Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-04-10


And mark you this. the "divine right
Of the people, were first taught to the
world through the agency OF those ma
tons which first acknowledged Christ
as their Saviour and Lord. Am
wrong in declaring that great tida
waves of gladstone light bless that ma
ton which acknowledges God as its
divine Ruler and Guide?
The Church Spire.
Don't you remember that old picture
you had in your childhood reader? 1t
stood at the top of the page and told
the story OF the shlpwrecked sailor
who was landed upon an unknown is
land. He thinks he is to be eaten by
the cannibals, but be climbs a tree,
and of in the distance he sees a church
spire. Then he knows he is safe, for
wherever Christ is honored in any COM
munity there is safety. The best sure
ty of personal rights Is a church altar.
The best guarantee Of social and polIti-
cal justice is a church spire. Thank
God for what he has done for the
American people as a natiOnl
But we find the great tidal waves Of
Gods gladstone light in the depths OF
human mercy as well as in divine We
see it In the treatment of the sick and
helpless. In non-Chrlstian countries
when a man falls sick his friends run
away from him as an injured animal
is deserted by the herd. The husbands
and the wives and the children today
in the far east attack the aged and
sick and helpless with sticks and
stones and drive their relatives who
are lepers out to the hilsides to die, !
and they care not how they starve and |
how they die. But after Christ came |
the reign of mercy and kindness be-
gan, and it has spread around the |
world. Now the strong protect the |
weak, and the mighty help the help
less.
No Hospitals In Babylon.
Did you ever hear Of any hospitals IN
Did Babylon? Did you ever hear Of
my "old peoples homes" in ancient
Memphis? Did you ever hear Of any
orphan asylums in cultivated Athens?
Did you ever hear Of any system OF
'ublic schools in Ephesus where the
title children of the poor man could
Ie educated with the children of the
lch man? Did you ever hear OF
boards Of charity" in those ancient
apitals where poor widows with a
Dt Of little children strapped to their
acks could go and find food and cloth
a o. fo holm 4bor,, IN ft,of- 5ovg % ,,rorAa
history tells US Of no such provision.
tut can you go today in any Christian
Ommunity and not find these benef-
ent Institutions? The man who loves
hrist must love and care for his help :
IS children. The true Christian must
g eyes for the blind, and ears for the
aaf, and crutches for the lame, and
othing for the naked, and provide
home for the homeless. Does not
hrist enunciate this fact when he
Iys, "Inasmuch as We have done it
lto the least of these, We have done .,
unto meY You cannot become one
Gods disciples unless you join the
eat army of those who are trying to
lip those who are in want and who n
Ould suffer unless you extend to them r
e hand of saving Christian love. T
But the great tidal waves Of glad L
me light do not end with life. They So
Il their way through the darkness Of n
e tomb into the darkness beyond. L,
lrist was the first to declare himself &C
2 resurrection and the life. Other So
lchers have taught the doctrine of a
ture life beyond the grave But -
lere was there ever taught such a
lutiful idea Of place of eternal
, as that promise he gave us of the
ny mansions among which he would
to prepare a place for us?
Copyright 1908. by Louis Klopsch.l