Milford chronicle., 1892-02-26
b, DEL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2e. 1892
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-, ~, saNnAs, FEHi.
g. n1maaAaona HIs Thsul
.ess - - 0sassttal snd hi
nDk-AoV h Heaven Over ~
nAGseoan sanlnl sesL
nn1 Hsb q. Rev DR. Talmags
eo today to an enormous audi
= - to h shsent from bone
- d1gss durinx which period he
49, many cities The subject OF
- wass Heavenly Congrntuia-
6sgiaant intention was to make
49, sssm = great way oil from
Bu appear very near. His text
- from Luke xv, Z, Likewise
in heaven Over one sinner that
msge than over ninety and nine
swiho need no repentance.
spt Nothing can he more thor
- / look through the window
Dr1's house at night. The can
- fghted. The shepherd has just
- staff against the mantel. He
nn3 his coat, shaken out of it the
lfnng it up. 1 see by the candle
~ thsxe are neighbors who have
0t1n- The shepherd, tagged out with
tFamp, sits down on bench, and
1na children and the ncighbors
Den, "Come, now tell us how you
49, pnBF thing" WELL" be says,
msgunx went out to the yard to
tti1D flock. No sooner had looked
tt1be fence than | saw something
The fact was they did not count
Nanety-five, ninety-six ninety-seven,
ninety -nine-only ninety-pine.
aA you know we had hundred.
1yuundered which one was gone, and
- again, and | counted ninety-fve,
ysi1, ninety seven, ninety-eight, nine
De Well, l whistled up the dogs, and
u1edh on the fields and across the
- and L tracked r. ,rs, and
n the gullies, b. ing of the
finR did hear. l said to myself,
nb must have fallen into ditch,
4n1cki of wolves from the mountain
hhve torn it to pieces and sucked
oo16e ont. But | could not gi,e it
WuE see it was a pet lamb. 1t
- Tint one with the black spot
tt1be right shoulder that used to
1B aaAl lick my hand as l crossed the I
sd somehow could not give it up.
y n went ON and on and on until after
kIAe II heard the dogs bark, and | said,
-nstB that?' Then hastened to the top
11he hill, and looked down and there
vte poor lamb. 1t had fallen into the
~ as came where it was and bent
Etkpdftch and stopped down to lift the
U4tRng ont, wish you could have seen
= I6Uing and imploring and tender way
tn1edi at me. lifted it out, and it WIS
3pnUesed with the slush and the mud. 1t
maxfrli thing to do, but lifted it out,
jthyas SO lame and so weak it could not
IL al0ae, SO threw it over my shoul-
nd Ilstarted homeward, and the con-
o1u,odfthat lamb you may judge of from
hBnnnftwhich have just hung up. Bot
4led on and on until it is safe in the
poy thing Thank God, thank Godr'
h1utt5e shepherds wife spread the table
~ tbpught, out the best fare that the
IN could afford, and they sat up very
1sta1stt night, and they talked, and they |
~ aud they sang, and they ate, and '
6amk, and they danced, and told over t
over and over agnin the story Of the t
eep that was found
JOY OVER THE PENITENT.
VNttfsuch tenderness and rusticity of IL i
ttou does Christ represent the souls S
gu6land the souls coming back, when t
ys, likewise there is joy in heaven il
ttie angels of God over one sinner y
n1fzrfeuteth, more than over ninety and h
DqjiskI persons that need no repentance. G
uA9sut is to feel that you are bad, and Ii
lt1be SORRY about it, and to turn over I
Duvi6a1s and to pray for forgiveness and v
- Inst as soon as a man does that. L
luyf1Dar right away of it in heaven. Il
1Bsee are no gossips in glory going W
mfit0 chatter and laugh when man tt
,butt there are many souls in glory
nnnnpgisd to run about and tell it when ci
unm H. saved. The news goes very p;
~ ffDm gate to gate, and from north N
~ to- south wall and from east wall to 81
1favG1l and in three minutes every citi- ht
no6flleayen has heard of it, for ''thcre is di
In heaven among the angels Of God III
mumo sinner that repenteth." ht
Ionnvery easily understand how there is
n34lbo joy in heaven over Pentecost tn
"a thxee Thousand souls saved in one fe
BDmystery about that; can under Cl
liliuw there should be joy in heaven TO
1rttiee Parish of Schotts, when four hun pc
1lsBnls wero saved under one sermon of tn
!. livingston; l can understand how da
g1e should be joy in heaven over the is
ftssvnkening in the time of Harland
R,wlien in one year four hundred and oc
lGshrce Thousand souls were brought ex
fiinthe United States;-I can under al
nllvury easily how there should be JOY So
haveu over five hundred thousand souls me
D1Ebed in 1857, in this country; but IN
kypa, my text announces there is joy to
4Duseul among the angels OF God over ga
LIS one, sinner that repenteth. to
- cathedrnls have one tower; some bel
l91inass have two, three, four towers. sa,
ynu ever hear them all ring at once? Id
D.1nla althat the bell in the cathedral of hes
Mi rings only on rare occasions, for sin
Bss It tho death or the birth Of
3 Have you seen cathedral with
Et&nvess, and have you heard them all fac
- TITO ons great chime of gladness? vas
Dl11kaman who il moral. He is an ex- 80
tstb great many professors Of reli- wo
Hin ssn,s things; he never did a mean be
gihilsis Life; he pays all his debts, and be
Ill citizen and a good neighbor, but qua
~ u nota Christian. den
.srthy the Holy Spirit comes into his tha
1lhs sses that he cannot depend Do
llgmnun3ity for salvation lie says: tior
3f0od; Ihaye been depending upon hea
d3yugkH; lind am n sinner, and | imp
|1ag snisattoa. Lord. for jesus sake, SUR
, MuEnH q msr' And God partloHs you
Hmm i.tsly one Of the towers OF God
- sosihss stIvery chime, for there "
|nr toWeEs to the heavenly temple thru
Who b bod; he knows he is gait
ybo1p elss knows he is bad but pie,
lIuaaHsentUt-far from being an out y jo
nBsee In respectable circles. But ovel
lW,Gt ~ Pswer Of the Holy Ghost, vast
nNm t. - his anfulness and he hea'
! NWHa& hsve msrcyl am wan glat
EanH Wtttsunt thee l perish. Have that
~ Cd hears him, and Immediately field
1te ~ a. heaven strike silvery oprs
- yet
y - = n outcast He was picked befu
1eoats a ~ gutter sni carried "
E1I14 a1nffpa- He has been In the IN Il
E tlireo times. He is covered lega.
nW11A I1a1Assnnsness and abom- on t
- AlgiaH frum hts tlebauch, he six
~ 70 GA, have mercy on me. drov
puilon ~ ponitent thief, the
- - msrcy.n And the Lord dow
ri - noos,xr y the slail