Milford chronicle., 1895-04-05


sky may be twisted into a garland of sno
and fre-deep TO deep storm to storm
+ darkness to darkness-but once in the ar
all is we'll God shut him in
There comes upon tho good man a de
S uge Of financial trouble. He had his thor
sands to lend. Now he cannot borrow
dollar He once owned a store in Ne,
] York and had branch houses in Boston
, Philadelphia and New Orleans. Heowne
q four horses and employed a man Co kee
the dust off his coach phaeton, earriac
p and curricle. Now he has hard work E
got shoes in which to walk The grea
deep Of commercial disaster was broker
up, and fore and aft and across the hurri
cane deck the waves struck him.
''The Lord Shut Him In"
But he was safely sheltered from thr
storm "The Lord shut him in. " A hoot
of domestic troubles fell on HIM Sick
ness and bereavement came. The rair
pelted. The winds blew The heavens
are aname. All the gardens of earthly de
light are washed away Tho mountain.
of joy are buried 10 cubi.s deep But
standing by the empty crib, and in the
desolated nursery ana in the doleful hall,
onco airing with merry voices, now silent
forever, he criod The Lord gave; the
Lord hath taken away Blessed be the
namo of the Lord. y ''The Lord shut him
in
All the sins of lifetime clamorod for
his overthrow The broken vows, the dis
honored Sahbaths the outrageous profani-
ties, the misdemeanors of 20 years, reach
cd up their hands to the door of the ark to
! pull him out The boundloss ocean Of his
/ sin surrounded his soul bowling like a
| simoom, raving like an euroclydon. But,
/ looking out Of the window, he saw his
sins sink like lead into the depths Of the
sea. The dovo Of heaven brought an olive
branch to the ark The wrath of the bill
low unl5 pushed him toward heaven.
"Iho Lord shut him in "
The slime door fastenings that kept
Noah in keep the troubles cut am glad
to know that when man reaches heaven
all earthly troubles are done with him.
Here he may have had it hard to get bread
for his family. There he will never hun.
ger any more Hor6 no may have went
bitterly. There the lamb that is in the
midst of the throne will lead him to living
fountains OF water and God viii wipe
away all tears from his eyes" Here he
may have hard work to get a house, but
in my Fathers house are many mansions,
and rent day never comes Here there are
deathbeds and collins and graves There
no sickness, no weary watching, no ohok-
ing cough, no consuming fever, no chat
tering chill no tolling bell no grave The
sorrows of life shall come and knock at
the door, but no admittance. The perplex-
tiles Of life shall come up and knock on
the door, but no admittance. Safe forev-
erl All the agony Of earth in one wave
dashing against the bulwarks Of the ship
of celestial light shall not break them
down, Howl on, yo winds, and rage, -ye /
seasl The Lord-'the Lord shut him in 4"
Fastenings Secure.
Oh what grand old doorl So wide,
so easily swung both ways and with such
sure fastcnings No burglars key can
pick that lock. No swarthy arm Of hell /
can shove back that bolt. I rejoice that l (
do not ask you to come aboard a crazy
craft, with leaking hulk and broken helm /
and unfastened door, but an ark 90 oubits /
wide, and 800 cubits long, and a door so !
large that the round earth without graz
Ing the post might be bOwlod in
Now, If the ark of Christ is so grand a I
place in which to live and die and triumph,
some into theaTk. Know well that the door
that shut Noah in shut others out, and
though, WHOM tie pitiless storm came pelt-
ng ON their heads, they beat upon the
ioor, saying: Let mo I'M Let me inl''
lho door did not open. For 1870 years they
we're invited They expected to come in,
lut the antediluvians said: 1--WE must cul-
ivatc these fields. We must be worth
more locks Of sheep and herds Of cattle
We will wait until VIC get little cider
We will enjoy our old farm little lon
,er. But meanwhile the storm was brow
ng. The fountains Of heaven were filling
ip. The pry was being placed beneath the
oundations Of the great deep. The last
ear had come, the last month, the last
week, the last day, the last hour, the last
moment. In an awful dash an ocean
roppcd from the sky, and another rolled
p from beneath, and God rolled the earth
nd sky into one wave Of universal de- {
truction
Outside the Ark.
So men now put off going into the ark.
hey say they will wait 90 years first
hey will have little longer time with
leir worldly associates. They win wait
ntil they get older. They say: "You can
OF expect man of my attainments and Of
" position to surrender myself just now {
ut before the storm comes / will 20 in. {
es, will. 1 know what I am about.
rust me. " After awhile, one night about a
o o'clock, going home, he passes a scat
lding just as a gust Of wind strikes it,
I'd plank falls. Dead and outside the 4
'kl Or, riding in the park, a reckless
,hicle crashes into him, and his horse be-
mes unmanageahle and he shouts: /
Whoal Whoa 70 and takes another twist o
the reins and plants his feet against s.
"a dashboard, and pulls back But no 81
Ia II * pof co rauoh dorrsr1 tI,a or-or,r,n d
at he flies as on the way to eternity. y
Out of the wreck of the crash his body d
drawn, but his soul is not picked up It q
ID behind swifter courser into the great
ture. Dead and outside the ark Or y
me night no wakes up with a distress
at momentarily increases until he ahrieks ~
It with pain. The doctors come ia, and e.
oy give him 20 drops, but no relief: 40 -
ops, 90 drops 60 drops but no relief W
} time for prayer. No time to read one
the promises No time to get a single Z,
] pardOned The whole house is aroused ~. ~
alarm. The children scream. The " "
70 faints The pulses fail The heart y.
Ups. The soul flies Dead, and outside 81 g
e ark ns
| have no doubt that derision kept many a.
Ople out of the ark The world laughed ~
see man go In and said: 3" Here is ~ ~
In starting for the ark Why, there Will w w
no deluge II there Is one, that mis-
ble ship will not weather it. Aha, go
: into the ark Well, that is too good .
keep. Here, fellows, have You heard the II
Vs' This man is going into the ark. ge
der this artillery of scorn the mans pr
ID resolution perished sec
Fear Of Derision. rel
And so there are hundreds kept out by si ~
fear of dsrision. The young man asks ~ ~
nself; What would they say at the a. a..
re tomorrow morning If 1 should be- :. w. =,
ne Christian? When I go down to ~.
clubhouse, cley will shout: Here ",
mes that new Christian Suppose you ~ ~
i not have anything to do with us now. ~ ~
ppose you are praying now Get down ~ y.
your knees, and let us hear you pray. -
me, now give us touch Will not do ~
ehf Pretty Christian you are. g Is NJ "a,
Tot the fear of being laughed at that
ps you out Of the kingdom Of Godf ~
ich Of these scorners viii help you at
lastY When you lie down on a dying
ows which of them will be thares IN -
day Of eternity viii they bail you outs
fy friends and noighbOrs come in rioht ri