Milford chronicle., 1892-08-26

will get worse and worse until Christ take
% you in hand. "NOt the righteous. sinner
II Jesus came TO call"
VI "Oh," but you say, Il agree with YOU OF
u all that, but ! must put it off little Iona
e err" Do yOu know there were many Nh
IS came just as near as you are to the KING
ie dom of God and never entered itg I wa
10 at East Hampton, Long Island and I wen
u into the cemetery to look around. and II
10 that cemetery there are twelve graves sid,
J. by side-the graves Of sailors. This crew
Il some years ago, I'm n ship. went into tn,
u breakers at Amagansett, about three mile,
. away. My brother, then preaching at East
5 Hampton, had been at the burial. Thes,
e men Of the crew came very near being
G saved. The people from Amagansett saw
> the vessel, and they shot rockets, and they
sent ropes from the shore, and these moor
I fellows got into the boat and they pulled
! nightly for the shore, but Just before they
got to the shore the rope snapped and
Z the boat capsizcd, and they were lost ana
their bodies Afterward washed uDon the
beach.
Oh. what a solemn day it was-I have
been told Of it by my br0ther-,vheu these
twelve men lay at the foot Of the pnlpit
and he read over them the funeral service
3 They. came very near shore-within shout
3 ing distance of the shore, yet did not ar
rive ON solid land. There are some men
who come almost to the shore Of Gods
mercy, but not quite, not quite. To be
only almost saved Is to be lost.
THE HOPELESS PRODIGAL.
will tell yuu Of two prodigals. the one
that got back and the other that dfsl'uot
get back. In Richmond there is a very
prosperous and beautiful home in MANY
respects. A young man wandered OF from
that home. lie wandered very far into
sin. They heard Of him often, but he WAS
always ON the wrong track He would not
go home. At the door Of that beautiful
home one night there was great cutlery.
The young man OF the house ran down and
/ opened the door to see what was the mar.
ter 1t was midnight. The rest of the
family were asleep There were, the wife
I and children of this prodigal young man
! The fact was he had come home and driven
| them out.
He said: "Out of this house. Away with
| these children. l will dash their brains
/ ont Out into the stormw The mother
! gathered them up and fled The next
morning the brother, a young man who
Ind staid Mt home, went out to find this
prodigal brother and son, and he came
where lac WIS and saw the young man
wandering up and down in front of the
place where he had been staying, and the
Young man who had kept his integrity
said TO the older brother "iIere, what does
this meanf What is the matter with youg
Why do you act in this way?" The nrodi Z
gal looked at him and said: "Who ~.
l? Whom, do you take me TO leyu
He said; You are my brother" No. I
am not / am a brute Lave Won seen
anything of my wife and children Are
they deady drove them out last night i'm
the storm ] am brute. John. do YOU
think there is any help for me? Do you
think l will ever get over this life Of dissi.
pationF" He said, John, there is lust
one thing that will stop this" The prodi- ,
gal ran his finger across his throat and {
said; That will stop il, and III stop it
before night. Oh, my brain; l can stand j
it no lGnger" That prodigal never got I
home. But / will tell you of a prodigaI
that did get home {
In this country two young men started /,
from their fathers house and went down T.
to Portsmouth. The father could not Dur.
sue his children, for some reason he could
not leave home, and so he wrote letter
down to Mr. Griffin, saying: Mr.. Griffin. ,
wish you would go and see my two sons
They have arrived in Portsmouth, and they
are going to take ship and going away
from home ! wish you would persuade :.
them back" Mr. Griffin went and he !,
tried to persuade them back. lie per- !,
'uaded one to 20. lie went with very easy !
because he was very holnesicl :
already. The other young man said: 81 :,
will not go. / have had enough of home. y
I'll never go home" WELL" said Mr.
iri1iin then if you won't go home III n
,et yen respectable position on a respect -
Hnl akf Ft =
lrudigal; mo, you won't. am going as a +
1mmon sailor; that will plague my father n
most, and what will do most to tantalizs l.
nd worry him will please me best" g
THE PROPGAL RESTORED. \.
Years passed on and Mr.. Griffin was II
Gated in lis study one day when /; mes =,
age came to him saying there was a -
Dung man in irons on IL ship at the dock u
young man condemned to death-who
'isLed to see this clergyman. Mr.. Griffin =
'ent down to tie dock and went On shin. ~
uart. The young man said to him. "You "
on'L know l;le. do your" NO." he said: q
don't know you" why, don't you re- e'
enber that young man you tried to per y. ~
Iide to 70 home and lie wouldn't gogr y. ~
Oh, yes" said Mr. Grtin ''are you that a. q,
an" Yes, / am that man." said the sn
her. 1 would ike to have you pray for :.
e. have committed murderand must a. a.
e, but = don't want to 20 out OF this ~ ~
orld until some one pruys for ME. You We
e my fathers friend und / would like TO
I've you pray for me-" EN-
Mr.. Griffin went from judicial authority Hs
judicial authority To get that young Of,
ans pardon. He sleptnOt night norday. I Of
e went from influential person TO inilu- We,
tial person until in some way he got that Su
Il.
e Dock and as he arrived on the dock ces
it'll the pardon the father came. lie had yea
ard that his son under a disguised namo prc
d been committing crime and was going fat
be put to death So Mr.. Griffin and the to
thcr went on ships deck, and at tho very alls
Dment Mr.. Griffin offered the pardon to his
e young man the old father threw his A
ms around the sons neck and the son gar
ID; "Father, have done very wrong and tow
I'M very sorry. ! wish hadnever broken ara
ur heart. 1 am Kefy.sarry. "Oh, E" said eTn
e father, "Joa zen it. It don't frol
Ike any differe N, 1t is all over ! ''hc
give you, my and lac kissed him day
Il kissed him a ~ 1sased him. III
To-Day ] oifer you the pardon Of the Cos IN
full pardon, free pardon. l do no, As
'e what your crime has been. Though resi-
Il say you have committed crime suit
uuSt COL against your own soul, the
ainst your fellow man, against youi his
nily, against the day Of Judgment, thrs
lust the cross Of Christ whatever yoar ~
me has been, here is pardon, fun parton. tho
I the very momen; you take that pardon has
ar heavenly Father throws his arms they
lut you and SAYS MY son, forgive you. r.
is all right. You are rs much in my ~
or now ms il you had never siined. " n
there i iOy on earth and 10Y : hraYeui
40 will take the Fathers emfsS.ces
-,. e,. with
si.'' lFie'ty' il, ei
lany OF s7iiakrsp'art's contemporary whei
is must have had every advantage that an a
had IN practical experienced the stage, ards
all OF them had probably as familiar Gold
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