Milford chronicle., 1903-11-06


your children you are rich! You are
magnifcently and gleriously rich. God
has made you sole guardian Of your
little ones.
Maternal Opportunities.
Oh, the paternal as well as the ma
ternal opportunities which are offered
to the consecrated Christian widow
hood of the present century! Some
time ago a beautiful faced lady was
going through one of the great depart
ment stores in Columbus, o. She saw
there a large eyed. wistful looking cash
hoy. who was watching her and her
son. My child" said she. would you
like to 20 horne and be my little boy?
There you could have money and play
things and horses ana carriages to
make your life happy, as my little
boys life is happy?" Il do not know,
mum. whether ! would like those things
or not" he answered. LAS yOur little
boy a papa? If 20 with you. will his
papa be my papa: | want "A papa.
Because, mum, before my papa died !
had all those things. and now that my
papa is dead have nothing" All. yes,
there was pathos. unfathomable pathOs.
in the answer of the little cash boy.
But that answer is not true in refer
ence to all fatherless children. When
their fathers died they did not all lose
everything. Their mothers not only re-
mained their mothers. but they became
their fathers also. 0 woman who art
a widow. I sympathize with you in
your sorrow and your hard lot. but
let me congratulate you, too. on the
opportunity God has placed within
your reach of honorably and heroically
performing double duty. In pater-
nal as well as in maternal sense you
are accomplishing much for the tenn
poral and the eternal lives of your chill
dren.
The consecrated widow is rich in the
kindnesses and sympathes which are
shown TO her by her friends and neigh
bors; rich because the chalice of sOr-
row which is placed at the lip is not
entirely filed with acldlties and bitter
nesses and unsavory nux vomlcas. but
it is also saccharined and nectared with
the helpful sympathy Of her true
friends which mingles in her cup Of
woe.
The World Is Kind.
1t is amazing how many kindnesses
there are in this world if only one
stops to catalogue them. You can see
those kindnesses manifested every
where. a few years ago a man was
caught in the crowd that sUrgPd into
the cars Of the Rrool4yn bridge. He
was iammed this way and that His
hat was battered and crushed. The
more he veLemently denounced the peO-
pie as savages the more he was hus-
tied and pushed along. When he was
ut last seated and was still complaining
Il gentleman next to him turned and
said: My friend, am afraid that you
have got lntO the condition of only
looking upon the bad side of human ma
ture. Now. | have schOOled myself to
look upon the good side, and to help
me in my task of looking upon the
bright side every day carry note
book and jot down every good thing
see people do to other people. For in
stance, today on my way to the bridge
my hat blew off. l chased 1t. but be-
fore could get 1t three other men
whom had never seen before ran
after that hat. One of them caught it
and brought II back to me. Now. that
action was certainly unselfsh on his
part, and yet you can see the same un-
selfish act performed on any windy
lay.
"As l was crossing City Hall park"
le continued, "a woman in front Of me
ost her glove. Two newsboys saw It
md ran to get it for her. That certain !
y was unselhsh. On my way down
Broadway truckman's horse fell. In !
nediately the drivers of three other
Iucks stopped their horses to help the
nan who was in difficulty. That also
was unselfsh. These are but little
hings, but everywhere you will see
nen and women doing just such kind
hings to their neighbOrs. When this
,ar stops you viii see four or FIVE gen.
lemen take their papers and give them
o the newsbOys for them to sell them
,ver again. All these facts certainly
ihOw that the human race is not a
collection Of savages. My friend. you
iad better look upon the bright side of
human nature and not dwell too much
lpOn the dark side"
The widows Riches.
The sermon which the Christian gem
leman preached in the cable car Of the
Brooklyn bridge is certainly true Ev-
rywhere one can see many klndnesses
toward those who are in
distress. if those people in distress are
worthy Of human kindness. And so,
widow. though you may have had your
Jumps and knocks, as that indignant
assenger had who was trying to get
ltO the train. though you may have
ad injustices practiced upon you-for
hieves and murderers from time i'm
memorial have always felt that widows
nd orphans were their legitimate prey
you have also had many kindnesses
hov-u vOu opd vottrs In old UuuIiqh |