Milford chronicle., 1903-07-10
Power to Resist.

God protects US in a spiritual sense
K The Bible says, God is faithful axhe
y viii not suffer You to be tempted be
) yopd t1sat ye are~'abIe, but will With
theatemptatlOn also om5ke a way tc
2 escape, that.ye may be abIe 10 bear It. "
Z What does that statement moan? Sim.
r ply this: Here is a man whose whole
{ nature is gnaried and twisted by sin.
He is by corrupt past a drunkard. .
libertinc, a thief. He wants to get IN
der the protecting shadow Of Gods
wing. When be arises in the morning
be kneels by his bed and says: 70
God, am Hwfully weak l know not
which way to turn unless / look to
tlsee. Save me this day from the wine
cup. Save me from the fatal pitfalls
which are yawnIng at my feet Save
me, O God, save me, save nIeE+ VIII
God answer such pleading prayer
as that? Oh. yes. Cod says to this
moral cripple: Come, my child. come
under my wing, my protecting wing
l will surround thee with holy con-
! panionship will shut out from thy
! sight the buzzards and the hawks aud
I the serpents and the rats of sin which
would destroy your life! Come. my
I child, come. Come under tlle sHlllow
of my spiritually protecting wing
Ny friends. some OF us have been try
ing to resist temptation in our own
strength. VIII you not depend upon
the strength Of Cod? Some of us are
trying to dO as tie brilliant Tom Mar
shall Of Kentucky did, who one day
stood up in Broadway Tabernacle ana
said: We're this great globe one crys- !
tallite and ] offered the possession If J !
would drink one glass of brandy | |
would refHse it with scorn. And I |
want no religion. ! want the temper I
ance pledge alone" But alas! Poor /
Tom Marshall depending upon his !
own strength, was at last sboveled into
a drunkards grave. VIII you today, as
Il Christian. accept Gods protecting
wing against your besetting sin? That
wing IS a pledge that God win not al
low your temptation to be stronger
than you shall have power given to re-
sist.
Gods protecting wing is one of Chris
tian fellowship. An Old hUncly prov
erb SAYS, "A hen viii make just as
much noise and scratch just as hard
for one chicken as she viii for ten"
That may be true. Such notions upon
tie part Of the fcathcpd bird might be
very exemplary. But one Of the most {
ridiculous sights to ne is a great. big
TAT hen Suutting through the barnyapl
followed 10y one wee, little chirping
.hickcn, Better for that little chicken
o be killed and tie hen go about her {
cgitimate business Of laying eggs for {
he breakfast than for tile mother bird
0 continue to waste her energies upon
hat ore offspring The natural brood ! @
or hen is not one or two chickens. y
mt eight. nine or ten or even thirteen y
hickens. Every would be sitting hen p
left alone nearly always lays thir- e
zen eggs for her nest She wants b
irge family. \ large family is good y
or the hen. 1t is good for the chick y
rs. "
Practical Application. IN
What IS the practical application of -
MS slmile? Why. Gods wiuE is q n
lace under which not only one Chris r.
an can find rest, but many Christians. ~
ods children are going to find safety m
I'D protection under Gods wing be- ~
use they Will work together and live i4.
gether and have their hearts beating ],
gether and. as it were. snuggle up TO- .,r
'ther and keep each other spiritually 81,
arm. They will he together as close o,.
fellowship as the chickens are close ar
gether under their mothers wing. II q,
n lift up a hen who is covering her VII
tie ones at night you will be sur wi
tsed how many chickens her small m
ea IS able 70 shelter. The reason ! ~,
ch chicken is pressing close against sb
e other chickens as well as against o-,
mothers breast. -;
What today is the Christian fellow ~.
ip OF your daily life? Remember the -,
'OrNss ape being kept in reference to ol,
IS matter which .a1Hif 6aasss ysr~ -.
ritual w sf;Are for ttT,e ma StF etsY- -
:. lady one day casis 10 the Roy ~
IN Newton and asked him how 30,
end Of hers who was n lnnnbar OF 81.
Ncwton's congregation had died. NV
AAs ny tttAAg dAA0N HlNAA inc NtiltIttDlt Q
acLer, that is not the important 40
.stion you ought TO have asked You - ,
mid have asked not how she died. hot
how she lived" Are you living in -,
owship with Chrfsts children: Are ,,,5
living in close communion with the ~
nbers of your church? Are you lly- ,.ta
in prayerful love with all men and sta
men who are trying to bring the -,
ne of Jesus before a sinful race? ~
you living with Christs followers 60.
loosely as chickens gather under the 49, o"7
gs of a mother hen?
DDS wing often protects his children ~
when they themselves are envel- 4
! by total darkness. The little
kens. running to the warming call
he clucking hen. answer for the
t part to the blind obedience of ~
b and love When they crawl under for