Milford chronicle., 1902-07-11

this discourse on the text Psalm cXXvi
G. "IIe that goeth forth and weepcth.
bearing precious seed. shall doubtless
come again with rejoicing. bringing his
sheaves with him."
Almost every home is adorned with
companion pictures If upon one side
of the room there is hung a crucifxion
scene, upon the other side of the room
we want picture Of '"rhe First Easter
Morn" If upon one side we see the
hayward boy gathering all together
and taking his journey into far coun-
try, upon the other side we want to
see the returning prodigal being vel
coined home by a forgiving father
IL upon one side of the room we hang
a picture of the twilight, upon the
other side we want to see the picture
of the dawn. If John Hevenden paints
The Breaking Of the Home Ties" he
feels that his life would he incOm
plete unless he also paints The Bring
ing Home of the Bride" John MIL
tons Paradise Regained" is natural
outgrowth of his paradise Lost Z"
Dante's Heaven" is natural Sc.
quence to his "Purgatory" and his
Hell"
So this morning the sermon which
preach from the One Hundred and
Twcnty-sixth Psalm Of David is Il COM
panion sermon to the one recently de
livered upon the text, He that sOweth
10 the flesh shall Of the 1eSh reap cor
ruption." 1t has a companion text.
chosen on account Of It's vivid con
trast. The text Is selected to prove.
that the Christian sower has a right t.
expect his gospel harvest fields to be
stacked high with golden Sheaves Of
many blessings, to expect his seed Il
bring forth some thirty, some sixty
and some hundred fold. 1t IS tho
picture Of a Christian worker garner
ing the sheaves of his Christ love. 1t
is the symbol of reward. the symbol
of glOriiied hope and JOY. 1t is the
swecter text because in 1t we hear the
triumphant songs Of heaven instead OF
the bitter sobs Of despair
A precious sheaf, garnpred by the
Christian sower and reaper. is he joy
full realization that by his persona
acts he has been made the humai
means in the divine hands through
which immortal souls have been saved
by Christ. There is Il natural desire
Unborn in almost every human heart
to help those who are in trouble and
who cannot help themselves
The Desire 10 Help Others.
If the lookout sights Il shipwrecked
vessel. the captain does not have tC
compel unwilling sailors to lower The
lifeboat and pull away to save the per
shing. No All that the mate has Ia
do is to call for volunteers, and though
the sailors may feel the waves are
having their worst fit of temper. they
will lower the lifcbOat aud pull away
until the last man is taken from the
doomed ship. When the little band oil
English men, women and children
were imprisoned. during the Indian
mutiny, in the residcncy Of Lucknow
Havelock, with his few regiments. had
to fight his way through Il hundred
thousand men. He had to march q
thousand miles through country
swarming with cutthrOats. and wher
the English soldiers courage anC
strength showed signs Of waverina
Havelock reused them with this sim
pie sentence: Men. would you dar,
stop or turn back when helpless WON
on and children arc dying aud mus
he savedY There is in almost ever,
mans heart desire 10 help those wht
cannot help themselves The same
kind Of desire that drove Henry NJ
Stanley into the dark continent Il
rescue David Livingstone and EmiI
PaSlla. The same kind Of a leSir,
which made Commander Schley turn
Ills ships prOws northward 10 rescu,
the arctic explorer Greedy and hi
companions. 1t is the same kind o
desire which inspired the United State
government to declare war agains
Spain in behalf of suffering and bleed
ing Cuba.
Now, as joy is nothing more or les
than the pleasant emotion produced il
the heart by the qualification Of an,
desire, rs we have shown IN rcfcrenc
TO the physical man. that the desire t
help those who are helpless is i'm
planted in almost every heart, wha
greater joy could come to the Christian
reaper than the realization that he hl
been made instrumental in the savin
of soul? What earthly joy can b
compared TO the holy exaltation tina
comes to US when We realize that b
prayers and pleadingS we have bee
able to bring Il sinner face to face wit
Christ? What greater joy than to rea
lie that our humble efforts have bee
blessed to the saving of a soul whic
will live on and on through the comm
ages. on and on through eternities, o
aud on until at last the lights of Ii
stars shall be Spulfed out and tin
shall be no longer? Only the other da
read of a man who. at great pc
scnal risk to himself. was lowered /
a rope from the top of a twelve stoI
building in order to rescue a little XII
ten which had fallen into one of Il
rain cutters. If man could find il
in risking his life to save kitten fro
starvation, surely there must be i
finite joy TO the Christians heart whC
he realizes that not one, but man
!. immortal souls have been won to Chri
c and TO eternal safety and happine
!, through his efforts, which God has
= richly blessed.
s So. on account of this transcende
IS Joy, we find that soul saving has l
is come a passion with some men. Ju
r as the mechanics wife, who has a /
tie back yard, digs and plants and no
! and hoyers over her gardens becau
she loves flowers and never tires
[. her beds filled with pansies and swC
= peas and geraniums and narcissus a
A0sturtiums. so the true Christi
l. loves men and women in order to W
them to Christ The city missiona
goes down into the back alley for Il
one purpose. He climbs the dark Il
: ement. There he finds drunken hr
- band and father, and as the city N
siOnary looks upon that lOathsOn
> filthy mass of human corruption
says to himself: IF l can only pla
at the gospel seed in that mans heart,
may save him. Yes. by the help
God. it will save him." And. as I
mechanics wife cares for her fiowe
o. so that missionary cares for that Sc
diseased by sin. He prays with t
7 sinner; he reads the Bible to him. A
er awhile the man confesses Chr
and signs the temperance pledge. TIL
i the city missionary helps this m:
who was once enslaved by sin. to Il
> work. Then he sees him bring