Milford chronicle., 1888-07-06

I work. Where is your fatherf Where
/ Is your motherl Your childl Your brotheri
/ Your sistcrl o, how cruel docs death seem
/ to bel WIN he pluck every Goweyl WIN he
I poison every fountainl VIII he put black on
every door knobi WIN be snap every heart
stringl Can keep nothingi Are there no
charmed weapons with which to go out and
/ contend against hint Give me some keen
sword, sharpened in Gods armory, with
which may stab him through, Give me
/ some hattie ak that I may clutch it, and hew
| him from helmet to sandal Thank God
thank God, that he that rideth on the pale
horse hath more than match I'm him who
rideth on tho white horse. st. John heard
the contest, the paving of the steeds, the
rush, the battle cry, the onset, until the pale
horse came down on his launches, and his
rider bit the dust, while Christ, the con-
/ queror, with uplifted voice, declared it; 20
death, will be thy plague; o grave, l will
be thy destruction
The Eepulcher is a lighted castle on the
shore Of heavenly seas, and sentinel angels
walk up and down at the door to guard it.
The dust and the dampness of the grave are
only the spray Of tho whitc surf OF celestial
seas, and tho long breathing Of the dying
Christian, that you call his gasping, is only
the long inhalation Of the air Of heaven. Oh,
bless God for what Christ is to the Christian
soul, hero and hereafterl
heard man say some tina ago that they
never laugh I'm heaven I do not know whero
he got his authority for that. l think they
do laugh in heaven. When victoTs come
home, do We not Taught When fortunes are
won in day, do we not Taught After we
have been ten or fifteen years away from
our friends and we greet them again, do we
not Taught Yes, we will laugh in heaven.
Not hollow laughter, not meaningless
laughter, but a full, round, clear,
deep, resonant outbreak Of eternal
gladness. Oh, the CLEO Of that moment when
VIC first see Jesusl I think wewill take the
first two or three years in heaven to look at
Jesus; and if, in ten thousand years, there
should be a moment when the doxology
paused, ten thousand souls would cry out:
"Singl singn and when tho cry was: ''Whnt
shall we singF the answer would be: "Josusi
Jesusn Oh, You may have all the crowns in
heaven; / do not care so much about them.
You may have all the robes in heaven; do
not care 50 much about them. You may
have all the scepters in heaven; I do not care
so much about them. You may have all the
thrones In heaven; do not care so much
about them. But give me Josus-that is
enough heaven for me. o Jesusl long to
see thee Thou 'chiof among ten thousand,
the one altogether lovelyn
There may be some here who have come
hardly knowing why they come. Perhaps it
was rs in Pauls time-you have come to hear
. what this babber sayeth; but I am glad to
meet you face to face, and to strike hands
with you in one earnest talk about your
deathless spirit. Do you know, my friend,
hot
1t cheats. Itfades. It dies. You are immortal.
see it in the deathless spirit looking out from
your eye It is mighty spirit. ltis an i'm
mortal spirit It beats against the window
Of the cage. come out to feed it. During
the past week the world has been trying to
feed it with husks. l come out this morning
to feed it with that bread Of which if a man
eat hc Will never hunger What has the
word done for youl Has it not bruised you9
Has it not betrayed youl Has it not NAL
treated youi Look me in tho eye, immortal
man, and tel me if that is not not 50. And yet,
will you trust it3 o, wish that you could
forget me, tie weak and sinful man-that l
might vanish from your sight this morning,
and that Jesus might como in. Aye, he
comes here this morning to plead for your
soul-coEnes in all covered with the wounds
Of Calvary. He says: 80, immortal mani
/ died for thee. / pity thee. l come to save
thee With these hands, torn and crushed, l
will lift thee up into pleasures that never
die" Who win reject-who will drive him
5aclll When Christ was slain on the cross,
they had cross, and they had nails, and
they had hammers. You cruelty by your
sin, o impenitent soul, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Here is 4 cross; but where are the nails!
Where are tho hammers! All" says some
one rejecting Christ, some ono standing a
long way off, Il will furnish the nails 1
don't believe in that Jesus. l will furnish
the nails Now we nave the nails; who will
furnish the hammersi "Ah," says some hard
heart, Il will furnish the hammers" Now
we havc the nails and the hammers We
have no spears; who will furnish the spearsl
"Ah,n says some one long in the habit of sin
and rejection of Christ's mercy: Il will fur
nish them" Now we have all the instru-
ments; the cross the nails, the hammers, the
spears, and the crucifxion goes on. o, the
darknessl o, the panS! 0, the tearsl o,
the death! behold the Lamb Of God, that
takest away the sin of the world.n
Lord Jesus, help that man. He sits far
back today. He does not like to come for
ward. IL feels strange in a religious assem-
blage 10 thinks, perhaps, We 10 not want
AAt4s. W. NN0sAas Like hllLs A4NlAalllli.T LslAAl
Put thine ear to that asitated heart aud hear
how it beats. o, lift the iron gate of that
prison house and let that man go free.
Lord Jesus, help that woman. She is a
waadcrer No tears can she weep See,
Lord jesus, that polluted soul; see that bis
tered foot No church for her. No good
cheer for her. No hope for her. Lord Jesus,
20 to tiiat soul Thou wilt not stone her.
let the red hot chain, that burns to thc bone
till the bloody iehor Kisses in the heat, snap
at thy touch. o, have mercy on Mary Mag
dalene.
Lord Jesus, help tkas young man. lie took
money oGt OF LIS employers till. D:dst thou
see iti Tho CLERKS were all gone. The lights
wero down Tho shutters were up. Didst
thou SEQ itl o, let him nos fall into the pit.
Rememberest thou not his mothers prayersi
Sho can pray for him no more Lord Jesus,
touch him on the shoulder Touch him on
he heart. Lord save that young man.
Thero arc n.-ny young men here. / got
lcttc. from one of them, who is probably
here today, and l shall have no other oppor.
tunity Of answering that letter. You say
yoa believe in me. 0, do you believe in
Jesus! ] cannot save you, my dear brother.
Christ can. He wants ard waits to save you,
end he comes today 70 save you. Win
YOU have HINT / do not know what
our young men do without Christ-how
they get on amid all the temptations and
trials to which they are subjected. o, young
mon, como to Christ today, and put your soul
aud your interest for this life and for the
next into his keeping. In olden times, you
know, cup bearer would bring wine or
water to the king, who would drink it, first
tasting it himself, show that there was no
Al a
would drink it. The highest honor that
ask is that may be cup bearer today to
your soul. bring you this water Of ever
lasting lie. l have been drinking Of it. II
has never done me any harm. o, drink it,
and live forever. And let that aged man put
his head down on the staff, and lei that poor
widowed soul bury her worried face in her
handkerchief, and these little children fold
their hands in prayer, while we commend
You TO him who was wounded for our trans
grcssions and bruised Tor our iniquities; for