Milford chronicle., 1895-02-15


the brakes and bushes for the lost gam
, than they have been looking for that los
! soul People tell us that II a man hav
delirium tremens twice he cannot be re
claimed; that after a woman has saorifcet
her integrity she cannot be restored. Tn
J Bible has distinctly intimated that tn
Lord Almighty is ready to pardon 400 time
that is, 20 times z. There arc men bofor
} the throne Of God who have wallowed il
every kind Of SIM but, saved by the grac
OF Jesus and washed in his blood, the,
stand there radiant now. There are thos
who plunged into the very lowest Of al
the hells in New York who have for TIN
tenth time been lifted up, aud finally bl
the grace Of God they stand in heaven gio
riously rescued by the grace promised {,
the chief of sinners. / want to tell yoI
that God loves to take hold of a very baC
case. When the church casts you off, ant
when the olubroOm casts you of, anC
when society casts you of, and when bust
ness associates cast you off, and when ia
ther casts you off, and whom mother cast:
you of, and when everybody casts you
of, your first CRY for help will bend the
eternal God clear down into the ditch Of
your suffering and shame.
The Good Templars cannot save you, al
though they are grand institution. The
Sons of Temperance cannot save you, al
though they are mighty for good. Sign
ing the temperance pledge cannot save
you, although believe in It. Nothing but
the grace Of the eternal God can save you,
and that will If you will throw yourself on
it. There Is a man in this house who said
to me; UNLESS God helps me I cannot be
delivered / have tried everything, sir,
H,raA Nenhf
and when 1 come TO a drinking saloon
pray that God will take me safe past, and
pray until 1 am past He does help me- "
For every man given to strong drink there
I are scores Of traps set and when he goes
out on business tomorrow he will be in
infinite peril, and no one but the every
where present God can see that man
through. Oh, they talk about the cata-
combs of Naples, and the oatacombs of
Rome, and the oatacombs of Egypt, the
burial places under the city where the
dust Of a great multitude lies, but I tell
you New York has its catacombs, and Bos-
ton its oatacOmbs, and Philadelphia its
catacombs. They are the underground
restaurants, full of dead mems bones and
all unoleanness. Young man, you know
it. God help you. There is no need of
going into the art gallery to see in the
skillful sculpture that wonderful represen-
tation of a man and his sons wound
around with serpents.
Help In a Struggle.
There are families represented in this
house that are wrapped IN the martyrdom
Of fang and scale and venom-a living
LAGOON of ghastliness and horror. What
are you to dor I am not speaking into the
air am talking to hundreds of men who
must be saved by Christ's gospel or never
saved at ALL What are you going to do?
Do not put your trust in bromide Of po-
tassium or in Jamaica ginger or anything
that apothecaries can mix. Put your trust
only In the eternal God, and he will see
you through. Some Of you do not have
temptations every day. 1t is a periodic
temptation that comes every six weeks or
every three months, when it seems as II
the powers of darkness kindle around
about your tongue the fires of the pit 1t
is we'll enough at such time, as some of
you do, to seek medical counsel, but your
first and most importunate cry must be to
God. If the fends will drag you to the
slaughter, make them do it on your knees.
o God now that he parOxysm Of thirst
is coming again upon that man. help himi
Fling back into the pit of hell the hend
that assaults his soul this moment Oh,
my heart aches to see men go on in this
fearful struggle without Christ.
There are in this house those whose
hands so tremble from dissipation that
they can hardly hold a book, and yet
have to tell you that they will yet preach
the gospel, and on communion days carry
around oonsecrated bread, acceptable TO
everybody, because of their holy life and
their cOnsecrated behavior. The Lord is
going to save you. Your home has got to
be rebuilt. Your physical health has got
to be restored. Your worldly business has
got to be reconstructed. The church Of
God is going to rejoice over your disciple
ship. "Other sheep have which are not
of this fold !"
Hope For Outsiders.
While have hope for all prodigals, |
there are some people in this house whom
1 give up. mean those who have been
all their life who have (
maintained outward morality, but Who |
90, 80, 40 years of Chris |
tian advantages, have never yielded their |
heart to Christ. They are gospel harden |
ed could call their names now, and If |
they would rise up they would rise up in /
scores. Gospel hardened A sermon has |
no more effect upon them than the shining /
moon on the city pavement As Christ
says, The publicans and harlots will go
into the kingdom of God before them. "
They have resisted all the Importantly of
divine mercy and have gone during these
30 years through most powerful earth
quakes of religious feeling and they are
farther away from God than ever. After
awhile they will lie down sick, and some
lay it will be told that they are dead. No
nopel
But I turn to outsiders with a hope
hat thrills through my body and soul
Other sheep have which are not Of this
old. +" You are not gospel hardened. You
nave not heard or read many sermons dur
ng the last few years As you came in
oday everything was novel, and all the
ervices are suggestive of your early days.
How sweet the opening hymn sounded in
Tour ears, and how blessed is this hour
Everything suggestive Of heaven. You do
lot weep, kut the shower is not far of.
Zou sigh, and you have noticed that there
) always a sigh in the wind before the
ain falls. There are those here who would
i've anything If they could find relief in
ears. They say: "Oh, my wasted lifei
)h, the bitter pastl Oh, the graves over
7hioh have stumbled Whittier shall
W Alas for the futurel Everything is !
ark-so dark, so dark. God help mel
iod pity mel' Thank the Lord for that
lst utterance. You have begun TO pray,
nd when a man begins to petition that
cts all heaven flying this way, and God
5eps in and beats back the hounds Of !
emptation to their kennel, and around
bout the poor wounded soul puts the COW {
rt of his pardoning mercy. Hark, hear I
omething fall What was thati 1t is !
he bars Of the fence around the sheep q
I'D. The shepherd let's them down, and I
he hunted sheep Of the mountain bound /
J, some Of them their fleece torn with /
be brambles, some Of them their feet lame
18th the dogs, but bounding in. Thank
cd 'Other sheep have which are not
this fold ,"
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