Milford chronicle., 1889-07-26
MILFORD, DEL, FRIDAY, JULY %. 1889.

MY Old companions; start this day fof
heaven. Until am persuaded you Will join
me in this, farewell "
YOU MUST RENOUNcE ONE OR THE OTHER
Then sign your name and send the letter
with the first post Give up your bad com
nanions or give up heaven Il Is not ten bad
companions that destroy a man, nor five bad
COMPANIONS, nor three bad companions, but
one. What chance is there for that young
man 1 saw along the street, four five young
men with him, halting in front of grog
shop, urging him to 20 IN, he resisting, vlo-
lently resisting, until after while they
forced him to go int. 1t was summer night
and the door was left open, and | saw the
process. They held him fast, and they put
the cup 70 his lips and they forced down the
strong drink. What chance IS there for such
young mant
| counsel you also seek Christian advice.
Every Christian man is bound to help you
First Of all, seek God; then seek Christian
counsel Gather up all the energies of body,
mind and soul, and, appealing to God for sue
cess, declare this day everlasting war against
all drinking habits, all gambling practices,
all houses Of sin. Half-andhaR work will
amount to nothing; it must be a Waterloo.
Shrink back now and you are lost. Push on
and YOU are saved a Spartan general fell
at the very moment of victory. but he dipped
his finger in his own blood and wrote on q
rock near which he was dying, Sparta has
conquered" Though your struggle to get
rid of sin may seem to be almost death
struggle, you can dip your finger in your
own blood and write on the Rock OF Ages
"Victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. "
Oh, what glorious news it would DO fol
some of these young men to send home &c
their parents. They go to the pOstotfice
every day or two to see whether there are
any letters from you. How anxious they are
to hear.
SEND THE GOOD NEWS HOME.
Some one said to Grecian general, 'What
was the proudest moment In your hfe" He
thought a moment, and said: The proudesi
moment In my life WAS when l sent word
home to my parents that had gained the
victory And the proudest and most bril-
liant moment in your life will be the moment
when you can send word to your parents that
you have conquered your evil habits by the
grace of God and become eternal victor. Oh,
despise not parental anxiety The time viii
come when you will have neither father mol
mother, and you viii go around the place
where they used to watch you and find
them gone from the house and gone from
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hood Cry as loud for forgiveness es you
may over the mound in the churchyard,
4 they will not answer. Deadl Dead And
/ then you will take out the white lock Of
/ hair that was cut from your mothers brow
/ just before they buried her, and you viii
/ take the cane with which your father used tc
walk, and you will think and think and wish
that you had done just as they wanted you
to- and would give the world if you had
/ never thrust pang through their dear ole
hearts God pity the poor young man who
has brought disgrace ON his fathers name
God pity the young man who has broken hi
mothers heartl Better if he had never beer
Born-better if, in the first hour of his life
instead Of being laid agSinst the warm bosom
of maternal tenderness, he had been cotineC
and sepulchered. There is no balm powerful
enough to heal the heart Of one who hal
brought parents to sorTowful grave, anC
who wanders about through the disma
cemetery, rending the hair and wringing thi
hands and crying, "Motherl Motherr Oh
that today, by all the memories Of the pas
and by all the hopes of the future, you woulC
Weld your heart to God May your father
God and your mothers God be your Coz
foreverl