Milford chronicle., 1892-01-08
Fd 81, DEL, FRIDAY, JANUARY S, 1892.

perfect health now, IT does mot take God
one week to bring down the strongest phys
ical constitution. / do not want TO die
this year. We have plans and projects on
foot that want to see completed; but God
knows best, and he has a Thousand better
men than to do the work yet 0ndone.
have hope that, notwithstanding all my
/ sins and wanderings Ishall, through the
infinite mercy of my Saviour. come out at
| the right place. have nothiilg to brag Of
| by way OF Christian experience; but two
1 things / have learned-my utter helpless
ness before God and the all abounding grace
| Ofthe Lord Jesus If the text means some Of
you, my hearers, do not want you to be
caught unprepared. / would,h like to have
you, either through money you have laid
| up or r life insurance, be able to leave
the world feeling hat your family need
not become paupers. But H. you have done
your best and you leave not one dollars
worth of estate, you may confidently trust
the Lord who hath promised to care for the
widow and the fatherless / would like to
have your soul fitted out for eternity, so
that if any morning or noon or evening or
night of these three hundred and sixty-five
days, death should look in and ask, Are
you ready?'' you might, with an Outburst
of Christian triumph. answer, AYE, ayel
LAST WORDS.
know not what our. last words may be-
Lord Chesterfield prided himself on his pO-
'=iteness, and said in his hast moment, give
Dayrolles chair. ~ Dr.nAda1l, a dying
schoolmaster, said: at grows dark. The
boys may dismiss. Lord Tenterden, sup
posing himself on the bench of a court
room, said in his last moment, Gentlemen
Of the jury, you viii now consider your
verdict" A dying play actor said; Drop
the curtain The farce is played ont" l
would rather have for my dying words
those Of one greater. than Chesterfield or
! DR.. Adam or Lord Tentertield; 81 am now
ready to be offered, and lthe time of my de-
parture is at hand. 1-have fought good
light, / have finished my course, have
kept the faith; heneeforth there IS laid up
for me q crown Of righteousness, which the
Lord. the righteous Judge, shall give me. !"
The sooner the last hour comes the bet
ter if we are fitted for entrance in the
celestial world. There is mo clock in
heaven, because it is an, everlasting day;
yet they keep an accon9tof the passing
years, because they are al the time hear
ing from our world. The angels flying
through heaven report how many times
the earth has turned on its axis, and in
chat way the angels can keep diary; and
they say it is almost time now for father
to come up, or for mother to come up.
Some day they see a cohort leaving heaven,
and they say, whittier, honnd2'i and the
answer is, ''To bring up a soul from earth;'
and the question is asAed, What sOulP'
And a family circle in heaven find that it
Is one OF their own number that is to be
brought up, and they come out to watch
as, y, the beach we now watch for a ship
II :. 20 bring our friends home. After a
,sne cohort will heave in sight, flying
suaI1rer and nearer, until with great clang
',;ne gates hoist, and with an embrace, wild
with the ecstacy Of heaven, old friends
tsec9' a0ain tx with yoRr I stiff, formal
heavenl | want none Of it. Give me a
place of infinite and eternal soeiality. Ny
feet free from the clOds of earth, shall
bound the hills with gladness and break
forth in laugh Of triumph. Ahal ahai
We weep now, but then we shall laugh.
"Abraham's bosom" means that heaven
has open arms to take us in. Now we fold
our arms over our heart, and tell the world
to stand back, as though our bosom was a
two barred gate to keep the world out.
Heaven stands not with folded arms, but
with heart open. It is "Abrahana's bosom"
l see a mother and her child meeting at
the foot of the throne after some years. alb
sence. The child died twenty years ago
but it is a child yet
CHILDREN TO ALL ETERNITY.
I think the little ones who die will re-
main children through all eternity. II
would be no heaven without the little dar-
lings. lido not want those that are in heaven
to grow up. We need their infant voices
in the great song. And when we walk out
in the fields Of light, we want them to run
ahead and clap their hands and pick out
the brightest Of the field flowers. Yes, here
is child and its mother meeting. The
child long in glory, the mother just arrived |
'1How changed You are, my darlingw says
tho mother. "Yes," says the child, this !
is such happy place, and Jesus has taken !
such care Of me, and heaven is so kind, got |
right over the fever with which died. |
The skies are so fair, motherl The flowers |
are so sweet, motherl The temple is 50 |
beautiful, mOtherl Come, take me up in |
your arms as you used to-" Oh, ! do not |
know how we shall stand the first day in |
heaven. Do you not think we will break |
down in the song from over delight? l once |
gave out in church the hymn:
There Is a land OF pure delight,
Where saints immortal reign,
and an aged man standing in front Of the !
pulpit sang heartily the first verse and !
then he sat down weeping I said to him
afterward, Father Linton, what made /
you cry over that hymn?" He said, u 4
could not stand 1.-THE joys that are com
ing" When heaven rises for the dOxOlogy !
cannot see how we can rise with it il all |
these waves Of everlasting delight come |
upon the soul-billow Of joy after billOw |
Of joy Methinks Jesus would be enough |
for the first day in heaven, yet here he ap |
proaches with all heaven at his back.
But must Gloss this sermon. This Is
the last January to some who are present; |
You have entered the year, but you will 4
not close it. Within these twelve months |
your eyes will shut for the last sleep. I
other hands will plant the Christmas tree
and give the New Years congratulations.
As proclamation Of Joy to some and as a
warning to others, ! leave in Your ears
these FIVE words Of one syllable each, ''This |
year thou shalt diep