Milford chronicle., 1895-05-03

| SIDE the FORCES Or utliJn Un tIle otnefs sac,
and in few moments the matter viii be
settled for eternity.
There is a time which mercy has set for
leaving port If you are on board before
that, you win get a passage for heaven. II
you are not ON board, you miss your pas
sage for heaven. As I'm law courts a case
is sometimes adjourned from term to term
and from year to year till the bill Of costs
eats up the entire estate so there are men
who are adjourning the matter Of religion
from time to time and from year to year
until heavenly bliss is the bill of costs the
man viii have to pay for it.
There Must BE No Delay.
Why defer this matter, oh, my dear hear
err Have you any idea that sin will wear
out; that It will cvaporatc; that il Will re-
lax its grasp; that you may find religion
as a man accidentally finds a lost pocket
book? All, mol No man ever became a
Christian by accident or by the relaxing
Of sin. The embarrassments arc all the
time increasing The hosts Of darkness are
recruiting and the longer you postpone
this matter the sleeper the path will be-
come. ask those men who are before me
now whether in the 10 or 10 years they
have passed in the postponement Of these
or heaven? I would not be afraid to chal-
lenge this whole audience so far as they
may not have found the peace Of the gOs-
pei, in regard to the matter. Your hearts,
you are willing frankly to tell me, are be-
coming harder and harder, and that If you
como to Christ it will be more Of an un-
dertaking now than it ever would have
been before. Tho throne Of Judgment win
soon be set, and II you have anything to
do toward your eternal salvation you had
better do it now, for the redemption Of
your soul is precious, and it ceaseth for
ever.
Oh, il men could only catch one glimpse
Of Christ, 1 know they would love him
Your heart leaps at the sight Of a glorious
sunrise or sunset. Can you be without
emotion as the sun of righteousness rises
behind Calvcry and sets behind Joseph
sepulcher? He is blessed Saviour Ev-
cry nation has its type of beauty. There Is
German beauty, and Swiss beauty, and
Italian beauty and English beauty, but
care not in what land man first looks at
Christ he pronounces him "chief among
10, 900 and the one altogether lovely"
The diamond districts of Brazil are care
fully guarded, and a man does not get in
there except by pass from the govern |
ment, but the love of Christ is a diamond |
district we may all enter and pick up |
treasures for eternity. To-day, if ye will |
hear his voice, harden not your heart"
Take the hint of the text that have no /
time to dwell upon-the hint that there is /
a time when he cannot be found. There /
was man in this city so years Of age who |
said to a Clergyman who came in, do you |
think that a man 80 years Of age can get |
pardonedp" ooh, yes, said the clergy
man. The old man said; Il can't. When
1 was 20 years Of age-I am now 80 years
the Spirit of God came to my soul and
1 felt the Importance Of attending to these
things, but / put it Off 1 rejected God,
and since then I have had no feeling"
We'll, - said the minister, "wouldn't you
like to have me pray with you?" Eyes, "
replied the old man, "but 1t will do no
good. You can pray with me If you like
to-. The minister knelt down and prayed
and commended the mans soul to God. 1t
seemed to have no effect upon him. After
awhile the last hour Of the mans life
came and through his delirium a spark of
seemed to fash, and with his
last breath he said, Il shall never be for
givenI' ooh, seek the Lord while he may
be found"