Milford chronicle., 1904-09-23

| been and always Will be the symDOl
! of purity, gentleness and love This
symbol was recognized in heather
times. Because the dove signified pu-
rity Venus had this bird as her en-
blem. Dean Stanley in relating his
oriental travels writes thus about the
ruins of Ascalon: 1.-The temple erected
to the Syrian Venus is destroyed, but
the sacred dOves-sacred by innumer-
able legends Of the spot and celebrated
there even as late as Eusebius-still
fill with their cOoings the luxuriant
gardens which grow in the sandy hOl-
lows within the ruined walls"
Nurtured by n Dove.
In the beautiful NEUROLOGICAL legend
Semiramis, the queen, was said in her
youth to have been nurtured by a dove
and at death to have been changed
into a dove. We find, however, in
Christian nomenclature the dove IS
also the symbol of purity and gentle
ness and divine love. In the Bible the
dove has the most hallOwed of assO-
Holy Spirit appeared at the baptism
of Jesus 1t was two doves that the
Blessed Virgin presented at the temple
as an oblatiOn for her publication aft
er the divine birth What says the
psalmist in reference to the mans re-
demptiOn from sin and his cleansing
through the blood of Jesus Christ?
Though ye have lain among the pots,
yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove
covered with silver and the feathers
with yellow gold" Oh, my friends,
in the beautiful vision of the doves,
the poor, the gentle, the loving, the
innocent doves, fiuttering to their win
dows, cannot you see the symbol Of a
future glorified and cOnsecrated as
semblage crowding about the sacred
affairs of Jesus Christ?
This migration of the redeemed and
spOtless multitudes of human beings
to Christs churches shall not only
come with the purity OF the dove, but
also with the swift velocity Of the
dove. 1t will not come with the lead
en- feet of a man who. having been
born in a Christian home, takes ten, |
fifteen, twenty, perhaps thirty years
to make up his mind to be Christian |
It viii not come with the slow proc |
esses some churches have, whereby /
their sessions or vestries or boards Of |
1eacons place the applicant for church
on probation. But these
new accessiOns to the churches Of
Jesus Christ will come to the front
'ank of Christian service and worship
Is quickly as the name Of a Saul was
hanged into a Paul. The new mem
,ers whom Isaiah saw in vision fed to
Jhrist's altar as quickly as the doves
ly to their windows.
Not only is the doves wing power
ully hurtled for quick flight, but that
light can be kept up for almost incred-
BILE distances. We find these wonder
ul flights recorded by the different
Olumbine societies in different parts
+ the world In 1868 thirty pigeons.
which are only the domesticated names
( the wild doves, were thrown into
be air at Liverpool and started for
ihent. The distance between these
wO places on a straight line is over
90 miles. The first bird which arrived
ONE made that distance in twelve
ours and twenty minutes If this
oming pigeon flew in a direct line he
-aveled at an average speed of twen-
r-tive miles per hour for twelve long
ours. Once pigeon was let loose in
ondOn and Travelled to Antwerp $50
lilies distant, in five hours. He made
n average of about thirty-six miles
er hour. In 1874 the doves speed was
,sted, when seventy birds few from
t. Sebastian, Spain. to Venice. On a
.raight line they Travelled a distance
over 600 miles. Homing pigeons
ave flown from Arizona to New York.
he enduring swiftness Of the dove is
leh that it can overly mountains and
zen defy seas.
Come to Christ Now.
The swiftness Of the doves fight is I
le Of the greatest inspirations to me ,
all of Isaiah's vision. Why the ,
Witness? Because know that we ,
in come to Christ now. oh, my broth ,
), it takes swift wing for you in an :
stant Of time TO cross over all that I
II country Of sin which separates !
~ from Gods dovecot. The distance
ON Arizona to New York or from st. {
Spain, to Venice, where |
ives have flown, is not as far. Tell /
e, o man, did you not start forth on I
'ur journey Of sin ten, twenty, forty !
Ears ago? Why, let me recount the Q
'ars. You have not seen a commun- Z
n table since your mother died. You =
i've not made one earnest prayer for c
n years. If was today to count '
'er the list Of your intimate friends q
would find them without exception to y
men and women who have not been a
the past and are not now living 9
lristian lives. Oh, my brother, my