Milford chronicle., 1892-07-29

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AYou are told that all you have to do TO ge
the pardon Of the Gospel is to ask for It
Do you believe thatg Then come to hin
ana say. 20 Lord, know thou canst moi
lie Thou hast told me to come for par
don and could get It. l,j5s.
Keep thy promise and liberate IL ~
ASl EVER PRESENT SAVIOUR
Oh, that'you might have an altar in the
parlor, ia the kitchen, in the store. in the
barnl for Christ will be willing to come
again to tile manager TO hear prayer He
would come in your place Of business as
he confronted Matthew, the tax commits
sioner. II measure should come before
! congress that you thought would ruin the
/ the nation, how you would send in neti-
tions and remonstrances And yet there
has been enough sin ia your heart to ruin
I 1t forever, and sou have never remon-
strated or pettioned az ainst it, If your
! physical health failed, aud you had the
means, you would go and spend the sum
| mer in Germany aud the winter in Italy
and you would think it q very cheap out
lay If you had to 60 all around the earth
to get back your physical health. Have
you made any effort, any expenditure, any
exertion for yOur Immortal and spiritual
healthY No, you have not taken one step.
Oh. that you might now begin to seek
after God with earnest prayerl Some OF
you have been working for years and years
for the support Of your families. Have Won
given one-half day to the working ont Of
your salvation with fear and tremblingf
You came here this morning with an ear
nest purpose, take it, as I have come
hither with an earnest purpose, and we
meet face to face, and tell you, first OF al,
II you want to find the Lord, You must
pray and pray and pray.
remark again, you must seek the lord
through Bible study. The Bible IS ms
newest book in the world. gOh. you say,
1T was made hundreds of years ago, and
the learned men of King James translated
it hundreds Of years ago" I confute that
idea by telling You it is not five minutes
old when God BY his blessed spirit re-
translates II into the heart, If you will,
in the seeking of the way of life through
Scripture study. implore Gods light to fali
upon the page you viii find that These
promises nge not one second old, and that
they drop straight from the throne of God
into your heart,
There are many people to whom the
Bible does not amount to much, II they
merely look at the outside beauty, why, It
win no more lead them to Christ than
Washington's farewell address or the
Koran Of Aiahomet on the 7haster Of the
Hindoos. 1t is the inward Eight 81 God
word you must get on die ] went up to
the church OF the Madeleine In Paris and
looked mt the doors. which were the most
wonderfully constructed I ever sagv, and /
could have stayed there whole week; bat
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at the wonderful carving on the doors,
passed. in and looked at the radiant affairs
and sculptured dome Alasl that so many
stop at the outside door of Gods holy
word, looking Mt the rhetorical beauties /
instead of going in and looking at the |
altars nf sacrifice and the dome Of Gods |
mercy and salvation that hovers over 1
every penitent and believing soull
Oh, my friends, il you merely want to 1
study the laws of language, do not 20 to 4
the Bible. It was not made for that Take /
'Howe's Elements Of Criticism Tel
would be bettep than the Bible for that !
If you want to study metaphysics, better
than the Bible will be the writings Of Viii I
liam Hamilton. But if you want to know
how to have sin parloned, and at last to
gain the hlessedness Of heaven, search the
for in them ye have eternal
life"
THE BIBLE Is ITS OWN COMMENT.
When people are anxiods about their
there are some such here today
there are those who recommend good
books That is all right. But I want to
tell you that the Bible IS the best h1nk pl
der such circumstances. Baxter wrote.
"A Call to the Unconyerted," but the BIZ
bic is the best call to the unconverted.
Philip Doddridge wrote THE Rise and
Progress Of Religion IN the Soul, " but the
Bible is the best rise and progress John
Angel James wrote advice TO the Anx-
Gus Inquirer" but the Bible is the best
ldvice to the anxious inquirer
Oh, the Bible is the very book you need,
lnxious and inquiring soul A dying sol
lier said to his mate, "COmrade, give me
dropp The eomrade shook up the can
cen and said, There ISN'T q drop Of water
n the cauteen," "Oh," said the dying
older, that's not what want; feel in
ny knapsacl for my Bible" And his com
ade found the Bible and read him few
# the gracious promises, and the dying
oldier saidl iAh that's what / want
There isn't anything like the Bible for
lying soldier is there, my eomFade" Oh,
llessed book while we live Blessed book
ghen we die
I remark again, wa must seek God
through church ordinances, What say
on, can't man be saved without going
o churchY reply there are men, sup !
Ose, in glory who have never seen q
hurch; but the church Is the ordained J
leans by which we arc 20 be brought to !
io,l; aud II truth affects us when we are
lone it affects rs more nightly wleh we
~ D. Fr,fN
our own feelings. The great
NV Of sympathy comes into play and a , {,
ruth that would take hold only with the
rasp Of sick man beats nightly against i
he soul with a thousand heart tlrObs 4
When you come into the religious circle
ONE only with one notion, and only for (
ne purpOse-to find the way to Christ i,
When ] see people critical about sermons,
nd critical about tones OF voice, and eriti- s
Al about sermonic delivery, they make me a
link Of a man in prison. He is condemned +
death, but an officer Of the government
rings pardon and puts it through the 8
icket Of the prison and says Here Is your d
lrdon Come and get it What DO "
On expect me to take that pardon offered b
it'll such voice as you have with such y
q awkward manner as you HAYES would a
.ther die than SO compromise my rhetori. 8
Il notlonsr b
All, the man does not say that; he takes B
It is his life lie does not care how it b
handed to him. And If this morning ii
lat pardon from tile throne Of Cod IS s
Tered to our souls should we not seize it. .
OF al criticism. feeling that it 8
a matter Of heaven or hcll2 e
TODAYi TODAY HEAR THE VOICE
But / come now to the last part OF my 2
.xt It tells as when we are to seek the s
ord. while lie may be found When g
that's Old ageF You may not see old s.
&c. Tomorrow fou may not sec to-
Iorrow ronight1 Yop may not see to- 4
light. Now! Oh, if could only write On 2
lery heart in three capital letters that
ord N-O-W-Nowl q
Sin Is an awful disease 7 hear people J.
~ with the toss Of the head and with ,
iyial manner SON yea, Pm q sinner" e
in IS an awful disease It Is leprosy It 4