Milford chronicle., 1891-06-19

n du0 HIe@Ab Luf anything buiAl one especially
i desires in such rapturous dominion: and
|, through the dolngs Of one who was born
! about five miles south of Jerusalem and
died about ten minutes walk from its east
4 ern gate all may enter that great heaven
: for the earnest and heartfelt asking. Is
that ALP That is all What, then, is your
/. work and mine2 Our work is to persuade
. people to face that way and.start thither-
ward and finally 20 in. But has not reli-
gion something to do with this world as
well as the nexts Oh, yes; but do you not
see that if the people start for heaven on
their way there they will do all the good
they cam They will at the very start of
the journey get so much OF the spirit OF
Christ, which IS a spirit OF kindness and
! self sacrifice aud generosity and burden
bearing and helpfulness, that every step
they take will resound with good deeds.
Oh, get your religion of of stiltsi Get it.
down out Of the high tOwers Get it on
level with the wants and woes of our poor
human race! Get it out of the dusty theO-
logical books that few people read, and put
it in their hearts and lives. Good thing Is
it to profess religion when you join the
church, but every day, somehow, we ought
to profess religion.
! A peculiar patchwork quilt was, during
the civil war, made by a lady and sent to
the hospitals at the front She had boy
/ in the army, and was naturally interested b
in the welfare OF soldiers. But what a
patchwork quilt she sentl On every block 4
Of the quilt was a passage OF Scripture or a
verse of a hymn. The months and years OF .
the war went by. On that quilt many a
wounded man had lain and suffered and
died But one morning the hospital nurse
saw q patient under that blanket kissing
the figure of a leaf In the quilt, and the
nurse supposed he was only wandering in
his mind. But no; he was the son of the
mother who had made the qRilt and he
recognized that figure Of a leaf as part of
gown his mother used to wear, and It re-
minded him OF home. do you know where
this quilt came from?'' he asked. The nurse
answered, II can find out, for there was
card pinned fast to it., and will find that"
Sure enough, it confirmed what he thought.
Then the nurse pointed to a passage Of
Scripture in the block Of the quilt, the
passage which says when be was yet
great way of his father saw him and ran
and fell on his neck and kissed him. "
"Yes," said the dying soldier, II WIS q :
great way off, but God has met me and had ,
compassion on me-" 'Shall write TO your
mother and tell her that the lost one is ,
found and the dead is alive AGAIN. He
answered, II wish you would. if it would I
not be too much trouble" Do you sup !
pose that woman who made that quilt and !
filled it with Scripture passages had any
trouble about who Melchizedek was, or (
how the doctrine Of Gods sovereignty can :
be harmonized with mans free agency, or =
who wrote the PentAteueh or the incon- y
sistencies Of the Nicene creed2 No, no; 20 =
to work for God and suffering humanity
and all your doubts and fears and mysteries a
and unbeliefs put together viii not be heavy :,
enough to stir the chemists scales, which :,
Is accustomed to Weighing One-dftieth part =,
Of grain of chamomile flowers. Why stop 81
4 moment to understand the mysteries =,
when there are so many certitudes? Why =,
spend our time exploring the dark garrets n
md coal holes of a great palace which has Il,
.bOve ground one hundred rooms flooded =,
With sunshine? 1t takes all my time 70
lbsorb what has been revealed, so that
ave no time to upturn and root out and
lrag forth what has not been revealed.
The most Of the effort to solve mysteries
nd explore the inexplieable and harmonic 10
hings is an attempt to help the Lord out III
( theological difficulties. Good enough in IN
ention, my brother, no doubt; but the Lord a.
, not anxious to have you help him. He III
ill keep his throne without your assist up
4lIs GVn y 70 nAAhA4 AAAsAA AAAo AlAuAG Will
all apart from Inconsistencies. 1t hung IN
1gether many centuries before you were vac
orn, and your funeral sermon will be ne
reached from a text taken from its undis- ~
lrbed authenticity.
LAY HOLD ON GODS WORD. ~
Do you know that l think that If all IN
minister's In all denominations would stop -asi
lis nonsense Of ecclesiastical strife and 81
Ike hold the word of God, the only ques-
on with each of US being how many souls ,.,c
e can bring to Christ and in how short q ~
me, the Lord would soon appear for the A.
lvation Of all natiOns2 When the young 49,
leen Of England visited Scotland many 80
.ars ago great preparations were made H.
r her reception. The vessel in which she -
lied was far out at sea, but every hill in ~
sotland was illnmined with bOnfires and -
riches. The night was set on fire with ar n,
icial illumination. The queen, standing
ships deck, knew from that that Scot
nd was full Of heartiest welcome, and the E
under Of the great guns at Glasgow and loor
linburgh castle woke up all the echoes. viii
,Oml they sounded out over the sea. vor
,oml they sounded up among the hills. inc
you know that / think that our King Tybe
'uld land II we were only ready to receive the
nj Why not cali to him from all our WOO
lrches, from all our hospitals, from all sam
r honest Why not all at once light all the
} torches OF Gospel inVitationi Why not thin
g all the bells of Welcoues Why not deeo
ht up the long night Of the worlds sin tbei
suffering with bonfires Of victQryi w
by not unlimber all the Gospel batteries ,ylov
1 let them boom across the earth and sick
I'm into the parting heavens. The King rouB
eady to land ii we are ready to receive inca,
!. Why cannot we who are now living Of tv
his descent9 Must 1t all be postponed strul
later agest Has not our poor world aero.
aned long enough in mortal agoniesi worl
re there not been martyrs enough. and othei
e not the lakes Of tears and the rivers alwa
hood been deep enoughl Why cannot at on
final glory roll in noW2 Why cannot musi
dying century feel the incoming tides ment
he oceans OF heavenly mercyi Must and {
eyes close In death and our ears take In
the deafness OF the tsmb, and these hives
rts beat their last throb before the day and
es inG o Christi Why tarriest thous The
/ thou not, before we go the way Of all 90, Of
earth, let us see thy SCARED feet under resen
e MONDAY cloud coming this way3 Be wax
we die let as behold thy hands that rOul,,
2 spiked, spread ont in benediction for ters
It race And why not let US, with our tine o.
tai ears, hear that voice which spoke lies
e as thou didst go up, speak pardon gayly
emancipation and love and holiness wood
joy to all nations as thou CONTEST down.
It the skies do not part. hear no
bling Of chariot wheels coming down VIII
the sapphire. There Is no swo0p Of Jeani
.. l see no dash Of angelic appear ing. r
s. All Is still, hear nothing bat the her.
Up Of my own heart rs pause between never
2 utterances. The king does not land she m
use the world is not ready, and the done
oh is not ready. To clear the way for seen 5
lords coming let us devote all our en- was a.
$ Of body, mind and soul. A Russian her b
raj riding over the battlefield, his horse SCENE
ling amid the dying and dead, wound The s.
older asked him for water, but the in ''tii
r did not understand his language work
knew not what thep poor fellow wanted on exs
the soldier cried out "Christos," and day ca
word meant sympathy and help, and ants (,
russian officer dismounted and put to WAYS
FPS Of the sufferer a cooling draught Is a (