Milford chronicle., 1891-02-13

heaven, y suffering child OF ted, VII pe
built out Of conquered earthly disasters.
What gave John Bunyan such q wondrous
dream Of the celestial cityi The Bedford
penitentiary. What gave Richard Baxter
such power 70 tell Of the Saints Evsriast-
ing Rest, and to give his immortal Call to
the Uneonvertedf'' Physical disease which
racked every nerve Of his body. What
made George Whitefeld 50 mighty In saw
ing souls, bringing ten Thousand TO God
when others brought q hundredf PeEse-
cution that caricatured and assailed him
all up and down England, aud dead Vernin
thrown IN hisfnce when he was preaching.
What mellowed and gloEiRed Wilber-
forces Christian eharacterl A financial
misforeune that led him TO write. II know
not why my life Is spared 50 long, except It
be 70 show that a man can be as happy
without a fortune as with one" What
gave John Milton sneh keen spiritual eye
sight that be could see the battle OF the
angelsi Extinguishment Of physical eye
sizbt. What is the highest observatory
for studying the staEs Of hope and flith
and spiritual pronaissf The believeg's sick
bed. What pFoclaims the richest and most
golden harvests that wave on all the hills
Of heavenly rapturei The SHOWS, the deep
SHOWS, the awful SHOWS OF earthly calamity.
And that comforting thought is ono Of the
treasures OF the snow.
TER IMAGE OF PURITY.
Another treasure Of the snow Is the sug-
gestion that this mantle covering the earth
Is ike the soul after tits forgiven. @Wash
me-" said the Psalmist, ''and shall Be
whittier than snow" Ny dear friend Cash
erie De Witt went over to Geneva, SwitEer-
land, for the recovery Of his health, but
the Lord had something better for him
than earthly recovery. IAttle did think
when bade him good-by one lovely after
noon on the other side Of the sea to return
to America, that We would not meet again
till we meet in heaven. As be lay one Sab
bath morning on his dying pillow IN
Switzerland, tho window open, he was
looking out upon Mont Blanc The air
was clear. That great mountain stood in
its robe OF snow, Rlittering IN the morning
light. and my friend said to his : tfe; "Jen-
ME, do you know what that snow on Mont
Blanc makes me think on It makes me
think that the righteousness Of Christ and
the pardon Of God cover all the sins &
imPerfeetions Of my life. as that Bno4
covers up that mountain, for the promise
is that though our sins be As scarlet, they
shall be as white as snow" Was not that
glOriousl
l do not care who you are, or where you
are. you need as much as do that cleans
ing which made GasheEie De Witt good
while he lived and glorious when he died.
Do not take it as the tenet OF an obsolete
Theology that our nature Is corrupt. We
must be changed. We must be made over
again. The ancients thought that snow
water had especial power to wash out deep
stains. All other water might fail, but
melted snow would make them clean.
Well, Job had great admiration for snow,
but he declares in substance that If he
should wash his soul in melted snow he
would sti1 be covered with mud like a
man down in a ditch Dob tx. S0). III
wash myself In snow water, and make my
hands never SO clean, yet shalt thou
plunge me in the ditch and mine own
cloths shall abhor ma." We mnst be
washed "a the fountain Of Gods marcy BE-
fore we can be winter than snow. with
ont holiness, no man shall see the Lord. ="
Oh. for the cleansing pOweri
II there be in all this audience one
man or woman whose thoughts have
always been right, and whose astiDns
are always right, let sneh q ons rise, OF II
already standing. lit tbs right hand Not
onel All we, like shesp, have gone .ss4Eay.
Uncleani uncieani And yet we may Be
made whittier than sn0W-Wtitar than that
which, on q cold winters morning. sftsF a
night Of storm, clothes the tree from bot
tom Of trunk 70 top Of highest hEanzh;
whittier than that which this hour makes
the Adirondacks, and the Sierra Nevada
and Mount Washington heights OF pOmp
and splendor flt to enthnone an arehangel.
In the time OF Graham, the essayist, IN
one mountain district Of Scotland an av-
erage OF ten shepherds peEished every
winter IN the snOw drifts, and 30 he pro-
posed that ct the distance Of every mile q
pole fifteen feet high and with two cross
pieces be erected, showing the points OF
the compass, and a beil hung at the top, so
that every breeze would ring Il, and 80 the
lost one on the mountains Would hear the
sound and take the direction given By this
pole with the cross pieces and ge5 safely
home. Whether that proposed plan was
adopted or not do not know, but de-
clare TO all you who arc in the heavy and
binding drifts Of sin and sorFOW that
there Is q cross near by that can direct you
70 home and peace and God; and hear you
NOS the ringing Of the gospel bell hanging
to that eRnas, saying, This Is the way
walk ye IN isf'' No wonder that ths saered
poet pat the PsAlmist's thought into
rhythm with that ringing chorus we have
50 often sung;
Dear Jesus, long 70 be perfectly whole;
want thee forever to live IN my soul.
Break down every IDOL, cast down every foe!
Now wash me, and shall be whittier than snoWi
Wh1ter than nnOwl yes, whittier than snOwl
Now wash mo, and shall be whittier than snoWi
Get that prayer answered, and we viii
be fit not only for earth, but for the
heaven whore everything Is 80 white be-
cause everything is 30 pure. You know
that tho redsemed In that land wear robes
that are white, and the eonqneroFs in that
land ride horses that are white, and John in
vision saysof Christ, ''his head and his hairs
were white" and the throne on which be
sits Il a great white throne. By the par
doning and sanetifying grace Of God may
Wo all at Last Sand amid thGt radiancel
Ten thouand times ten thousand,
In glittering Armor bright,
The armies Of the living God,
Throng up the steeps Of Light.
lis finished, all Ia finished,
Their hght with death and sin;
Throw open wide the golden ga4el
And let the couqueEOFs In