Milford chronicle., 1889-05-31

travel does not start where Johns did, at the
CITY of Destruction but at the gate Of the
university; and am very certain that II VIII ,
not come out where Johns did, under the
shining rainparts of the celestial city. No
repentance. no pardon. If you do not, my
brother. feel that Won are down in the ditch,
what do YOU want Of Christ 10 lift you outt
If YOU have no appreciation of the fact thaU
Won are astrav, what do you want OF nm VINO |
came to seek and save that which was losti
Yonder is the City of Paris, the swittest
Of the mmaas, coming across tine Atnhelc-
| The wind is abaft, so that she has NOT only her
engines at work, but all sails up am
on hoard the Umbria of the Cunard line
Tho boat davits are swung around. The
boat is lowered get into it with red nag
and cross over to where the City OF Paris Is
coming. and | wave the flag. The captain
looks OF from the bridge, and says; Nv naI
do YOU wantT l reply; Il come to take
some Of your passengers across TO tne otner
vessel | think they will be safer and happier
there The captain would look down Win
Indignation, and say: Get out OF the way
or l will run you down. And then Woulu
back oars, amidst the ieerins OF two or three
hundred people looking over the tatIFah.
But the Umbria and the City Of Paris meet
under different circumstances after a while
The CITY of Paris is coming out OF cy |
clone. the life boats all smashed; the /
bnlvarks gone: the vessel rapidly going |
down. The boatswain gives his iasI
f whistle of despaTing command. me pas
1 so,,,ra,.s RIM nm and down the deck, and some
f prav. and all make great cutlery The cap
j tain saws; "You have about fifteen minutes
now to prepare for the next world NO
hopem sounds from stem to stern ana iohi
K fine ratlines down to the cabin. see the dis
3 frre sid al
I bria [ push off as fast as can toward the
S sinking CITY of Paris Before come uppeo-
r nile are leaping into the water in their anxiety
Q IN get 70 the boat, and when l have swung
!. nm Inder the side Of the City Of Paris, the
n frenzied Messengers rush through the gang
5, way until the officers with AK and clubs ana
( nistols try to keep back the crowd, each
S. wanting his turn TO come next There Is out
r one life boat and they all want to get INTO
IS If. and the cry is Me next! me next! GU
% see the application before l make IL. As
o long as a man going on IN his SIN leeis
h that all is well, that he is coming out at
II Leap+if1l mort and has all sail set, he wants
le no Christ, be wants no help he wants no res
cue. but if under the flash Of Gods convict
a inc spirit he shall see that by reason OF sin he
" IS dismasted and waterlogged and going down
d. into the trough of a sea where he cannot I'VE,
st how soon he puts the sea glass to his eye and
nd sweeDs the horizon, and at the first sign OF
tie helm cries OUT Il want to be saved. want
Oh 10 he saved now. | want to be saved for
as ever No sense Of danger, no application
ut for rescue.
it on. FOR A SENSE OF OUR sINFULNEss!
nd Oh. that Gods eternal spirit would Hash
nd uron us a sense of our sinfulness! The blnle
ID; tells the story in letters Of fire, but we get
H. used to it, We joke about sin we make
lat merry over it. What is sinl Is it triiing
l., ! thipnl Sin is a vampire that is sucking our
ese the life blood Of your immortal nature Sin'
nd n is Bastile that no earthly key ever un-
5he locked SIM 1t is expauiation from God
an and heaven. SIM It is grand larceny against
ter the Almighty, for the Bible asks the question
an 'sWiH a man rob GodN answering II IN tn'
affirmative. This Gospel is writ OF repleVE
to recover property unlawfully detained iron
ne God.
,of In the Shetland Islands there is a man witt
mt. lenrosv. The hollow of the foot has swolel
ms until it is fat on the ground The JOINTS oe
p ri,, To fall away. The ankle thickens until
lin. looks like the foot Of wild beast. star
1ea unnat,ral comes to the eye The nostrn
mi. CONSTRUCTED. The voice drops to an almos
five inaudible hoarseness. Tubercles blotch til
you whole body, and from them there comes a
l in emulation that is unbearahle to the benoldei
rty That is leprosy, and we have all got 1t unles
cleaQSed BY inc grace Vi bpe- 49,
not See II Kings See Mark See Luke. See MT
YOU Bible illusions and combinations
latl The Bible is not complimentary in its Ian
,lnr e,,laoe Il does not speak mmcingly abol
With 0nr sins It does not talk apologeticall,
,uld There is no vermiou in its style. 1t does n'
no cover up our transgressions with oloohlh
nql n,a+anhor 1t does not sing about them
g as weak falsetto; but 1t thunders out; The II
,uld apination of mans heart Is evll from Il
dis vouthn Every one has gone back lie ~
that altogether become filthy lie Is aoonlnan
neg and filthy, and drinketh In inquiry Il!
oao- ,,-,tar And then the Lord Jesus Chrl
reat fines down at our feet this humiliating cat
And lopue. "Out of the heart OF men proce
xiv evil thoughts adulteries, fornication' mu
1853 doris thefts blasphemy.n There Is
and text for your nationalist to preach iron
lend on the dignity of human nature! Inc
Y of Is an element of your science OF man that {
,ros a,+bronologist never has had the courage )
is a To touch; and the Bible, in all the ms
will outs of the most forceful style, sets forth
last natural pollution, and represents inquiry
with a frightful thing, as an exhaustns thlhs
-e to a loathsone thing. 1t is not mere henllrl
days Of the feet, it is not mere Delouiliis ol
vel hands; it is going down, head and ears unC
in n ditch until our own clothes aOhor US
WE MUST RISE ABOVE SIN
stoDs Nv brethreu. shall we stay down where
well thrusts usl | shall not if you do we c;
land, not afford to- have today to tel you u
lat there is something purer than snow wat
az of something more pungent than alkall'
lfri that is the blood of Jesus Christ that cleans
and from all sin Ay, the river OF salFatl
aling bright. crystalline and heaven born, rus
il Ell through this audience with binowy
hirty strong enough to wash your SINS coinpie'
EEK to and forever away . Jesusl let the dam t
yard, holds it back now break, and the HOOD
!, and salvation roll over us.
exton Let the water and the blood
r saw From thy side u healing flood,
II the Be of sin the double cure,
IN II Save from wrath aud make me pure.
a -, Let MS Get down on both knees and bath
.rifed that food of mercy. Ay, strike out
soon both hands and try to swim to the OF
Godlr shore of this river of Gods grace. To yo
The the word of this salvation sent Iake
is all largess of the divine bounty. Though
~ we have gone down in the deepest ditch Of Il
Il and inous desire and corrupt behavior, tho
yir Won have sworn all blasphemes until the
.jovycr not one sinful word left for you to sp
IN our tbough YOU have been submerged 10y
"a the transgressions of a lifetime, though you
GOOD so far down in your sin that no earthly
1t the can touch your case-the Lord Jesus u
,av Ia bonds over YOU today and offers you
mower rieht hand, proposing to lift you up,
wash making you whittier than snow,
ething then raising you to glories that
Yea, or die BILLY" said Christian oootu
Snow to another ~when we come up TO me-
allsali it won't make any difference that we've
h, and bootblacks here, for we shall get IN not $
how or other, but, Billy, we shall get stra
through the gate" Oh if you only
It that how full and free and tender is the of
from Christ, this day, you would all take him
r NJ. j out one single exception, and if all the