Milford chronicle., 1901-08-16

IN nlIn. come, ISAIAH, nave you any
thing to say out of your prophecies for
these aged psople? Yes" says Isaiah;
down to old age I am with thee, and to
hoary hairs will I carry thee" Well, if
the Lord is going to carry you, you ought
not to worry much about your ailing eye
sight and failing limbs.
Trust In Gods PrOvidences.
You get a little worried for fear that
some time you will come to want, do
your Your children and grandchildren
sometimes speak little sharp to you be-
cause Of your ailments. The Lord will
not speak sharp. Do you think you will
come to want? What do you think the
Lord is? Are his granaries empty? Will
he feed the raven and the rabbit and the
lion in the desert and forget you? Why,
naturalists tell US that the porpoise will
not forsake its wounded and sick mate.
And do you suppose the Lord of heaven
and earth has not as much sympathy as
the fish Of the sea? But you say, Il am
so near worn out, and l am of no use to
! God any more" l think the Lord knows
whether you are of any more use or not.
| If you were Of no more use, he would
have taken you before this. Do you
| think God has forgotten you because he
/ has taken care Of you 90 or so years? lie
/ thinks more Of you today than he ever
! did because you think more OF him. May
! the God Of Abraham and Isaac and ia
| cob and Paul the aged be your God for
ever! But / gather all the promises to-
day in a group, and | ask the shepherds
to drive their focks of lambs and sheep
up to the sparkling supply. Behold,
happy Is the man whom God cOrrecteth."
| Though he cause grief, yet will he have
compassion" MANY are the Affections
OF the righteous, but the Lord delivereth
him out of them ALL" weeping may
endure for a night, but JOY cometh in the
morning." ! am determined that no one
shall 90 out of this house uncontrolled.
Yonder is a timid and shrinking soul
who seems to hide away from the consO-
latiOns | am uttePing as a child with a
sore hand hides away from the physician
lest he touch the wound too roughly, and
the mother has to go aud compel the lit
tie patient to come out and see the physi-
clan. So come to your timid and
shrinking soul today and compel you tC
come out in the presence of the Divine
Physician. He will not hurt you. He
has been healing wounds for many years
and he will give you gentle aud omnipo
tent medicament.
But people when they have trouble e
anywhere rather than to God. De Quin
cey took opium to get rid of his troubles
Charles Lamb took to punch. Theodore
Hook took to something stronger, Ed
win Forrest took to theatrical dissipa
ton. And men have run all around tn
earth, hoping in the quick transit to sc
away from their misfOrtunes. 1t ha
, been a dead failure. There is only on
well that can slake the thirst of an af
/ ficted spirit. and that is the deep ant
, inexhaustible well of the gospel.
> But some one in the audience says
3 Notwithstanding all you have said thi
| morning, ! find no alienation for m.
/, troubles" Well, ! am not through yet
t l have left the most potent consideration
for the last. ] am going to soothe 20
= with the thought Of heaven. Howeye
a talkative we may be, there will come
8 time when the stoutest and most en-
4 phatic interrogation will evoke from u
q no answer. AS soon as we have close
4 our lips for the final silence no powe
n on earth can break that taciturnity. Blu
4 where, o Christian, will be your spirit
4 In scene Of infinite gladness. TIL
- spring morning Of heaven waving il
q blossoms in the bright air. Victors fires
4. from battle showing their scars. Th
h rain of earthly sorrow struck throug
4 with the rainbow of eternal joy. In on
4 group God and angels and the redeemed
~ Paul and Silas, Latimer and Ride.
i Isaiah and jeremiah, PaysOn and job