Milford chronicle., 1905-05-26

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bitterness you have been lifting highe
and higher and higher an unsurmount
able wall between you and God
Brother, sister, it is high time you tor,
down that obstructing wall. 1t il
high time you consumed that hatred il
the conhagration Of the setting sun. L
is destroying your spiritual hopes
There is no doubt about it-you cannot
love your God with all your soul and
mind and strength and hate your
neighbor at the same time.
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Forgiveness of others.
Can you not forgive others as you
would have Christ forgive you? Not
many years ago. wrote a famous writ
er, a missionary was preaching to a
crowd of natives in faroff India. Sud
denly a native who stood behind him
lifted a huge stick to crush in the mis-
sionary's skull, but happily the blow
/ fell short. The crowd would have torn
this would be murderer to pieces, but
the speaker commanded them to stop.
/ xiii himi Kill him. cried the multi
tude. No" said the missionary, Il
will not allow you to kill him." Then,
turning to the affrighted man, he said:
Brother, my religion commands me to
love my enemies and to do good to
those who injure me. l forgive you,
brother But remember that though
you escaped punishment at my hands
you cannot escape punishment at the
hands Of God unless you repent Of your
sins" Men. women, can you forgive
as this missionary forgave? Christ
bids you to forgive Can you not feel,
as the missionary taught, that when
you are hating your brother you are
hating Christ? There is no escape
from eternal punishment unless you
repent of your sins and forgive those
who have injured you. See, the sun is
set! 1t is now the twilight hour. Hear
ye not the divine commandment: BE
ye angry and sin not. Let not the sun
go down upon your wrath?"
In closing would draw a picture Of
the evening hour which we used to |
spend in our childhood days and find /
in it a symbol of our evening relation |
ship with God The breakfast was 1
nearly always a hurried meal. The /
children had to get off to school The |
father had TO rush away to business.
The mother had no servants in those
days and all the housework had to be
done with her own hands. Many cares
came with their imminent demands and
said, "'Tend to me; tend to me now"
Then when the lunch hour rolled
around the dining room table was set
only for two or three. Most of the fam
lily were away. But in the evening
hour father came home from the store.
Then mother had her work finished.
She had put on her clean dress. The
boys were home from school or work,
and the girls were all ready for the
games and innocent pleasures of the
evening How did you get on, father?"
mother asked "Oh," said he, "things
were kind Of topsy turvy at the store.
1t did seem as though I had to scold
and find fault an awful lot. But after
all, mother l think the boys at the
store will improve if only continue to
teach them right" Then mother told
her experiences Of the day The chill
lren had all their happy stories to re- s
peat. Then one of the girls began to
ell how some one had treated her bad
y, and she said, Mother, 1 am just as
mad at Clara as I can be-" There,
here, there, child" said your mother;
stop that You have no right to bring
lome disagreeable things and feel un-
lappy toward any one. Let us leave
III our cares and worries and bitter
lesses on our front doorstep. This is
amily night. Let us all low every
,ody and love one another and be hap
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Love One Another.
Love one another and be happy you v
lid. No one who ever came in touch
With mothers sweet smile could ever
10 anything but love. Thus God wants
Is to come to him in the twilight hour
you have scolded that clerk y
ncugh because he broke the glass
oUnter; check your anger. Business n,
nan, many hours ago you denounced n
hat business associate who did YOU
wrong. He knows that you III not al a
Ow him to be unjust agaiIL Let the VI
natter drop. Schoolgirl no need Of
elllng the mean things that you know G
bout your classmate. Forget and for :,
i've. Remember this IS the evening u
our The twilight hos grown darker
nd darker. The mvr.ads Of stars, as
1rches in the heavens, have been light
d. Gomez says christ Come and e
It by my side my child. Leave all Of -
he injustices of TIE past behind. Re nr
lember, son. thst as YOU have been P.
so have l. Remember. "
aughter as others have III used you, en-
, have they IN used your Christ. For. N,
ct and forgive the trespasses of 9th sti
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" Blood This is the twilight hour.