Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1896-01-31
MILFORD FRIDAY, JANUARY g"

were afraid l would read the names, for at
that time some Of them were deep in the
worst kind of oil stocks and were idle as
to Christian work But if ministers Of
Christ today should bring the church rec
ords into the pulpit and read oh, what
hutter tiIefs would bel There would not
be fans enough in church to Keep the
checks cool. do not know but it would
be good thing if the minister once in
awhile should bring tho church records in
the pulpit and call tho roll, for that is
what consider every church record to be-
merely muster roll Of the Lord army,
and the reading of it should reveal where
every soldier is and what he is doing.
Which Side Are You Ong
Suppose in military circles on the morn
Ing Of battle the roll is called, and out Of
thousand men only "a hundred men in
/ the regiment answered. What excitement
! there would be in the campl What would
{ the colonel say? What high talking there
would be among the captains, and majors
and the adiutantsl Suppose word came
to headquarters that these delinquents ex-
cused themselves on the ground that they
had oversight themselves, or the morning
was damp and they were afraid of getting
their feet wet, or that they were busy /
cooking rations. My friends, this is the /
morning IF the day of God Almightys /
battlel Do you not SEQ the trOops2 Hear /
ye not all the trumpets Of heaven and all
the drums Of hell? Which side are you on?
If you are on tho right side, to what cav
airy troop, to what artillery service, to
what garrison duty do you belongg In
other words, In what Sabbath school do
you teachs In what prayer meeting do
you exhortY To what penitentiary do you
declare otornal liberty? To what almshouse
do you announce the riches Of heaven?
What broken bone Of sorrow have you ever
set9 Arc you doing nothingg Is it posi-
bic that man or woman sworn to be a
follower Of Jesus Christ is doing nothing?
Then hide the horrible secret from the an
gels. Keep it away from the book of iudg-
lnent. If you arc doing nothing, do no
lot the world find it out, lest they charge
your religion with boing false face. Do
not let your cowardice and treason be ]
heard among he martyrs about the throne,
lest they forget tho sanctity Of the place ]
and donouuoe your betrayal Of that cause
for which they agonized and died. 8
May the eternal God rouse us all to ac- I
toni As for myself, I feel l would be Z
to die now and enter heaven un- /
I'll have accomplished something more I
decisive for the Lord that bought me. Oh,
brethren, how swiftly che time goes byl I
It seems to me as if the years had gained !
some now power Of locomotion-a kind of I
speed electric, .
Tho temple of Berth is very broad, and
It is very high. 1t has been going up by C
the hands of men and dovils and no hu- t
man engineering can demolish it, but if Z
the 10000 ministers Of Christ in this q
country should each take a branch of the q
rec of life, and all their congregations h
slaf.rnI a. NH.r.s~
IN and throw these branches around the *
great temples Of sin and worldliuess and Il
oily, 1t would noed no match or coal or a
orch Of ours to touch off the pile, for, as ri
n the days Of Elijah, fro would fall from Ia
loayen and kindlo the bonfire of Christian n
iotory over demolished sin.
Ono Safe Refuge. W
Still further, learn from this subject al
he danger Of false refugees. As soon as g
hese Shechemites got into the temple they 81
bought they woro safe. Thoy said; Berth e'
Yill take care of pa. Abimelech may bat &c
sr down everything else. Hocannot bat @
81 down this temple where we are now 10
Id, But very soon they heard the tim &c
ers cracking, and they were smothered W
nth smoke aud they miserably died. l al
oppose every person i'll this audience this sv
loment Is stepping into some kind of sit
'fuge Here you step in the tower of co
God works. You say, 81 shall be safe in oil
lis refuge" The battlements are adorn- ig
], the steps are vanished, on the wall tic
e pictures of all the suffering you have ie'
leyiated, and all the schools you have es- m
blished, and all tho fine things you have Of
'er done, Up IN that tower you feel you so
g safe. But hear you not the tramp of wa
1ur unpardonod sins all around the tow sol
10 rrN how l.,
ndling the combustiblo material You phi
81 the heat and tho suffocation. Oh, Nc
ay you leap in time, the gospel declar- Ell
e, BY the deeds of the law shall no FL
sh living be justifedP' an
Well, you say, Il have been driven Blu
OF that tower Whore shall go?' Step an
TO this tower Of Indifference You say an
t this tower is attacked it will be
eat while before 1t is taken" You feel up
ease. Bur there is an Abimeleoh with
thless assault coming on. Death and his Ger
'oes are gathering around, and they de-
md that you surrender everything, and tina
sy elamor for your overthrow, and they
row their skeleton arms in the window, me
with their iron fists they beat against cor
, door, and while you are trying to keep of !
IN out you SEQ the torches of Judgment
ldllng, and every forest is a torch, and Me
oh, and while the Alps and Pyrenees
l Himalayas turn into a live coal, blown An
der and reddcr by the whirlwind breath
q God omnipotent, what will become of 1nl
II refuge of lies? Me-
But says some one "you are en- goe
rod in a very mean business, driving us .
m tower to tower" 9th
Oh, mol want to tell you of Gibral- for
that never has been and never will be \
en-, Of wall that no satanic assault afte
scale of bulwark that the Judgment in q
Lhquakes cannot bulge The Bible re- diff
to it when 1t says, In God is thy ref The
, and underneath thee are the ever poll
ling arms. Oh, alne yourself into til cry
ad down unceremoniously everything nap
intercepts you. Wedge your way asu
re. There are enough hounds Of death was
peril after you to make you hurry ton, ,
ny man has persisted just outside the nali
or with his foot on the step, with his ms
d ON the latch Oh, get insidel Not nm
surplus second have you to spare 'oilo
ok, quick, quickl NeEc