Milford chronicle., 1906-11-02

, than the wheels of the wagon begaI
70 sink. Come on. Come on criet
my companion. "The Quicksands ar,
catching YOU Come on But come
on | could not In a minute or two
the wheels had sunk a third Of the
way to the hubs The horse could not
pull the load 1t was no time for ar
eument We leaped out of the wagon
and plunged into the water. clothes
and al Then every hand took hold
Of wheel ana began to lift and push.
and we just saved the wagon and the
I horse All 7 said to myself as /
came dripping ont of the water. "how
like the deceptive influence Of the
| quickSands are evil habits. When we
| first drive up to them they look so
harmless ana innocent but ID sooner
DO we allow these evil habits TO erasp
us than like the dangerous quicksanI-.
they will creep up To the ankle. then
to the knee then to the hip and then
to the heart. Then the more we str1Ie-
gle the deeper we will sink and the
more helpless we will become"
My friend. what right have You to
say that the evil habit which is work
ing such dangerous havoc in YOUR life |
now will be more easy to eradicate to-
morrow? If it is difficult to chain n
little cub as he snarls in your hand
and bites and scratches and tears YOUR
bleeding flesh to get away. will it be
easier to tame and cage the Bengal
tiger after he has gained his strength
and his claws have grown as sharp rs
rapiers and his jaws have the yigor Of
a steel trap? If the Alpine climber is
so benumbed by the cold that his ewes
become heavy with sleep will that
;old cease to continue its deadly work
When he lies down to slumber and the
winds cover his shivering
-esh with soft quilt of snow? I see
low three travellers lost upon the
Western prairie. a biting blizzard IS
utting through their clothing like a
nife. One of these travellers. Dhvs. O.
ally weaker than his companions, be- Z
)mes exhausted. DrOwsily he falls 10 =
le ground and goes to sleep His two :
lends jerk him up and begin to :,
)und him and to rub the cold snow l
)On the frozen flesh ooh" he saws. Il
ct me sleep. Let me sleep Just a lit 3.
2 while, and then will go with YOU" -
So" they say; you must not sleep. ~,
you do it will be the sleep Of death. =,
very minute this cold will beuumb -
u more and more. You must walk. .,
N must throw off this lethargy or IT.
Il will die" Thus these two friends =.
lg him round and round all night IN
til morning breaks and safety is 40
'irs. In this benumbng way cur | ~
j habits affect us. We say: "To- h.,
rrow we will change. Now, just one N,
re glass, one more carOuSal." But -
ii intoxicating cup, each debauch
ii yielding to sin, renders us more
more helpless to fight sin. NV =
ther, if you do not conquer your
habits today you will not conquer n
m tomorrow. If you cannot put out IHe
park today you cannot Quench the -
1t conflagration. If You do not step 2
the smOldering fuse you cannot sig
IF out a gunpOWder magazine after
explosive has reached it. Now is san
time for you to get your emancipa- owe
from that destroying, debasing, upo
bobit-nov. no,,. no,,,, m, ~ The
,rtonca of +bo+ ipfni+o ,,.ord ,,o,,,, the,
1t this gospel motto gives a scath-
'ebuke to the visionary seeker after as
,iness nc VOL os +o tboso ,,,1,a whe
-silv mutter to tbeir sins and o,.iI you
IS, 'Oh, let me rest upon my bed wen
n little while longer, and then l lIe
bestir myself and do what ought lhro
o. 1t bitterly denounces those plec'
finders who always repine at the tneh
mt and have their eyes focused lou
the dubious blessings of the fu- bea
Yet some people never see a sec
tifuI sailboat unless If is shining Ows
e edge of distant horizon. nor a ter s
Y home unless it belongs TO n ed tn
Dor, nor smell sweet perfume I'm Jingle
it is waited to them from the said:
larry gardens which shall bloom
r ten years hence. dlHer
journey of life might be compar- this ;
a summer camping trip. There again
old prOverb which says, You tons
know people Alright unless Won chang
III tucll 1T lle morning break AiAolC
able" But l tell you that the in 70
fast table may prove deceptive in have
nee to your acquaintance's true not n
,teristics, but a camping trip
There the true nature Of Il man
woman can be read by all as an
'ook. Now, on an average camp
ip some people are like bees ~
,an find honey wherever they
y. They are like song birds
an sing, no matter where you
hem. They are like sunbeams-
-ill sparkle and dance. no mat
ether they Z. up in the noun.
r down in the valleys. Every
hey eat is the most appetizing
'oods. Every person they meet
nd person. No travellers pass
pom the road but they stop to
id joke with them. Their beds of a
needles are the softest. The give
hat leaps out of the brooks is men
est. The sunsets and the sun eIoN
r fDn agsf rrTa rut-. /