Milford chronicle., 1901-08-16


God that made you, and the Christ who
came to redeem you, and the Holy Ghost
who has all these years been importuning
you? If you could sit down five minutes
under the tree of Saviour's martyrdom
and feel his lifeblOod triekling on your
forehead aud cheek and hands, methinks
you would get some appreciation Of what
you owe to a crucihed Jesus.
Heart Of stone, relent, reent,
Touched by Jesus cross, subdued;
See his body, mangled, rent,
Covered with gore Of blood.
Sinful soul, what hast thou donef
Crucifed the Eternal Sonl
Jacob, with a good deal Of tug and |
push, took the stone from the wells |
mouth so that the focks might be water
ed. And | would that this day my word, |
blessed Of God, might remove the him |
ORANGES to your getting up to the gospel |
well. Yea, / take it for granted that the |
work is done, and now, like oriental shep- |
herds, | proceed to water the sheep. !
Come, all We thirsty You have an unde-
fined longing in your soul. You tried |
money making; that did not satisfy you.
You tried office under government; that
did not satisfy you. You tried pictures
and sculptures, but works Of art did not
satisfy you. You are as much discOn-
tented with this life as the celebrated
French author who felt that he could not
any longer endure the misfOrtunes Of the
world and who said: AT o'clock this
afternoon / shall put an end to my own
existence. Meanwhile / must toll on up
to that time for the sustenanee Of my
/ family" And he wrote on his book until
the clock struck 4, when he folded up
his manuscript and, by his own hand,
concluded his earthly life.
Christ's Eternal Fountains.
There are men who are perfectly dis
contented. Unhappy in the past, un-
happy today, to be unhappy forever I'M
less you come to this gospel well. This
satisfies the soul with a high, deep, all
absorbing and eternal satisfaction. 1t
comes, and it offers the most unfortunate
man so much Of this world as is best for
him and throws all heaven into the bar
gain. The wealth of CrOesus and Of all
the Rothschilds is only a poor, miserable
shilling compared with the eternal for
tunes that Christ offers you today. In
the far east there was a king who used
once a year to get on the scales, while
on the other side the scales were plac-
ed gold and silver and gems-indeed,
enough were placed there to balance the
king Then, at the close Of the weigh
ing, all those treasures were thrown
among the populace. But Christ today
steps on one side the scales, and on the
other side are all the treasures of the
universe, and he says, "All are yours; all
height, all depth, all length, all breadth,
all eternity-all are yours" We do not
appreciate the promises of the gospel.
When an aged clergyman was dying
man very eminent in the church-a
young theological student stood by his
side and the aged man looked up and
, said to him, Cant you give me some
comfort in my dying hourp "No," said
the young man: Il can't talk to you on
! this subject. You know all about it and
; have known it so long" "Well," said
= the dying man, "just recite to me some
l promises" The young man thought q
e moment, and he came to this promises
'The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth
from all SIM" and the old man clapped
? his hands and in his dying moment said
: THAT'S just the promise l have beer
. waiting for-'The blood of Jesus Christ
/. cleanseth from all sim Oh, thu
!. warmth, the grandeur, the magnihcence
j. of the promise!
: Come also to this gospel well, all y,
e troubled. / do not suppose you have es
4 capped. Compare your view of this life a
c 10 years of age with what your view
n Of it at 40 or 60 or 20. What a grea
d contrast of opinioni Were you RICH
i then or are you right now? Two cup
e placed in your hands, the one a swee
h cup, the other a sour cup. A cup of 10
t. and a cup of grief. Which has been tn
S. nearest to being full, and out of whic
aHuNss
lie What q different place the cemetery
'e from what it used to mel Once it was
lie you a grand city improvement, and 70
IS went out on the pleasure excursion, an
lie you ran laughingly up the mound, an
re you criticised in a light way the epitapl
10 But since the day when you heard I'll
ce bell toll at the gate when you went
Id with the procession it is a sad place. an
al there is flood of rushing memories tbs
I'll suffuse the eye and overmaster the hear
ne Oh, you have had trouble, trouble, trOl
he BILE! God only knows how much yC
so have had. 1t is a wonder you have bee
so able to live through it. 1t is a wond,
d. your nervous system has not been sha
lis tered and your brain has not reele
*, Trouble, troubled
The Cry For Comfort.
u COulQ EuluGE I'LL the BIlelS oI
e sorts from these crowded streets al
i' could put them in one scroll, neither m;
ne nor angel could endure the recitatio
" Well, what do you want? Would "
rs like to have your property back agail
ne mo" you say as a Christian man;
an was becoming arrogant, and | think tn
ne is why the Lord took it away. l doI
u, want to have my property back" We
! uOm
No back again? mo" you say; 81 couldI
Of take the responsibility Of bringing the
ba- from a fearless realm to a realm of tea
of l couldn't do it." Well, then, what
cot you want? A thousand voices in
of audience cry out: Comfort. Give
+cb comfortw For that reason l have roll
ON away the stone from the wells mou
ia Come, all We wounded Of the flock, p
70 sued of the wolves, come to the fOunt;
where the Lords sick and bereft OF
,+o. have come "Ah," says some one, ~
No are not old enough to understand
rod sorrows. You have not been in
doy world as long as 1 have, and you ca
,rSt talk to me about my misfOrtunes in
80, time of old age" Well, may not h;
mol lived as long as you, but 1 have beer
, of great deal among old people, and KIN
90 how they feel about their failing hea
ont and about their departed friends
about the loneliness that sometiI
, in strikes through their souls.
or., After two persons have lived tOg'
sir er for 40 or 80 years and one is
~. en- away, what desOlation! l shall
NJ forget the cry of Dr. De Witt of
W, York when he stood by the open 81
= ~ OF his beloved wife and after the o.
= !. Iuies had ended he looked down into
- open place and said: Farewell, my
- - ored, faithful and beloved wife.
bond that bound US is severed. Thou
Rs in glory, and l am here on earth.
'oun- shall meet again. Farewell, farewell
rink To lean on prop for 80 years and
, re- have it break under you! There y
And only two years difference between
70 "a death Of my father and mother. A
yva- my mothers decease my father use
orv go around as though looking for S,
wing thing. He would often get up from
- sof room without any seeming reason an
e,,,oI to another room, and then he would
ci,o his cane and start out and some
49, would say, Father, where are you
- ing?" and he would answer, 81
wells KNOW e1aes W. Milene &na eU I'VE,
was a tender hearted man 1 never
him cry but once, and that was at
DaeK burial Of my mother. After 60 y
OF an living together it was hard to part.
mouth there are aged people today who are
eelng ing just such a pang as that. I wa
yet to tell them there is perfect enchantme
to do the promises Of this gospel, and l
APP all to them and offer them my arm, or
letter their arm and l bring them to this G
Where well. Sit down, father or mothe