Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1892-07-01

suls rlutch Tor MS holy heart. Had he not
been thoroughly fastened to the cross they
would have torn him down and trampled
nun with both feet. How the cavalry
horses arched their necks and champed
their bits, and reared and snuifed az the
oioodl Had q Roman officer called out for
light his voice would not have been
heard in tho tumult. but louder tbon 49,
clash Of spears, and the wailine Of woman
hood, and the neighing OF the chargers
and the believing Of the orucifers there
comes q voice crashing through Il Iond
clear, overwhelming, terrific It Is the
grooming Of the dying son Of Godi Look
what seenel Look, world, at what you
have donel
CALL 10 TIiE UNcoNvERTED.
lift the covering. from the maltreated
Christ TO let you count the wounds and
estimate the cost Oh, when the nails
went through Christ's right hand and
/ through Chnstss left hand. that houobt
both your hands with All their power t,
work and lift and writei When the nails
went through Christs right foot and
Christ's left foot, that bought your feet
with all their power to walk or run or
climb. When thethorn went into Christ's
temple, that bought your brain, with all
It's power 60 think and plan When the
spear cleft Christ's side, that bought your
heart, with all its power to love and re-
pent and pray
On, sinner, come, come back II a man is
in no pain, 4 he is prospered, If he IS well,
and he asks you to come. you take roar
time and You sayi II can't come now. III
come after awhile There is no haste.
But II he IS in Want and trouble you sayi
II must 30 right away, I mast 70 now
f|ofinNr .Iaafaa n
wounded hands and he begs You 70 come
Go and you live, Stay away and you die
Oh. that 70 him who bought Us we might
give all our time. and all our prayers. and
all our successes. ] would we could think
Of nothing else but come to Christ He
Is so fair. He is so loving. He Is so SYM
pathizing. He Is so good, ] wish we could 1
put our. arms around his neck and say. 1
Thine, Lord, VIII be forever. oh that I
you would begin to love him Would that I
could take this audience and wreathe It
around the heart Of my Lord Jesus Christ.
When the Atlanticcable was lost, in 1855.
do you remember that the Great Eastern.
and the Medway, and the Albany went
out TO find it2 Thirty times they sank the
grapnel two and half miles deep in YEA
ter. After awhile they found the cable
and brought it to the surface. No sooner
had Il been brought to the surface than
they lifted shout Of exultation, but the
cable Slipped back again into the water
aud was lost. Then for two weeks more
they swept the sea with the graphing
hooks and ut last they found the cable,
and they brought it up in silence They
fastened It this time, Then, with great
excitement, they took one end Of the cable
10 the electricians room to see Il there
were really any life IN it, and when they
saw spark and knew that message
could be sent, then every hat was lifted,
md the rockets flew and the guns sound
"a until MI the vessels on she expedition
knew the work was done and the CONT.
lents were dashed together,
Well, my friends, Sabbath after Sabbath
gospel messengers have come searching I
Town foryour souls. We have swept the sea
With the graphing hook Of Christie Cos
lel, Again and again we have thought /
hat you were at the surface, and we began t
o rejoice over your redemption; but at the {
moment Of our gladness you sank back ]
gain into the world and baok again into ]
in Today we come with this Gospel 4
earehing for your soul We apply the !
ross Of Christ first to see whether there is
ny life left in you, while all around the d
eople stand, looking to see whether the y
sork win be done and the angels Of God t
end down and witness, and oh If now we s
ould see only one spark Of love and hope a
nd faith, We would send up shout that ii
'ould be heard on the battlements Of b
eaven, and two worl-s. would keep jubilee o
eeause communication is open between b
hrist and the soul, and your nature that ii
as been sunken in sin has been lifted into a
le light and the Joy of the Gospel