Milford chronicle., 1903-06-19

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IS life come to us when we are young
e very young. l knew of one little boy
who did not take Christ along with
him to school. One day his playmates
t were teasing him. Then, because he
J. did not have Christ with him, he lost
e his temper and picked up a stone and
4 threw it at the boys, and he hit an
eye Of one of the boys and put il out
= That little boy, who afterward grew
up to be big man, had to so through
life with his eye blinded. l knew of
another little boy who, because he
} did not have Christ with him. wanted
to frighten a playmate, as bad boys
sometimes do. He pushed him from a
bank into a river and the little boy
was drowned. l saw his poor little
body after it was taken out of the
! water and | heard the broken hearted
mother weeping over it, l knew OF
another little boy who grew up to be
( a thief and was sent to Jail because, |
( when he was young, his bad little
I schoolmatcs taught him how to steal |
pennies out of his mothers pocket J
! book. All, children. you cannot afford (
to 20 to school and meet the tempta-
tions of the playground unless you
take Christ along as your divine pro
tector.
Then. after awhile. you must go sti1
farther away from the protecting care
of your parents. As young men and
women you must 90 out into the great
wide world and live entirely away
from home. You must be like your IA
ther and mother and earn your own
living. Then, if you do not have Jesus
by your side, there are many. many
temptations which Will beset you and
trip you up. Are you now going to >
drive Christ away from your heart 4;
and life? Remember he is your chief
protector. l once read a beautiful -
story about a St Bernard dog which j,
was killed by the hand Of the man he =
was trying to save. 1t was on the IA -
nous st. Gothard pass, a road leading =
over the tall mountains of Switzerland. :.
which most of the year is covered with 4
snow. Travellers going over that pass IN
often become so banumbed with the -,
odd that they fail down and are fro -,
zen in the snow. The monks of a mon -,
lstery which was built among those II
Mountains used TO send out great big n
haggy dogs and hunt out the travel +r
RS and save them. Around the necks
I these dogs was tied little box fill ia
Il with food and wine, which the tray l.,
lers could eat and drink when the 70
ogs found them. Among those dogs dit
as one so intelligent and strong that m,
e had saved sixty-eight persons who M
nd been lost in the snow. But one hil
ght this intelligent dog found among th(
le SHOWS a traveller nearly frozen 10 mo
'ath' and so to warm him and bring TTo
m back to life the great dog stretch u-o
his big body upon the dying man. dor
your mother might cover you up fv,
lth fur lap robe when YOU 90 cbo
Aighing. After awhile the traveller ",,,
Yoke. He thought the big dog living oro
on him was big bear or wolf He ~
Ok out his knife and drove 1t into the and
art OF the dog and killed It, Then NV
monks, missing the dog, went out tho,
search for him and found the dog bIo,
d the man both dead in the snow bis
the man had only known that the od
was trying to save him he would risl,
re been thankful to him instead of marc
ing him. and his own life would MI I
'e been saved. But. you see, he did Won
Know what friend the dog was. we,f
W do not want you to make such won
llstake as that. l want you to un- dran
Lo,t e- .Liut Onrlst Is your friend, will
s.,,,' 60 ilieiiu you can nave for he their
a,. ~ iioiil uylhg eternally. So your
.i,,, & spu ~ "eicolne nm and cling be b
nm when he wants to help you and bv n,
you not only from the sins of the Won
but also from the sins Of If is
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