Milford chronicle., 1903-01-09
safe in the arms of Jesus.
Safe on his gentle breast.

"Mother was not fCld of society Shf
was home body. She lived mostly for
father and US children" Well. my
brother. il your mother was a home
body and lived mostly for her children,
do you not see that if you refused to
repent refused to consecrate your life
to the cross, refused to be good
man and live a pure life, your sinful
acts would be damming back great
part Of her prayers and the good results
of her life? When your mother died.
you gathered up all the kind. sympa-
thetic letters which were written to you
about her past kindnesses. You also
had the officiating minister write down
his funeral address. Then you had those
letters and that address all printed and
bound together into a booklet, which
you called My Mothers Memorial" ="
But, man, the mightiest and most tri-
umphaEt memorial you could ever
make Of your mothers life is your own
life cCnsecrated to the service of Jesus.
She put her blood and her life into
your life. So, man, this ought to be
happy year for you. 1t ought to be
happy because by your own consecra-
ton to the service of the Lord Jesus
you are here and now ready to let your
mothers prayers echo and re-echO and
resOund in your prayers. Her good
deeds will find a true continuance in
your good deeds. Her Christ shall here
after be worshiped with sweeter look
because he is also now her boys Christ.
The holy endeavor to fulfill the past
pledges which you have made to God
shall ba another desire inspiring you
during this ensuing happy pew year.
All your past days have not been
bright and happy days. The meadow
larks do not sing when they hear the
merciless growl of the destroying ey-
clone. The red roses of June do not
like to rest their blushing cheeks
against a January snowbank. You
may have welcomed the many congrat-
1lations which your friends shOwered
upon ytu in your younger days of tri-
lmphs But you have also had your
defeats md heartaches and disappoint-
nents, You have also had your days
when v9u lay upon bed of sick
ness. You have had days when your
life was hanging by Il slender thread.
'eady to be snapped by death at any
Your wife and mother nurs-
iag you Ut the time did not think that
7ou full realized how sick you We're.
iou did. You knew it by the anxious
way the doctor watched. You knew
Jy the ire the nurses took in giving
he proper medicines at the exact time.
rhen-ol then in that dark hour you
'e,t as lid the poor fellow whom |
Juried SC ne weeks ago. One Saturday
Ie was 1T work in seemingly full
health. the next Monday he lay upon
-he opera ing table as last resort for
bis life. After the operation they told
BIN lie h: d to die He looked up in
pathetic ay and said: i do not want
10 Gle. l IN afraid to die Oh. do not
.es me die =. What did you do in that
hour Of yC II dangerous sickness?
the Dark Hour.
What di you do in that dark hour of
trouble. len you knew that no hu-
nan aid ould rescue you? Did you
hot pract ally say at that time, 20
Cod. il yu will make me well and
come to Y rescue l will give up all
nv life to thee and thy serviceY Yes,
sinful IN; God made you well. God
'cscued u. Have you kept your
)ledges to him? Have you given up
our sinful heart to be purged from its