Milford chronicle., 1891-08-14


thought that for thee he shed it-for thee
the hard hearted, for thee the lost'
"NO" says some one; II will have moth
ing to do with il except that, like the enc
mics Of Christ put both my hands into
that carnage and scoop up both palms full,
and throw il on my head and cry, His
blood be on us and on our childrenP Can
you do such shocking thing as thats Just
rub your handkerchief across your brow
and look at IT, Il is the blood OF the Son
of God whom you have dcspised and driven
back all these years. Oh, do not do that
any longerl Come out boldly and frankly
and honestly, and tell Christ You are sorry
You cannot afford TO so roughly treat him
upon whom everything depends.
BEwAREi BEwAIEl
do not know how you will get away
from this subject You see that you are
sold out, and that Christ wants to buy you
back There are three persons who come
after you today-God the Father, God the
Son and God the Holy Ghost. They unite
their three omnipotences In one movement
for your salvation. You will not take up
arms against the triune God. will your Is
there enough muscle in your arm for such
c0mbatS by the highest throne in heaven,
and by the deepest chRsm in hell | beg you
look out. Unless you allow Christ TO carry
away your sins, they will carry you away.
Unless you allow Christ to lift you up.
they will drag you down. There is only
one hope for you, and that is the blood.
Christ, the sin offering, bearing your trans
gressions. Christ, the surety, paying your
debts. Christ, the divine Cyrus. loosening
your Babylonish captivity
Would you not like to be free! Here is
the price Of your hberation-not money,
but blood. I tremble from head to foot,
not because fear your presence, but be-
cause fear that you will miss your chance
for immortal rescue This is the alterna-
tive divinely put, ole that beieveth on
the Son shall have everlasting life; aud he
that believeih not on the Son shall not see
life, but the wrath OF God ubideth on him."
In the last day, il you now reject Christ,
every drop Of that sacrificial blood, instead
of pleading for your release Us it would
have pleaded if you had repented. will
plead against you.
o Lord God Of the judgment dayl avert
that calamity Let us see the quick flash
of the scimeter that Stays the sin but saves
the sinner Strike, omnipotent God, for
the souls deliyerancel Beat, o eternal
seal with all thy waves against the barren
beach Of that rocky soul and make it
tremble Oh, the Oppressiveness of the
hour the minute, the second on which the
souls destiny qnivers5 and this is that
hour that minute, that secoudl
ALL MAY Be SAVED.
Some years ago there came down fierce
storm on the seacoast, and a vessel got in
the breakers and was going to pieces.
They threw up some signal of distress and
the people on shore saw them. They put
out in a lifeboat They came on, and they
saw the poor sailors, almost exhausted,
clinging to raft; and 50 afraid were the
boatmen that the men would give up be-
fore they got TO them they gave them three
rounds of cheers, and cried; Hold on,
therel hold Unl Wen save you" After
awhile the boat came up. One man was
saved by having the boathoOk put in the
collar Of his coat, and some in one way and
some in another; but they all got into the
boat. Now" says the captain, for the
shore. Pull away now, pulp
The people on the land were afraid the
lifeboat had gone down. They said ''How
long the boat stays. Why, it must have
been swamped and they have all persisted
together" And there were men and wom-
en- on the pier heads and on the beach
wringing their hands, and while they
waited and watched they saw something .
looming up through the mist and it turned
ont to be the lifeboat. As soon As it came
within speaking distance the people on the
shore cried out; "Dd you save any Of themi
Did you save any OF them" And as the
boat swept through the boiling surf and
came to the pier head the captain waved
his hand over the exhausted sailors that
lay Cat on the bottom of the boat and cried:
"All saved! Thank Godl All savedp
So may it be today. The waves Of your
sin run high, the storm IS on you, but
cheer you with this Gospel hope. God
grant that within the next ten minutes we
may row with you into the harbOr Of Gods
mercy And when these Christian men
gather around to see the result Of this serv
Ice, and the gloriled gathering on the pier
heads of heaven to watch and to listen,
may we be able to report all savedl Young
and old, good and badl All saved Saved
for time Saved for eternity. "And so it
game to pass that they all escaped safe to
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