Milford chronicle., 1903-03-20

Side by side with the blues rode ol
walked the men who once wore the
gray-brothers now, with no rivalries
save with the rivalries Of trying tc
OutdO each other in kindness and broth
erly courtesy.
The Strength of the Nation.
But the third day of the celebration
was the greatest to me of all. That
was the time of the industrial parade.
What is the navy for? Merely to pro-
tect our merchants and artisans at
the seabOard. What is the army for?
Merely to protect the homes of our
mechanics and the factories and the
/ little stores. The strength of our ma
ton is not in her mailed hand of war,
but in her horny hand of toll. Yes. on
that day we saw NaassOns everywhere.
We heard the hammer upon the anvil.
We saw the baker cooking at the
stove. We saw the farmers plow and
the woOdman's ak and the typewriter's
machine and the printing press. We
heard in the fiOtillas which moved uD
Broadway and Fifth avenue the ma
tional song of a prosperous home in
dustry. And these flotillas were not
manned by the royal trappings of for
eign ambassadors. They were filed
with the artisans and the laborers and
the mechanics and employees of foun-
dries and factories in the common, ev-
eryday working clothes of men and
women living upon small salaries. All.
my brother do not complain because
you are humble Naasson. The pros
perity of this country rests upon the
wOrkingmaD's cottage far more than
upon the capitalists mansion or the
presidents White House.
But coming near to the earthly end
of Naass0n's life | find by this genea- /
logical account that God was keeping .
Just as much account of his life as he .
did that of Abraha or Jacob or Boaz
or David. Noasson in his humble ca
pacity and doing his lifes work well
was just as dear to his Divine Master
as if he had occupied Solomon's
throne or had built a Noah's ark. In
Iced, | sometimes think if God has
my favorites they are to be found
lmOng the humble workers. Abraham
Lincoln thought so. He once said.
God must love the common people
)etter than the aristOcrats because he
made so many of them" And Christ's
lotions when upon earth seemed to
'rove this theory. We find that he as
ociated for the most part with the
'oor and the humble. The greatest
arthly joy Jesus seemed to have had {
q a human sense after days preach {
nc in Jerusalem was to be able to
cave the capital and climb up the hill
pom which is situated the little village =
f Bethany and there lodge with his
ew friends in the home of Mary and
lartha and Lazarus. Thus, my broth
r, in your humble capacity, in your
Dscure home, remember that Christ
with you. Remember that he is d
you. Also remember that if 0
on do your work with his help to the il
est of your ability he will spea,; to h
Ou the same words which Sir Walter :
colt chiseled upon the tombstone Of 81
domestic who had served him long n
nd was buried in his family plot, Fl
Well done, good and faithful serv-
It," -,
If God rewarded Naasson. he reward cl
him not for being willing to serve 9,
m in place for which he was not p,
ted. but for faithfully doing the work ~
hich was given him to do in an incon-
icuOus position. A short time ago ~
resident Roosevelt nominated an Of n,
er to the position of brigadier gem Ii
al not because lie had gallantly led a In
arge in Cuba during the Spanish n.
nerican war, but because he was II,
lling when asked to do so to stay at ~
ME and faithfully do the organizing II,
)rk of the day. 1t is not always the m
IN who receives the applause of men M
10 will ultimately receive the ap-
Iuse of heaven; therefore let us do of
: humble work of life faithfully and nj
'nestly which God has given to us of
do. DO it even though we may be du
asson; do it even though men may mr.
lge that work to be useless. The bo
II Of one talent may receive just as co,
ge a heavenly reward as the man Of va
Copyright, 1903, by Louis Klopsch.I ex
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