Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-09-11


ana a remark something Ike this: line
world after that was a blank to me.
went into the country, but found no peace
in solitude. l tried to get into society, but
found no peace in society. There has
been horror hanging over me by night
and by day and ! am afraid to be alone
salve For IA Wounded Soul.
How many uRuttercd troubles among
you'll NJ human ear has ever heard that
sorrow Oh, troubled soul, want 10 tell
you that there is one s;llve that can cure
the wounds OF the heart, ard that is the
salNe made out Of the te.lrs of asympathetic
Jesus. And yet some ot you will not take
this sol..,c, AID you try Choral and you
try morphine, and you Try strong drink,
and you try change Of scene, and you try
new business associatioI.s and anything
and everything rather than to tIke the
divine compaEioEsldp ard sympathy sug-
gested by the words of my text when 1t
says, on slall not see NY face again I'M
less your hro,a,r be with you" on that
this audience today might understand
something Of the height and depth ard
length and breadth ana inmcnsity and
inlnity Of Cod eternal consolationsl
go iartLcr and find in my subject a
Lint as - why 50 many people fail Of heav-
en-. We are told that heaven has II gates,
and sore PEOPLE infer from that fact that
ali the Ieoplc win go in without reference
to their PAST life, but what is the use Of
having a gate that is not sometimes 10 be
slup 1Lc swinging OF a gate implies that
our ont ranIe into heaven is conditional 1t
is not a monetary condition If We como
to the der If AN exquisite concert, we arc
4. of 81 fnn for
we know th.y fiGe earthly music is expen-
siVe, hut al Tie '.rttorios Of heaven cost
nothing. en- LaS nothing for It's mu-
sic. IL is ali iree. There is nothing to be
paid 1T that door for G. trance, but the con-
dit.On of getting i:.tO heaven is our Lrtng-
il. : our dime Ben aniin ulOng with us
10 you notice how often dying people call
upon Jesus 1t is ii Q usual prayer offered
to prayer offered more than all the 9TH
er prayers lilt together Lord Jesus, re-
toi\e ny s, kit. One Of our congrcga-
tion, wen asked in the closing moments
q his lie, "l.u you know usY" said: "Oh,
yes, l Lnow yuu. God LESS you. Good /
~ L,sd Jesus, receive my spirit" And |
he was ,.,Lc. Oh, yes, in he closing mo- |
ments OF our life we must have "A Christ /
to call upon If Jacobs sons had gone up
toward Egypt, and had gone with the very
GrCst equi page, and had not taken Benja- /
min along wiki them, and to the question |
they should have been Obliged to answer I
"Sir, We didn bring him, as father could
not let him go. We didn't want to be
bothered with him, voice from within |
would have said: go away from us. You I
shall Lot have any OF this supply. You /
shall not see my face because your brother .
is not with you" And ii We come up to- |
cone from ali luxu .ance and brilliancy of (
surroundings, and knock for admittance, /
and it is founi that Christ is not with us,
the Police Of heaven viii beat us back from I
tho breadhouse, saying: Depart. never .
knew you.
Christ or Famine.
II Jacobs sons, coming toward Egypt, /
had lost everything on the way; if they
had expended their last shekel if they had
conc up utterly Exhausted to the corncribs
IF Egypt and it had been found that Ben
jamin wag With thppl, all the storehouses
would have swung open before them, And
so, though by fatal casualty VIC may be
Gsheled into the eternal world, though we
may be weak and exhausted by protracted
sickness-if in that last moment we can
only just stags,er and faint and fall into
the gate Of hc.ven-it seems that all the
ccrnciibs OF heaven will open for our need
and all the Laliccs will open for our recep-
ton, and the Lord Of that place, seated at
his table, and all the angels Of God, seated
at their table, and the martyrs seated 1T
their table, and all our glOrted kindred,
seated ;4U our table, the King shall pass a
portion from his table 10 ours, and then,
while VIC think of the TACT that 1t was
Jesus who started us ON the road, and
.Josus who Kept us on the way, and Jesus
who at last gained Rdmittance tor our
soul, we shall lie glad it hc has seen Of the
travail Of his soul and been satisfied, and
not be at all jealous If il lie found that our
divine Benjamin's mess is five times lar
ger than all tie rest Hail, anointed Of the
Lord Thou art worthy
Aiy friends, you see it is either Christ or
famine. If there were two banQuets spread
and TO ppp Of them only yOHmight go, you
might stand and think for a good while rs
to which invitation you had better accept
but here it is teasting or starvation. If
thoge We're two mansions offered and you
might have only one you might think for
a long while, saying, Perhaps l had let
ter accept this Gilt and perhaps had bet
ter accept that gift" But here it is
choice between palaces of light and novels
of despair. II it were choice between
or.torios, you might say, - prefer The
Ovation, or, - l prefer The Messiah. "
But here it is choice between eternal
harmony and everlasting discord. Oh, will
you live or dieY Nili you sail into the
harbOr OF drive on the rocksY Will you
! tart ion the Egyptian corncrib or will you
lerish amid te empty barns Of the Ca
naapitish famipef