Milford chronicle., 1903-07-24
End of the Nornre.

Then. after Il long journey Of many
months. have you ever felt in head
and heart in all parts Of your being,
mental, physical and spiritual, the e1-
ultant JOY of heading toward home:
Oh, then the bliss and yet the long
drawn out impatience as the journey
comes nearer to its close. The old
ships propeller will not reyolye fast
enough You hang around the chart
which is daily posted in the ship $
cabin 10 tell you how many miles the
ship is sailing You bother the cap
tain every time you meet him. saying.
Captain. viii we be able 20 get in by
Friday niShtf" Then if the ship is de
tanned. as ours was all night long in
fog just outside Of New York Larbor,
oh. how the time does drag. never
slept wink that last night on my
journey around the world. ] walked
up and down the deck. up and down
! wondered If the telegram had been
flashed To my folks frOm Barncgat
lighthouse that the Euuria had been
sighted. | wondered if they would be
down mt the docks TO greet me. And.
though it was stormy day when we
went up the Nurrows. l stood out near
the bow. ! was alone, entirely alone,
without kith or kin for travelling
companion; yet. when l saw my dear
ones upon the dock, | uudged the man
nearest to me and cried out: There
they are, There are my folks, There
are father and my sisters! Yes. there
they all are" And the tears Of joy
rolled down my cheeks. That is the
way the Christian voyager shall enter
the harbor of peace. The physical
ship in which he sails may be bruised
and battered by many Il storm. but
that will amount TO nothing. Then all
our loved ones will come down to meet
us. Oh, how many, many, many dear
ones are there! They shall all come
down to the banks | wonder if we
will know them at once. | wonder if
they Will cry when we wave back.
The Bible says there are TO tears in
heaven but do not think that state
ment is literally true l do not believe
we can see our own dear ones for the
first time without cryAg just a little.
But, mark YOU in that great welcome
they will only be tears Of joy and not
tears Of sorrow.
Thus, my dear friends, as voyaGers
upon the great sea of life, today l greet
YOU. ! signal you with the warmest
feelings of Christian joy stirring ny
heart. l feel that II is due to the provi- .
dence Of God that we have been
brought together. and therefore we
have boon brought together for a Chris
tian purpose. The sea of life is so wide |
that many of us only meet each other
this once before we sail into the harbor /
Of peace. Wien avessel becomes Il wreck |
and floats about upon the seas as a /
derelict it sometimes takes months and /
even years for it TO be found and de /
stroyed. 1t may take all that time. no .
matter how many ships may be hunt .
ing for it, Therefore, what l am to .
say to you I must say quickly. Human .
vessels voyaging over the sea of life, |
never allow any sinful current to turn
your prov from your Christly dcstlna-
ton. Never allow your sails to he
stretched for a popular wind. Never
allow your reckoning to be made from
any star but that which once CLEANED
over the Bethlehem manger. And
never feel, Christian vOyager, that the
storm of persecution will founder you
If you have Christ in the hinder part
q the ship. Christian voyager, If we
should never meet again this side Of
the harbor Of peace, I send you my
Christian salutation and love - Hail
and farewell!
copyright, 1907. by Louis Klopsch.l