Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-08-22

gers wrote upon a sip or paper: Dear
Father am dying. This young man
is the son of the dear lady who has
taken your place and mothers. Take
her son to your heart for my sake"
Time passed on, and the awful carnage
came to an end. The home Of the
southern lady was swept away. One
day the young man, armed with the
dead sons letter, started for Boston.
When he was ushered into the office Of
the old merchant, at first the latter
would not even speak to him. The old
merchant kept on at his desk writing
But when the young man placed the
| message of the dead boy upon the mer-
chants desk the broken hearted father
arose and put his arms about the young
mans neck and sobbed, Il will love
you for my boys sake-yes, for my
dead boys sake" Now, l do not be-
lieye it is possible for us to love Christ
unless we also love his church for his
/ sake. l do not believe 1t Is possible
| for us to love the church unless for
Christ's sake we also love Christ's
children, who are members of that
church, nor do I believe it possible for
a Christian man to be as good a Chris
tian outside Of the church of Christ as
II he were a true, hearty. active, con-
| scientiOus member of that church.
Mark you well my statement | did
not affirm that there were no Christian
men outside Of the church of Jesus
Christ but l did affirm that a man can
not be as good a Christian outside of
! the Christian church as inside. There
may be good Christians found outside
of the church. There may be good
Christians who prefer the society Of
| Sabbath desecraters and worldly
| pleasure seekers instead Of the society
of Gods children, who love to gather
in the house Of praise; but frankly
confess / have never found good Chris
tians who prefer to seek the society of
worldly pleasure seekers to the society
Of those who delight In Gods house.
Jack roses may grow in cesspools. but
as q rule the most beautiful roses
blush a deeper red and swing a sweet
er incense in flower garden than
among the thorns Of a wild hedge
One Honest Reply.
well" answers another man, Il will
tell you frankly why despise the
church of God. The reason l do not
join the church is because it is too
straitlaced for me. and am not will
ing to give up my own way Of living"
My brother, l believe you have told
me the exact truth. believe ninety
nine-hundredths of those who scott at
the church scott principally because
they are not ready to surrender some
secret sin. But as you have given me
one honest answer want you to give
me another to n question just as i'm
portant. If you are not ready to sur
render your secret sin and join the
church, where is that sin going to send
you? Some time ago l stood in the
depot Of our national capital watching
little cOlored boy about five years
old asleep upon one of the benches
This little baby had a card pinned to
his coat which read like this: "COn
ductor, will you please see that this
little boy is put in the right train and
sent to Atlanta. Ca, where friends
will meet himP
As | stood there watching that little
child said to myself: Some people
seem to be sleeping in the great depot
Of sin as unconscious of their sur
! rOundings as that cOlored baby. They
! care not what is going to happen t
I them. And Satan has pinned a taG
, upon them to send them through, like
f baggage, to the great city Of eterna
, despair"
: My unrepentant brother. as you ar
y unwilling to join the church because
= you are reluctant to give up your Sc
= cret sin, | ask you where will that Sc
= cret sin ultimately send you? YOl
y need to he aroused from your spiritul
lethargy and to realize your awful daI
= ger. l would especially plead with 70
It to surrender your sins and dedicat
:. your life to Jesus Christ by joinin
l. the church because. in your heart, 70
@ know well what you ought to do
It have always shrunk from the though
II that people who were horn in sin an