Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1892-06-17

you > mercy might come upon the school,
and that in the afternoon She might gain
} the attention Of those five or six immortals
} that would bearound her. The one teacher
has no control over her class The other
sits as with the strength of the Lord God
) Almighty.
A minister comes into the pulpit He
has IA magnificent sermon, all the senlRees
rounded according to the laws of rhetoric
and fine sermoni1ing, and the truth makes
no impression on the hearts Of men. Peo-
pie go away and say, Very beautiful,
wasn't it," A plain man comes into the
pulpit. He has been on his knees before
God asking for an especial message that
day, and the hearts Of men open to the
plain truth, tie broken sentences strike
into their conseicnces, and though the
people may dispense at the close of the serv-
ices seemingly without having received
any impression, that night voices will be
lifted in some household, Men and breth-
rem, what shall we do to be savedw Oh,
this power of prayer Pray Pray
Another word of counsel have to give.
Be faithful in Bible research. A great
many good books are now coming out. We
cannot read half Of them. At every revO-
luton Of theprinting press they are COM
ing They cover our parlor tables and are
AZ RAAA oANNAAAe- AhAAAAa anu AAnAoAAEHs 0ADAA-
Gus books they are We thank God every
day for the work of the Christian printing
press. But l have thought that perhaps
the followers Of Christ sometimes allow
this religious literature to take their at
tention from Gods word, and that there
may not be as much Bible reading as there
ought to be.
4 How is that with your own experienceg
just calculate in your minds how much
religious literature you have read during
the year, and then how large portion Of
( the Word of God you have read and then
contrast the two and answer within your
own soul whether you are giving more at
tention to the books that were written by
the hand of man or that written by the hand
Of God. Now you 90 to the drug store and
I you get the mineral waters, but you have
noticed that the waters are not so fresh
or sparkling or healthful as when you get
these very waters at Saratoga and Sharon
getting them right where they bubble
from the rock. And | have noticed the
same thing In regard to the truth Of the
Gospel; while there is a good deal Of re-
freshment and health of the Gospel of God
as it comes through good books, find it is
better when ] come to the eternal rock Of
Gods Word and drink from that fountain
that bubbles up fresh and pure to the life
and the refreshment and the health Of the
soul
READ THE BIBLE
Read the Bible and it brings you into
the association Of the best people that ever
lived. You stand beside Moses and learn
his meekneSs, beside Job and learn his pa
thence, beside Paul and catch something
Of his enthusiasm, beside Christ and you
feel his love And yet how strange it is
that great many men have given their
whole lives to the assaulting Of that book,
cannot understand it, Tom Paine work
ed against that book as though he received
large wages and was inspired by the very
powers Of darkness, confessing that all the
time he was writing be did not have the
Bible anywhere near him. How many
powerful intellects have endeavored to de |
strOy it, Hume Bolingbroke, Voltaire /
have been after it, Ten thousand men |
now are warning against the truth of |
Gods Word. What do you think of |
them? ! think it is mean, and will prove /
it. will prove it is the meanest thing 1
that has ever been done in all the centu- /
turies.
There is a ship at sea and in trouble /
The captain and the crew are at their Wits I
end. You are on board You are an old |
seaman. You come up and give some good /
counsel, which IS kindly taken. That is
all right. But suppose, instead Of doing
that, in the midst of all the trouble you
pick up the only compass that is on board
and pitch it over the taffrailg Oh, you say,
that is dastardly. But is it as mean as
this? Here is the vessel of the world going
on with sixteen hundred millions Of pas
sengers, tossed and driven in the tempest,
and at the time we want help the infdel
comes and he takes hold Of the only COM
pass and he tries to pitch it overheard. 1t
is contemplate beyond everything that is
Have you any better light?
Bring it on if you have. Have you any
better comfort to give lis? Bring it on if
you have. Have you any better hope?
Bring it on if you have, and then you may
have this Bible and | shall never want it
again.
But can think of meaner thing than
that, and that is an old man going along
On the mountains with staff in one hand
and a lantern in the other Darkness has
rome on suddenly. lie is very old, just
able to pick his way ont amid the roc1s
nd precipices leaning on his staff with
one hand and guiding himself with the
light IN the other You come up and say:
Father, you seem to be lost You are a
long way from home. Yes, he replies
And then you take him by the hand and
lead him home That is very kind of you.
But suppose instead of that you should
match the staff from his hands and hurl
It over the rocks, and snatch the lantern
Ind blow it out? That would be das-
Iardly, contemplate until there is no
iepth of contempt beneath it. If you have
B better staff, give it to him. If you have
b better light, give 1t to him.
A LIGHT TO OUR FEET
When God has put the staff Of the Cos
pei in our hands and the lamp Of Gods
word to light onr feet, are you going to
AXE from US our only support and our only
! love the sting of the wasp !
md the rattlesnake better than do the
nan who wants TO clutch the word of God
from my grasp. There are people here who
have been reading it good while. L Il
precious book TO their souls. 1t has been
so in time OF darkness and trouble. There
was a soldier who fell in battle, and after
be had fallen he said in a feeble voice to |
his comrade, "Give me drop" His com
rade replied, There is not particle OF
water in my canteen." oh" he said, 81 I
didn't mean that. Look in my knapsack I
aud you will find Bible there. Get out {
that old Bible and just give me drop out /
Of that" And lis comrade found the BIZ /
bic and read few passages. The dying
soldier said, "Oh George, there is nothing
like that, is there for a dying soldier"
Cling to your Biblel fh4is Bible should
be destroyed, If all the q les that have
ever been printed shonld be destroyed, we
could make up Bible right out Of this 3
audience. FROM that Christian mans ex- t
perience / taRel ene cluster Of promises,
and from tina a eistian mans expert y
snce another, Mt them all together, and
think l would have Bible
You see, my friends, ! have not tried to
hide the fact that have large expectation
Of you who have entered the Christian life.
Do not be discouraged. Press on toward
The prize, God beside you and heaven be-
Tore you. Keep your courage up Look !
IN thirty years froRl now upon this church.
Another man in the pulpit. Other faces G
Ia the pews. Another man leading the {
song. Others carrying around the aims y
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