Milford chronicle., 1904-02-26

le and down until at last the bayings OF
II the wolves call him into the darkness
o OF the northern forests, and the call of
r the Wild is answered by the response
1, Of the wild"
Obey the Divine Command.
u Is not society's call too often "tbe
i call Of the wild?" In the social world
Wheh you ave banquet do you not
LOT the most part ask only those in
your own social set? DO you obey the
divine command, when thou makest
uInner or supper call not thv
irienus nor thy brethren, neither thy
klhsmen nor thy rich neighbors. lest
they also bid thee again and a recon-
pense be made thee. But when thou
makest a feast call the DOOR the
manned, the lame, the blind. and thou
shalt be blessed, for they cannot rec
Onpense thee, but thou shalt be recon-
! pensed at the resurrection of the inst"
Is not society's call often the call of
the Wild because it is a call to selfish.
ness the call of only doing good to
/ them who do good to you? Is if NOT
often the call merely of wealth to asso.
clate with wealth and social caste with
social caste? Oh. We worshipers at the
social shrines, better heed TODAY tbe
Lenten call! Better snuff ont the many
hghts of the bathrooms and tbe han S
quet halls. Know We not that durinr, I
the spring fast the lowly Nazarene is S
knocking at the door of your hearts &
trying to get in?
us true we cannot reach Christ's for 4
I et TO go part of that religious way
Is better than no deed d
Nelther ought other mems abuse Of Tant G
SPUlI the good use. lest by that argument c
We forfeit all our creed ,
The Lenten Call. II
Inc Episcopalian Lent in the next h.
place is protest against business ab. er
sorption. II says to the merchant the iii
and the professional al
nan; lou have right to work. In
leed' you must work and work hard if If
you are to support your family arj XII
meet the financial necessities which m
ire yours. But, o man, you have no sic
iSht TO make the acquisition of money ad
ne chief object of your life any more th,
nan you have a right to live to eat lns
'y the sweat Of thy face shalt thou ou
at bread But that sweat should not do,
lake thee Indifferent to God or to tba wi
lSher purposes fife, for which tbou
ert created"
but the great danger of money max r
g Is that the acquisition of wealth sim
ay become a passion. The calls of Cbi
e money market become so great and tin
gent that an average business man lisb
es not feel that he has time TO stoD We
ID think about his relations 10 God tba
ma the Whirl of business activities ba uos
'is a great deal as did Oliver Wen. n ,
Il Holmes during his trip through Gre,
gland. He said he went so fast he Rrv.
u time TO talk with lots of peoDIe sic -
ne mad time TO have a true conver. and
lon with none" BY that the Doet vall
= - -ii1Int 'Lal ne had time to drop NE
:. "oiu ana there word. but he Phil
Ut through Europe so quickly he bool,
no time to exchange heart to heart Faro
uShts with great thinkers. as he did and
Il Max Muller when he lay in his sboul
Sc SICK for nearly week. Rut tba !
lSh the business world would de- amir,
III all or mans energies. the arm ii,
- - SEASON comes into busy mer home
nj life and says, 20 man. vou abont
'I,i-il De 100 Ousy TO take time the S
hlnk of your responsibilities TO the r
. SO the Episcopalian Lent sends about
best men straight into the very Chris,
I OF wall street. In old Trinity well a
ch IN the busiest part of the day feet.
lS the Lenten season we hear the obout
stlan preachers voice calling. as do in anf
MohammeGan priests from the in tbe
rets Of the eastern mosques: 20 the ",
less men, come to prayers! Come der n
ayers! o We business men. come ba co
ayers come TO prayers, come to Christ
,rsr'
A Plea For Higher Life. his dis
Lenten season pleads with bust to gree
men for the higher life, as l once as q 10
ROBERT Speer plead with a great friend.
nee Of men for the higher life.
said he, Il have always been nj,
ious By that l mean have al g. -
wanted to make the most out Of Nil.
1e. If had thought l could oh,,ra',, ,,.,'t,
made more out Of my life by en- ta+o .I0
the United States army | GER +ro,.,,
n 7 ,vo,,i3 Ia -, uole So had l fasting
; Iifo h.. na'e Llaue more out ly prer
bovo oo.SIs .eiins business l clesiasti
nave consecrated my energies onoa n
ley making. But I did think I should
make most out of my life by be- In tbo+
evangelist Of God. Therefore. ON. ~.
beg and plead with you. no mat. STsr,+ :,
o you are to live for +ba hitch. 80 -
n vo,, ~ -4'e ior Tue hlSher ship wit
an merchant; if lawyer. be a E16oa-1 80,
an lawyer; If a manufacturer. roro+,ors
TO-, --i''ii u thus large.
Iifo - 1--we Ior the After
Cbris+ia- yOur counter y changers
ic's borah uil,el. - MaAe your attempts
o,,r osslo q CnIistl"n oeneh. God into
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