Milford chronicle., 1895-02-22

oerers and idolaters and all liars shall hav
their place in the lake which burnet
I with fire and birthstone, which Is the sec
: ond death. correct what said when
declared the gospel was buried 90 fee
( deep It Is buried a thousand feet deer
Had the glorious gospel been given full
/ opportunity / think before this the worlt
would have had no need of pulpit or ser
mon or prayer or church, but thanksgiv
ing and hosannas would have resoundet
in the temple, to which the mountain
would have been pillars and the blue skie
the dome, and the rivers the baptistry
and all nations the worshipers in the au
ditorium of the outspread world But S,
far from that as I remarked in the opening
sentence of this sermon, the greatest nov
city of our time is the gospel And let mi
say to the hundreds and thousands of ed
uoated and splendid young men about t.
enter the gospel ministry from the theo
logical seminaries of all denominations
on this and the other side Of the seas, that
there is no drawing power like the glori
Gus gospel Him hath God lifted up tC
draw all men unto him. Get your souls
charged and surcharged with this gospel,
and you will have large audiences and
will not have to announce, in order to as
semble such audiences, a Sunday night
sacred conert, with brief address by the
pastor, or the presence Of Black PATHS, -
or creole minstrels, or some new exposure
Of Tammany, or a sermon accompanied by
a magic lantern or stereopticon views.
Glorious Good News.
The glorious gospel of the blessed God
as spoken of in my text will have more
full swing it will have a momentum and
a power mightier than that OF the Attain
tic ocean when under the force Of the
September equinox it strikes the high
lands Of the Navesink. The meaning Of
the word gospel is good news, - and
my text says it is glorious good news, and
we must tell it in our churches, and over
our dry goods counters, and in our factories,
and over our thrashing machines, and be-
hind our plows, and on our ships decks,
and in our parlors our nurseries and
kitchens, as though it were glorious good
news, and not with dismal drawl in our
voice and a dismal look on our faces as
though religion were a rheumatic twinge,
or a dyspeptio pang, or a malarial chill,
or an attack of nervous prOstration. With
nine 'blesseds" or happys" Christ began
his sermon on the mount-blessed the
poor blessed the mourner, blessed the
meek, blessed the hungry, blessed the
merciful, blessed the pure, blessed the
blessed the prosecuted,
blessed the reviled, blessed, blessed,
blessed, happy, happy, happy. Glorious
good news for the young as through
Christ they may have their coming years
and for lifetime all the angels
If God their ooadjutors and all the armies
If heaven their allies. Glorious good news
or the middle aged as through Christ
hey may have their perplexities disentan-
yled and their courage rallied, and their
,iotory over all obstacles and hindranoes
made forever sure. Glorious good news
or the aged as they may have the SYM
lathy of him of whom St. John wrote,
His head and his hairs were white like
WOOL, as white as snow, " and the defense
4 the everlasting arms Glorious good
Jews for the dying as they may have min
stering spirits to escort them, and open
ng gates to receive them, and sweep Of /
ternal glories to enoirole them, and the
7elcome of a loving God to embosom them. I
The Text Is Right.
oh, my text is right when it speaks Of I
be glorious gospel. 1t Is an invitation
rom the most radiant being that ever
rod the earth or ascended the heavens
D you and me to come and be made happy
nd then take after that a royal castle for
verlasting residence, the angels Of God
ur cupbearers. The price paid for all of
bis on the cliff of limestone about as high (
5 this house, about seven minutes walk
,om the wall of Jerusalem, where with
n agony that with one hand tore down the
loks and with the other drew a midnight
lackness over the heavens, our Lord set
8 forever free Making no apology for
ny one Of the million sins Of our life, but
all of them, we can point to
lat cliff Of limestone and say, There
as paid our indebtedness, and God never
llleots bill twice" Glad am / that all
le Christian poets have exerted their pen
extolling the matehless one of this gos-
sl. Isaac Watts, how do you feel con-
lrning himf And he writes, Il am not
ihanied to own my Lord. Newton,
hat do you think of this gospel And he
rites, Amazing grace, how sweet the
,undP Cowper, whnt do you think of
mp And the answer comes 'There is a
untain filed with blood. Charles
lesley, what do you think Of him? And
) answers, Jesus, lover of my soul "
oratius Bonar, what do you think Of
mr. And he responds, Il lay my sins on
,sus Ray Palmer, what do you think
him? And he writes, My faith looks
} to thee. Fannie Crosby, what do you
ink Of himi And she writes, Blessed
surance Jesus is mine. But / take
CHER testimony. Solomon, what do you
ink of himp And the answer is, Lily Of {
g valley Ezekiel, what do you think
himf And the answer is, Plant Of re-
,wn." David, what do you think Of ,
mP And the answer is, My shepherd. " (
!. John, what do you think of him' And ,
G answer is, Bright and morning star. " '
. Paul, what do you think of himi And !
G answer comes, 'Christ is all in all. "
} you think as well Of him, o man, 4
woman of the blood bought immortal I
iritf Yes, Paul was right when he
Yled it the glorious gospel. 6
And then as a druggist while you are [
aiting for him to make up the doctors {
puts into bottle so many
aims of this, and so many grains Of that, I
d SO many drops of this, and SO many
ops of that, and the intermixture taken, {
ough sour or bitter, restores to health, I
Christ, the divine physician, prepares c
lb VI DuL AAACbAAAlt1 uAA4 NAhb us 4
pointment, and this persecution, and C
at hardship, and that tear, and we must Q
xe the intermixture, yet though 1t be 4
ter draft Under the divine prescription ?
to our restoration and spir- {
Ial health, "all things working together T.
good. Glorious gospel
And then the royal castle into which we s
p out Of this life without so much as y
ling our foot with tho upturned earth a
the grave They shall reign forever q
! ever Does not that mean that you q
) If saved, to be kings and queens. and o
not kings and queens have oastlesgp8ut
one that you are offered was for 88 =
irs an abandoned castle, though now s.
riously inhabited. There is an aban-
led royal castle at Amber, India One &
ndred and seventy years ago a king g
we'd out of It never to return. But the u
tie still stands IN iIldescribable gran o.
II, and you go through brazen doorway
er brazen doorway, and carved room q
OF carved room, and under embellished q
ling after embellished ceiling, and W
ough halls precious stoned into wider a
Is precious stoned, and on that hill are a.
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