Milford chronicle., 1906-09-28

ATOu y keHFel IIEE VI AuunuGA We AhhaN
get out of N world. We must lit
ourselves ala its meannesses ana
sins. We ut lift ourselves from
earth and walvith God and commune
with God ulb the mountain tops OF
love and gentess and kindness. We
must learn lin these mountain tops
of snritual!nO breathe the pure all
Of the purpos Tor which we were
corn ana fors .ch we can live through
4li eternity
Profesr Curie's Death.
NV frieudl would ike to ask you
blunt auean: Have you ever tried
TO seek God 4 away from the hauntS
Of mun: nh YOU ever tried to com
muue with n. IN the secret places OF
the thuueerf IN order to do this you
10 not Eay4o climb the Matterhorr
or Mount Sfsta or Mount Rainier or
Baldv Peakbf New Mexico You do
not have t5eave the city walls and
| HE yourselftn the hills and listen to
/ the SONGS okhe thruShes and the WOO
| ings Of theiroolls. A man can live IN
| the city abl vet not be in the city
| We shuuldEo 50 if we We're really alb
sorbed in siritual things. Some time
ago Professor Curie the great discoN-
ercr of the element rIdium. was walk
ing through the streets of Paris with
his mind 50 concentrated upon his sci!
eutiic problems that he was utterly
unconscious of his surroundings. When
heavy truck rumbled down the
street his ears were deaf to the noise
and to the warning calls of the driver,
and be was crushed to death in an in
stant as the car of the Indian jugger-
naut would crush out the lives OF the
devotees who flung themselves under
its revolving wheels. My friends. how
many times during the week do You
withdraw yourselves from man to COM
mune with God? How many times DO
you seek him in prayer and in holy
communion? How many times week
TO you say to your loved ones, Come
let us 20 and talk with God for a little
while in the secret places of thunder
as Moses talked with him upon Sinai's S
But l fnll that Gods secret places OF
thunder are upon the mountain tops OF
difficulties. ! as well as in the quiet
places rencNved from the ordinary habi-
tations of 1tan. They are to be found
only amonA the steep heights where
the eagles Guild their aeries and where
lnlv the iIost persistent of Alpine
fsf willing to go. Do you sup
pose for One instant that the pSalniSl
lad an EASY time finding his lost sheep
Il the Secret place of the thunder:
say. AVethiuks that one Of the other
fds at first went forth with ANN
.bTust the lost sheep. David said Ia
lrane starting: "Ephraim, you 60
lass, thc& valley in this direction. and
good 0neN in that direction. You Keep
no good thea will do the same. Then
,bat is nv all bet mt the foot of yonder
n.inass in Fl hwe 10 not find the sheep
-r....l why, we must seek her
in P'es y :" THUS they do, and the
lost sheep is l.at found. Then up the
rocks they hee.n to 81. higher and high
er. Now the djr ness settles. Now Is
heard the blood cmd ding scream of the
wildcat. Now comes the roar of the
mountain lion hunting lis prey. They
climb on. Their flesh is Iacerated,
Their clothing is torn They stumble
They fall. Now they have To- 90 over a
narrow ledge by the side of a steep
precipice. Ephraim grows tired lle
trembles with fear. He says David
I am going back. We can never find
that lost sheep She has either been
dashed to death upon the rocks or else
she has been slain by the wild beasts.
But David keeps on. He keeps on climb
ing and slipping. but higher and higher
he goes. as he calls, ''YoOhee! Noohee
Oh. lost sheep, YOohee. YOohee' Al
last-yes, at last, he finds her IN III,
secret place of the thunder.
On Mountain Tops.
All. yes; the secret place of the thun
der is always to be found upon tho
mountain tops of difficulty. 1t is nc
easy matter to be a real Christian. L
is no small task to listen to the voice
of God in the secret place Of thunder
and hear Alright and obey Alright.
was never more impressed with thi'
thought than some time ago. As
was tramping along the country road'
of the lowland couple Of automobiles
passed me. The women in those car
were dressed in the latest fashion
The men were lOunging back in then
seats. The gentleman with whom
was walking said, How would yo'
like to be riding in one of those ma
chines?" NO. l answered; chat IS
not the way people get health. Nature
does not give strong lungs and Stou'
limbs to those who are seeking th'
easy times, but only to those who are
willing to make sacrifices for IT, bu
the work of tramping over the row
lands was nothing to the work OF
climbing the San Bernardino hills. II
the first place. even though we were
walking, we had to take every ounce
of weight out of the wagon that we
could take. We kept in the wagoI