Milford chronicle., 1891-09-04

o Jesus OF the weary foot eHse my fatigue.
o Jesus Of the aching head, heal my
aching head O Jesus Of the Bethany SIS
tiers. roll away the stone from the door OF
our grave" That is the kind OF prayer
that brings help; and yet how many OF you
are getting no help at all, for the reason
that there is in YOUR soul, perhaps. secret
tronble You may never have mentioned
a. to n single human ear, or you may nave
mentioned il to some one who is now gone 4
away. and that great sorrow is still In your (
soui After Washington Irving was dead
they found little box that contained
braid OF haif and miniature ana tue
name Of Matilda Hoffman, aud a memo
randum OF her death and remark some |
thing like this; "The world after That was |
a blank to me ! went into the country, /
INIT fouud no peace In solitude tried to
90 into society, but found no peace IN 50 |
eietv There has been horror hanging |
over me by night and by day, and am
afraid to be alone"
FAIsR AND FOOLISH PROMISES.
How many unuttered troublesl No hu-
man ear has ever heard the sorrow. On,
troubled soul, want to tell you that there
e one salve that can cure the wounds OF
the heart. and that Is the salvs made out
of the tears Of a sympathetic Jesus. And
vet some of YOU will not take this solace;
and Won try chloral, and you try morphine,
and Won try strong drink, and you try
change of scene, and you try new business
associations. and anything and everything
rather than take the Divine cOmpanionship
and svmpatby suggested by the words OF
nv text when 1t says, You shall not see
my face again unless your brother be Win
YOU" Oh, that you might understand some
thing of the height and depth and length
and breadth and immensely and inhnitY
of Gods eternal consultations
l 20 further, and find In my subject Q
hint as to the way heaven opens to the de-
nartino shirt We are told that heaven
has twelve gates, and some people ihIer
from that fact that all the people will 20
In without reference to their past life; but
what is the use of having Il gate that's not
sometimes to be shuti The swinging OF
! gate imDlies that our entrance into heaven
l. conditional. It Is not monetary CON
| dition If we come to the door OF an ex-
nuisite concert we are not surprised that
. we must pay fee, for we know that hhe
| earthly music is expensive; but all the ora
I torios OF heaven cost nothing. Heaven
! NAYS nothing for its music. 1t is all free
/ There is nothing to be paid ut that door
/ for entrance; but the condition OF getting
/ into heaven is our bringing our divine
! Ranfanin along with us. Do you notice
! how often dying people call upon Jesusf
/ n is the usual prayer offered-the prayer
| offered more than all che other prayers put
| topether-'I.ord Jesus receive my spirit"
One of our congregation, when asked IN
| the closing moments of his life, DO you
| know usS" said; "Oh, yes, ! know you.
| God bless YOU Goodby. Lord Jesus, re-
ceiye my SPIRIT" and he was gone. On, yes,
| in the closing moments Of our life we must
have a Christ to call upon II jacob
sons had gone toward Egypt and ha1
| gone with the very finest equipage, and hae
not taken BENJAMIN along with them, and
to the question they should have Deen
obliged TO answer: "Sir, we didn't bring
him os father could not let him go; we
didn't want to be bothered with him." a
voice from within would have said' 60
AWAY from us. You shall not have any Of
this supply You shall not see my tac'
because your brother is not with YOU"
MANS EXTREMITY. GODS TINE.
And if we come up toward the door o.
heaven at last, though we come from al
Insurance and brilliancy of surroundings
and knock for admittance and it is touns
that Christ is not with US, the police o
heaven will beat us back from the bread
house saving. depart, never knew
Won " If Jacobs sons, coming toward
Egvpt. had lost everything on the way;
thev had expended their last shekel;
thev had come up utterly exhausted to tn
corncribs Of Egypt and it had been toun'
that BENJAMIN was with them, all Tn
storehouses would have swung open be
) fore them.
And so. though by fatal casualty we ma
be ushered into the eternal world; thougl
! we may be weak and exhausted by pro
, tracted sickness-if, in that last moment
we can only just stagger and falht am
= fall into the gate of heaven-lt seems ina
aU the corncribs of heaven will open TO
onr need and all the palaces will open 70
our reception; and the Lord OF that place
seated at his table, and all the angels
!, God seated at their table, and the martyr
: seated at their table, and all our glorlne,
!, kindred seated at our table, the king sinai
mass a norton from his table to ours an
= then while we think of the fact that
= was Jesus who started us on the ROAD, an
= .Jesus who kept us on the way, and Jesu
:, who at last gained admittance for our sou
/, we shall be glad If he has seen Of the tray
!. nil of his soul and been satisfied, and no
!, he at all Jealous if it be found that on
: divins Beu{amin's mess is five times large
4 than all the rest Haill anointed OF tn
+ Lord, thou art worthy.
n Ny friends, you see it is either Christ
= famine If there were two banquet
II spread, and to one Of them only you mgr
4 20, you might stand and think ior
= good while as to which invitation you ia
= better accept; but here it is feasting
II starvation II It were choice 0etwee
Il orstorios, YOU might say, II prefer Il
= creation.' - or 81 prefer the Messiah
II Rnt mere it is a choice between harmon
!, and everlasting discord. Oh, will you liz
- or die, Will You start for the Egyptia
IT corncrib. or viii you perish amid the emiIp emp
harms OF the Canuanitish famine9
shall not see my face except your BROTH