Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-07-26

Stand independent Of all such influence.
Put your confidence in the Lord God.
He will be your strength. vengeance
is mine, / will repay, saith the Lord"
Cultivate old fashioned honesty. This
book is full of it. Old fashioned honesty
such as was spoken of by DR.. Living
stone, the famous explorer. You may not
know he was descended from the high
landers. DR.. Livingstone said that one
day one Of the old highlanders called his
children around him and said: "NOw, my
lads, have looked all through our family
line. I have gone back as far as l can,
and 1 find that all our ancestors were
honest people There doesn't seem to be
one rogue among them, and you have
good blood. Now, my lads, be honest"
Some Plain Questions.
There are hundreds of young men who
have good blood. Shall l ask three or
four plain questions? Are your habits
as good as when you left your fathers
house? Have you a pool ticket in your
pocket? Have you a fraudulent dOcu-
ment? Have you been experimenting to
see how accurate an imitation you could
make of your employers signature? Oh,
you have good blood. Remember your
fathers prayers. Remember your moth
/ er's example. Turn not in an evil way.
Have you been going astray? Come
/ back. Have you yentured out too far?
As I stand in pulpits looking over audi
1 ences sometimes my heart fails me.
/ There are so many tragedies present, so
many who have sacrificed their integrity,
so many far away from God. Why, my
/ brother, there have been too many prayers
/ offered for you to have you go overheard.
And there are those Yenturing down into
sin, and my heart aches to call them
back.
At Brighton Beach or Long Branch you
have seen men go down into the surf to
battle, and they waded out farther and
farther and you got anxious about them,
You said, Il wonder if they can swim %
And you then stood and shouted: "Come
back! Come back You will be drowpedr %
They waved their hand back, saying,
"NO danger" They kept on wading
deeper down and farther out from shore,
until after awhile a great wave with a
strong undertow took them out, their
corpses the next day washed on the
beach. So l see men wading down into
sin farther and farther, and 1 call to
them: "Come back! Come back! You
viii be lost! You will be lostw They
wave their hand back, saying, mo dan
ger; no danger" Deeper down and deeper
down, until after awhile wave sweeps
them out and sweeps them off forever
Oh, come back! The one farthest away
may CONG,
"Oh," you say, "you don't know WHERE
came from; you don't know what my
history has been; you don't know wha
iniquity l have plotted. have gon,
through the whole catalogue of sim" NJ!
brother, l do not know the story, but
tell you this-the door of mercy is wild
open. Though your sins be as scarlet
they shall be as snow; though they be rec
. like crimson, they shall be as WOOL
/ Though you had been polluted with tn
worst Of crimes, though you have beel
smitten with the worst of leprosies
though you have been fired with all eYi
passions, this moment on your brow, no
with Ubiquitous indulgence, may be Sc
the flashing corOnet Of a SaviOur's fol
giveness.
, Pleased with the news the saints below
= In songs their tongues employ;
, Beyond the sky the tidings so,
, And heaven is filed with Joy.
I Nor angels can their Joy contain,
/, But kindle with new fret
The sinner lost is found, they sing,
: And strike the sounding Tyre.
copyright 1901, Louis Klopseh, n. ~