Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-02-08

BY sin we have all been morally bank |
rupted Christ the Lord from his inf
mite riches pays our debts and cmpara
discs us in his mercy From his richest
wardrobe he puts on us the clean robe Of
his righteousness and gives us palace in
the heavens when we are ready ID 90 up
and take it, Now, as to our spiritual es-
tate we are eli right We were morally
diseased, but Christ the physician, nr a
bath in the fountain of his grace, cures
us Now. as to our spiritual health we
are all right That is the way we come
to the righteousness spoken of in the text.
1t is a contributed righteousness. a made
over righteousness, an imputed righteous
ness. The moment you get into right re-
latiOns with Christ the Lord that moment
yOu can appreciate the magnificent com
fort of the text. and defy you. in all
this great hook from the first verse of
the first chapter of Genesis to the last
verse of the last chapter of Revelation,
~ to find me Il passage with higher and
deeper and broader and longer comfort
than that of the text, which is as deep &
the Atlantic ocean half way between the
. continents and high as the sun when the
e clock is striking u at noon. But shat!
J. be swamped with the oceanic tides of this
. subject unless the Lord help me 20 keep
u a foothOld. Say We to the righteous that
it shall be well with him."
Bear in mind that but few people can
stand worldly success. Water is a good
's thing, but TOO much of it will drown
ne Fire is n good thing but too much of il
10 will destroy. Light is a good thing. but
g. too much of it dazzles and blinds Sue
20 cess is a good thing. but too much of il
III has overwhelmed many for this wOrlC
Nc and the next. If il were best for us, W,
a. would all be milliOnaires, live in palaces
rh like the Alhamhra and be as PERSONAL!
10 attractive as Cleopatra appeared TO An
10 tony. But the most of folks could no
or endure such superabundance, and it i
ne absolutely necessary in order TO keel
es them right that 800 men out of 100
should find life a struggle. 1t keeps then
= out of mischief. After Adam was eject
4 ed from the premises where by ten min
! utes of employment day he could kee
y 5 the garden and dress il the best thin
II that could happen to him was compulsio
TO work and fight. The ground tina
Il blOomed with spontaneous flowers an
Il rustlcd with harvests that owed nothin
y to pillow or hoe became hostile, and bran
M bic was substituted for rose, and Il
o. panther growled where before he fawne
rs and horn and fang and hoof became he
M | ligerent. That Edenic ejectmeEt SHOW
! 8 us as nothing else ever could that i'll
20 ness or only few minutes of emplo
> ment a day are doom and Oyerthr0'
- Put it down among your blessings
stead of your misfortunes that you ha
II to work hard with brain or hand or 70
or all three of them.
Riches and Good Works.
How many men do you know wor
. S25000O vino are devout and eonsecrat
End humble and generous and employil
5 OF their means for the worlds redemptio
You could count them up on the fngC
" of your two hands even if by accident
We war you had lost one OF two of the
gers. As to the realm Of personal
tractivenass, how many women radia
of counteuance and graceful of form
you know who are unaffected and natu
of manner and deeply pious before o.
using their beauty for the betterment
nc the world and not for selfish purpos'
- / only take the risk of asking the gu
ton and leave to you the risk of answ
low ing it. These things l say to show !
II a that in order to have the promise of
text fulfilled in your case it is not nee
sary you have phenomenal worldly S
cess.
Notice also that God gives the ria
eous the power to extract good out
on6 evil and by divine chemistry to cha
the bitter into the sweet, and the harm
from into the beneficial. The promise tina
Jb,ta shall be well with you does not in
that you are to be free from trou
mber There is no escape from that. We
ex. have family relations, and son some Oh u
that bereavement is the universal inh'
ance So also is financial loss. The
ference between the prospered and Il
not prospered is the difference in
amount they can afford to lme.