Milford chronicle., 1905-09-29


ton Let us make a short summary o
the blessings Of our city lives and Sc
how much there is in them for whicl
we ought to thank God
We should in the first place thanl
God for our homes. l do not here us,
the word home in the broad. but in th'
narrow, sense 1t may be but a humble
cottage with poor, worn furniture; bu
ii is home, ana every article in it has
its tender associations. Perhaps it I;
more ahluent Then there is the more
cause for gratitude to God. Then we
should humbly thank God for our beds
and carpets and pictures upon the
walls, our dining room tables and
Kitchens and for the four walls of our
own libraries. want you to thank
God today for your city house which a
few weeks ago you looked upon as a
prison, but now, with its rooms and
its closets and its familiar entrance,
you consider the most blessed place in
all the world.
Blessings of Home.
1t is a strange fact that. in order
to appreciate our city homes as well
as our other blessings, most of us
have to be deprived Of them for awhile.
We are a great deal like that quaint
lGb0yer who was Il hod carrier. \
friend was commiserating with him be-
cause he had to carry his heavy load
of bricks up the ladders TO the top OF
a high wall. oh he said, Il do not
mind the going up much, for when
reach the top / always feel so con
tented when l put my load down
Most of Us, once in awhile. have to
carry a heavy load in order to be
happy whom we do not have any loads |
to carry. We must be separated for |
time from our blessings i'm order to /
appreciate them when they come back /
to us. We are like some people living /
in the climate of southern California. |
one Of the most glorious climates III
all the world. Here people sometimes
grow absolutely tired Of the sunshine
"Oh." said man TO me some time ago.
Il wish l could get rid of the sun. !
am so tired Of boxing at it. 1t is beau
tiful day after beautiful day i1r week
in and week ont and for month in and
month out l would that / could see
just one old fashioned New England
storm or Illinois blizzard" Yes"
answered my friend. You wish YOU
could see Chicago blizzard again. but
IS soon as il begins to howl about your
'ars and send its chills running up and
lpxvu yra41r baaf.brn. .,r,.r ,,,.,1-, ,-,.-
lug the fire you would mighty quick
wish you could feel again the glowing ,
Warmth of the California sun" II
oes seem strange that perpetual bless !
lgs can pail upon us We must be
eprived Of blessings for IA little While +
D appreciate them when we get them +
ack. This fact is especially true Of a
he comforts of our city homes. +
Longing For the Country. +
When the summer months drew near Q
st spring the city house did not look 4
S attractive to us rs it is today. We n
nged for that little cottage by the Il
ashore or we l0nged to give up n
1usekecping and have a change Of n
'oking and go and board at the sum NJ
eR hotels. We pictured the beauti- nj
u visions of sitting under the trees n.
nd hearing the bees hum. Our f.
ouths watered mt the idea of eating n,
e fresh laid eggs and drinking the ".
III milk, thicker than our city cream. III
le trunks We're packed; the tickets n,
ere bought; the city house was de- a
rted. For what? Instead of the l.,
autiful cottage by the sea, some Of ~.
exchanged our comfortable city NJ
mes for a little bandbox of a house M.
was so small that we had to 20 out n,
10 the front yard to turn around, or ~,
e we might have done ourselves a oo
ysical injury. Or, instead of the ~
eat wide parlors Of our city home. g.
We're shut up i'm two or three little -,
lms Of a hotel where it was so hot -,
1t, like the chickens on a sultry day, 10
had to keep our mouths open most
the time to catch our breath. Then 80
, food. Rich milk? Fresh laid eggs? -
licious vegetables? Oh, no. The ~. u-
st Of the farm products are sent to -, g.,
city markets. not to the country. ~, ~
: were crowded and jostled We had ~
read our books in stiff backed, un- ''-
nfortable chairs, or sit down under
trees, where we were always afraid
being stung by the yellow jackets" sto
instead Of our great big city closets AM
had to live for the most part in we
nks And the beds. Oh, my The ah'
ttresses must have been made out yo'
shavings. And everywhere you
ned YOU kept longing for the COM WI
IS of your city home. Now, my mo
nds. we are back to our city homes. olh
us thank God for them. Let us
nix God for the simple, wholesome anl
lis we have. Let us thank him for
sitting rooms. with their big COM sta
able chairs, and for the bedrooms, III
IRE we have a place for everything you
everything in its place Do not hea
to me Of the sublime blessings Of Il you
lmer watering place, but of the sou
lime blessings and comforts of our eXq
city homes. you
you
The Gold Setting. =
e should also thank God for our ;, - :
homes in n broad sense What ~
gold setting is to the precious ~
e the halls, the walls, the fire ~