Milford chronicle., 1905-01-20

RI NNAAh was uuS up G0uAdAuluB lue DOu,
i. Of Tullia. the daughter of Cicero, tn
4. famous orator. such a lamp was founC
4 among her bones. 1t was a strang,
70 idea to give the dead a light on thell
: path beyond the grave. Better far Is
n the Christian hope that the divine
light, kindled during life in their souls
will shed its rays on their path to the
heavenly haven.
n Guiding Beacon.
d Our divine light is a quickenlng and
/ Transforming light. 1t is also a guild
J. ing light. It not only calls into spir-
: itual activity those human seeds buried
r in the quagmires Of sin; it guides to
I Christ those wandering souls which,
e like a mariner who has lost his reck-
, oning, are drifting toward the rocks of
r destruction. How many a weary soul
: tossed in the storm. with hope and
courage failing. may find strength and
spirit revive as it sees the divine. light
kindled by the grace of God in your
soul shining out clear and true, as the
sailor is cheered by the sight Of the
Diamond shOal light, which signals year
in and year out fifteen miles to sea-
ward off Cape Hatteras, or the Cape
Charles light burns upon the water
front of old Virginia, or the Hog island
shoal lighthouse burns off Rhode Is
land, or the Braddock point lighthouse
stands sentinel upon the banks Of Lake
Ontario!
/ How necessary that the Christians [
light should be always bright and shin
ing! How many souls there may be
looking to it for guidance through the
storms of life! If it failed to burn,
those souls might lose their way as,
were the Barnegat light snuffed out,
some noble ship freighted with precious
lives might in the darkness go crashing ,
on the reefs. Near Michigan City :
enter a lighthouse established there I
many years ago by the United States
government. l see there an old wom-
an, over eighty years Of age, Of the s
name of Miss Harriet e. COlfax. For ,
forty years she has cared for that Z
precious light. / say to her: Come, a
let us take a night off and go see some
friends. You have been faithful +
to our government long enough. h
Take just one night to yourself in forty a
years" "0h no. she would answer. 4
Il cannot go. Tonight there might a
come up storm. A ship driven before !,
the wind might head toward these dan q
gerous rocks. The captain, standing ;,
upon the bridge, would peer out into a,
the darkness, saying: Where am I? is
1ffr1, I,
1t hand. Harriet Colfax has never n.
allied me in the past If l failed him 7
onight, perhaps that captain and all ~
lis crew might find watery grave. l h,
annot go tonight. l must attend to ~,
he light l cannot go tonight" a
Be Careful of False Lights. or
Would you have simile of Miss Col ne
AXIS answer? As 1. a seaman. sail ur
yer the sea Of life find l have been sa
certain spiritual lights as an
AXE Ontario captains watch Michigan "
tty lighthouse. If these spiritual do
ghts had failed me ! know that I 7
'ould have been lost. 1t was my vol
Iothers prayers. my fathers guild tv
ice; it was certain Christian leaders tbe
lnds which led my right As l was rim
'pendent upon the spiritual lights Of gin
hers l know that others are watching 7
'ur spiritual lights and mine. TIL,
an. 0 woman. be careful and not gin
We out false lights to your fellow me,
lristians. Be careful that you do not bOu
y one word which might lead some ing
e to leave the right course. It was the
st sentence. Il do not believe in the mis-
citements of revivals." uttered by can
e president Of Princeton college, that and
pit Aaron Burr from becoming a Won
ristian and man Of God instead of mis-
monster of iniquity. Watch well your in
es lest your inconsistency causes Hut
ne weak soul to stumble. As Paul darl
q ne would eat no meat while the nall
rid endured if meat caused his w
'ther to offend. so do you beware call,
t your indulgence dim the light war
ich you should be giving. Ye are oues
light Of the world. Ye are the that
standing sentinels over the cofH
ks of sin upon which many Chris inc
craft will be wrecked if your light wife
IS out Burn brightly. Burn true. brotl
are a guiding light. our
ut l find the divine light in man must
Ks after Gods weaklings in a tenn dead
al as well as in n spiritual sense. pei Ii
trlves to lift the iron heel Of tyran- God
from the PROSTATE neck of the help hear
1t labors to prevent injustice and worl,
ne and evil temptations of all sorts mess
n walking unchallenged through and
streets to be a menace to the lives light
our boys and girls. It sees that re,
class Of men shall not be allowed
Iuench this fiendish thirst for the
d Of another's arteries. Darkness
le symbol of sin. Light is the sym "Ar