Milford chronicle., 1896-07-03


bring it in. think one of the most beau
tiful pictures Of Thorwaldsen is his eau
tumn 1t represents a sportsman com
ing home and standing under grape
vine. He has staff over his shoulder,
and on the other end of that staff are hung
a rabbit and brace Of birds. Every hunt
CT brings homo the game. No one would
think of bringing down q reindeer OF
whipping up IA stream for trout and let
ting them lie in the woods At eventide
the camp is adorned with the treasures OF
the forest-belk, and fin, and antler II
you 70 out to hunt for Immortal souls, not
only bring them down under the arrow OF
the gospel, but bring them into the church
OF God, the cncampment We have pitched
this side of the skies Fetch them in. DO
not let them lie out in the open field
They need our prayers and sympathies and
help. That Is the meaning of the church
of God-help o ye hunters for the Lord,
not only bring down the game, but bring
1t in
If AIithridntes liked hunting so well
that for seven years he never went indoors,
what enthusiasm ought we to have who
are hunting for immortal sOuls If Domi- |
tianus practiced archery until he could
stand a boy down in the Roman amphi-
that, and then the king could shoot an ar
row between the fingers without wounding |
them, to what drill and what practice |
ought not we to subject ourselves in order |
to become spiritual archers and mighty |
hunters before the Lordp' But, let me
say, you will never wOr; any better than
you pray. The old archcrs took the bow, |
put one end Of it down beside the foot, elc-
waited the other end, and it was the rule |
that the bow should be just the size Of the /
archer If it were just his size, then he
would go Into the battle with confidence
Let me say that your power to project
good in the world will correspond exlctly
to your o;yn spiritual stature. In Other
words, the first thing in preparation foi
Christian work is personal conservation.
Oh. for closer walk with God.
\ cslIn and heavenly frame,
A light to shine upon the road
That leads mo to the Lamb
A Great Hunter.
am sure that there are some here who
at some time have been lit by the gospel
arrow You felt the wound Of that CON
viction, and you plunged into the world
deeper, just rs the stag, when the hounds
arc after it, plungcs into SchrOon lake, OK
pecting in that way to escape Jesus
Christ is on your track today, impenitent
man-not in wrath, but in mercy Dye
chased and painting souls, here is the
stream of Gods mercy and salvation
where you may cool your thirst Stop that
chase of sin today. BY the red fountain
that lcaped from the heart of my Lord l
bid you stop Is there in all this house
any one who can refuse the offer that comes
from the heart of the dying Son of Gods
Why, do you know that there are in the
banished world souls that for that offer
you get today would fling the crown Of the
universe at your rect if they possessed it?
But they went out on the mountains; the
storm took them, and they died
There is in forest in Germany place
they call the " deer leap'-two crags about
Is feet apart, between them fearful
chasm. This is called the deer leap" be- (
cause once hunter WIS on the track of
deer. 1t came to one Of these crags. There
was no escape for it from tine pursuit OF the I
hunter, and, in utter despair it gathered it.
self mp and in the death agony attempted {
to jump across OF course it fell and WIS
dashed on the rocks far beneath Here is
a path to heaven 1t is Ilain it is safe
Jesus marks it out for every man to walk
In. But here is u man who says, Il won't
walk in that path l will take my own
way He comes on until he cOnfrJnts
the chasm that divides his soul from heav- [
an. Now his last hour has come, and he re-
solves that he will leap that chism, from the !
heights of earth to the heights of heaven. {
Stand back now and give him full swing,
ior no soul over did that successfully. Let
lim try Jump Jump He misses the t
mark, and he goes down, depth below {
lepth, destroyed without remedy" Men, {
lngels, devils what shall we call that place c
# awful catastrophe? Let it he known for t
,yer rs tho sinners death Lean I