Milford chronicle., 1906-01-05
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Frank De Witt Ialniase. D.D.

Los Angeles. Cal, Dec 8t.-In tbf
sermon at the close OF the Old vea
the preacher deals with the discontcn
IN the human heart. which ofton in
spires the wish that we might live lif,
over again. The text is Job If. / al
that man hath will he give for his
lie" ''i MS
This question naturally arises on
this last Sunday Of the ypa,. ..,,.o,,l1
we Ike 20 live our lives over o.,,i,, >
Would we like TO have the ve9,. of
1908 again greet us in the syvaddlino,
clothes Of newborn babe? Womb
we .t' 10 make the plea of the old
poet when in rhyme he sang these
now familiar lines
Backward turn backward. oh time 81,
your IIrnt' "
Make ne child again just for tonight.
Some Of us frankly admit that we
wou.i like TO live our past wears over
, )agan Others just as franlrd stota
that they do not 50 desire. Re1iamip
Franklin belonged TO the first eroun
In one OF his letters To his son fa ,vrota
thus Il should have no objection to
repetition Of my life from begin
mug only asking the advantages an
thotS have in second edition to cor.
rect some faults Of the first. So
might besides correcting the faults ]
change some sinister accidents ana {
events of it for others more favorable c
But. though this were denied 7 sbould b
sun accept the offer" But Derbans o
benlaHin Franklin would not have b
written thus if he had taken all the a
possibilities into account l would
like 10 show you in this sermon tbat a
Gods way Of giving only one earthly a
me 70 one man is the best way. Nav "
'od help us today as we. on this LAST tc
sunday Of the year. take a retrosnect US
OF the years that are gone. oy
40 man, in the first place could take sp
lhe Journey Of life over again unless tn
Ae to2k with j the dangers that he ~,
escaped j Il fst experience. which th
HiisAl w /to him in his second too
sure Of achieving again sho
Fhat he had before. nil
-vM that when gold was the
in California every boat in TIL
FORK harbor that couId be VII
<e service TO carry to the western X
SlioteS those Who were possessed by 11
iLe god fever So anxious We're men ID
10 dig in California hills that tbev and
were ready to risk their lives in anv clan
'ld bulk. Some three or four hundred how
ray crafts i'm the year 1850 rounded pres
ape Horn Some of these tubs We're But
lot bt to sail across Lake Michigan on all t
summer day. One, [ have been told ply
vas nothing but a ferryboat. But Ihei
TRANCE 10 say, all those cranky boats but {
cached california in safety. Not one phys
as Hrefked that year. Many an iron have
BAT win screw propeller has since befor
zen de5troyed upon the dangerous Of dy
7eifeZ South America But during 90 to
e 4 rs, yea" Of the California gold as tn
ve2 not one boat was lost on the masti
y1se So with US in the journey of ought
el We know not 'l1w we have to til,
the financial and the do at il
site storms, but we have We know would
; too well how fierce the cyclones eat as
re blown off our Cape Horns. But ought
ing Weathered them once and real if we
what the dangers were. we have in all I
We doubts whether we should eyer ence tC
lBie to weather them again. physici
ld this fact is especially emnba. known
d by the awful failures that some fall be
ur friends have made in life who the ten
e great deal smarter than we ana one We
were in every way better equipped we wol
the struggle. 1t is such little well as
= that viii turn the scales of sue
up or down. That little thing
US seemed to be on the wrong side
ne scales for some of our friends Iorc
sou ever know how Hannibal olIu re''
Lin was first defeated for tbe enCe III
ed States senate? Mr.. Hamlin was 2Uilie eA
'at joke lover Away back in the a,.e,,,iI' 1iIu
forties Mr.. Hamln was speaker a'lll, ms
e lower house Of the Maine legis- 10 ,''',e,
e. There was at that time a mem No. d. i.
# the house whose hair was very driri, rty
This member was very sensitive dumb,
Fad. In a joke Mr.. now V,
his desk one day horrors
so you have me abou
your hair have in,
on one then as
That awake al
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