Milford chronicle., 1889-02-01

came in with contempt for the church OF I
God and with an especial dislike for Tai
mage. When an opportunity was given he
arose for prayer and as he was mere than
six feet high, when he arose for prayer no
ono doubted that he 0rosel That hour he be-
pane q Christian, He went out and told tho
ship owners and the ship commanders what
q great change had been wrought IN him,
and scores and scores have been brought to
God through his instrumentality,
a little while after his conversion he was
on ship Off Cape Hatteras in thick and
fog, and they were at their wits
ends apld know not what TO do, the ship drtt
ing about hither and thither, and they lost
mar hearinos, and tho converted sea captain
went 70 his room and asked God for the sal
yation Of the ship and God revealed it to
Aim yhile no was on his knees that az GER
tain hour, only little way of, the fog would
lift; and the converted sea captain came out
on tho deck and told how God heard bis
prayers. He saili Ut IS all right, boys, very
soon now the fog will lift" mentioning the
hour. A man who stood there laughed aloud
In derision al the idee that God would
answer prayer; but ut just the hour wnen |
God had assured the captain the fog would |
lift there came a Clash of lightning through /
the fog. and the man who had jeered and |
Ieuqhed was stunned and fell to the deck |
Tho fog lifted. Hondef was Tape hatleraa !
lighthouse. The ship was put ON the right
course. and sailed on to the hGrbor Of safety
A RrGENERATIoN DEvoUTLY TO BE WISHED
FOR
when iB seaport tho captain sPeuds most
Of his time IN evangelical work' lie Aneeis
down by one who had been helpless In the
bed for many months, and the next DAY she
walks forth In the streets well de kneels
beside one who has long been decreplt, ana
he resigns the crutches. He kneels beside one
who had not seen enough to be able 70 Fea9
for ten years, and she Feads the hlble tnat
day. Consumptlons 60 away, ana those VINO
bsd diseases that were appalling to behold
come up to rapid convalescence and to com
plete health. / am not telling you anything
( second handed. | have bad the story Irom
fbe lipS OF the patients in this very
house. those who were brought to health
of body. while at the same time brought to
God. No second hand story this ! have
heard tho testimony from m9n and women
who have been cured. You may call 1t faith
cure, or you may call it the power OF God
coming down in answer TO prayer; do not
care what you call it, 1t Is a fact. The scoI-
flno sea CAPTAIN, his heart full Of hatred for
CHRISTIANITY, now becomes a follower of the
meek and lowly Jesus. giving All the tune to
, ,,5aneelical labors, OF all the Tina he can
/ snare from other occupations. That is re
p generation, that is regeneration, Man all
made over again.
! WThere Is your absurd doctrine Of vicarious
; sacrifice say these men who have chewed up
D the little book of creeds and have the conse-
Ouent embittered stomach. "Nlcarlous sacrl
r feel Let every man suffer for himself, why
9 do want Christ to suffer for mef III suifel
t for myself and carry my own burdens.
= 4hey scoR at the idea Of vicarious sacrlnce
2 while they admire it everywhere else except
e in Christ. People sec its beauty when 6
Q mother suffers for her child. People sec it
>, beauty when patriot suffers for his country
q Peopia see its beauty when man denies him
d self for friend. They can sec the beauty o
IL vicarious sacrifice in every one but Christ.
II A young lady IN one Of tho literary lnstl
q tuiions was a teacher. She was very reticen
le and retired in her habits, and she formed n
u coupanionships in the new position she occu
es pjed. and her dress was very plainv-some
r, times 1t was very shabby. After a while sh
D. was discharged from the place for that ret
T. cor. but no reason was given. In answer
es the letter discharging her from the position
o. she said; s'Well if l have failed to please,
OF sunpose it Is nv own fault" She went her
le and there for employment, and found nom
and IN desperation and In dementiR she ende
ut her life by suicide. Investigation was mao
o. and it was found that out OF her sma
lie means she had supported her father,
nj years Of age, and was paying the wa
h; for her brother in Yale college
is his way to the ministry. 1t was found Uni
rd she had no blanket on the bed that winte
ets and she had no fire on the very coolest day
found H. ont md the
he was a large gathering at the funeral, q
": largest ever at any funeral in that place, al
IT, tbe verv people who had scoffed came al
zes looked upon the pale face OF the martyr, al
to ali honor was done her, but It was too lai
,ut Vicarious sacrifice. All are thrilled WI
pas such Instances as that. But many are
us moved by the fact that Christ paid his pc
ler ertv FOR our riches, his self abnegation I
our enthrOnement, and knelt on the sna
re edoes of humiliation that we might clir
sm over his lacerated shoulder into peace a
en- heaven.
un- THESE DOCTRINES WERE NOT MADE 10
pie scoFFED AT.
on Be it ours to admire and adore these q
arc trines at which others jeer, Oh, the dep
te Of the riches both OF tho wisdom and lsno
an. ad0e of Godl How unsearchable 10 bis
lYy dom. and his ways are past finding out!
old the height, the depth, the length, tho bread
! 1t the infnity, the immensity, the eternity
S, 1t that love Let our earnest prayers go oul
the behalf OF all those who scoh ut these doctri
out OF grace When the London plague
was raging in the year 1905, there was a NJ
ther near the chief burial place that excited IN
nnn comment. England was in fright and
With reavemept. The dead carts went through
leel streets day qnd night, and the cry, 'Bf
seen answered DN
bringing out Of the forms Of the loved o.
and they we're put twenty or thirty IN a C
ght. and the wagons went on TO the cemetery; /;
ceof these dead were not buried in graves, bu
mats great trenches, in great pits, inone pit ele
nu,,d hundred and fourteen burialsl The c
d bo would come up with their great burden
,ipbt twenty or thirty to tho mouth Of the pit,
d to the front Of the cart was lifted and the
@ ro- shot into tho pit All the churches In
sent don were open for prayer day and night,
him. ENGLAND was in a great anguish. AT that '
time az n hotel. at a wayside inn near
istrv chief burial place, there was groul
IS of. hardened men, who sat day after day
rmer night after night blaspheming God and
lther tating the grief struck who went by to
cd IN burinl place. These men sat there day after
his and night after night, and they scotfed at j
other and thew scoffed at women, and they sec
said; at God But after while ono Of them
have struck with the plague, and in two week
ways OF the group were down in the trench
'rsion the margin of which they had uttered
COM ribaldry Ny friends, greater pnS'
rue abroad in the world. Millions have dle
ak to a HF;llions ore smitten with it now. Pl
( con OF sin, plague OF sorrow, plague OF wret1
nyert ness. plague Of woe. And consecrated
. dis men and men from all Christendom are
jesus out trying to stay the plague and ale
cant the anguish, and there is groul
you men in this country base enough I
"a and deride the work. They scoii
lie the Bible, and they scoR at
said, gelism, and they scoff at Jesus 9
it to and they scoff at God. If these words
neg reach them, either while they are 81
it fer hero today or through tho printing pre-
o nnd me tell them to remember the fate OF
II the group in the wayside inn while the P
fee k,r.o i,ioor xvinps over the dc