Milford chronicle., 1905-03-24

! ROlO. II means IuOIt IMAM AdhlCf HiOA Q
I than social position. more than landed
estate. 1t means more than anything
else on earth that you can give. Most
/ of us want to leave our children the
best we can We must not forget to
/ give them this treasure, which is Of
more value than great riches"
The Greatest OF Inheritances.
How can parents financially poor
leave to their children the greatest Of
inheritances? Let me explain more in
detail. The adjective good" comes
from the substantive God" To be
good" in the highest sense means to
be "goodlike" or like Christ" There
fore. when a father bequeaths to his
son a good name" he gives to him, in
the highest sense, a Christian example
well lived. He seems to step to his
boys side and put his hand in his boy 5
hand and say: my son, l want you to
come with me and kneel in prayer. l
want you to come with me and learn
to read the promises Of God in his
holy book. My son, when sinners entice
thee want to tell you where l have
found strength in the past to resist
temptations. And when sorrows come
as come they will, l want you to learn
where you can find God as a refuge
and strength" Side by side with their
children the Christian parents walk.
Side by side they go with them through
life. Long after the parents have pill
lowed their heads in the dust the men,
ories Of their good names or their
Christian examples live on to guide
their offspring Are you not going to
leave to your children the inheritance
Of a good name or Christian exam
pie. such an Inheritance as that which
your fathers and mothers left to you!
If any young men and women need
TO be held 10 the cross Of Christ by the
Christian example Of parents lie.
trusting in God and being with God,
those children of yours need it. They
have exactly the same kind of tempera-
ment that you have. They are high
strung. They are impulsive Ihey
can be easily swept off their feet by
success and discouraged by defeat.
What are they going to do in the
swellings of the JOrdanY My brother
even with all the advantages of the
Christian surroundings of your boy
hood, still you have had hard strug-
gle. What. then, are your children go
ing to do when temptations assail
them? They have never seen their IA
ther kneelng in prayer or walking with
Christ. They have never thought that
YOU had a divine succorer. "A good
name" as an Inheritance? Why, it Is
simply priceless in value. Is not, for
your children, a good name rather to
be chosen than great riches?
But, if our good names are essential
to our children after we are dead, how
much more essential are they for us
when we step out from this life into
the next. The heaviest money bag
that was ever secreted in the dark
vaults Of the rich man who despised
the poor Lazarus groyeling on his pal
ace steps cannot be carried by him or
his friend one single inch beyond his
grave. DO you not think it an absurd
thing for a rich man to struggle and
to keep on struggling for something he
cannot keep over a few years at bestF
This money may and in all probability
will 90 his children damage after he
is gone. 1t is an old saying that
"shr1lds have no pockets" yet many
men seem to live as though their
shrouds would be different from all
other shrOuds or that they would live
on forever and never have shroud.
Death Is Sure.
But, though death may postpone its
coming, death will surely come. Now.
my friends, what are you going to do
FOR yer open sesame Of heaven? !
Grant that your name may be very
important one on earth. How impOr-
tant it is but few of us, even the hum
blest, realize. We are all Americans.
To be American means we belong to
the lhost honored nation on earth.
Many years ago two travel stained
Americans alighted from the railroad
train in the French capital. No sooner
had we registered at the hotel than
we heard that a great statue was to he
unveiled that afternoon, at which some
Of the greatest orators of France were
to speak. At once we headed toward
the place Of the ceremonies. The
streets were blocked with the crowds.
The police were pushing the people to
the right and to the left. We had no
r friends there and no one to assist US.
II fret nOnnIusad we wore ahOut TO