Milford chronicle., 1895-07-05

Wdlhlng ana Nllnclug as they go, and
z making a tinkling with their feet in that
day the Lord will take away the bravery Of
their tinkling ornaments about their feet,
and their cauls, and their round tires like
] the moon, the rings and nose jewels, the
e changeable suits Of apparel, and the man
! ties and the wimples and the crisping
pins.
That is the fashion plate of ancient Tyre
And do you wonder that the Lord God in
his indignation blotted out the city, so
, that fishermen today spread their nets
whore that city once stood?
Alcoholic Beverage.
Gate the Fourth.-Alcoholic beverage.
, Oh, the wine cup is the patron of impuF-
ity The officers Of the law tell US that
nearly all the men who go into the sham
bles of death go in intoxicated, the mental
and the spiritual abolished, that the brute
may triumph. Tell me that young man
drinks, and know the whole story. If he
becomes captive of the wine cup, he will
become captive of all other vices Only
give him time. No one ever runs drunk
enness alone That is a carrion crow that
goes in flock, and when you see that
bealS ahead, you may know the other beaks
are coming. In other words, the wine cup
unbalances and dethrOnes ones better |
/ judgment and leaves one the prey Of all
1 evil uppetites that may choose to alight T
upon his soul. There is not n place Of any 4
kind of sin in the United States today that .
/ docs not find its chief abettur in the chalicu .
] Of inebrety. There is either a drinking
/ bar before, or one behind, or one above,
or one underneath. These people escape
, legal penalty because they are all licensed
to sell liquor. The courts that license the
sale of strong drink license gambling
houses, license libertinism, license disease,
license death, license all sufferings, all
crimes, all despoliations, all disasters, all
murders, all voc. 1t is tho courts and the
legislature that are swinging wide open
this grinding, creaky, stupendous gate Of
the lost.
But you say; "YOu have described these
gates Of hell and shown us how they swing
in to allow the entrance Of the doomed.
Will you not, please, before YOU get through
the sermon tell US how these gates of hell
may swing out to allow the escape of the
penitentg" ! reply, but very few escape
OF the thousand that go in 900 perish
Suppose one Of these wanderers should
knock at your door, would you admit herr
Suppose you knew where she came from,
would you ask her to sit down at your
dining tablef Would you ask her to be-
come the governeSs Of your childreni
quaintanceships? Would you take the re-
sponsibility of pulling on the outside of tho
gate of hell while the pusher on the inside !
of the gate is trying to get out? I
You would not, not one of a thousand OF
you would dare to do so. You would d
write beautiful poetry over her sorrows and {
weep over her misfortunes but give her
practical help you never will. But you
say, Are there no ways by which the
wanderer may escape?" Oh, yes; three or P
four. Tho one way is the sewing girls
garrett, dingy, cold, hunger blasted. But
you say, us there no other way for her to n
Oh yes Another way is the u
street that leads to the river, at midnight p,
the end of the city dock, the moon shining h
down on the water making it look so !,
smooth she wonders if it is deep enough
It is. No boatman near enough to hear T.
the plunge, No Waterman near enough TO q
pick her out before she sinks the third ii
time. No other way? Yes By the curve n,
IF the railroad at the point where tho en- ST
gineer Of tho lightning express train can. d;
not see hundred yards ahead to the form 7,
hat lies across the track. He may whistle o,
down brakes" but not soon enough to
lisappoint the one who seeks her death. Is
Sut you say, Isn't God good and won't ac
le forgive?" Yes, but man will not, WON ha
N will not, society will not The church on
# God says it will, but it will not. Our in
york, then, must be prevention rather oil
han cure. Of
Great Evils OF Society. tn
Those gates of he'll are to be Frustrated Ill
nst as certainly as God and the Bible art SO
rue, but it will not be done until Chris. in,
ian men and women, quitting their prud of
~ and squeamishness in this matter RI,
vvlpIa ,f o1f
lurch and assail these great evils Of soci 20,
By The Bible utters its denunciation in wa
lis direction again and again, and yet the ha
ety of the day is such a namby pamby az,
)rt of thing that you cannot even quote is
cripture without making somebody rest tn;
IS. As long as this holy imbecility roigns lie
tho church of God sin will laugh you pos
scorn. do not know but that before flo,
le church wakes up matters will get buI
orse and worse, and that there will have Civ
be ono lamb sacrificed from each Of the In
ost carefully guarded folds, and the wave bet
uneleanness dash to the spire of the vii two
ge church and the top Of the cathedral wei
wer. rep
Prophets and patriarohs and apostles
ID evangelists and Christ himself have hou
undered against these sins as against nc exa
her, and yet there are those who think elbt
ought to take when we speak of these wit
biects, a tone apologize. put my foot has
all the conventional rhetoric on this late
bject, and l tell You plainly that unless "A
Il give up that sin your doom is sealed
world without end you will be chased
the anathemas of an incensed God. I
ly you to besiegement of the gates of lady
4. We want in this besieging host not war
t sentimentalists but men who are abrC
ling to take and give hard knocks. iron
G gates Of Gaza were carried off, the she
les of Thebes were battered down, the pect
cs of Babylon were destroyed and the mon
es Of hell are going to be Frustrated. nur
The Chrstianized printing press will be Gree
led up as the chief batteFing ram. Then cier,
re will be o long list Of aroused pulpits prey
ich shall be assailing fortresses, and the
rs redhot truth shall be the flying am won
milton of the contest, and the sappers to a
the miners will lay the train under baby
Sc foundations Of sin, and at just the be C,
lt time God, who leads on the fray, SCUM
cry Down with the gatesp and the As
lOsiou beneath will be answered by all the {
trumpcts Of God on high, celebrating relat
versal victory. calit
Mercy For the Wanderer. won
ut there may be one wanderer that DaDy
lid like to have a kind word calling her c
reward l have told you that society nor
no mercy. Did / hint at an earlier S Slo =
~ III s.lis suuJeev .ao Sou WI I ,s, self;
ono back to the heart Of infinite love? ~ n
cold Christmas night in farmhouse. the j
her comes in from the barn, knocks nj In
snow from his shoes and sits down by bor
fire. The mother sits at the stand bed
ting. She says to him, "Do you re- nj he
lber it is the anniversary tonightg' CONT,
father is angercd. He never wants tbo,,,
allusion to the fact that one had gone No,
y, and tho mere suggestion that it was dismi
anniversary Of that sad event made the ~
quite rough although the tears ran abIv
u MS checks. Inc oiu mouse uoS that when