Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1891-07-03


of Gods lowering angels SILVER to the tip.
But the last part Of my text opens door
wide enough to let us all out and 30 let all
heaven in. Sound it on the organ with all
the stops out. Thrum it on the harps
with all the strings atune. With all the
melody possible let the heavens sound il to
the earth and let the earth tell it to the
heavens. "The Ford hath laid on him the
iniquity of US q =" am glad that the
prophet did not .top to explain whom he
meant by "hiHl' Him of the manger,
him of the bloody sweat, him OF the resur-
rection throne, him Of the crucihxion
agony "On him the Lord hath laid the
iniquity Of us ALL"
CHRIST COMES To THE FALLEN.
"Oh," says some man, that is not gener-
Gus, that is not fair; let every man carry
his own burden and pay his own debts. "
That sounds reasonable. If I have an OBJ
legation aud have the means to meet it,
and come to you and ask you to settle
that obligation, you rightly say, PAY your
own debts" II you and / walking down
the street, both hale, hearty and well, | ask
you to curry me, you say, and say rightly,
walk on your own feetW But suppose
you and | were in regiment and / was
wounded in the battle and l fell uncon-
sciOus at your feet with gunshot fractures
and dislocatiOns, what would you dor You
would call to your comrades saying,
"Come and help, this man is helpless;
bring the ambulance; let us take him to
the hospital" and | would be n dead lift
in your arms, and you would lift me from
the ground where had fallen and put me
in the ambulance and take me to the hos
pital and have all kindness shown me.
Would there he anything mean in your do
ing that? Would there be anything be
meaning in my accepting that kindness?
Oh, no. You would be mean not to do it..
That is what Christ does
If we could pay our debts then it would
be better to go up and pay them, saying,
Here, Lord, here is my obligation; here
are the means with which ! mean to settle
that obligation; now give me receipt;
cross it all out" The debt is paid But
the fact is we have fallen in the battle, we
have gone down under the hot fire of our
transgressions, We have been wounded by
the sabers Of sin, we are helpless, we are
undOne. Chist- comes. The loud clang
heard in the sky ON that Christmas night
was only the bell, the resounding bell, Of
the ambulance. Clear the way for the Son
of God He comes down to bind up the
wounds, and to scatter the darkness, and
to save the lost. Clear the way for the Son
Of God.
Christ comes down to see US, and we are
dead lift. He does not lift us with the
tips of his fingers He does not lift us with
one arm lie comes down upon his knee,
and then with a dead lift be raises us to
honor and glory aud Immortality 1.-The
Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us
ALL" Why, then, will no man carry his
sinsf You cannot carry successfully the
smallest sin you ever committed. You
might as well put the Apennines on one
and the Alps on the other. How
much less can you carry all the sins of your
lifetimel Christ comes and looks down in
your face and says: 81 have come through
all the decorations of these days and through
all the tempests of these nights. / have
come to bear your burdens, and to pardon
your sins, and to pay your debts. Put
them on my shoulder; put them on my
heart" ION him the Lord hath laid the
iniquity of US all"
NO REST FOR THE WICKED.
Sin has almost pestered the life out Of
some of you. At times it has made you
the brightness of your days and the peace
of your nights. There are men who have
been riddled Of sin. The world gives them
no solace. GossaIner and volatile the world,
while eternity, as they look forward to it,
is black as midnight. They writhe under
the stings of n conscience which proposes
to give no rest here and no rest hereafter;
and yet they do not repent, they do not
pray, they do not weep. They do not real
ize that just the position they occupy is
the position occupied by scores, hundreds
and thousands of men who never found
any hope
If this meeting should be thrown open
and the people who are here could give
their testimony, what thrilling experiences
we should hear on all sides! There is a
man in the gallery who would say: II had
brilliant surroundings, had the best edu-
cation that one of the best collegiate insti-
tutions of this country could give and l
all the mOralities of life, aud l
was self righteous, and thought was all
right before God as | am all right before
men; but the Holy Spirit came to me one
day and said. You are a sinner;' the Holy
Spirit persuaded me Of the fact. While l
had escaped the sins against the law of the
laRf bad really committed the worst sin
Il n ever cOmmts-the driving back of
the Son Of God from my hearts affections
And / saw that my hands were red with
the blood of the Son of God, and began to
pray, and peace came to my heart, and
know by experience that what you say this
morning is true, On him the Lord hath
laid the iniquity Of us all )"
Yonder is a man who would say; 81 was
the worst drunkard in New York; went
from bad to worse; ] destroyed myself,
destroyed my home; my children covered
when entered the house; when they put
up their lips to be kissed / struck them;
when my wife protested against the mall
treatment kicked her into the street. l
know all the bruises and all the terrors Of
4 drunliard's woe. went on further and
further from God until one day got let
ter saying
"AfY DEAR HUsnAND-I have tried every
gay, done everything, and prayed earnestly
and fervently for your reformation, but It
seems of no avail. Since our little Henry died, |
sith the exception Of those few happy weeks !
when you remained sober, my life has been one
lf sorrow. Many of the nights / have sat by |
.he window, with my face bathed in tears
for your coming. am broken
hearted, am sick. Mother and father have |
Ieen here frequently and begged me to come |
iOnle, bat my love for you and my hope for /
brighter days have always made me refuse /
hem. That hope seems now beyond realiza-
ion, and have returned to them. 1t is hard, |
md battled long before doing it. May God !
,Iess api5 preserve you and take from you that 4
.ccuTsed appetite ard hasten tho day when We |
han be again living happily together. This |
will be my daily prayer, knowing that he has |
aid, Gene unto me all ye that labor and are |
icavy laden, and will give you rest From /
your loving wife, MARY,
"And so wandered on and wandered |
u" says that man, until one night
lassed Methodist meeting house, and /
aid to myself, 'I'll 60 in and see what they
ire doing and got to the door, and they |
we're singing;
All may come, whoever will,
This man receives poor sinners still.
ard dropped right there where was
ind said, God have mercy, and he had /
mercy on me Ny home is restored, my |
wife sings all day long during work, my I
children come out long way to greet me |
lome, and my household is a little heaven. !
will tell you what did all this for me. 1t |
vas the trnth that this day you proclaim,
On him the Lord had laid the iniquity Of