Milford chronicle., 1891-01-23
"CoMEs'i soNlETIMEs WAR.


You must remember that in many cases
our "Come" has mightieF "Oome" to
conquer before it has any effect at all.
Just give me the accurate census, the sta
tistics, of how many are down in fraud, in
drunkenness, in gambling, in impurity, or
in vice of any sort, and will give you the
accurate census or statistics of how many
have been slain by the word "Come. Z"
"Come and click wine glasses with me at
this ivory bar" "Come and see what we
can win at this gaming table" "Come,
enter with me this doubtful speculation" "
"Come with me and read those infdel
tracts on Christianity" "COme with me
to a place Of bad amusement" "Come
with me in gay bout through under
ground New York" If in this city there
are twenty thousand who are down in
moral character, then twenty thousand
fell under the power of the word Come" J"
l was reading of wife whose husband
had been overthrown by strong drink, and
she went to the saloon where he was
ruined, and she said, "Give me back my
husband" And the bartender, pointing
to a maudlin and battered man browsing
in the corner Of the barroom, saids "Ihere
he is. Jim, wake up; here's your wife
come for you.'" And the woman said;
"Do you call that my husband? What
have you been doing with him? Is that
the manly brow? Is that the clear eyer Is
that the noble heart that married? What
vile drug have you given him that has
turned him into a fiend2 Take your tiger
claws off Of him. Uncoil those serpent
folds of evil habit that are crushing him.
Give me back my husband, the one with
whom ] stood at the altar ten years ago.
Give him back to me-" Victim was he, as
millions of others have been, Of the word
Gomez
LET Us HARNESS THIS WORD FOR GOOD.
Now we want all the world over to har-
ness this word for good as others have har-
messed it for evil, and it will draw the five
continents and the seas between them, yea
it will draw the whole earth back to the
God from which it has wandered. 1t is
that Wooing and persuasive work that will
lead men to give up their sins. Was skep-
ticism ever brought into love of the truth
by an ebullition of hot words against in
fidelity? Was ever the blasphemer stop
ped in his oaths by denunciation of bias
pheny? Was ever a drunkard weaned
from his cups by the temperance lecturers
mimicry of staggering step and hiccoughf
No. It was: "COme with me to church to-
day and hear our singing" Come and let
me introduce you to a Christian man whom
you will be sure to admire;" "Come with
me into associations that are cheerful and
good and inspiring; "Come with me into
Joy such rs you never before experienced" !"
With that word which has done 50 much
foSothers l approach you today Are you
all right with God? "No," you say, y
think not; am sometimes alarmed whSa
I think of him; / fear l will not be ~
to meet him in the last day; my b e Sls
not right with God" Come then ave
it made right. Through the e. -ist who
died to save you, onmei WHAT = the use IN
waitingf The longer you wait the further
off you are, and the deeper you are down.
Strike out for heavenl You remember that
a few years ago a steamer called the Prin-
cess Alice, with a crowd Of excursionists
aboard, sank in the Thames, and there was
an awful sacrifice of life. A boatman from
the shore put out for the rescue, and he
had big boat and hegot it so full it would
not hold another person, and as he laid
hold of the oars to pull for the shore, leav-
ing hundreds helpless and drowning, he
cried out, "Oh, that I had a bigger bOatP
Thank God, am not thus limited, and that
can promise room for all in this gospel
Dodbs Npt Aui BSp AHi an ySe eHoAc -
room. Room ia the heart of a pardoning
God. Room in heaven.
THERE rs NO ESCAPE FROM LIFE's STRUGGLE.
1 also apply the word Of my text to those
who would like practical comfort. II any
ever escape the struggle Of life, have not
found them. They are not certainly among
the prosperous classes. In most cases il
was a strueRle all the way up till theS