Milford chronicle., 1891-10-16
THE NoTHINGARIANs' q eED.

THE NOTHINGARIANs' q FED.
n / see hundreds, perhaps tht ends, o
oung men in this audience. OF b
ashamed, young man, to have 1 vorlg
know that you are a friend of the Bible
This book is the friend Of all that is gooC
and it is the sworn enemy Of all that il
bad An eloquent writer recently gives al
incident of very bad man who stood ID
the cell Of a western prison. This crimina
had gone through all styles of crime, and
be was there waiting for the gallows. The
convict standing there at the window OF
the cell, this writer says, "lOoked out and
declared, I am an inidel' He said that
70 all the men and women and children
who happened to be gathered there, 4 am
an infdel.'" and the eloquent writer SAYS,
Every man and woman there believed
him" And the writer goes on to say, "If
he had stood there saying, ] am a Chris
tian. every man and woman would have
said. He is a liarP" This Bible is the
sworn enemy Of all this wrong, and it is
the friend Of all that is good Oh, hold on
TO IT, DO not take part Of it and throw the
rest away Hold on to all of it. There are
80 many people now who do not know
You ask them If the soul is immortal. and
they say. II guess it is, don't know; per
haps it is, perhaps it isn't" Is the Bible
trueR well. perhaps it is, and perhaps il
isn't perhaps it may be fguratively, and
perhaps it may be partly, and perhaps it
may not be at all They despise what
they call the Apostolic creed; but If their
own creed were written ont it would read
like this Il believe in nothing, the maker
Of heaven and earth, and in nothing which
il hath sent, which nothing was born Of
nothing and which nothing was dead and
buried and descended into nothing, aud
arose from nothing, and ,tscended 10 moth.
ing. and now sitteth at the right hand Of
nothing. from which it will come to judge
nothing. believe in the holy agnostic
church and in the communion Of nothing
gariHns, and in the forgiveness Of nothing.
and the resurrection Of nothing and in the
life that never shall be. Amen" That is
the creed OF tens Of thousands Of people in
this day. II you have a mind TO adopt
such a theory ] will not. "a believe in God
the Father Almighty maker OF heaven
and earth, and in Jesus Christ, and in the
holy catholic church. and in the com
nunion of saints, and in the life everlast
ng. Amen" Oh, when ! see Eleazar tax
ng such stout grip Of the sword ia the
battle against sin and for righteousness, / |
,ome to the conclusion that we ought to
AXE a stouter grip. Of Gods eternal truth. |
he sword OF righteousness.
As look at Eleazer's hand I also notice /
lis spirit Of self forgetfulness. lie did not
ing through the palm Of his hand. he aid |
lot know it hurt him. As he went out
nto the conflict he was so anxious for the 1
'ictory be forgot himself, and that hilt !
night go never so deeply into the palm Of I
u his hand it could not disturb him.
His hand claye unto the sword Oh, my
lrothers and sisters. let us 20 into Chris
ian conflict with the spirit Of self abnega
ion Who cares whether the world
raises US or denounees us2 What do we
are for Misrepresentation or abuse or per
ecution in a conflict like thisa Let rs
Orget ourselves. That man who is afraid
[ getting his hand hurt will never kill a
'hilistine. Who cares whether you get
urt or not If you get the victory Oh,
ow many Christians there are who are all
be time worrying about the way the world
reats them. They are 50 fired. and they