Milford chronicle., 1892-11-18
ILFoRD, asNL. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER Is, ls92


II Is TINS temptation 20 borrow ana ~
row and borrow that keeps the people
everlastingly praying to tile golden calf
for help, and just at the minute they eN-
peet the help the golden calf treads on
them. The Judgments Of Cod, like Moses
in the text, viii rush in and break up this
worshipi and I say let the work go on un-
I'll every man shall learn to speak truth
with his neighbor, and those who make
engagements shall feel themselves bound
TO keep them, and when ? man who viii
not repent Of his business iniqnisy. but
goes on wishing to satiate his cannibal ap-
petite by devouring widows houses, shall
by the law Of the land be compelled to ex-
change his mansion for Sing Sing. Let the
golden calf pershl
LAY Up TREASURE IN HEAVEN.
But, my friends, If we have made this
world our god, when we come to die we
will see our idol demolished. How much
Of this world are you going to take with
you into the nextg Win you have two
pockets-one IN each side of your shroud?
Will you cushion your coffin with bonds
and mortgages and certificates Of stockf
All, mol The ferryboat that crosses this
Jordan takes no baggage-nothing heavier
than a spirit You may perhaps take five
hundred dollars with you two or three
miles, in the shape Of funeral trappings,
to Greenwood, but you will have to leave
them there. 1t would not be safe for you
to lie down there with a gold watch or a
diamond ring; it would be a temptation to
the pillagers.
All, my friends, If we have made this
world our god, when we die we will see
our idol ground to pieces by our pillow,
and we will have to drink It IN bitter re-
grets for the wasted opportunities Of life
time, Soon we viii be gone, Oh, this Is a
feeting world; it is dying worldl A man
who had worshiped It all his days, in his
dying moment described himself when he
said, Fool fool foolr'
/ want you to change temples, and to
give up the worship Of this unsatisfying
and cruel god for the service Of the Lord
Jesus Christ. Here is the gold that will
never crumble Here are securities that
will never fail Here are banks that viii
never break. Here is an altar on which
there has been one sacrifice once for all.
Here is a God who will comfort you when
you are in trouble, and soothe you when
you are sick, and save yOu when you die.
When your parents have breathed their
last, and the old, wrinkled and trembling
hands can no more be put upon your head
for a blessing, he will be to you father and
mother both, giving you the defense Of the
one and the comfort Of the other; and when
your children 20 away from you, the sweet
darlings, you will not kiss them goodby
forever, He only wants to hold them for
you a little while. He will give them back
to you again, and lac viii have them all
waiting for you at the gates of eternal vel
come.
Oh, what God he is! He will allow
you to come so close this morning that you
can put your arms around his neck, while
he in response win put his arms around
your neck, kpd all 4 ttSke windows Of heayen-
will be hoisted S. ret the redeemed look
out and see the spectacle of rejoicing IA
ther and returned prndigal locked ia glori-
GUS embrace, Quit worshiping the golden
salf, and bow this day before him in whose
presence we must all appear when the
world has turned to ashes and the scorched
parchment of the sky shall be rolled to
eether like an historic scroll.