Milford chronicle., 1903-01-09
Joys of the Coming Montns.

Joys of the Coming months.
Happy new year to you. sinful man
Why happy? Because during the com
ing twelve months you shall for the
first time enjoy the sweet blessings and
eXhilarations of Christian service. The
joy of a self sacrificing Christian life
/ does not appeal to the average uncon-
secrated man. He says to himself:
"What is the good of sacrificing for
other people? They never appreciate it.
My doctri@e is to look after number one
and let number two look after himself.
The world will always ride willing
horse to death. Then the only obse-
quies that willing horse will ever get are
a scavenger's cart for hearse and a
glue factory for a crematOry. No, no.
no The beauties of self sacrificing do
not appeal to me. The more l have the
mere people respect me. The less
have the less they respect me. The
more l am willing to serve others the
more my motives viii be misjudged,
and will be misrepresented."
hoOLlC llAllC 1EO 1 WAS IluluE
the country on a long trip. The team
of horses was composed of a big, pow
erful animal who was just as lazy as
he was big and strong. The second
was a little wiry animal who tugged
ard pulled all day long. Yet, strange
to say, every time we came to a hill
the driver would take out his whip and
begin to beat the little horse. At last l
protested. l said: why do you whip
that little horse? Why do you not hit
that big, lazy brute, who is always
tagging behind and hardly keeping his
traces taut?" oh" answered the driv-
er, Il know you do not understand
much about horses when you ask me
such a question as that. The reason
hit the little horse is because he is the
willing horse. That big horse is the
balky horse. If l hit him, he would
Immediately lie down and begin to
kick this wagon all to pieces. There
fore l whip the little willing horse to
keep the big balky horse agoing." Then
soiiloquized to myself, for at that
time was not truly converted man:
"Ah. how true is that of the world. If
Il man tries to do anything for human
ity, he is the willing horse. He is
kicked and cuffed and cursed and
browbeaten. The balky horses, the
useless horses. the selfish horses, are
always the kindly treated horses and
+he hannv horses"
But though / made Iuat dea;.gr.o,.
many years ago have now en-
tirely changed my mind. The willing
men of the churches are always the /
happy men. The self sacrificing men |
are always the rich men spiritually. /
They are not the selfish men. They are
not those who will grab and keep all |
that they can. The Dead sea is bitter
and acrid and saline and repulsive
merely because it has no outlet and only
nlets, while the waters of the noun
-ain brook laugh and gurgle and sing
merely because it lets all its waters
'un away toward the sea. Who do
1Ou think was happier, Herod, bloody
Iercd, lOathsOme in mind and spirit,
II Paul, who had given up his whole
ife to Jesus? Herod. with jewels on
lis fingers, or the apostolic tentmaker.
With his hands greasy with ropemak-
ng? DO you think Napoleon was hap
~? Napoleon Bonaparte, the selfish
human monster, who used the map of
europe for chessboard; Napoleon, who
lsed to capture kings and queens with
nut conjunction; Napoleon. on his way
o coronation. who turned and bitterly
aid in reference to the cheering French
opuIace: Bah! They would curse
ne to the guillotine us gladly as they
Tould cheer me to a throne" Or would
ou sooner have the happiness of a DR..
)uff pleading for India. or David Liv-
lgstone pleading for Africa, or Adoni-
am Judson pleading for Burma, or
ohm Patton pleading for the New Heb
ldes? Who do you think today is
appier, the woman who is only living
Dr social conquest or the Salvation Ar
~ girl, going with loaf of bread in
ne hand and Bible in the other hand
} carry the gospel of Jesus Christ into