asked a noted musical critic who was
present what he thought of her voice.
"She lacks one element which would
make her the greatest singer of Eu-
rope" answered the critic. "She lacks
soul power. If l were a young man
and could marry her and III treat her
and break her heart, then on account
of her grief and her talent she would
be one of the brightest stars in the
musical armament" Time passed on,
-.
a cruel husband. Then came the true
days Of her power and fame. God,
when he wishes to fit us for great and
true work, sends us a hurricane of
trouble. He cOmpels us to battle with
the Galilean tempests for a whole
night Do not be weary Of well do
ing my brothers. You are one Of
Gods favOrites. There is a great tri-
umph of gospel usefulness for you
ahead.
IT'S easy enough to be pleasant
When life flows along like a song,
But the man worth while is the one who
will smile
When everything goes dead wrong;
For the test OF the heart is trouble,
And it always comes with the years,
And the smile that is worth the praise Of
the earth
IL the smile that comes through tears.
The dark, tempestuous nights Of
financial ruin have often been. in Gods
sight, the bright. blessed, sunshiny
days for the merchant. How is
George Watson getting along" l ask
you. We'll" you answer, Il do not know
how he is getting along now. We were
boys together in the same town. We
came to the city at the same time. We
used to room together. but we have
drifted apart in the last few years. At
first George made quite a success. He
saved up n little money. and then start
ed in business. But George was al
ways a trustful fellow. and he had
dishonest partner / believe the part
ner swindled him out Of some money.
Then the panic came. and his creditors
began to press him. Then the next
thing | heard was that George had
failed. He moved out of our neighbor-
hood. ! have not seen him for a long
time. heard. however, that he is now
quite an active member In church work.
He is also one Of the active men in the
Young Peoples Christian EndeavOr So
clety. But l fear George is not doing |
very we'll When a business man be- /
gins to get mixed up in church matters.
as a rule. it implies he has not very
big business to run. However, to tell |
the truth, do not know what George .
is doing, except that l have feeling .
that his credit is not very high in the |
business world" Is that all you know
about George? "Well. my friend, can
tell you that George Watson is getting
along a great deal better than you are
'Tis true he was caught in a financial
storm as fierce as the Galilean tempest.
which threatened to engulf the disciples
after Christ had fed the multitudes.
but after that tempest abated he heard
the voice Of Jesus calling him to the
truer and nObler life. And George
would never have heard the voice Of
Christ had he not first heard the hurri-
cane of a financial storm shrieking
about his head"
One MRn's Experience.
George Watson landed in this city