Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-08-14

our life and then whom the IL gates c. lSg
we rush on the bosses Of jehovah S buclSler,
saying, "Giyc me another chanceP'
A ship is 20 sill for Hamburg You want
to go to Germany by that line. You SCI
the advertisement Of the steamers sailing.
You see it for two weeks. You see 1t IN
the morning papers and you see 1t in the
evening papers. You see it plhcarded on
the walls Circulars are thrown into your
Office telling you all about that steamer.
One day you come down ON the wharf, and
the steamer has swung ont into the stream.
You say: ooh, that isn't fair Come back;
swing up again to the docks. Throw the
plank ashore that may come on board. 1t
isn't fair. want to 90 to Germany by
that steamer Give me another chance. "
Here is a magnificent offer for heaven. 1t
has been anchored within our sight year
after year, and year after year, and year
after year, and all the benign voices Of
earth and heaven have urged us to get on
board, since it may sail ~ any moment
Suppose we let that opport unity sail away,
and then we look out and say: Send back
that opportunity. / want TO take it. 1t
isn't treating me fairly Give me another
chance" Why, my brother, you might as
well lso out and stand on tho Highlands mt
the Nuvesink three days after the Majestic
has gone out and shout: Captain, come
back l want to go to Liverpool on the
Majestic Come back over the sea and
through the Narrows and up to the docks.
Give me another chance. You might as
well do that as, after the last opportunity
of heaven haas sped away, try to get it back
again. Just think Of it! 1t came on INC
yesterday in my study with overwhelming
impressivorcss. just think of it. All
heaven offered US as u gratuity for whole
lifetime, and yet we wanting to rush
against God saying, Give me another
chance " There ought TO be, there Will be-
no such thing as pOsthumous opportunity.
A Grand Chance.
You sec common sense agrees with my
text in saying that elf the tree fall toward
the south or toward the north, in the place
where the tree fallcth there 1t shall be
You see this idea lifts this world from an
unimportant way station to platform of
stupendous issues and makes all eternity
whirl around this hour Oh, my soul, my
soul! Only one trial, and all the prepar'i-
tions for that trial to Ike made in this
world or never made at all Oh, my soul,
my soul You sec this piles up all the EN-
phasis and all the climnxes and all the
destinics into this life. No other chance.
Oh, how that intensifies the value and the
Importance Of this chance Alexander and
his army used to come around a city, and
theywould kindle great light, with the un-
Outstanding that AS long rs that light was
burning the city might surrender and all
would be well, but if they let that light go
out then the mttcring rams would swing
against the walls and there would come
disaster and demolition. Oh, my friends,
4 Il. 20,
nal safety is just to surrender to the King |
and Conqucror, Christ. Surrender hearts, /
life. surrender everything. The I
great light keeps burning light kindled /
by the wood of the cross, light flaming up
against the dark night Of our sin aud sor- /
row Oh, Let us surrender before the light /
goes out ard With 1t our last opportunity I
Of making cur peace with God through our /
Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, my brother, talk .
lbOut another chance; this the supernal .
chance. In the time Of Edward II. at the /
battle of Musselburg, private soldier saw
that the Earl of Huntley had lost his he'll
met The private soldier took off his helmet
and went up to the Earl of Huntley and
put the helmet on his head Now, the head
Of the private soldier uncovered, he was
soon slain, while his commander rode III
safety through and cut of the battle. But
it is different in our case. Instead of a
private Offering a helmet to an earl, it is
he King of heaven and earth offering a
;rown to an unworthy subject the King
lying that we might liVei Oh, tell it to
.he points of the compass. tell it to day and
light, tell it to earth and heaven, tell it
20 all the centuries and all the millenniums
HAT God has given us such u magnificent
,hance in this world that we need no other
nance in anOther
A dream am in the FURNISHED judg
nent hall on the last day The great white
hrone is lifted hut the Judge has not yet
aiken it. Whilewe are waiting for his ar
ival hear tine iinmOrtals in conversation
What are you waiting for? says a soul
hat went up from Madagascar to a soul
hat went up from America. The latter
esponds: Il was in America 40 years ago
nd 1 heard the gospel preached, and had
lenty of Bibles in my house. ami from
no time that knelt at my mothers knee
n prayer until my last hour had great
opportunities, but did not improve them,
nd am here today waiting for another
nance. Strange, strange, says the
Oul just come up from Madagascar. {
Strange Why, / never heard the gospel {
all but once in all my life, and l accepted
v anu 1 AlAAA MtltN alNlNAAIA IAAtAlANN- !
What are you waiting forg" says one who {
n earth had very feeble intellect to
ne who had great brain, and whose voice I
'ns silvery, and who had scepters of pow {
r The latter replies: - 1 had great power +
II earth, must admit, and 1 mastered {
,nguages, and l mastered libraries. and J
,lleges conferred upon me learned titles J
nd my name was II synonym for eloquence {
nd power, but somehow l neglected the
iattcrs Of my soul, and l must confess to
on am here today waiting for another t
nance
Now. the ground trembles with the adj
anclng cnarloU. inc great roIdtng doors
the FURNISHED hall Of Judgment are
brown open. "Stand back" cry the !
shers, land let the Judge of quick and {
end pass through" !
He takes the throne. He looks off upon l
be throngs Of nations come to the last /
alignment, come to the only judgment, and d
ne flash from the throne reveals each a
lan's history to himself, and reveals 1t TO c
Il the others. And then the Judge says, /
Divide' and the FURNISHED walls echo it, q
Divide, " and the guides angelic answer, u
DivideY and the immortals are rushing Z
lis way and that, until there is an aisle c
etween them, great aisle, and then "a O
icuum, widening and widening and wild 7
ling until the Judge hooks to one side of .
nat vacuum and addresses the throng and a
iys, Let him that is righteous be right t
rus STILL and let him that is holy be holy &
i'll. " And then, turning to the throng on V
- other side of the vacuum, he says, Let e
IN that is unjust be unjust still, and let I
I'm that is filthy be filthy still. And n
zen he stretches out both hands, one to- G
ard the throng on each side the vacuum, I,
nd says, IF the tree fall toward the q
,uth or toward tho north, in the place @
here the tree falleth there it shall be' v
nd then hear something jar with great a
und 1t is the closing Of the book of a
dgment The Judge nscends the stairs S
hind the throne The hall Of the lust
size is cleared and shut. The high court
eternity adjourned forever.
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