Milford chronicle., 1891-07-31

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there is in this country when a foreies
| prince comes to our shores. Whyf Becaus,
( it is expected that some day he viii sill
upon a throne. But what is all that honor
compared with the honor to which Coo
calls you-to be sons and daughters of the
Lord Almighty; yea, TO be queens and
kings unto GOdl "They shall reign with
him forever and forever"
a HEALTHY OPEN AIR FAITH.
But, my friends. you need not be aggres-
sive Christians, and not like those persons
who spend their lives in hugging their
Christian graces and wondering why they
do not make any progress. How much ro-
business of health would a man have if he
hid himself in a dark closety A great deal
of piety of the day is too exclusive It
hides itself 1t needs more fresh air, more
outdoor exercise. There are many Chris
tians who are giving their entire life to
self examination They are feeling their
pulses to see what is the condition of their
spiritual health How long would a man
have robust physical health if he kept all
the days and weeks and months and years
of his life feeling his pulse instead of goiug
out into active, earnest, everyday work?
was once amid the wonderful, bewitch-
ing cactus growths of North Carolina /
never was more bewildered with the beauty
of flowers, and yet when l would take up
one of these cactuses and pull the leaves
apart, the beauty was all gone You could
hardly tell that it had ever been a flower
And there are great many Christian peo-
pie in this day just pulling apart their
Christian experiences to see what there is
in them, and there is nothing attractive
left This style of self examination is a
damage instead of an advantage to their
Christian character remember when
was boy used to have small piece in
the garden chat | called my own, and
planted corn there, and every few days /
would pull it up to see how fast it was
growing Now, there are a great many
Christian people in this day whose self ex-
animation merely amounts to the pulling
up of that which they only yesterday or
the day before planted.
Oh, my friendsl if you want to have star
wart Christian character, plant it right out
of doors in the great field Of Christian use
fitness, and though storms may come
upon it, and though the hot sun of trial
may try to consume it, it will thrive until
it becomes great tree. in which the fowls
of heaven may have their habitation. |
have no patience with these llowerpot
Christians. They keep themselves under
shelter and all their Christian experience
in a small, exclusive circle. when they
ought to plant it in the great garden of the
Lord, so that the whole atmosphere could
be aromatic with their Christian useful
ness. What we want in the church Of God
is more Drawn of piety.
The century plant is wonderfully sug-
gestive and wonderfully beautiful, but !
never look at it without thinking Of its
parsimony. 1t lets whole generations 90
by before it puts forth one blossom; so !
have really more heartfelt admiration
when see the dewy tears in the blue eyes
of the violets, for they come every spring.
Ny Christian friends, time is going by so
rapidly that we cannot afford to be idle
A recent statistician says that human life
now has an average of only thirty-two
years. From these thirtytwo years you
must subtract all the time you take for
sleep and the taking Of food aud recrear
ton; that will leave you about sixteen
years. From those sixteen years you must
subtract all the time you are necessarily
engaged in the earning of a livelihood.
that will leave you about eight years
From those eight years you must take all
the days and weeks and months-all the
length of time that is passed in childhood
and sickness, leaving you about one year
in which to work for God Oh. my soul,
wake up! How darest thou sleep in har
vest time and with so few l., rs in which
to reap? So that state it as 8 simple fact
that all the time that the vast Ipajority Of
you will have for the exclusive Pervice Of
God will be less than one year,
GO OUT AND COMPEL THEM
But, says some man, II liberal.
port the Gospel. and the church is
and the Gospel is preached; all the spirit
ual advantages are spread before men, and
If they want to be saved let them come to
be saved; / have discharged all my respon-
sibility" Ali is that the Masters ariyiti
Is there not an old Book sog lat
us to go-o'9 . i, S.,-'oiuOe Us
and the hsagg 9 ~ If Su nonev s s5
;, y algs wenR = z they had a great If
y o. theirs. But SUPPOSE that after her
OF CHI died. and her property went, and
y eryin.old and poor she was not trouhl
ny On much with callers. All the birds tl
7rfia. X in the bower while the sun sho
gone to their nests, now the night
en- aud te Al