Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-05-17

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mighty hunter for the Lord3
remark, again. IL you want to be sue
eessful in spiritual archery you need not
only to bring down game. but bring it in.
! think one Of the most beautiful pictures
Of Thorwaldsen is his Autumn" 1t rep
resents a sportsman coming home and
standing under a grapevine. He has a
stah over his shoulder, and on the other
end Of that staff are hung a rabbit and a |
brace Of birds. Every hunter brings home |
the game. No one would think Of bring l
ing down a roebuck or whipping up a |
stream for trout and letting them lie in |
the woods. At eYentide the camp il |
adorned with the treasures Of the forest |
beak and fin and antler.
II you 60 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 grand home |
and encampment we have pitched this !
side 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 We hunters for the Lord, not
only bring down the game. but bring It in.
II Mithridates liked hunting so well
that for seven years he never went in
doors, what enthusiasm ought we TO have
who are hunting for immortal sOulsl IL
DOmitian practiced archery until he
could stand a boy down IN the Roman
amphitheater with hand out. the fingers
spread apart, and then the king could
shoot an arrow between the fingers with
out wOunding them, to what drill and what
practice ought we to subject ourselves in
order to become spiritual archers and
"mighty hunters before the LordW But
let me say you will never work any bet
ter than you pray. The old archers took
the bow, put one end OF It down beside
the foot, elevated the other end, and II
was the rule that the bow should be just
the size Of the archer. IL 1t 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 exactly to your own spiritual
stature. In other words, the FIRST thing
IN preparation for Christian work Is per
sonal conservation.
Oh, for a closer walk. with Cod,
calm and heavenly frame.
light TO shine upon the road
That leads me to the Lambi
am sure that there are some men who
at some time have been hit by the Cos
pei arrow. You felt the wound Of that
conviction, and you plunged into the
world deeper. just as the stag, when the
hounds are after it. plunges into Schroon
lake, expecting In that way to escape.
Jesus Christ is on your track today, 0
impenitent mani Not 10 wrath. but In
mercy. o ye 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 leaped from the
heart Of my Lord. bid you stop! There
Is mercy for you-mercy that pardons,
mercy that heals, everlasting mercy. The
| II gates OF Gods love stand wide open.
Enter and be forever safe.
There Is in a forest In Germany a
place they call the "deer leap"-two
crags, about IS yards apart; between
| them a fearful chasm. This Is called
the "deer leap" because once a hunter
was on the track Of deer. II came to
one Of these crags. There was no escape
for il from the pursuit Of the hunter. and
IN utter despair II gathered itself up and
10 the death agony attempted to jump
across. OF course It fell and Ras dashed
on the rocks far beneath. Here Is a path
to heaven. 1t is plain; it is safe. Jesus
marks It out for every man to walk In.
But here Is a man who says: Il won't
walk in that path. ] will take my own
way" He comes on up until he con-
fronts the chasm that divides his soul
from heaven. Now his last hour has
oarna md he resolves that he will lear