Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-10-18
MILFORD, DEL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1895
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You see Isaac going up the hill and
, carrying the wood. o Abraham, why NOS
take the load off the boyg II lac is going
! to die so soon. why not make his last
hours easyY Abraham knew that in car.
rying that wood up Mount Moriah Isaac
was to be symbol Of Christ carrying his
own cross up Calvary. 1 do not know
how heavy that cross was-whethcr it was
made Of oak or acacia or Lebanon cedar. l
suppose It may have weighed 100 OF 200 or
soc pounds. That was the lightost part OF
the burden. All the siDs aud SORROWS Of
the world were wound around that cross.
The heft Of one the hoft OF two, worlds
earth and hell wcro on his shoulders o
Isaac, carrying the wood Of sacrifice up
Mount Moriah. Jesus, carrying tho
wood Of sacrifice up Mount Calvary, the
agonies Of earth and hell wrapped around
that cross. l shall never see the heavy load
ON lsaac's back that shall not think Of the
crushing load on Christ back For whom
that loadl For you. For you. For me /
For me- Would that al tho tears that VIC 1
have ever wopt over our sorrows had been /
saved until this morning, and that we /
might now pour them ont on the laoeratud /
back and feet and heart II the Son Of God
You say; IF this young man was go or
20 years OF age, why did not he rosistf Why
was it not Isaac binding A braham instead
OF Abraham binding Iraacf The muscle
IN Isaac S arm was stronger than the mus
che IN Abraham s wither-d arm No young
man 20 years Of age would submit to have
his father fasten him 20 a pile OF wood
with Intention of burning" Isaac was
Wiling sacrifice and - "a typo Of Christ
who willingly came to save tho world II
as ~ I
force Christ out from the gate, they could
not have done it. Christ was equal with
God. II all the battalions Of glory had
armed themselves and resolved to put {
Christ forth ard make him come out and !
save this world, they could not have sue [
ceedod in IL. With ono stroke he would c
have TOPPED over angelic and archangelic {
dominion. /
willing Sacrifice. C
But there was one thing that the omnIp- O
otent Christ could not stand. Our sorrows
him. lie could not bear to ses Il
the world die without an offer Of pardon
and help, and if all heaven had armed 1t.
self to keep him back, if the gates Of life
had been bolted and double barred, Christ L
would have flung the everlasting doors l'
rom their hinges and would have sprung W
,orth, scattering the hindering hosts OF Of
heaven like ohaf before the whirlwind as CT
20 cried: 10, l come to suffer- Lo, e'
,ome 10 dieH ChriSt-a willing sacrifice al
Wiling To take Bethlehem humiliation e
nd sanhedrin outrage and whipping pos. W
naltreatment and Golgotha butchery cl
Wiling TO be bound Willing to suffer. 70
Wiling to die. Willing to save
How does this affect your Do not your ca
cry best impulses bound out toward this nc
ainstruck Christi Got down at his feet, pc
20 people. Put your lips against the &C
round on his right foot and help kiss 10
way tho pang. Wipe the foam from his 81
ying lip. Get under the cross until you WI
'cl the baptism Of his rushing tcars. Take Re
i'm into your heart, with warmest love OF
nd undying enthusiasm. By your resist &c
nccs you have abused him long enough. ma
hrist Is willing 10 save you, Are you a
filing to be sANodg IL seems to mo as If tn
us moment were throbblng with the in ga
tations Of an all compassionate God.
have been told that the cathedral Of ms
{. Mark stands in quarter in tho cen csc
P of the city Of Venice and that when no
10 clock strikes IL mt noon all the birds are
ON the city and the regions round about 70
g city fly TO the square and settle down on
came in this wise: A largo hearted
oman passing one MONDAY across tho pr
uare saw some birds shiverlng In the m
Id, and she scattered some crumbs Of 1T
cad among them. The next day at the
me hour She scattered moro crumbs Of
cad among them, and SO on from year to 80,
IT until tho day Of her death. In her tl'
II sho bequoathed a certain amount Of Ia IA
lncy to keep UP the same practice and ny ny,
W, at the first stroke of tho bell at noon. VIII
Q birds begin to come there and when nu'
, clock has struck IL tho square is COW Sl'l
ID with thom. How beautifully sugges- IRE
e. Christ comes out 10 feed thy soul TO- ing
y. The more hungry you feel yourselves a
BIO the better it is, 1t is noon, and the tre,
pei clock strikes H. Come in flocks an !,
me as doves to tho window All the ain
filled with the liquid chime; Come IN !
mel Cono Ieel