Milford chronicle., 1906-08-17

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tions the morning clouds, as did Johh
Rusl,in. scanning the whole heavens
covered with gold. He is alluding 10
one particular kind of clouds.
Families of Clouds.
The meteorologist again says: "The
morning clouds are scientifically known
ms the 'cumulus clouds. Sometimes
,hev are popularity called the day
Glands or the summer clouds Ihey
sre NOT tbe cirrus Clouds the white
featherv masses of condensed VapOr
that can be seen far up in the heaN-
ans forr or five miles away from the |
earth. at times seeming to be hlgnel
than the stars They are not the MN
bus clouds or the clouds of the
storm with darker forehead than the
black skin of the royal representative
of Queen Candace's palace VINO once
iourneved to Jerusalem The minus
clouds often carry with them the I'M
sheathed swords of fire and speak III
tbe voice of many thunders. They are
NOT the stratus clouds, whose lower
lavers sometimes form the fog banks
lining the seashores and covering the
colds which are sometimes called the
clouds of the night But they are
the clouds near to earth. when are
nroduced only in fair weather.
",rhus when "a bright. warm, Oeaull-
f,,l snring morning is about to dawn
and tbe owl and the nightingale have
cone TO their nests, when the aurora
baa lifted itself above the horizon ana
the suns rays begin to absorb the deWs
and the moisture near to the eartn
surface. then the morning clouds ap-
neor Then the meteorolOgist can see
/ tbeu snorting amid the tops of the loIty
mountains. as sea gulls play hide anu
saal, with the crests of the waves.
All meteorologist, is that your dennl-
tion of the morning cloudsE 1hen l
know what Hosea means when he says,
..Yeur goodness is as a morning clouu:
He means: you are only lalr
weather Christian. You are only d
C,hristiou when the sun is up and every
thing is bright. But you are no Chrls'
tian for the time of storms"
A Morning Cloud Christian.
You saw. u am not a morning cloud
christian" Well. if you are not, then
what are you? Can God with all his
omninoteut power put his finger upon
one net of your life where you were
willing to deliberately sacrince you!
own interests or your ease for MN
Have YOU given to him any OF youl
money? Have you given to nm any
of voIir time? When you saw his loVe'
ones uniustly treated, have you Deer
willing to leap forward and De saeii
feed for their sake? When Nouhs
Stanhen Decatur entered the harDor o.
Tripoli a ship was pointed out 10 mn
which he was told was commanded p'
the pirate who had murdered Decatur
brotber. Followed by his men, Decatu
leaned aboard that boat and gave oa'
flo to the giant commander. Whle III
was fighting the commander OIL ll
vessel he was flung upon the decR
l Tben black skinned pirate Sealnal
/ was about to bury his sword III hlu
1 when an unarmed American sallo
1 flung himself between the would
I SLAYER and his beloved captain ana TOO
i tho descending sword on his own neaI
a Are Won and ready to sacrlhce Oul
e selves for God as that humble sallo
+ was ready to die for stephen Decatur
Are we simply morning cloud Chrli
fans. unwilling to serve Jesus Chrls
n except in fair weather, when the su
l. is bright and when all things are con
II ing our way?
g Rut there is still another fact
J. which I want to call your attention
h reference to the beauty of my tex
It Johann Eichhorn, the great Germa
# Rible commentator and critic, giv'
If unstinted praise to the poetry imagel
d of Hosea's writings. He said: III
ID discourses are like a garland woven
n. a multiplicity of flowers. Images d
u woven upon images, comparison up'
IN comparison. metaphor strung upon lht
1T aphor He plucks one flower and thro'
S If down that he may directly break
le another. Like a bee, he flies from O.
ne flower bed to another that he may su
20 his honey from the most varied piece
It II is a natural sequence that his hgur
lg sometimes form strings of pearls
be amid all Hosea's poetic pearls ana =
" lands there is not one more beautli
IL than this of the morning cloud. Wh
he The morning cloud is the first r.
es beauty that we see in the heavens al
tie the day has dawned.
IN. On an Indian Reservation
he was most powerfully impress
he with this figure last year when up IN
all Indian reservation. The evening cloU
all and the morning clouds, in the langua
is of the meteorologist, are one. II v
rly tbe evening Of a most beautiful q
DIS The members of our party had oroF
re camp in the morning and gone
ful ahead. I stayed behind in the wo'
in order to study and write. Aoou
,ol- o'clock in the afternoon l shoulde
the nv gun. threw my pack over my sn'
ing der and started out to overtake TN
I'M. walked on and on toward the w