Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1906-11-09

T. -
.err1on
By Rev.
I De Witt Talmage. D. D.

hseleS, Cal, Nov An tbis
'ue preacher shows the bright.
OF human experience and espe-
lie rewards and announcements
auueh the hearts Of those who
Why ana helpful TO their fellow
Inc text is Acts xviii. .. "And
oaroarous people Showed us no lit
Kindness"
= great book is vet to be written IN
ueI Tue caption The Bright Side of 4
rorelgA MissiOnary's Life" When In.
NOUS Missionaries like Bishop William
Iaylor used to visit my fathers home
Wien was boy would stand afar
OH ana look at them as the Florentine
people Used to watch the passine
Ia n'e' After the famous Italian au-
l1Yf returned to the city of his youth
nelgh0ors always said when he an.
eareu Upon the streets, There goes
n man Who has been in hell" So for
ears l felt that a foreign missionary
leu was such an inferno as Dante de
syrluea. l felt that it was a place in
f4u''el Oy SavageS and fierce canni-
49, lelt that when Il man like Dr..
Duf N.kIlm Carey or David Liv-
ingsa d cidei to 60 to India or Per
sia Africa 0: to the Fiji Islands he
went live among monsters. Mission
arieslt adrift from all heart affec-
uonsIhey forever separated them
selvesrom the humauities and the
Kindness and the loves of their fell
low M. But after | took a journey
afounChe world and visited a few of
tqe grit missionary stations l had Il
qmple change in reference 10 my
qeas OF IasSionary's sacrifices. True,
ne middhary has TO give up many
Qiass for 'hrist, but what he gives up
small Compared to the joys which he
Missionary service. The faith
fe#ig. missionary has the same
aa HaiT kindneSseS shown to him in
nisslonFy labOrs as. the home pas
has by his congregation which sur
rounds him week by week and year 10y
year; &C. oily difference between the
of he hong pastor and that of
missionary TO the. heather is thklt
tbne is a settled minister over one
in civilized land, while the for
missionary labors in virgin soil,
like Hunter COrbett or Bishop
burn is a travelling evangelist, with
nv native pastors under his control,
o'hose work he is superintendent.
ndness of the Common People.
re universal kindness of the com
n people was quantity illustrated
sc years ago by the late Mayor Nc
8. lie of Baltimore, who told this story
IA well known railroad man. A hum
b employee Of the road called upon
N man and asked for a pass TO a
aain distant point. You have been
liking for us for some time, have
not?" "Yes," answered the en-
wee. "You have always been paid
+ularly?" YES, sir" well, now,
posing you were working for a
ner. would you have the nerve TO
asN this farmer to harness up his
Uses and drive you a long distance
nt6 the country" NO" answered
he man, 81 would not But if the
Iarmer had his horses already har-
zessed and was going my way there
8 not a farmer living who would re-
fuse to give me lift The man
Snew the characteristics Of the class
rhey are nearly always willing to help
heir neighbors. TO use the parlance
If the railroad employee, they are
'eadv to give each other a lift" AL
most every man who wears rough
.lothes is at heart a kind man. Almost
very woman who tolls for her daily
,read is generally kind woman. The
leart of the poor is generous heart
t is loving, a gentle, helpful heart
When we go forth into Christian work
mong the common people we will be
aphily surprised to fad that most peo-
lie are kindly disposed, no matter
where we may go even as the barbara
ms of Malta went out of their way to
are for the helpless passengers and
rev of the Alexandria corn ship.
Not only is the heart Of the common
eople kind. but the heart of the so
allied better social classes also is kind
'. General w. r. Sherman told
,eantiful incident of this fact. A short
inc before his death he revisited the
amous battlefelds Of his Georgia cam
,aign. There was one battlefield so
hanged that he could not identify it.
70 he went to the nearest house. and a
,eautiful white haired old lady came
O the door. She said. "Oh, yes, this is
he place where the battle was fought"
Then she invited him in and described
low the field looked thirty years he
ore. Every part about it was per-
ectlV clear to her. She pictured the
beautiful southern mansion which was
nee in the center of that field. about
which the two armies fought for so
ong q time. Then General Sherman
aid: "Ah. now I remember it well.
And I remember how the soldiers got
,evond ou- control at that time and
,eedlessly burned that mansion and
eft it a smoldering heap of ruins"
Then he said: MADAM. did you live
near here at that time? Do you re-
member tie old house?" The lady