Milford chronicle., 1904-08-05

5rrdqerv. as though their very happl- !
aoss danended upon raising their store
from a four story to ten Story ui'
goods emporium.
A Rich Mans Failure
Some time ago a lady visited an oiu
scbool friend who had married d ulei.
lhar+ in one of our eastern cities. 1hal
nIgbt when they were seated together
for a quiet chat she said, Clara no"
Is vour husband getting alongT MIS-
nrshIy,~ answered the wife. "Why'
how is that? Is he not making Ol
Of money? Is not this palace Oh
home your own? Is not his name VIII
ton high as one of the great nnahcie's
of this city," "Oh, yes" answered Tue
,r;fa "John is making a lot of money.
He is already what some people can
rich But certainly call am poor
When we started out in life we ulu no' |
have much money, but we had ehousl
for all our necessary wants. beslueS'
we had plenty of time for each olNei
and for our friends and for our church-
Tobn then only had a small store. lie
would get home for supper on tille'
Tben all the evenings were ours we
rood torether. We visited our frlehus
together. Some weeks John "ou'u
get of n whole day, and together We
would take a trip to the country anu
roam among the wild flowers our
SUNDAYS we're always spent together at
e,,,,ot ond in the home. But now
Iohn has sold himself to his work.
rarely see him. He works all day. lie
works Dart of the night He Always
has some business engagement on sun.
dav He makes lots of money Du'
+ben he only puts that money back mo
tho business. and therefore 1t IS not MS
10 use. He has TO keep on WORKING lne
harder TO look after the bigger ousl-
moss I certainly think that John Is
making a failure out Of life. lie Is u
Derfect slave to work, and we rarely
see each other for any of our old goou
times"
But this text has still another apph-
cation II is a word of reproor TO peo
nle who waste their time and strengll
in useless remOrse over their undutllu
conduct TO parents who are now dead
= Many men and women have sidetraeA
cd their direct duties to God by sWltcn
inc them off to a family plot. l re
momber some years ago, after l nae
spent four years iE the west Wen
TO Brooklyn to find my mothers grave
Though had lived over a quarter ol
:, century in Brooklyn. yet by the new
u e,-s+em of car lines established ther
: since | went to Chicago l couIu ho
d find Greenwood cemetery until ma
> baan mt off three different cars. Bu
though here and there one person. d
Il long absence. may be unable to mn
T his mothers grave, there are 'ho,
e sonds and tens of thousands Of peop
ie who have become blinded TO the hVll
u duties Of life because they will persl'
) in tarrying by the family plots Wnel
u sleep their dead. Useless regrets II
Il the dead may have a great part IN u
d. sidetrocking of our duties to God. WI
in was this Young disciple to whom Chrl
smoke? do not know. The BlDle 40
Mt not mention his name. But perhaps
lv belonged to that great multitude WI
re snend one half Of their lives in abusl
ke and neglecting the living and the OF
90 or half in mourning and sobbing ov
sv the dead. Their love and grief a
ne Durely Carlylean. They say III
or Thomas Carlyle, the disgruntled' fa'
NO finding iconoclastic philosopher W
ms the founder of big school of copyls
ar however that may be, l know the
his are many people who emulate the WI
nd or Of "Sartor Resartus' in one Ia
I After the death of his wife his
rl- bi+uol lament was, "Alas, alas, she c
,ev never know now how / loved ne
my During her lifetime he had for her ol
charm words and none of the little d.
aen cate attentions which would have ms
81 ber happv. After she was dead
ept was imbittered by his conscloush
: Of hts negligence and added 10
IN foult vituperation of the people aro'
had him Better for him and them had
ov- sorrow for past failure toward his "
-" led him to kindliness toward his llV
the friends. Perhaps this young man
-ar nv text was one who had III u
y q I
the now that he was dead he wal
7tal TO give him a big funeral DO
awe wonder. if this was so. that Christ S
,od Let the dead bury the deadF Z
rfst mortem eulogies can never atone
hat antemortem injustices.
,rist Told Her Too Late.
.om- In Virginia young woman was
mes. y widow with four small children
all taught school and painted and stit(
heir and took in washing and worked
dav and far into the night in orde
me-" send her boys to college and to give
orn- two girls fine education. After aN
n in these children grew up and went
ness info the world and left their old mo
, no / alone in the cottage where they
orbs reared. Being finely educated
n so grew ashamed of the mother who
inf I done so much for them. Her sp
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