Milford chronicle., 1892-03-04
THE GLoRIEs OF RELIGION.

! Again, my subject imprcsses me with the
! fact that religion is n surprise to any one
that gets it. This story of the new religion
in Jerusalem, and of the glory of King
Solomon, who was type of Christ-that
story rolls on and on and is told by every
traveller coming back from Jerusalem.
The news goes on the wing Of every ship
and with every caravan, and you know
story enlarges as it is retOld, and by the
time that story gets down into the south
ern part of Arabia Felix, and the Queen of
Sheba hears it, it must be a tremendous
story. And yet this queen declares in re
gard to it, although she had heard so
much and had her anticipations raised 80
high, the half-the half was not told her
So religion is always a surprise to any
one chat gets it. The story of grace-an
old story Apostles preached it with rat
tie OF chain; martyrs declared it with arm /
Of fire; deathbeds have affirmed it with |
visions Of glory and ministers of religion |
have sounded it through the lanes and the
highways and the chapels and the catne-
drals. It has been cut into stone with
chisel and spread on the canvas with pen-
ell, and it has been recited 10 the doxol-
ogy of great congregations, And yet when
a man first comes to look on the palace of
Gods mercy and tosee the royalty of Christ,
and the wealth of this banquet, and the
luxuriance of his attendants, and the love
illness Of his face, and the joy of his serv-
ice, he exelaims with prayers with tears,
with sighs, with triumphs, ''The half-the
half was not told mel''
] appeal to those in this house who are
Christians Compare the idea you had of
he JOY Of the Christian life before you be
anne Christian with the appreciation of
hat joy you have now since you have he
,ome Christian, md you are willing to
sttest before angels and men that you
lever in the days Of your spiritual bond
lge had any appreciation of what was TO
ONE. You are ready today to answer, {
nd If gave you an opportunity in the
aiflst Of this assemblage you would speak ,
ut and say in regard to the discoveries &
ou have made Of the mercy and the grace /
nd the goodness Of Gcd, 1.-THE b, 'f-ths i
alf was not told mcl"
Well, we hear great deal about the I
ood time chat is coming to this world, /
fhen it is to be girded with salvation. Il
Holiness on the belia of the horses The [
IONS name patted by The hand of a babe. s
hips of Tarshish bringing cargoes for 4
csus, aud the hard, dry, barren, winter b
leached, storm Scared, thun,ler split
oak breaking into foods Of brig wafer,
leserts into which dfOmedalie;. thrust
heir nostrils. because they were sfisid OF
he simoOm-deserts blooming into carns Y
on roses aud silver tippod lilies. !
It Is the old story. Everybody tells it. a
saiah told it, John told It, Paul told It, e.
zekiel told it, Luther told it, Calvin told a
, John Milton told it-everybody tells it; a
nd yet-and yet when the midnight shall NJ
: the hills, and Christ shall marshal his W
reat army, and China, dasing her idols W
ito the dust, shall hew tie voice Of God hi
ld wheel into line; and India, destroying &C
sr juggernant and snatching up her little ~
lildren from the Ganges, shall hear the u
'ice Of God and wheel into line; and vino
'vered Italy, and all le nations Or the le
nth shall hear the voice of God aul fall oon
to line; then the church which has been ki
ling and struggling through tie ecu. an
Fies robed and garlaadcd like a bride sb
orned for her husband shall put aside DC
r veil an3 lock up into the face Of her sW
,rd and King, and say, "The half-thc -
IL was not told meF'
TIE GLORIEs or HEAVEN.
Well, there is coming greater surprise
every Christian-a greater surprise than wa
ything l have depicted Heaven is an IN
story. Everybody talks about it There u
hardly hymn in the hymn book tiat eel
es not refer toit Children read about