Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-09-05

ucLulSe, uDpAg Ut TIE 0duk OF trace
for a letter of credit which will sue
cessfully carry US through the dark
days when we are dying and be sufi-
cient for US until we realize the bright
and triumphant advent Of a heavenly
welcome.
The Long, Long Journey.
The smile Of death as a long Jour
ney away from the family Preside is
very striking. When a man takes a
long earthly journey, he is very apt to
gather his family about him and say,
If l should take this journey, in all
probability 1 will return home at such
and such u time" or if the father is
going into new country to establish
another home he says to his children:
After / am settled there and find ev-
erything all right you can sell the
goods and pack up and come to me.
will be in such and such a place at
such and such time" Or perhaps the
man who is about to take a long jour
ney will do as my father and myself
did when we started on our journey
around the world. We were to set
sail from San Francisco and go by the
way Of the Sandwich Islands, Samoa,
Australia and India. 1t was a long,
hard journey, and mother was phys
ically unable to undertake It. So ia
ther said: Mother, you take the two
girls and go to Europe and meet
Frank and myself as we come around
fln world Moot nc off ok Ua.sttTfs.f
Or In Paris or London" So mother
set sail from New York and went east
Father and myself set sail from San
Francisco, going west We were all
to meet by a precOncerted plan at the
French capital.
My brother. as you must take this
long journey through the valley of the
shadow Of death with the divine pass.
port in your hands, how can you ever
expect to rejoin your loved ones unless
you make previous arrangements with
them where to meet? Having letter
Of credit at the Bank Of Grace, you
say you expect to journey to the Celes-
tial City. Have you ever told your
loved ones about that city? Have you
ever told them how to get to that cen
ter of the universe? Have you ever
told them there is only one way to
reach your destination, and that is for
them to obtain forgiveness of their sins
by the blood of the Lamb, so that their
heavenly advent shall be made pos
sible? If it is important for you to
make spiritual preparations for the
journey Of death by being washed i'm
the Saviour's blood, is it not just as
important for your loved ones to be
cleansed by the same blOod2 You
should tell your loved ones how they
can be cleansed from sin as surely as
the guide, many years ago, told the
traveller how his body could be cleansed
as he became covered over with a
swarm of leeches when he was ford
ing shallow river in Burma. In hor-
rOr the foreigner began to pull them
off, for the vampires were draining
away his life's strength. But the guide
babe him cease or lac would destroy
himself. Then the guide prepared a
bath in which he diluted some herbs.
the juices of which were fatal to the
life Of the leech. Then he directed the
| traveller to lie down in the prepared
waters, and Immediately his body was
| freed from the vile aquatic worms.
Have you ever told your loved ones
that the only way they can meet you
in heaven is by bathing themselves in
the blood Of the Lamb. 80 that the IA
tai worm of sin which is sucking at
their hearts shall fall of and die2
would plead with you, men and
women, who are trying to set your
house in order, to look after the spir-
ltual welfare Of your loved ones as
we'll as your own, because l do not un-
| derstand how heaven can ever be a
truly and entirely happy place for any
man who has neglected to look after
the spiritual interests of those who on
earth were near and dear to him.
know that the Bible distinctly declares
that heaven is to be a bright and q
happy place; but, for one, think that
even celestial happiness would be mar,
red If, when we are safely there, We
were conscious that our loved ones
had missed their opportunity of com
ing in through our own neglect to tel
them the way to the great white
throne. l well remember in our jour
ney around the world how the hear
ached when in faroff Australia father
and received n cablegram that moth
er was sick and had to return to Amer
lea and could not meet us in Paris.
well remember how anxiOusly we two
1900 miles from home, looked at eacl
other. Then we began to worry abou
the illness which some months late
ended my mothers earthly life. And
oh. If we were disappointed by no
meeting my mother in the French cap
ital, how much more disappointed viii
some Of us be, when we reach heaven
If we should feel that our brothers ant
sisters and husbands and wives, IA
Tiers and mothers and children, shout,
have been in any way prevented join
ing us in heaven and especially If tn
obstacle has been one of our making
For my own part, 1 can sympathize
great deal with the prayer a weepin
wife once made by the bedside Of he
husband, whom she supposed to b
asleep. With the tears raining dow
her cheeks she said: 20 God, save m
husband! Save my dear, dear hus
band! And, if by any means my Ow
sinful life has made him turn his bac
upon thee. then blot out my name frOI
the book of life, II thou wilt! Onl
save himw Ny brother and sistel
} preparing for the great and eterni
= journey beyond the grave, beg of yo
I at this critical time to look after til
spiritual interests of your loved one
+ and those who are near to you.
But there is one Oyerwhelm.n
thought about my text upon which
e love to dwell. If we 60 to the thrOn
! of grace in the right spirit of praye
! God will let every one of US live q
: long as is necessary to do the wOr
+ he wants us to do in his name. Whe
j the prophet Isaiah entered the rOyi
a palace Of Jerusalem and said to I'll
: sick Hezekiah, Thus saith the LOr,
d set thine house in order, for thou sha
d die" the king turned his face tOwaI
s the wall and began to weep. Hezekia
: was not weeping because he had to di
a He was not afraid to die. But he wei
o because he could not accomplish f,
Il God and his people that which SCENE
It necessary for him to do. Then,
:. answer to Hezekiah's prayer, God sa
4 to Isaiah the prophet, Go and say
d Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord the CT
n Of David thy father, l have heard Il
d prayer; have seen thy tears. BehOl
E. l will add unto thy days fifteen years