Milford chronicle., 1905-10-20
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Fo-ge. fuI of Past.
The misfoi tunes OF the past can b
; reproduced in orr lives if we go on rC
, producing the evils which once cause
our downfall The forgetfulness of til
butler may be compared to the dyspep
tics forgetfulness of his physical ago
MES. Nature takes him in hand ans
fiays him with scorpions. BY eating
what he ought not to eat some nigh
he nearly dies. He is careful one day
one week. perhaps one month. Ther
the past suferings are forgotten The
cravings of Il gormand are satisfied
Another night Of horror or perhaps
even death is the result The buffers
forgetfulncss is like that of the drunk
ard Delirium tremens has gripped
him. He imagines serpents are crawl
ing over his bed. Demons, with eyes
of burning Goals of fire, are glaring at
him. Wild beasts, with their angry
roar and their glittering white teeth
and their lolling rcd tongues and their
sharp claws working conyulsively, are
springinS upon him. But in a few
weeks lie feels so well and strong that
he forgets his past terrors Another
glass of fiery liquid turns his brain into
a maGhous2 The butler is Ike you and
me if we forget the past evils which
we brought upon ourselves through our
past sins. o God teach us never to
take our eyes off the awful precipices
Of temptation over which we have tum-
bled again and again into the yawning
chasms of despair unless it be to raise
them in gratitude to the face of our
Saviour, who, though exalted to the
right hand of God, remembers us still.
Let us never forget our rescue and our
deliverer as the butler forgot Joseph.
But l must hasten on. l brand this
butler Of my text with one of the black
est marks ever placed on mans
brow. 1t is as black as the mark upon
the forehead of Cain, who killed his
brother Abel. He is not only blind to
his own interests, but he is an migrate. /
He has turned his back upon the one /
friend who was true to him in his time |
Of difficulty. He is like a miner l was |
reading about who discovered a rich |
vein Of gold ore He went and showed |
t to a friend that they might be
iharers together in the wealth. Then
his supposed friend slew the miner
hat he might possess all the gold him
elf This butler was not only a per-
urer; he was an migrate as well.
That Good sister.
Is the ingratitude of the chief butler
) Joseph duplicated, o man, in your
fe? You are successful lawyer.
our income may be ten or twenty
lousand dollars a year. You are one
the most honored men in the COM
lunity. How did you get a start in
fe? oh" you answer with pride. Il
-arted myself When / came to this
ty l did not have a friend here. l
orked my own way through college.
was poor farmers boy. l am a self
ade man." Are you? Oh, you miser- ,
Die bOasterl You are Il contemplate
ltler of Pharaoh's court. You have
rgOtten your Joseph. You are no '
ore of a self made man than l am.
way back on your fathers farm you 4,
ID an older sister. She was the pack !.
rise" of the family. She wanted to :.
t an education and go to college, but
e could not She did, however, edu- )
te herself enough to become a coun- :,
Y schOOlteacher. But what she could =
It do herself she set her heart on
ur doing. You were her only broth a q
When you were little fellow run u
ng barefooted about your fathers
rm, caring more for fishing and play u !,
2 baseball with the boys than for L
)rk. she would call you in and say: e"
low, Samuel, you must come and get :
ur lessons. Remember, some day you u
e going to college You must study =
rl. You are to be a great, rich law u
r f1;- sister to be proud Of" y
Ton finished yoGr course at the coun- n
{ school Your father said you must y
10 W3rii on the farm NO. father" :
Il she; Samuel must so to college" -
''t "g0t afford it," well" she =
l. Il can do extra work after the - -
)ol is over l am saTing up my - !,
iool money for Samuels college =, =.
Is" Your mother did not have much -. -
say. Your sister did it all. Her +, p
ney helped pay your way. Her grit -
she'd you through What have you -
n done for herr "Oh," you answer, II
paid her back her money, with in
est" The few dollars you gave her w
not cost you anything. l tell you, N
.ost your sister her very blood. Don't M
We her up there in the country as III
ugh you were ashamed of her. Don't VI
me that she is not fitted to move w
your wife's social circle. l tell you, II
is queen; tell you, the best room er
your house is not too good for her Sc
)utler, what have You done for the en
eph who gave you your educational
rt in life?
hen what have You done for that
II who helped you in time of great
secut.2nf do not know what that N,
e was. but You do The whole
sld be9l le black before you Ev- an