Milford chronicle., 1905-06-16

'Ah,' says the world, I need you. Go tC
work in my service and great shall bt
your reward"
The Love Burden Of Home.
But as Paul begins to strap the diff.
ferent loads upon a mans back, as
the Arabs of the east weight down
their camels for the desert journey,
and yet the man grows stronger and
stronger as he bears these burdens. 1
see Paul lift another heavy burden and
place it above the top Of the physical
and the mental burdens. This last
burden is the love burden of the home.
When Paul says, Every man shall
bear his own burden" he also seems
10 say: Every man, if possible, shall
care for his aged father and helpless
old mother. He shall care for his wife
and children He shall look after his
helpless brothers and sisters. And in
caring for these domestic love burdens
he is also developing himself and i1-
creasing his own strength"
Who are the strong men of this tOwni
Who are the giants physically, men
tally, morally and spiritually? Are
they the men who grow up with the
idea that they would not take unto
themselves a wife and the care of chill
dren until great financial success was.
theirs and they could live in Easy
streetE Did they refuse to marry UNI
til they could take their brides to as
fine a home as that in. which the girls
fathers and mothers were passing the
evening time of their lives? No. In
evitably they are the men who had.
nothing to start with but two stout
arms, clear brain and a willingness.
to work. Hardly had they got a foot
hold in business when they married.
They married mostly on faith, hope
and charity" for they had not much
else in sight. Then came the children.
And in these young mems struggles to
provide for their little ones and to lift
the burden of domestic love they de-
veloped their strength to herculean
proportions
There has been a great deal Of fun
made OF President ROosevelt's denun-
citation of those who would shirk the |
burdens Of the home and not marry |
when they ought to marry, but / be- |
lieve Theodore Roosevelt is right. And |
would Furthermore state that one Of |
the great reasons why l believe our |
forefathers were men Of such sterling |
worth was because they not only be-
lieYed in having a home, but they also
believed that the greatest honor which |
could come to a man was to train up /
a large family OF boys and girls for |
God. And did they not train well their
large families of children? When Sam
uel the prophet came to the house Of
Jesse to anOint one of Jesse's sons king
of Israel the proud father presented to
the man Of God his seven strapping
boys. But Jesse was not prouder Of
his sons than some OF the noted New
divines were OF their children.
Only the other day / was reading over
a list Of the families of these theolO-
gians who so nightly helped to make
this country what it is today. Let me
read the list to you: Rev. Increase
Mather had ten children. Rev. Peter
Hobart had eleven children. Rev Sam
uel Danforth had twelve children. Rev.
Samuel Treat had thirteen children.
Rev. EdwOod Taylor had fourteen chill
dren. Rev. Nathan Birdseye, one Of
my own direct ancestors and one of
the most noted of Connecticut dfvines,
had sixteen children. The great Rev
John Sherman had twenty-six children
Jonathan Edwards had twelve chill
iren. Lyman Beecher. who was the
Father Of more brains than any Amer
can who ever lived, had thirteen chill
iren. These men as we'll as their lead
ng parishioners, most Of whom were
fathers and mothers of large families,
developed themselves and. believe.
became the strong men and women
hey were largely through the domestic
oads they voluntarily set themselves
10 lift. When young men and young
women shirk the duty Of going to the
altar because the duties there
ire heavy they stunt their moral and
mental and physical growth instead OF
Increasing their stature thereby.
Minister'S Love Burden.
"Well," says some one, 'what does
hat mean? Do you mean that must
marry, whether I would or no, and
nave a home?" Oh, no. II you do not
want to marry, am not here to tell
TOu to marry. But | am here to tel.
-Ou that for your own good. strength
md power you should have a love
burden. II you cannot have a wife
ind children Of your own, then