Milford chronicle., 1901-03-22
MILFORD, DEL, FRIDAY, MARCH 22 1901.

his Limitation of Christ" Horace Bush
nell dipped into it and brought up "Ev-
cry Mans Life Plan Of God" Thomas
Binney dipped into it and brought up
his weigh House Chapel DiscoHrses."
Conybeare dipped into it and brought up
the Life and Epistles of Paul" Arch
bishop Trench dipped into it and brought
up the "Epistles 10 the Seven Churches"
Stuart Robinson dipped into ii an6
brought up "DiscOurses of Redemption"
Austin Phelps dipped into it and brought
up THE Still Hour" Mark Hopkins
dipped into it and brought up Evidence
of Christianity" Thomas Guthrie dip
ped into it and brought up The Gospel
In Ezekiel" John Cumming dipped into
it and brought up The Apocalypse"
Oh, the opulence Of Christian literature.
Oh. the mighty streams Of evangplstic
power that have poured from the writer's
inkhOrn that appeared in Ezekiel's vision.
The Mothers Letters.
While you recognize the distinguished
ones who have dipped into the inkstand
Of the worlds evangelization do moi for
get that there are hundreds Of thousands
Of unknown men and women who are en-
gagged in incOnSpicuOus ways doing the
same thing! How many anxious mothers
writing to the boys in town. How many
sisters writing encouragement to brothers
far away! How many invalids bolstered
up in bed. the inkhorn on the stand at
their side. writing letters Of coincidence
to those worse off than themselves. They
are flying all the time kind words. gospel
words. helpful words. saving words. Call
the evangplistic inkhOrn into service in
the early morning. when you feel well
and you are grateful for the protection
during your sleeping hours. and write be-
fore you retire at close Of day to those
| who all night long will be saying Would
to God it were morning." How many
bruised and disappointed and wronged
souls Of earth would be glad to get let
ter from you! Stir up that consolatory
inkhorn.
All Christendom has been waiting for
great revivals of religion to start from
the pulpits and prayer meetings ! now
/ suggest that the greatest revival OF all
| time may start concerted and organized
movement through the inkhorns of al
| ChristpndOm. each writer dipping fron
| the inkhorn nearest him letter of Cos.
| pei invitation. gospel hope, gospel warn
! ing. gospel instruction. The ink is all
ready on a hundred thousand tables. and
beside it are the implements with which
to dip it out Why not. through such
process. have millions OF souls brought to
God before next summer? BY letter you
could make the invitation more effective
than by word OF mouth The invitation
from your lips may be argued back. may
evoke querulous reply. may be answered
by a joke. but a good. warm. gospel let
ter, written in prayer and started witt
prayer and followed by prayer, will be
read over and over again and cannot be
answered in a frivolous way. II viii
speak from the table by day and nigh
or. If pettishly torn up. will, in lis scat
tered fragments. speak louder than wheI
il remained whole Within arms reacl
of where you sit there may be a fluid tina
You may pun on wing with message %
light and love. Oh. for the swift hyinl
angel of mercy which Ezekiel saw in vi
sion with a writer's inkhorn by his sidpl'
The InkhOrn of Gods Mercy.
The other angels spoken Of in my tex
were destroying angels. and each ha,
what the Bible calls a slaughter weap
on" in his band 1t was lance or
batteax or sword God hasten tn
time when the last lance shall be SHY
cred and the last hattlPax dulled an
the last sword shcathed. never again t
leave the scahhard. and the angel If tn
. text, who Matthew Henry says. was tn
|, Lord Jesus Christ. shall. from the fu
\ iaGhOrn Of his mercy. give a saving ca
a TO all nations. That day may be far of
mt it is helnfnl to think of its comin.