Milford chronicle., 1891-02-06

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/ peace which neither earth nor hell can rob
yon of. Thy fathers God, thy mothers
God, waits for thee, 0 young man. "Es
cape for thy lifel" Escape nowl zone
thing thou lackestl"
But apply this subject TO the aged-noi
many here-not many in any assemblage
People do not live to get old. That Is the
general rule. Here and there an aged man
in the house l tell you the truth. You
have lived long enough in this world e
know that it cannot satisfy an immortal
nature, | must talk to you more rever'
entially than do to these other people
while at the same time l speak with great
plainness. D father OF the weary step
0 mother bent down under the ailments
Of life, has thy God ever forsaken theei
Through all these years who has been
your best friendi Seventy years Of mercies
Seventy years Of food and elOthingl Oh
how many bright mOrningsl How many
glorious evening hours you have scent o
father, mother, God has been very good to
you. Do you feel iti Some Of you have
children and grandchildren; the former
cheered your young life, the latter twine
your gray locks in their tiny fingers. Has
pass before you produced no change in your
feelings, and must it be said Of you, not
withstanding all this, "One thing thou
lackestP
TAKE YOUR TROUBLES TO JESUS.
Oh, II you could only feel the hand Of
Christ smoothing the cares out Of wrinkled
faeesl Oh, if you could only feel the warm
arm of Christ steadying your tOttering
nEm oh 70
break through the deafness OF the ear
while cry out, lone thing thou lackest.
It was an importunate appeal a young
man made in a prayer meeting when he
rose up and said: ''Do pray for my old
father He is 70 years Of age, and be don't
love Christ" That father passed a few
more steps on in life, and then he went
down. He never gave any intimation that
he had chosen Jesus. It is very hard
thing for an old man to become a Chris
tian- know it is. Il Is 30 hard thing
that it cannot be done by any human
work but God Almighty can do 1t by his
omnipotent grace; he can bring you at the
eleventh hOur-at half-past Lat one min
ute Of l2 be can bring you to the peace and
the joys Of the glorious gospel
must make application OF this subject
also to those who are prospered Have
you, my friends, found that dollars and
cents are no permanent consolation to the
sOul2 You have large worldly resources,
but have you no treasures, no heavenf Is
an embroidered pillow all that you want to
put your dying head on! You have heard
people all last week talk about earthly
values. Hear plain man talk about the
heavenly. Do you not know it will be
worse for you, o pFOSpered man, II you
reject Christ, and reject him finally-that
it will be worse for you than those who
had it hard in this world, because the con-
trast will make the discontinue so much
more appalling? As the hart bounds for
the water brooks, as the roe speeds down
the hillside, speed thou to Christ. Es-
cape for thy life, look not behind thee.
neither stay thou in all the PLAN; escape
to the mountain lest thou be eonsu medP
I must make my application 70 another
class Of persons-the poor. When you can
not pay your rent when it Is due, have you
nobody but the landlord to talk to? When
the -four has gone out Of the barrel. and
you have not ten cents with which 70
go to the bakery, and your children are
tugging at your dress for something to
eat, have you nothing but the worlds char
tiles to appeal tor When winter comes,
and there are no Goals, and the ash
barrels have no more cinders, who takes
care Of your Have you nobody but the
overseer of the poor2 But preach to You
a poor mans Christ. If you do not have
in the winter blankets enough to cover
you in the night, want to tell you of him
who had not where to lay his head. II you
lie on the bare floor. want to tell you o'
him who had for pillow a hard cross, and
whose foot bath was the streaming blood
of his own heart.
Oh, you poor mani Oh, you poor wom-
AMI Jesus understands your case alto
gether. Talk it right out to him tonight.
Get down on your floor and sayj lord
Jesus Christ, thou vast poor and l am
poor. Help me- Thou art rich now, and
bring me up to thy richesp Do you think
God would cast you of? Win he? You
might as well think that a mother would
take the child that feeds on her breast and
dash its life out, as to think that God
would put aside roughly those who have
fed to him for pity and compassion. Yea,
the prophet says, "a woman may forget
her sucking child, that she should not have
compassion on the son OF her womb, but /
will not forget thee"
THE VOYAGE OF LIFE.
II you have ever been on the sea you
have been surprised in the first voyage to
find there are so few sails in sight. Some
times you go along two, three, four, five.
six and seven days, and do not see a single
sail, but when a vessel does come in sight
the sea glasses are lifted to the eye, the ves-
sci is watched, and if it come very near
then the captain, through the trumpet,
cries loudly across the water, "Whither
boundg" So you and meet on this sea OF
life, We pome and we 60. Some OF us
have never met before. Some Of us will
never meet again. But hail you across
the sea, and with reference to the last great
day, and with reference to the two great
worlds, cry across the water; "Whither
bound? whittier bound"
knew what service that craft was made
for, but hast thou thrown overheard the
compassf Is there no helm to guide itP Is
the ship at the mercy Of the tempestl Is
there no gun OF distress booming through
tho storml With priceless treasures-Tith
treasures aboard worth more than all the
Indies-wilt thou never come up out Of the
trough Of that scar 0 Lord God, lay hold
of that mani Son Of God, If thou vert ever
needed anywhere, thou art needed here.
There are 50 many sins to be pardoned-
There are 50 many wounds to be healed.
There are 80 many souls to be esaved. Help,
Jesusl Help, Holy Ghostl Help, minister
ing angels from the thronel Help, al
sweet memories Of the pastl Help, all
prayers for our future deliverancel Oh,
that now, in this the accepted time and the
day Of salvation, you would hear the voice
Of mercy and hvei Taste and see that the
Lord is gracious
In this closing moment Of the service,
when everything in the house Is 80 favor
able, when everything is 50 still, when God
is so loving and heaven IS so near, drop
your sins and take Jesus. Do not cheat
yourself out Of heaven. Do not do that.
God forbid that at the last, when it is too
late to correct the mistake, voice should
rise from the pillow or drop from the
throne, uttering Just four words--four sad,
annihilating words, "One thing thou lack
est"
A Costly Fan without an Owner.
One Of the prettiest things in the mu-
scum Of the dead letter Office is a lady's
fan roada Of aknrr feathers the piurnea