Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1892-09-16

--"4 +NtNtN AAtAt l0u NtAA curry along YOU
{E sins, your lusts y0ur worldiness, and We
get to the end Of the Christian race yoi
are so awfully mistaken that, in the nam
" tod, this morning I shatter the delu
siop.
still further, the road spoken Of is
g PLAIN road 'The wayfaring men, though
q fools. shall not err therein'-that is, If ,
man IS three-fOurths an idiot he can iint
this road lust as well as ii he were a phi
x losopher, The imbecile boy, the laughing
st stock Of -he street. and followed by a mol
e hooting Mt him, has only to knock once at
d the gate OF heaven and it swings Open
l. while there has been manga man who can
s lecture about pneumatics and chemistry,
g and tell tile STORY Of Faraday's theory of
s electrical polarization, and yet has been
), shut out Of heaven. There has been many
e a man who stood in an observatory and
n swept the heavens with his telescope, and
e yet he has not been able to see the Morn
D ing Star.
e Many man has been familiar with al!
the higher branches Of mathematics, and
yet could not do the simple sum, What
shall it profit a man If he gain the whole
world and lose his own soulp Many a
man has been afne reader of tragedies aud
poems, and yet could not "read his title
clear to mansions in the skies" Many
man has botanized across the continent
and yet did not know the Rose Of Sharon
and the Lily of the Valley" But If one
shall come in the right spirit asking the
way to heaven, he will find it a plain way.
The pardon is plain. The peace is plain
Everything is plain.
HOW TO GET on.
He who tries TO get on the road 10 heaven
through the New Testament teaching will
get on beautifully. He who goes through
( philosophical discussion will not get on u;
/ ALL Christ says, Come to me and / will |
take all your sins away, and will take all !
I your -rOubles away" Now what is the /
use Of my discussing it any moref Is not |
! that plaini II you wanted to 20 to Lon
don aud pointed you out highway thor
Oughly laid out, would be wise in detan-
ing you by a geological discussion about
the gravel You will pass over, or physio
logical discussion about the muscles you I
will have to bring into playy No After
this Bible has pointed you-the way u
heaven is it wise for nae to detain you with
any discussion about the nature of the hui
man will, or whether the ,stonement is linn
tied or unlimitedi There is the road-gO
on IT, n is plain way.
This is Il faithful saying, and worthy of
all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came in
to the world to save sinners" And that
is you, and that is me. Any little child
here can understand this rs well as / can,
"Unless you become as a little child, you
cannot see the kingdom of God" II you
are saved it will not be as u philosopher. it I
will be az a little child. "Of such is the Z
kingdom of heaven" Unless you get the I
spirit OF little children you will never {
come out at their glorious destiny. (
Still further this road to heaven is u c
safe road. Sometimes the traveller in these $
ancient highways would think himself L
perfectly secure, not knowing there was a 0
lion by the way burying his head deep be-
tween his paws, and then when the riyht
came, under the fearful spring
the mans life was gone and there was k
maulcd carcass by the roadside. But, says Il
my text, NO lion shall he there" ] wish b
could make you feel this morning Your q
,ntire security ! tell you plainly THAI b,
me minute AFTER a man has become a child OF
If God he is rs safe as though he had been vi
en- thousand years in heaven. lie may I'll
lip; lie may slide; he may stumble; but lac L.
annOt be destroyed. Kept by the power it,
+ God, through faith uutO complete sal t.
alton. INCREASINGLY safe
REWARDS Of CHRISTIANITY. ad
The severest trial to which You can sub its
act Il Christian man is to lii him. and yo
hat is glory. In other words, the wO.H wi
hing that can happen a child of God is tai
eaven. The body is only the old slipper, COZ
lat he throws aside just before putting Oh acc
re sandals Of light. His soul, you cannot ate
urt is. No fires can consume it. No gre
pods can drown it. No devils can cap str
ire it. !
Firm and unmoved are they of
Who rest their souls on God; tici
Fixed as the ground where David stood he
Or where the ark abode. bis
His soul is safe. His reputation is safe Til,
'erything is safe. But" you say. sun con
Sc his store burns up:" Why, then, il sist
il only be Il change of investments from con
rthly TO heavenly securities. "But, " YOU ma,
y, suppose his name goes down under ser,
2 hoof Of scorn aud conicniptY" The N
me will be- SO much brighter in glory
oppose his physical health fails?" God NJ,
II pour INFO him the foods Of eycrlastin.
nth, and il will not make auy difference II
rthly subtraction is heavenly addition. ciel
e tears Of earth are the crystals OF tart
wen. rs they take rags and tatters ana 'ea
them through the iaper mill, and the, u III
ne out beautiful white sheets OF paser PROD
often the rags Of earthly destituti.u. .ne
Ter the cylinders Of death, come out a the
lite scroll upon which snail be written Ihe
nal emancipation. nave
here was one passage of Scripture tii, .le
e Of which ! never understood unit. "a -
day at ChaCOuniN, with Mont B,ant AOiA
me side and Montanvcnt on the Other.
pened my Bible and read, as The
lnt:iins are around about Jerusalem. La
lie Lord is around about them that icati
lin." The surroundings were am De-
ipotent commentary. lures
Igh troubles assgil, and dangers alright; Lac
igh friends should all fail and foes all dress
Unite; Dei
''ho lAins secures US whatever betidc. artist
7'i'p'uIes assure Us the LORD VIII provide. with
\ PLEASANT PATH.
i'll further, the road spoken of is a
SAINT road. God gives a bond Of in
nifty against all evil to every man thai
Is it. All things work together for Mis-
to those who love God" No weapon very
ed against them can prosper That is so cal
'ond, signed. sealed and delivered bv of til,
resident Of he universe. What isthe Genes
4 your fretting, 0 child of God, abou. stance
Behold the fowls Of the air: for sewed
SOW not. neither do they reap, nol selves
er into barns; yet your hca, eu, exiled
r fredeth them" And will lie tax very a
)f the sparrow, will lie take care of tie Elizat
:, and let yOu dicy What is the u.s. a. fish (,
fretting about clothusg "Consiu,i an cd
''S9 Vi INC Neil' 0hali ne not mui from {
clothe You, o We of little faitbw by tn
is the use OF worrying for fear some eparabl
will happen to your homeg "He Luke
til the habitation Of the iust.n What the vii
use Of fretting lest ou will be over. in I.o
OF tempta ionss cod is faithful, bug
will not suffer ycu to be tempted transit
that ye are able; but will with the shalt L
alton also make way 20 escape by nigl
e may he able to bear it," terror
this Kings highway Trees Of life on "bugb,
side, bending overuntil their branch The
trlock any drop midway their fruit don in
hErte. Houses of entertainment on that tn
side the road for poor pilgrims. Of the {
$ spread with feast OF good things. "thou
ais adorned with unnIes of ,,ol !, ! Archbi