Milford chronicle., 1903-11-20
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E~~-%~+ANA AAAetNANo "a lfANA AbA lAN y
ance and practice Of Ch isiian
sizes and of the minor virtues that e.
very far toward making " Tho ri 81
individual human character. gne tcAt
is zechariah iv, 10, "WAJ hath despiseC
the day of small thincs:"
The worlds favorit9 monocle is the
telescope. We admire q oc;s for E'anT
different reasons. Iuc 5r lie ,J'
Their b!GL ss. L}c.y t-utst Walls %
see Niagara falls. 1t is the biggest OF
all falls. And Mount Everest. 1t is
the highest Of all mountains. And
Kilauea, because that volcano has the
largest crater in the world. We would
ascend the Eifel tower. 1t is higher
than any other tower And we would
circle the Ferris wheel because it is
larger than any of the other wheels.
The human race, conscious that it is
finite, aspires to explore the infinite.
It's conception of the sublime is not
the dwarf, but the giant.
BHt, though tremendous bulk or mag
nitude or hugeness or immensity has
for the human eye an awe inspiring
fascination. yet today l want to point
out some seeming insignifcances which
are more essential for the worlds
peace and harmony than was the Co
lOssus of Rhodes, or the hanging gar
dens of Babylon, or the temple of Di-
ana at Ephesus. or the palace of Cyrus,
cemented with gold. or any of the 9TH
er seven wonders Of the world. l find
H,ak l..
wheels and bars and regulating hand
and handspring and adamantine jew
els, yet It has also its little screws and
little wheels and little cogs and little
pegs, which the jeweler has to study
under the clarifying eye of the magni-
flying glass. also find that the abb
sence perhaps of one Of these little
screws or cOgs might stc1 the whole !
machinery of my watch 4; surely as if
l should snap the mainspring.
Vital Esseptia1s.
Seeming lnsignificances may be vital |
essentials. Some years ago, when cross
ing the Atlantic ocean, the companion |
with whom I was travelling one day
suddenly flung open my staterOom door
and cried: Come on deck! Something
has happened to the shipr" When ar
rived on deck | found scores and hun
dreds Of passengers excitedly watching
the strange movements of the ships
course. Instead of plowing ahead. we
were slowly moving around to the
right in a perfect circle. Just then an
officer passed me. and / asked: "What
is the matter. lieutenant? Is the rud-
der brOken?" "Oh, no" said he. I'VE
are merely testing u new compass. In
order to find out whether 1t is perfect
we had to wait until we were far away
from the magnetic effect of rocks and
hind. Those influences may not seem
TO be much. but they may entirely de-
Hect the accuracy Of tho compass nee
die" Many years ago a large ship was
wrecked because small piece Of steel
from the point Of a knife was driven
into the wood near its compass box and
made the compass finger false guide
Thus, my friends, would take for
my theme today the "Small Essentials"
Of life. | would try to show you that
many OF the seeming insignificances
and the despised mOnads are pregnant
with large brOOds Of influences. every
one Of which Will have large progenies.
A cholera germ may be so small that II
IS not visible to the naked eye. II. how
ever. 1t Is let alone In its work Of devas- !
tatiOn it can soon crowd the wards Of {
the county hospital with invalids aud
keep the undertakers' wagons busy by
day as well as the nurses busy by I
night. / ask the striking question
which Zechariah put In times Of old.
''WhO hath despised the day Of small /
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Personal Apparel. {
Small essential the Hrst: Appropri-
0tenoss AID neatness Of personal ap- I
DarpI- appropriateness and neatness in a
reference to the coat man wears 4
upon his back, and to the shoes on his I
Beet. and especially In reference to the :
Of the linen he wears about b
lis neck, and to the modesty with Il
which be is attired in public God 1
would never have condemned the u
tcaHis and the chains and the bracelets T
Ind the rnfiies and bonnets and the or 4
lameats OF the legs and the headbdndS
Ind thS tablets and the earrings and r
he nose Jewels and the changer Bile b
Iuits Of apparel and the NANTES and Il
he wimples and the crlspIng pins and d
he glasses and the fine linen and the II
foods sud the Yells" OF the naughty b
daughters Of Zion. "who walk with II
tretcded forth necks and wanton eyes, 81
Walking and mincing as they go. and b
lakipg a tinkllng With their feet" un- 81
ees there was a direct connection be- 4
wees n mans inner character and his Il
Sartor Resartus." or PHILOSOPHY Of "
'sothea." Paul would never have COM n
aanded the women OF the COrinthian e.
inirch to veil themselves In public as Il
etnblHse Il he had net been convinced q
hat woman's disregard Of the social n
ustOms Of the country and the time Il
nphed lack OF mOdesty and purity. a
'here is, there must be. an unbreak- a
bic spiritual link binding a mans per NJ
Dnal apparel ard his heart. ''ClennIi. b.
ess Is next to godllness'' IL a trench %