Milford chronicle., 1904-01-29
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Character Judged by A,,oc,.,..

er taught this lesson to his son Soma
ume after his son, then a very vouno
man, was married his father visitad
nim' After he had passed through and
examined the different rooms of the
house he said: My son, there is one
mistake about your home see moth
ins IN the furniture in pictures uDon
the walls or books upon the fable to
ie"u me- II l was stranger TO this
nome TO judge whether you belonged
10 God or TO the devil. In every room
ana upon every wall you should al
ways have something TO prove IN vorr
eues's that you are child of God
man Christian life should be mani.
rested in the furniture of his house as
wen as by his outside surroundings "
"hat that Christian parent said in ref
erehce TO mans domestic life is es-
SeuuaIiy true in reference TO his ont
sue human affiliations. A wicked ,
mans inner character can nearly al I
ways be judged by his conspicuons :
avoidance of noble associates. Nv vour .
iuCDlate friends your Christian life is +
70 be judged as well as by the words 4
lhat you speak. !,
Dut wicked mans actions have Il
positive as well as a negative signi6- -
ahce. II by the absence from all good
associates a mans character rests nm
er dark cloud, then by his bold and ~ 70
eckiess defiance Of all the great moral :,
of the day his wicked life is -. ~
De judged also. 1t is one act to sin nj,
secret and to be ashamed of vour T..
us. 1t is a far more heinous act IN ~
lpHciy parade your sins and come IN a.,
uepraVed condition, in which Won do a.,
II seem to care what people may saw q
Ielerehce TO your life or how by nc
ur bold example they may be led tos
tray through your evil conduct
DePravity Hidden. II
Ihls Indictment against the actions loss
an evil mans life is the more posi. bis
because, even in the lowest forms ono,
outward vice, by the Language nj No..
ION the wicked man nearly always +riai
nus to appear a little better than no ,as
liy Is. Theodore Roosevelt who bos ~
student Of beasts and birds ana -,
'ers says that this characteriqtic - ,'I-u
90 e nan ehes are Is not al ansv
5 true Of all the inhabitants Of he nv
iral world as it is of men Ono ~
II visiting Nashville, Tenn no ..s'., u
u mocking bird, whose reputo. 49,. :" u =,
'Vi the most part rests pilralv =
ms ability for mimicry au IN
t hlght with sweetest music r.. 'He Il
rec Just outside his opened windo,. e'e'v
pIesluent saw and heard him. hv "a. a
wrote Mr.. Roosevelt .'bo ~ nIS
perch motionless for many min Spi,l s'oAe
llis Dody quiyering and thrilling - S,-v
NC outpour Of music Then bo ,''l
uFop softly from twig to twio CO..
the lowest limb was rpocbed
ne wouid Rise fiutterfnr ann lean a WI
Trough the branches bie . manlTe
Ceaslhg for 10 instant, until he @ mo'g pl
q the summit Of the tree and liay s.
ed into the warE@, sseDt la6on ni0 shies Il
'uuS In splrals with atitstfetcb65 t''''iOus
unll' as if spent. he sasE gentJv ue Us"
no the tree and down fBso,,vb aIce'
nches' While his song rose $40 81 Cnici
'sy OF ardor and passiouS' TfiAt ueiineiel
= song seems to have given the 'En Ji,u i've
- a. -9N. appreciation of he -.
1l tAe mOekfng bird. The SOM OHe uay
r3'ins in the darkness and 81 purchase
the night, showed that if bsd teHches
'mony ana melody in its bein9 by their
nearer had previously sunnos7 school'ea'
: unhappily, the converse e telligenee
true of hu4nan' beings. II IS sense he '
er nature thas they show nm their Grim
'ation. 1t is waea fbev tbinl lie you he
friends do not see or hear phemed. I
their worst claraefey,-,iol o young wor
yed' Many a man, whose M ca and utt
er observation is irreproucI,- injustice a
; when the restraints az nnb nft no wa
are removed, capacity eor language
d bestial sin. party to Sa
ed Worse Than They. ss..,,, est man, 81
Aeu person is nearly alwavs ,' sgeak' As
ne seems l put this bluny E mnen you p
you: "Oh, sinner with fro, Oe injured b
now dare you deseerBthr a wicked
Sabbath? How dare vS,,l agar. again manif
'iush upon your CHEEK r,( .,.1 ..I.le advant