Milford chronicle., 1905-05-26
Board Of Education Milford High
School.

But the intellect is an instrument
&c and the culture of intellect is purely
: instrumental, like the culture of the
eye, ear, hand. It has no moral
X character-it indicates none, and
IS without moral character, there is
l' nothing more dangerous than a
IL man or woman with a brilliant in
tellect. They are like a runaway
j. locomotives much power, not
&c running to waste, but running to
,e ruin and to the ruin of others.
III. We also learn that at Gods
Z call we should not try to make
conditions with God-as to intel
lectual attainmcnts, life positions,
rewards and opportunities before
we make to Him an entire moral |
surrender What sort of Christians
are we that go about asking for
the things of this life first, think
ing that it shall make us prosper
GUS to be Christians, when the
Great Teacher, who reads us the
great law, in which our Christian
life is set forth, has as His great
symbol the cross-the sign of con-
secration and obedience ? But it is
not suffering alone. Christ does
not stand primarily for suffering.
Suffering is an accident. It does
not matter whether you and l suf-
fer. Life is not enioype ent, not
not sorrow, but obedience and duty.
1t is not your business and mine to
study whether we should go to t.
heaven, or study whether we ~
should be good men or women-it :
is our business to study how we 81
shall come into the purposes of g
God, and have the unspeakaDle
privilege in these few years of do w
ing something of his work. ..
1t was in little city in Illinois.
at a rally made in the interest of CO
the Union. Soon after the war gr
broke or a meeting was held over Co
which U. S. Grant as an ordinary pr,
2itizen presided and Rawlins an -
1ther ordinary citizen, but r young
awyer of promise, made a speech. tn'
The result of that meeting was syl
hat regiment was organized and am
rant was made colonel, and Raw 20,
ms on his staff. The intimacy of ,
hese two men continued until the
var was over The vo,1ng Iawver tiol
led at the age of 80 as secretary to
war. He was faithful to his a n
hief everywhere. Their relations c;,,
ere clear and confidential,
Rawlins was not Grants servant =
ut friend, and it is related of him spa
lat he once rendered his regisna- stas
on from his staff because he he
ould not wholly abandon the use glir
Intoxicating liquors, which it is spr:
I'D the suggestion was taken kind not
and aC'ed upon by the General. a S
this be true it is the strongest nest
oof of fidelity as we'll as friend heai
ip. Suppose Rawlins had fore grey
en- the future greatness of the to Ii
neral and attempted to covenant and
tn him to take him along. That A
what men try to do with God. his {
ley want the results of being folio
IDS pledged before they make was
sir decision. What Rawlins did face
s to make himself so true and beau
thtul to his superior, that he rose veal
IN him. 1t could not be other er. a
Sc, Grant needed him because put
was SO necessary. and j
There is a sense, indeed, in which thing
man is necessary to God. He Silas
millions to choose from as Co
INT had and chose Rawlins. restoi
ere is another sense in which arice
uses the man who hastens to love
ust himself to what Gods king affect
n requires. There is always a into s
ce for such a man, speaking the '
r the manner of men. God and v
leth such. But avarice, selfish he 70
5, twin sisters, we'll known to His p
nan nature, pre-empt the Christ fear.
in our belief, thereby break
the chain of success. The
ven cry of Judas, "What will
i've me ?" is even the twentieth
ury slogan of many of the
Ids hosts who do not heed the
Ter call. For them, like Judas,
ere better had they not been
Wordsworth in his day was
with the evil of avar-
that he compared it to a pois-
vine wrapped so tightly about
favorite tree, that the removal
ne meant the death of the other.
1t in his most famous story
-ge Eliot tells us that avarice
es utterly away before the
h of love. Silas Mariner was
'iCtim of the b1aclyest ;roret;