Milford chronicle., 1904-12-09

u sSo- 'aNNSoaf anu We are Eidu lndI You
state will hereafter be known as til
home Of one Of the greatest artists o
this generation"
What would do if received ssscl
a letter as that? Would nut that Let
ter away and say nothing? Would
'walk around with sepulchrai coynte
llnanee and dolorous voice, saving. Il
Fhave won a $1,000 prize and interus
ftiOnal fameY No; my eyes would
Hash, my cheeks would flush, my
nerves would tingle with glorious ex-
/ teitemeht. would go home at once to
my wife and children and say: Loved
ones, my artistic position is now as
sured. Twill be able to earn for US all
the money we need" If the news that
we have won an earthly prize makes
us so HAPPY, how ought we to feel
when we realize that a heavenly and
eternal blessing has been conferred
upon iis2 Shall we not sing a cheerful
song when we realize all that Christ
has done for us and ours?
The Gaming Holiday Song.
Our coming holiday song should sing
the joy Of eur salvation. 1t must do
more than that. 1t should sing about
the happinesscOf some one else. There
fore cur new song should be a helpful
song. Jenny Lind, the great Swedish
Nightingale" regarded her voice as a
| gift from 'Ged- bestowed that she
might help her fellow men. May we |
lock upon our lew song to be sung to |
Ged as song 10 help those who are
in physical, mental or spiritual dis
tress.
Oh. that we IN our coming holiday
song could have the beautiful purpose
which 'the human thrush" Jenny
Lind, had i'm her gentle, consecrated
Christian heart! She was always doing
some kindness TO others. Lablache. the
great Italian basse, when he first
heard her, said. Her voice is 40 true
that each note is like perfect pearl"
Jenny Lind heard what her great Ital-
Ian contemporary had said When she !
met him at their first rehearsal she :
smilingly stepped to his side and took :
hit hat; then. placing her lips to its :
ndge, she sang a beautifus French 70. :
nance. Then she gave hfHa back his =,
nat, saying. There. NJ. I@blache, is :,
your hat, filed with my pearls of =
iong." That was a beautifal compli- :,
nent by one great artist to another. =
But Jenny Lind did more than sing -
landfqls of musical pearls info La ~
'lache's hat; she sang thousands of -, ~
ollars out of the worlds pocketbaoks. =
hen she scattered thousands and nun - -
reds of thousands of dollars every
there. She gave away 10000 forms p
hen she made her triumphant music. u. ~
tour through Germany. She gave to -, -
ngland's poor over 100000 when this
ueen Of song sang in the kingdom o,,e
her great sister Queen Victoria. She 10,
ave $4,000 tG Americas poor when -,
le Travelled through our states. As ~
9nny Lind sang to net fellow men and
omen d helpful song. so should we
axe our new song Of the holiday sea
n helpful song.
A story of PaEaninf. ;
Your new holiday song-how is it wh
be made helpful to your fellow men? @ con
it to be made so in temporal sense? "oi
le day Paganini, the greatest yiolif- ~
Of the ages was walking through sun!
streets Of Vienna. He was then at ~ u"',
height of his fame. He had kings sIa, sli'i
snoto. .Is go 49, n",ious I UeHulns under Chri
sical composer who was accompany -
him suddenly turned and pointed NJ,
little ragged urchin scraping away tho
an old squeaky violin. There. Pa co...
lini' said he, 'fs one of your coun- ana
men," With that Paganini crossed tIo n
''teet anu Desan 10 taik with the laid
e beggar. On hearing his tale of live
'ow the great Italian master snatch nl,vo
the squeaky fiddle from the bows poos
d and began to play. Never did of Fri
lie thoroughfare of Vienna hear tbis
sublime music. After the piece earth
ended Pagantni passed his hat VIII
md the crowd and then emptied villop
'ile Doy pocket the gold and the the l
r he had collected, saying, There. the {
lad, take that home to your sick the h
Ter and buy her the medicine she fork ,
s. During the coming Christmas song
ays will our new song be helm days
ne, IN a temporal sense, as Paga- hone
$ was a blessing to the Vienna throu
t arab5 When you buy presents which
your father and mother. wife or ger s,
and ana child, brother and sister tomb
friend, will your new song inspire dying
also to buy bread for the hungry of all
for the naked and medi- well ;
for the sick? hereaI
len we sing our new song shall we tCo
spiritual blessings to others also?
great hosts which shall enter
en may be augmented if we sing 70
lew song as we ought to sing it. T''Iu
les II. Spurgeon, the famous Lon W Il
preacher once had wonderful ooo roI''' I
n. He saw great throng pass ooU,
through the gates Of the new Jeru- soli
J. who are these, and whence .oi :
tiey:' he asked. These" said 'i'i'S
uide, ARE the apostles and mar- P,tS