Milford chronicle., 1903-08-28


ge- tinually surprised with their though;
the fulnesses and sacrifices and tender al
Ne tentions. When they do us the unex
Of pected kindnesses which only heavel
it can offer we shall delightedly exclainl
act 'Why, Mary, though l have been livin.
to with you now in heaven for a thou
sand years l never realized before how
thoroughly kind you could be-" Theii
spiritual beauties, their noble deeds
he their self sacrificing attentions, shall bo
he as changing kaleidoscope, ever re-
ne vealng to us new natures and wonder
nt fnllv new DEVELOPMENTS Of love
" ''.1-7---,--
e Heaven is to be place of manifested
IS gratitude, place where we can thank
d those whose self sacrifices helped save
g us when we were upon the earth. 1t
Il viii be place where we can lay at the
y feet Of our benefactors the rich golden
= shcaves of our lives which came as
= result of their seed planting Ii shall
t be place where others may rejoice i'm
our gospel cOnquests because their
q words of advice and their prayers and
their examples were the means of first
leading us to the foot of the cross and
starting us forth as gospel messengers.
Heaven must be such place. WHY?
Because most Christians never live long
enough on earth TO see the full results |
Of their services for the Master. But |
feW gospel workers can say, as did |
Simeon of old, Lord, now lettest thou |
thy servant depart in peace, according /
TO thy word for mine eyes have seen
thy salvation which thou hast prepared
before the face of all people" When
my father was born he was the young
est of thirteen children. My grand
mother was well advanced in years.
Soon after his birth she turned to her
husband and said, "Oh. David, am so
sorry that we viii not in all probability
live long enough to see little De Witt.
our baby, grow into strong manhood
and consecrate himself as a laborer in
the vineyard of the Lord Jesus Christ"
As with my grandmother the regret
which nearly all Christians have Is |
that In an earthly sense we shall not |
live long enough to see the harvestlngs /
or our gospel seed planting We shall {
not live long enough to see our boys t
!
and worked and prayed, grow up into v
Christian men and women and see n
them as teachers in Christian Sunday q
schools and leaders in evangelistic p
and perhaps elders and minis /
tcrs about the communion table of the 81
Lords supper. But in heaven we shall in
know about the glorious results of our W
Christian lahors. In heaven the re- W
deemed me'hcr shall not only see her W
children, but her childreu's children. til
VINO have been saved through her NJ
prayers and conservation. In heaven pc
here shall be rejoicing everywhere. be he
ause we shall there know that through
ne results of our labors the dead are ha
live again and the lost are found" tn
With the sanity Men of ola. re-
And. oh, how many redeemed i'm os' e
lortals we shall have to thank in that ~
cavenly kinsdom John Todd. Won "a
'erc dead thirty years before l was ~. ~.
orn, but | shall in heaven thank thee ~
II the yellow leaves of that old book 81,
found in my fathers library of 49,
hich you were the author. That book .4.
as one Of the means used by the ~
oily Spirit of turning my thoughts to- ri
ard the Christian ministry. William 10
. Milburn. twenty years blind chap +ho
in of the United States senate thou is :
DIST not, in all probability. ever hear him
my name. With thy sightless eyes bna
on dist make me turn many n crate +i.r
glance toward the Christ who in | ora
aven is today watching thy raptur- nov.
n.l lflairr F,..
ee, redeemed spirit thou who u
lrs ago MS a Sunday school teacher
the old Brooklyn tabernacle didst q.
I'd many an anxious tear over thy -
lolars. l would tell thee that today ~
the sacred ministry l feel the touch ~, ~
thy sainted hand and hear the ear 'i.'''
It tone of thy pleading voice. Yes. -
re are many spirits in heaven we ~
uld thank for what they did for us III
en- upon the earth We would thank ,.I ileii
,ico and tIS+ tlo,n iI is1o,es' 40 we an thou
10 ni,,b+ Io a,,...,,t1l -. KinC
leuiahs. essel
ut if heaven is to be a place OF 10,
infested gratitude it is also to be - -
lace of glorious "reminiscences. At !,
camp fires of the Grand Army re- ~. :
ms we have heard the old veterans -
ing over the struggles, the defeats ivt'ns ,',,I'
triumphs of the civil war. We nan
e heard what comrades at Shiloh tile tLou
,I,o+ -1si..''' 1i1 reade
he old veterans the struggle of the
war is never an old story. So in
heavenly reunions the gospel vet sam
S will love to talk over the Chris ne
struggles of the past clerA
Christian comrades one will say: llsne'
% +hosa .'-''t .i.ie "iiel VIZ byteri
result of those prayer meetings e5 500, noo
a glorious revival we had "a 70 s-I
lred and twenty souls for Christw 600 =,
F., says another, "that reminds me : COO
hat n bopd T,,,T IL, Ef-fNe