Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-09-06

wrestle him down, and we put our heel |
on his neck, and we grind him in the dust,
and we say,-.'Victory, victory, through our /
Lord Jesus Christp Oh what a grand
thing it is to have sin under foot and
wasted life behind our backs. BLESSED
is he whose transgression is forgiven and
whose sin is covered"
Some one says, "How about the fu-
ture !" What, says the man, feel so sick
and worn out with the ailments of life.
You are going to be more than conqueror.
But, says the man, l am so tempted, 1
am so pursued in life. You are going to
be more than cOnqueror. l, who have so
many ailments and heartaches, going to
be more than conqueror? Yes, unless you
are so self conceited that you want to
manage all the affairs of your life your
self instead of letting God manage them.
Do you want to drive and have God take
a back seat? "Oh no" you say, q want
God to be my leader" Well. then, you
will be more than conqueror. Your last
sickness will come, and the physicians in
the next room will be talking about what
they will do for you. What difference
will it make what they do for you? You
are going to be well, everlastingly well.
And whom the spirit has fed the body,
they shall bury you. What difference does
il make to you where they bury you? The
angel Of the resurrection can pick you
out of the dust anywhere, and all the
cemeteries Of the earth are in Gods care
Oh, you are going to be more than con
queror.
DO you not think we had better begin
now to celebrate the coming victory? In
the old meeting house at Somevillp my
father used TO lead the singing and hr
had the old fashioned tuning fork. aar BE-
would strike it upon his knee, and then
put the tuning fork to his ear to catch the
right pitch and start the hymn. But.
friend, do you not think we had better be
catching the pitch of the everlssl ing song.
the song of victory when we shall be more
than conquerors? Had we not better be-
gin the rehearsal on earthi "They shall
burger no more, neither thirst any more:
neither shall the sun light on them. nor
any heat. For the Lamb which is in the
midst Of the throne shall feed them and
shall lead them to living fountains Of wa
tiers; and God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes"
City Of eternity. to thy bridal halls
From this prison would flee.
! ALL gloryl That's for you and mel
Finishing the ArbOr.
My text brings us one step further. It
says, go forth into the mount and fetch
olive branches and pine branches and
myrtle branches and palm branches and
branches of thick trees" Now, you know
very WE'LL make this remark under the
head Of branches of thick trees-that a
booth or arbOr made of slight branches
would not stand. The first blast of the
tempest would PROSTATE it. So then the
booth or arbOr must have four stout
poles to hold up the arbOr or booth. and
hence for the building of the arbOr for this
world we must have stout branches OF
thick trees. And so it is in the gospel ar
Dor. Blessed be God that we have q
brawny Christianity, not one easily upset
The storms Of life will come upon us, and
we want strong doctrine; not only love
but justice; not only invitation, but warn
ing. 1t is a mighty gospel; it is an ON
nipotent gospel. These are the stou
branches of thick trees.
l remember what Mr. Finney said in
schOolhouse. The village was so bad i
was called Sodom, and it was said t.
have only one good man in all the vii
lage, and he was called Lot, and MI
Finney was preaching in the school
house, and he described the destruction
Of Sodom, how the city was going to b
destroyed unless they repented and tina
there would be rain from heaven of sor
, row and destruction unless they, too. re
pented. And the people in the school
house sat and ground their teeth in an