Milford chronicle., 1896-09-04

have already iuOiilCIs nave HOllCtU NhA
when sSeptic;.l leopleare brought into tia
kingdom Of Christ it is through the charm
If some genial soul, and lot by arguneu
1T ull. Men are not saved through IT,,
head; they urc saved through the lcart. 4
storm cones cut Of its hiding place. i
says, "Now we'll just rouse up all THU
sea, " and it makes greHt buster, but Il
docs not succeed.
Part Of the sea is reused J4)-porhGp,
one-half Of it or orc-fourth Of It, Aftel
awhile the calm moon, placid and beauti
full, looks down, and the ocean begins t
rise 1t comes up to high water mark. Il
embraces the great headlards 1t sub
mergcs the beach of al the continents. Il
is tho heart tlrOb Of one world against thC
heart throb Of another world. And l have
to tell you that while all your storms OF
ridicule and storms of sarcasm mhy rousC
up the passion Of an immortal nature, moth
ing less than the attractive power Of Chris
tan kindness can ever raise the deathless
spirit to happiness and TO Gcd. l have
more faith in the prayer Of u child 8 years
old in the way Of bringing an infidel buck
TO Christ and to heaven than 1 have i'm all
tho Kissing thunderbolts of ecclesiactical
controversy. You cannot overcome men
with religious augmentation. If you
come 1T IA skeptical man with an argument
on behalf Of the Christian religion, you
put the man on his mettlc He says: u
see that man has carbine II use my
carbine. III answer his argument with
my argument But if you come to that
man, persuading him that you desire his
happiness on earth and his eternal welfare
in the world to como, he cannot answer it.
A Glorious Sentiment.
What l have said is just as true in the
reclamation Of the openly vicious. Did
YOU ever know drunkard to be saved
through the caricature of a drunkards
Your Inimicry of the staggering step, and
the thick tongue, and the disgusting hic-
cough, only worse maddens his brain. But
IL you come to him in kindness and SYM
pathy, ii you show him that you appreciate
the awful grip of a dcprlved appetite, if
you persuade him Of the fact that thou
sands who hGd the graphing hooks Of evil
inclination ciutchCd in their soul as firmly
as they now are in his have been rescued,
then a ray Of light will 1nsh across his
vision, and it will seem as If supernat-
ural hand were stcadying his staggering
gait A coed many years ago there lay in
the streets of Richmond a man dead drunk,
his facc exposed to the blistering MONDAY
sun. A Christian woman passed along,
looked at him and said, Poor fellOw"
She took her handkerchief and spread it
over his flee ard passed on. The man
reused himself up from his dclnuch and
began TO look at the handkerchief, and lOl
on it was the name of II highly respectable
Christian woman Of the city Of Richmond.
He went to her. he thanked her for her
kindness, ard that one little decd saved
him Tor this life, ard saved him for the
life that is to come. He was afterward Mt
torney general of the United States; Lut,
higher than all, he became the consecrated
disciple of Jesus Christ.
Kind words are SO cheap it is u wonder
we do not use them oftencr There arc
tens of thousands Of people in these cities
who are dying for tho lack Of one kind
word. There is business man who has
fought against trouble until he is perfectly
exhausted. lie has becn thinking about
forgery, about robbery, about suicide. Go
to that business man. Tell him that bet
ter times are coming, and tell him that
you yourself were in Il tight business pass,
and the Lord delivered you. Tell him to
put his trust in God. Tell him that Jesus
Christ stands beside every business man
in his perplexities. Tell him Of the sweet
promises Of Gods comforting grace. That
man is dying for the lack of just one kind
word. Go tomorrow and utter that one
saving, omnipotent, kind word. Hero is a
soul that has been swamped in sin. He
wants to find the light Of the gospel. He
feels like shipwrceked mariner looking
out over the beach, watching for a sail
. ,o cI-r Nh bnnrs f1otur, IN, him Z
Tell him that the Lord waits to be gracious
to him; that, though he has been u great
sinner, there is great Saviour provided.
Tell him that, though his sins are as scar
let they shall he as snow; though they are
red like crimson, they shall be rs wool.
That man is dying forever for the lack of
ono kind word. There used to be sung at
a great many of the pianos all through the
country song that has almost died out.
wish somebody would start it again in
our social circles. There may not have
been very exquisite art in tho music, bat
there was a grand and glorious sentiment
Kind words never die, mover die,
Cherished and blessed.
sympathy's Loving Grace.
Oh, that we might in our families and in
our churches try the force of Kindness
You can never drive men, women or chill
dren into the kingdom of God. A March
northeaster will bring out more honeysuc-
kles than fretfulness and scolding will ever
bring out Christian grace. wish that In
all our religious work we might be satu-
rated with the spirit of kindness Missing
that, we miss a great deal of usefulness.
There is no need of coming out before men
and laundering to them the law unless at
the same time you preach to them the Cos
pei. The world is dying for lack of kind
ness.
These young people want it just as much
as the old. The old people sometimes seem
to think they have IA monopoly OF the rheu-
matisms, and the neuralgias, and the head
aches, and the physical disorders Of the
world; but / tell you there are no worse
heartaches than are 1elt by some Of these
young reople. Do you know that much Of
the work is done by the young? Raphael
died at 81, Richclieu at 81, Gustilvus
AdOlphus died at IS, Innocent III came to
his mightiest influence at 81, COrtcs con
quered Mexico at 30, Don John won Le-
pantO at %, GrOtius was attorney general
at "a, and 1 have noticed amid all classes
Of men that some of the severest battles
and the toughest work come before 30.
Therefore we must have our sermons and
our exhortations in prayer meeting all
sympathetic with the young. And SO with
these people further ON in life. What do
these doctors and lawyers and merchants
ana mechanics care ABOUT tine aDstracuons
of religiOn9 What they want is help to
bear the whimsicalities Of patients, the
browbeating of legal opponents, the I'M
fairness Of customers, who have plenty OF
fault finding for every imperfection Of
handiwork, but no praise for 20 excellences
What does that brain racked, hand Bills
tered man care for zwingli's Doctrine Of
Original Sin" or Augustin's "Anthro-
pc3ogyY" You might as well go to a man
who has the pleurisy and put on his side a
plaster made out of DR.. PARIS Treatise
on Medical Jurisprudence.
In all our sermons there must be help
for every one somewhere. You go into an
apotheoary store We see others being
waited on We do not complain because
we do not Immediately get the medicine.
We know our turn will come after awhile.
And so while all parts Of a sermon may
not be appropriate to our case, If we wait
prayerfully before the sermon is through
20 ohaU have tho divine frpccriptiOn