Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-05-10

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sunlit Dispensation.
But is there no such thing as moral puri-
fcation? If q man is a sinner once, must
he always be a sinner and an unforgiyen
sinner We have all had conscience after
us. Or do you tell me that all the words
of your life have been Just right, and all
tho thoughts Of your heart have been just
right, and all the actions Of your life just
right? Then you do not know yourself,
and take the responsibility OF saying you
are Pharisee, you are ahypOcrite, you are
q POntius PLATE and do not know it. You
commit the very same sin that PLATE COM
mitted. You have crucifed the Lord Of
Glory. But ii ninc-tenths Of this audience
are made up Of thoughtful and earnest
people, then nine-tenths Of this audience
are saying within themselves: Is there no
such thing as moral publications Is there
no LAYER In which the soul may wash and |
be cleanY' Yes, yes, yes. Tell it in song,
tell it in sermon, tell it in prayer, tell it to
the hemisphcrcs. That is what David |
cried out for when he said Wash me /
thoroughly from my sin, and cleanse me |
from mine iniquities" And that is what |
in another place he cried out for when he 1
said, ''Wash me and shall be whittier than
snow" Behold tho laver Of the gospel,
filed with living fountains, Did you ever
see the picture Of the laver in the ancient
tabernacle or in the ancient temples The
LAYER in the ancient tabernacle was made
out of the womcn's metallic looking
glasses. 1t was great basin, standing on
a beautiful pedestal but when the temple
was built then the lavor was an immense
affair, called the brazen sea, and, oh, how
deep were the floods there gathered And
there were ten LAYERS besides-flve at the
right and five at the left-and each LAYER
had 300 gallons of water. And the outside
Of these LAYERS was carved and chased with
palm trees so delicate cut you could almost
see the leaves tremble and lions so true to
life that you could imagine you saw the
nostril throb, and the cherubim with out /
spread wings. That magnificent LAYER Of
the old dispensation is a feeble type of the
more glorious layor Of our dispensation- Z
our sunit dispensation.
A Grand Opportunity.
Here is the LAYER holding rivers of sal
walton, having for its pedestal the Rock Of
Ages, carved with tho figure of the lion Of
Judah's tribe and having palm branches
for victory and wings suggestive of the
SOULS flight toward God in prayer and the
SOULS flight heavenward when we die.
Come, We auditory, and wash away all your 7
iins, however aggravated, and all your
sorrows, however agonizing. Come to /,
his fountain, open for all sin and unclean- :
less, the furthest, the worst. You need !
lot carry your sins half a second. Come !
md wash in this glorious gospel laver.
Why that is an opportunity enough to !.
wallow up all nations. That is an OPP \
that will yet stand on the Alps :
nd beckon to Italy, and yet stand on the y
'yrenees and beckon to Spain, and it will :
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ia, and it viii stand at the gate Of heaven a
nd beckon TO all nations. Pardon for all
in, and pardon right away, through the =
Hood of the Son of God. A little child p
hat had been blind, but through skillful y
urgory brought to sight, said: "Why, Z.
MOTHER why didn't you tell me the earth ~
nd sky are so beautiful? Why didn't you
eli me?" ooh" replied the mother, "my
hild did tell you often. often told
GU how beautiful they are but you were A
lind, and you couldn't seep' Oh, if we &C
0uld have our eyes opened to see the Dl
lorics in Jesus Christ we would feel that al
10 half had not been told us, and you -
-ould go to some Christian man and say, u
Why didn't You tell me before of the y
tories in the Lord Jesus Christi" and II
rat friend would say Il did tell you, but &C
Oh were blind and could not see, and you III
ere deaf and could not hear"
History says that a great army came to
lpture ancient Jerusalem, and when this
my got on the hills so that they saw the IN
lrrets and the towers of Jerusalem, they ne
I've n shout that made the earth tremble ar
I'd tradition, whether true or false, says no
AT, so great was the shout, eagles flying TIC
the air dropped under the atmospheric esq
rcussion. Oh, if we could only catch a De-
impse Of tho towers Of this gospel tenn on
e into which you are all invited to como TN
ID wash, there would be a song jubilant WI
i'd wide resounding at New Jerusalem sta
en- MT New .Terneniem taken tbo boson- rec
IS Of other worlds flying midair would
Id their wings and drop into our closing
xologyl Against the disappointing and
sufficient laver of Pilates vice and Pi- up
es cowardice and Pilates sin, place at
e brazen sea of Sayiour's pardoning
srcy.