Milford chronicle., 1903-05-15

! from King Solomon, through a Hebrew
princess named Tea Tephi. who be
came the bride of King Fergus of Ire
land and Scotland, from whom descend
ed King james VI. of Scotland, who
became King James l. of England He
contended that the very stone which
forms the seat Of the coronation chair
on which the mOnarchs of Great Britain
sit when they are crowned. originally
formed part of Solomon's temple and
was brought TO Ireland by Tea Tephi
herself as Il precious relic. With all
such fanciful traditions we have moth
ing 10 do. The essential fact is that
fhe gospel of Christ, which must ulti-
mately triumph, is enslMned in the
hearts of the Anglo-SaNM race more
than in those of any other race and
that they have the opportunity and the
qualities which fit them to embrace it.
Of propagating that gospel to the ends
of the earth.
This glorious consummatiOn OF
Chrisfs earthly kingdom, l believe. will
be achieved under Gods omnlpotent
power, working through the Anglo
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/ The beginning of every great move
ment in the worlds history las been
humble and inconsplcuous The origin
! Of the Christian church itself, now
numbering its millions in all lands.
was in a single room, in which, all
told, there were only 120 persons.
Where will the movement for the final
triumph begin? 1t may be in such a
church as this, but it will be some
where where there is a band of ear
nest, consecrated, praying souls-men
and women self sacrificing, ardent,
agOnizing in suppicatiOn to God for /
power. There is an old proverb which I
goes something like this: THE best /
way for a city to keep its streets clean I
is for every man to clean the sidewalk /
in front of his own home" The best /
way for the Anglo-SaxOn race to start .
on this worldwide mission is for us. as
individuals, TO start here and start
now. y little handful, under the power
of the Holy Spirit. we may accomplish
at least as much for Christ as did that
little band of praying men and women
in the upper chamber of Jerusalem.
The Sign of Victory.
So, today, l want to enlarge your
gospel horizon. I want TO show you
that the work you can do for Jesus
should be studied no longer through a
microscope, but through a telescope. l
want to show you that, as all time is
merely nothing more than a long sue
cession of seconds and minutes and
days and weeks and years, so all great
events are merely the accumulations
Of the works of single individuals. The
AnglO-SaXOn in great units may be
of nations. The Anglo-Saxon
race in small units is composed of in
iividuuls just like ourselves. VIII yen
and start here and now, with Gods
help. for the conquest of the world for
christ? VIII you and l here and now
our lives to his service, so
hat we may become his acceptable
messengers for this work?
The final redemption of the world
would not be far off if we could only
ring Jesus in touch with all man.
ind. An imaginative religious writer
nee had this beautiful dream about
ow the world was finally to be con-
uered for Jesus. 1t was, | believe.
be in the year 2OO1. A great inter-
ational war was about to burst over
.urope. All the nations of that conti-
ent were divided into two sides. Eng
md. Germany Norway. Sweden. Bel
ium and Holland We're on the one
Ide. France, Spain. Italy. Turkey.
ustria and Russia were upon the 9th
+ side. The great armies were mar
laled into two mighty hosts. the tread
whose feet and the rumble of whose
lnnOn made the earth shake. The
ight before the decisive battle was to
1en the camp fires of the sleeping sol
iers stretched for miles and miles
way. But the night before that bat
e opened Il strange being was seen
go rapidly through the different
lmps Of the nations. Upon the breast
each soldier he pinned badge or a
gn. The next morning the bugles
'unded, and the armies were drawn
in battle array. But when the gen Il
ais gave the commands "Firew and
lharSe." not one gun spoke. not one =
ldier moved. Then the generals be-
IN to inquire the cause. They found
It the reason. The strange being who
e night before went from camp to
mp was Jesus Christ The badge
hich was pinned upon every soldiers
east was the sign Of the cross. Jesus
ID at last conquered. The sign of for
veness and of love and pardon and
llessncss had at last spiked the guns
war and turned every soldier into an
lissary of peace. There is only one
ny | would change that wonderful
cam Of the gospel writer. In the
st great battle of sinful war | would
t hnve the members Of the Anglo
Xon race participants. The night \
fore the battle was to open | would
We Jesus Christ go through the camp
the Slav, the Malay and all the peo-
IS Of the earth. led by a white
inned guide. That guide l would
We the ruddy, flaxen haired Cauca-
n, the guide whom | wOuld call thp f