Milford chronicle., 1901-10-11
TERMS:-$l.OO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE

Red oxide of copper erystalnz,s 49,.
cubes and octahedrons. TAossrcrvstaI,
which adorn our persons and g.r homes
ana our museums have only bc6u resmr.
rected from forms that were far from
lustrous Scientists for ages have bcaD
examining these wonderful transform,
IONS. But / tell you in the gospel Of
Son OF God there is a more W
transformation. Over souls by
SIN black as coal and hard as
Dy his comforting grace. stoops
IAey shall be mine in the day when
make up my,jewels."
What! SAY you. "eWill God wear lew
cry q he wanted it, he could make
lne stars OF the heaven his belt and have
the evening cloud for the sandals of his
rect nut he does not want that adorn-
ment. He will not have that iewelrv
When God wants jewelry, he comes down
ana digs it out of the depths and dark
ness OF sin. These souls are all CRYSTAL
NATIONS Of mercy. He puts them on.
ana he wears them in the presence Of the
whole universe. He wears them on the
hand that was nailed, over the heart that
was pierced on the temples that were
stung. They shall be mine" saith the
Lord, in the day when I make ND nv
Jewels" Wonderful transformation
Where sin abounded grace shall much
more abound. The carbon becomes the
solltalre The crystal cannot equal IL"
NOW, l have no liking for those people
VINO are always enlarging in Christian
meetings about their early dissipation.
DO not go into the particulars, my broth
ers. Simply say you were sick, but make
no display of your ulcers. The chief
stock in trade of some ministers and
Christian workers seems to be their early
crimes and designations. The number az
pockets you picked and the number or
chickens you stole make very poor PRAYER
meeting rhetoric Besides that, il dis
courages other Christian people who
never got drunk or stole anything. But il
is pleasant to know that those who were
farthest down have been brought highest
up. Out Of Internal serfdom into eternal
liberty. Out Of darkness into light.
From euhI to the solitaire. "The crystal
cannot equal it."
Power of the Gospel.
But, my friends, the CHER transforming
power of the gospel will iiot be seen in
this world, and not until heaven breaks
upon the soul. When that light falls
upon the soul, then you will see the crys-
tails. What magnificent setting for
these jewels of eternity! l sometimes
hear people representing heaven in a way
that is far from attractive to me. It seems
almost a vulgar heaven as they represent
1t, with great blotches of color and bands
Of music making a deafening racket.
John represents heaven as exquisitely
Lei T.,
he says, "Her light was like a precious
stone, clear as crystal" In another place
he says, II saw a pure river from under
the throne, clear as crystal" In another
place he says, Before the throne there
was a sea of glass clear as crystal"
Three crystals! John says crystal atmos-
phere. That means health. Balm OF
eternal June. What weather after the
worlds east wind! No rack of storm
clouds. One breath of that air will cure
the worst tubercle. Crystal light on all
the leaves. Crystal light shimmering on
the topaz Of the temples. Crystal light
tossing in the plumes of the equestrians
of heaven on white horses. But "the
crystal cannot equal it." John says crys-
tai river. That means joy. Deep and
ever rolling. Not one drop Of the PotO-
mac or the Hudson or the Rhine to soil
it. No one tear Of human sorrow to inn
bitter it. Crystal, the rain out of which
| 1t was made. Crystal, the bed over
which It shall roll and ripple. Crystal,
its infinite surface. But "the crystal can
not equal it." john says crystal sea.
That means simultaneously vast. Vast in
rapture. Rapture vast as the sea, deep
as the sea, strong as the sea, ever chang
ing as the sea. Billows Of light. Bill
lows Of beauty, blue with skies that were
never clouded and green with depths that
were never fathomed. Arctics and Ant
arctics and Mediterraneans and Attain
| tics and Pacifcs in crystalline magnifi-
cence. Three crystals! Crystal light
| falling on a crystal river. Crystal river
rolling into a crystal sea. But 'the crys-
tai cannot equal it."
"Oh," says some one, putting his hand
over his eyes, "can it be that / who have
been in so much sin and trouble will ever
come to those crystals?" Yes, it may
he-it viii be. Heaven we must have,
whatever we have or have not, and we
come here to get it. How much must
l pay for it?" you say. You win pay for
i IL just as much as the coal pays to be-
come the diamond. In other words,
nothing. The same Almighty power that
makes the crystal in the mountain win
change your heart which is harder than
stone, for the promise is, Il will take
away your stony heart, and / will give
you heart Of flesh"
open the Door to Christ.
"Oh," says some one, at is just the doc
ttine l want. God is to do everything,
and I am to do nothing" My brother,
it is not the doctrine you want. The coal
makes no resistance. 1t hears the resur-
rection voice in the mountain and il
comes to capitalization; but your heart
resists. The trouble with you, my broth
er, is the coal wants to stay coal.
do not ask you to throw open the door
and let Christ in. l only ask that you
stop boiling it and barring it. My friends
we will have to get rid of our sins.
will have to get rid of my sins, and you
will have to get rid of your sins. What
win we do with our sins among the three
, crystals? The crystal atmosphere would
display our pollution The crystal river
would be befouled with our touch. Trans
formation must take place now or NJ
! Transformation at all. Give sin full
. chance in your heart and the transforma
> ton will be downward instead of upward
Instead of crystal it will be a cinder.
In the days of Carthage a Christian
girl was condemned to die for her faith
and boat was dedaubed with tar ant
pitch and filled with combustibles ant
7. set on fire. and the Christian girl wa
placed in the boat, and the wind was off
! shore, and the boat foated away with it
precious treasure. No one can doub
| that boat landed at the shore of heaven
/ Sin wants to put you in fiery boat an
4 shove you off in an opposite directiOn-oi
. from peace, off from God, off from heav
y en-, everlastingly off, and the port towar
which you would sail would be port O
! darkness. and the guns that would gree
q you would be the guns Of despair, an
the flags that would wave at your al
= rival would be the black flags OF dealt
q Oh, my brother, you must either kiii 81
: or sin will kill you'll 1t is no exaggeratio
4 when l say that any man or woman thG
5 wants to be saved may be saved. TT,
: mendOus choice! A thousand people al
f choosing this moment between salvatio
g and destruction, between light and darl
ness, between charred ruin and glorioU
n capitalization.
:. copyright. 1901, Louis Klopsch, N. "
u 1t Made ROthschfId Gasp.