Milford chronicle., 1905-11-17

/ please and to help the parents? lie
t me tell you a beautiful romance tfia'
ended in tragedy.
= why She Did Not Marry.
: Do you see that sad faced young wO
| man with the gray hairs just appear
ing amid her brown locks? Who is shei
Miss So-and-so," you answer. ''Why
, did she not marry?" "Oh, l guess be-
cause she did not wish to marry" you
answer. Oh, yes, she did want to mar
ry She does not want to marry now
because her heart is broken. Many
years ago a young man met her and
laid siege to her heart. She gave to
him the warm affections of her youth.
You think she las a sweet face now.
Aye, she was beautiful then. Her
cheeks were as red as the roses. Her
eyes were as blue as the sky. Her
laugh was as the merry chimes of the
village bells. The young man wanted
the wedding set at once. Her father
was taken sick He could not find en-
ployment. This young girl said: mo, I
cannot marry now. l must stay home
and help to keep the home for my par
/ ents and the children" He pleaded.
but she firmly COMPRISED her lips and
said: "NOt now. Wait for me a few
years and l am yours" He would not
wait Within two years he stood at the
marriage altar, but not with her. Mrs.
Grundy" talked for a few days about
a broken engagement, but she said
nothing. No one saw her weep. She
never cOmplained-that is, as far as
any one else has known. Whether she
wept in her room at night behind the
closed door we know not She broke
her alabaster box Of ointment Of spike
nard very precious upon her ia
theirs and mothers heads. She sacri-
feed her own life for her parents lives.
Fathers and mothers, have not our
daughters always been willing to sacri- /
flee themselves for you? 'Tis true per
haps they have not had to sacrifice the
love of some young man, as the heroine
of this story have told you had to do. |
But in every way have not your sweet |
faced daughters been willing to sacri- I
flee for you? Why, for years their 1
lives have been spent in trying to
please you. Let us beware that as Va.
grow older we do not, as some parents, /
become more and more selfish. When
our girls want to go with young folks
do not shut them up as in a nunnery,
and when the time comes for them to
mate, if that time does come, in Gods
good way let us be willing to let an
other step in and share that love, as
the mothers of our wives We're willing
that their daughters should give us
heir love. All, yes, we have had good
good wives, good sisters and
hank God, good daughters!
But l cannot close without mention {
ng one other bearer of the alabaster
)ox who has come into your life. She i
nay have been an aunt or a grand !
mother or, as it was with me, a dear,
Lffectionate Christian woman about
ixty years of age. In all probability
he came to you in a crisis. You may
AVE gone to her for sympathy; you
nay have gone to her for spiritual or 4
Material help, and she never failed you. \
Cannot you see her now? l can.
an remember just how she looked
yhen l first met her She was the ,
aint of my Chicago church. She was
ne who always lived to do good j
Vhen sickness came into our home she
7as always there Our babies were 5
er babies, our troubles were her trou- Y
les, our joys were her joys. 1t was a 4
ark, stormy day, the Good Friday be- y
)re Easter of 1902, that l last saw ?,
er. / had been east visiting my sick y
lther. She came down to welcome me n
Ome. She was always thinking of e
hers, never about herself. 1t was a ;,
ting, tempestuous day, and she z
lught cold. Pneumonia stabbed her
ngs. In one week she was dead, and
two weeks my father was dead. 1t ST
emed as though the sorrow of our *
,me was too great to bear And vet
day, as the memories of those patient, So
wing Christian women arise before 8
|, where do they lead us? Where are 10
ey pleading for US to go? They have lea
ven to us the best they have Have NJ
ey not done all this to lead us to that in,
ace where we may at last meet and daf
lere, we shall never part again? SIS
Son, husband, brother, father, friend, SO
! loved ones are breaking their ala 81
ster boxes of ointment of spikenard lea
ry precious over you in the presence 1
Jesus, their King. Will you not look tsa
and greet their Saviour as your ~
lster? Heaven will never be a per- 1
It heaven to them unless they shall D.
et you there. VIII you let their sac S.4s
ces lead you to Christ, that in his Del
,sence you may dwell with them for Gu
ar? Aye, their alabaster boxes of apt sg1
tment Of spikenard very precious IA
uld not be too costly if by that sac rs
ce they could win your immortal Yol
lis for eternal companionship in j
wen. Truly they have done for US J.
they could to bring about that glo- N
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Copyright, 1905. by Louis Klopsch.l eas