Milford chronicle., 1904-04-01

Il ''NSn Her 10 the best of doctors. bu
J. they all say her case is homeless
e "Merciful heaven CALCULATED. "Wha
an afiiiction to fall on so beautiful ;
ehiid!' And as l looked sympathetic
, ally at the bright little creature. Sc
sadiy shut out of one of the joys OF
life, l said to myself, How thankful
ought l TO be for the power to sing
coos praises and to proclaim the Cos
pei Of Christ to my fellow men!' Have
you ever thanked God in the spring
ulhe Tor the power of the human
voice?
cal nid@ H. eias
Like the song birds, God bids us sing
because he has given to US an open
neaVen in which to sing It is one
thlhg to have voice with which TO
sing, but it is just as essential TO have
suitable place in which you can sing
| II Is one thing to have a musical
lnroat like the song thrush. in which
al the siren spirits of the hills and val
leys can find melodious expression. but
II Is another thing to have the beauti- |
iui voice of the yellow tipped canary I
huShed into perpetual silence by being
uOhlclled in dark room or in q
dungeon. If singing bird were com.
peiied TO live in a ground mole's tun
mel, or to work like the moths win
their mouths wrapped up with woolen
garments, he would be as dumb as
they
Thank God, then. for vour musiG,1
throat and for your opportunities for
using 1t. David Glasgow Farragut
one OF the most respiendent characto-
IN naval historg was born July !. 1891
y" i'n me exception Of an engagement;
IN which lie participated rs a mere bov
OF thirteen, Farragut never smeued c
SChpoWder in actual battle until he Q
was siNty-one years of rye. For nenr 2
" Hlty long years he walked the sbin.s i
Ieck IN times Of peace. Had he hoo, Il
.euIeu at sixty years Of age from tie n
service American history would have W
lau one OF its brightest lights snufrel st
'ut before it had had any opportunity I
o SHINE. john Milton, in some re- il
Iects' Is the greatest name in English IN
literature. Yet old. blind and neglect
u Dy his people, lie had to write for
Osteilty because the men of his own bi
mes ana generation would not listen us
ms poetic song. Edmund Burl,o ii,
he OF the greatest of the EnglisI trl
OF his time, most of his life is
as practically statesman without vi
Office or, if in Office. one who held Ii
very subordinate place SO little was vo
honored by his parliamentary col. sol
agues that it was once said. No man lou
uld empty the house of commons So lou
hckly as when Edmund Burke arose PAL
speaks Jonathan Edwards. the L
eatest of New England theologions bir
Is driven out of his Northampton nes
lplt IN 100 and for eight long years day
nDlest Of American metaphysicians As
ed in the little village of Stock. unC
age because no first class church ed
nted to hear him preach. Henry scu
VIA Ihoreau, after publishing his thei
'tora4 masterpiece, "A Week on the goo
lcord and the Merrimac Rivers" wht
lld nnd so few buyers that the Dub- the
lers threw back seven-tenths of tba or
L edition upon his hands. II was ot you
tiihe that Thoreau bitterly wrote, they
luse now library of 900 volumes. dow
Oh which l wrote myself" oh. then
we have seen many and many wat,
nan birds with musical throats who road
ID sing If any one wanted to hear mus
N sing. But the trouble is that first
lsands of men can sing who have to 81
opportunity to sing. Thank God. grav
brother, if you have not only tai. Of 50
3 Dut present opportunities for us aslee
those talents, in your Masters will
ice. ohar,
Our Opportunities, tben
all probability there are few of then
ere who have not our opportuni. make
When the American feet was wo
L TO enter Manila harbor some one drum
osed to the American commodore Then
the coal barges be sent ahead. If Hand
We're any hidden mines in tbe over ,
Or It was better to have pieces of the III
blown skyward than human will
y 10 that advice Commodore birds
y sald: mo; the Olympia shall each
hrst. For two reasons do make wOod'
lecision. First, we need the coal
reated and the coal ships are de-
ed we are lost. Second reason. l r.
waited thirty years for this Oh
nlty' and no man shall take If tI,Su
from me-" Commodore Dewey .-,. 1-S :
laye had to wait thirty years for - So,nt
portunity, but we do not have IN .1,.-n., -,i7
me month, one week or one dav $50
hour to serve Christ. Today ,e'..'. oulie''
portunity is here. Like the song 49,. ,i,',.y
we have musical throats with taa,1e,i lolss u
to sing, and we also have the o''uei
eaven under which to sing. We -
he talent and also the opportu. e.IeIon, oI51on
use the talent. ia6
the song birds, we have a mag PI. pIl. :, "
subject for our songs. Every 60. la'
'reat sculptor is inspired by his ~. ~ tne m
Artists have their models ar DluS us, US
ortrait painters strive to repro @,,.',- - g''ci
face, but an immortal artist Slnsilis S,Ils,li.,
more than n mara fooo r. NAA A9N .