Milford chronicle., 1892-10-07
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is raining Eolu.
Passing from Bonn to COblentz on th
Rhine the scenery IS comparatively tam,
Tut from Coblentz to Mayence it is er
chanting. You sit on deck aud feel as
this last flash OF beauty must exhaust th
scene but in a moment there is turn @
the river which covers up the former vies
with more luxuriant vineyards. an,
more defiant castles. and bolder bluffs
vine wrsathed, and grapes 50 rip
that if the hills be touched they woul,
bleed their rich life away into the bowl
Of Bingen and Hockheimer Here an,
There there are streams Of water meltin,
into the river, Ike smaller joys swall0we,
in the bosom Of a great gladness.
And when night begins to throw it,
} black mantle over the shoulder Of th,
Z hills, and you are approaching disem
barkation at Mayence, the lights along tn,
/ shore fairly bewitch the scene with theil
beauty, giving one thrill that he feel.
but once. yet that lasts him forever. 81
this river of Gods Word Is not a straight
stream, but a winding splendOr-at every
turn new wonders to attract, still ripel
vintage pressing to the brink and crowded
with castles Of strength (Stolzenfels and
JOhannisberger as nothing compared with
run and are saved), and our disembarka-
tion at last. in the evening, amid the
lights that CLEAN from the shore OF
heaven. The trouble is that the vast ma
iority OF Bible voyages stop at Coblentz,
where the chief glories begin.
The sea Of Gods Word Is not like Gen.
nesaret, twelve miles by six, but BOUND
less, and in one direction you can sail on
forever. Why then confue yourself to a
short psalm or to a few verses of the
epistlei The largest fish are not near the
shore. Hoist all sail to the winds OF
heaven. Take hold of both oars and pull
away BE like some of the whalers that
went out from New Bedford or Ports
mouth to be gone for two or three years.
Yea, calculate on a lifetime voyage. You
do not want to land until you land in
heaven. Sail away, o ye mariners, for
eternity Launch out into the deepl
The text * appropriate to all Christians
of shallow experience. doubts and fears
have in our day been almost elected to the
parliament Of Christian graces. Some con
slider it bad sign not to have any doubts.
Doubts and fears are not signs Of health.
but testers and carbuncles You have a
valuable house or farm. It Is suggested
that the title is not good. You employ
counsel. You have the deeds examined
You search the record for mortgages, judg
ments and liens. You arc not satisfied un-
til you have Il certificate, signed by the
great seal Of the state assuring you that
the title is good. Yet how many leave
their title to heaven an undecided matter!
Why do you not go to the records and find
out? Give yourself no rest, day or night,
until you can read your title clear to man
sions in the skies.
NEED OF CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT.
Christian character is to come up to
higher standards. We have now to hunt
through our library to find one Robert
M'Cheyne, or one Edward Payson, or one |
Harlan Page. The time will come when |
we will find half dozen of them sitting in |
{ same seat with US. The grace Of GOdi
make great deal better men than |
tHose / have mentioned. Christians seem |
afraid they will get heterodox by going too /
far. They do not believe in Christian per
lection. There is no danger of your being |
perfect for some time yet. l will keep
watch, and give you notice in time il you
get too near perfection for the safety of
sour theology.
One-half Of you Christians are simply
stuck in the mud. Why not cut loose from
but Godf Give not to him that
formal petition made up Of "O's'-"O
Lord" this and 30 Lord" that. When
2eople are cold and have nothing to say to
God they strew their prayers with "O's"
and "FOreverand ever Amen" and things
% fill up. Tell God what you want with
he feeling that he is ready to give it, and
believe that you will receive, and you shall
lAve it. Shed that old prayer you have
)Pen making these ten years 1t is high
ime that you Outgrew it. Throw it aside
With your old ledgers, and your old hats,
md your old shoes Take a review of
our present wants, Of your present sins
nd of your present blessings. With
harp blade cut away your past half and
ialf Christian life, and with new determi-
alton, and new plans, and new expecta-
ions launch out into the deep.
The text is appropriate to all who are
ngaged in Christian work The church
God has been fishing along the shore.
We set our net in a good, calm place and
. sight Of fine chapel, and we go down /,
very Sunday to see if the fish have been :
Use enough to come into our net. We
light learn something from that boy with /
is hook and line. He throws his line I
ON the bridge-no fish. He sits down on
log--no fish. He stands in the sunlight
nd casts the line, but no fish. He goes
p by the mill dam and stands behind the
ank, where the fish cannot see him, and
z has hardly dropped the hook before the
,rk goes under. The fish come to him as Z
st as he can throw item ashore.
in other words, in our Christian work,
by do we not 20 where the fish areg II
not so easy to catch souls in church, for d
hnf Nrsn a., em1-. ] -
em. If you can throw your line out into
e world where they are not expecting o.
u, they will be captured Is It fair to
ke men by such stratagem? Yes. =,
ould like to cheat five thousand souls =.
10 the kingdom. h
CHRISTIANS MUST WORK =
The whole policy of the church of God is nj
be changed. Instead of chiefly looking
ter the few who have become Christians
r chief efforts will be for those outside.
after a man is converted he cannot take a
re Of himself l am not going to take care Il
him. II lie thinks that am going to "
and and pat him on the back and feed him
I of an elegant spoon, and watch him
that he does not get into a draft of SC
'rldliness, he is much mistaken. We D.
We in our churches a great mass of help
S, inaue professors. who are doingnoth-
Z for themselves or for others, who want
to stop and nurse them They are so .,
iubed with doubt as to whether they :,
, Christians or not, The doubt is SET y
d. They are not Christians. The best =
can do with these fish is to throw them ;s
OK into the stream and 60 after them n,
ain with the Gospel net es
Go into all the world and preach the NJ
spell, !" says Christ-into the factory, the sn
CINE house, the clubpOom; into the ar
uses Of the sick; into the dark lane; into %
, damp cellaY into the cold garret; into
, dismal prison Let every man, woman in
l child know that Jesus died, and that NJ
} gate Of heaven is wide open. With ST.
, Bible in one pocket, and the hymn IA
)k In another pocket, and a loaf of bread ",
der yonF arm, launch out into the great M
p OF this worlds wretchedness. tb
he text is appropriate to all the unfor- M
en-. Every sinner would come to God n
e thought that he might come just as I'll
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