Milford chronicle., 1903-12-04

Chicago, Nov. 20-In this sermon fbe
preacher takes us into the forests and
from the life and death of the wood
land monarehs draws an eloquent les
son That is rich in natural beauty ana
full Of spiritual holpfulness The text
is Eccies.astes ii, 3, In the place where
lie tree faiieth there it shall be-"
Every Intelligent student has been
impressed with tile inexoralle So
quenc's of natural causes If man
sEord allow his rowhoat to be pushed
out n,1 ,hc middle of the roaring.
rushing river which filings itself over
Niagara falls. no human power on
earth could save him. Why2 Tie hui
man arm is not powerful enough to
stem that awful current The ousweep-
lns rash or death is stronger than the
would be rescuer's viii. IL man
standing upon the top Of the EiTel
tower IN Paris should leap from ifs
summit his body would be whirled
round ANA round until it was at LAST
dashed Into Il mangled heap of un-
recognizable flesh when it struck the
earth below. Why? The attraction of
giavitation which dragged that body
CoWl could not be overcome by The
Vibrating arm as it is by the wings of
bird. which, launched from such
heieht, could arrest its fan in midair
and fly higher and higher until it dis
appeared into the blue Sky Of the heav-
ems dome There is an inevitable Sc
gleuce in natures laws There is q
natural sequence in spiritual laws If
a man plants the right seed for a sDir-
itual harvest, he viii reap a spiritual
harvest If he plants sinful seeds. he
shall reap a sinful harvest. Further
more, by the same Kind Of reasoning,
after a mans earthly lifes work is
done. whether it be well or badly done. G.
1t is done forever. 1t is like a tree =
which has fallen 10 the north or to the =
south. In the place where the tree II
lalleiH there it shall he d.
sgviftncss OF Death. u
When man comes to die. rs n rule.
tie. ca'y thing he can 90 is to die III
Wien the messenger comes. he has NOT as
any inclination TO think about any ,"
thing else but dying If the faal dis co
ease SudWs at the vitals for many an
months ana perhaps years. the doctors VIZ
lad nurses and loved ones conceal fba le
truth from the patient for fear of de- as
PRESSING him. Or death comes like a sl'
stroke Of lightning out of a clear sky. rec
t comes, as it did to nv father. one atC
moment clear Drained and ON preach COZ
h- tour ii' next upon d deathbed and Sll
Unable to speak word. 1t comes. as il con
anne TO Robert G. lngorsoll. dizzi- cia
less. faintng tit ana he is gone. 1t 10
ONES 10y an accident MS it came TO that t"e
Dung man on the night he was attend Do-
iS q religious meeting. The minister "N-
fGed ana entreated him to make a de
-sion for Christ but lie refused You e.
aust make up your mind one way or
le other Then answered the Phi
Dung man, IF l must. refuse Christ
'r tonight That night on his way v
ome' while riding on horseback his fgh
rains were dashed out by an over cay
angling bough. abo
Death often comes suddenly-as n has
iief, as watch in the night A man A
es as q tree falls He dies as he has for
'ed. Among an the Eihls records hun
ere is but one exception to this rule time
it pages Of The Bible contain only cons
lie account OF % doatAbed repentance. ene1
'h. said young man in my pitts. quar-
rg church. Il am so sorry you said l30
ere are no dcathbed repentances." veal
90 answered an elder. "hp never Lii
Id that He said that though YOU the
Sht want TO repent upon your death hand
d in all probability you will have no killil
ne TO repent. You will have only finisl
le TO die. You might repent if you ringt
uld, but you will not" Death from
fepehtances are MS exceptional alrea
ong the human race as if is for n
e IN tie forest untouched by human
ld TO fail in a different direction wa
m the way it has grown lilo tba+ reooe
Unjust shall be unjust still He that a SOY
ilthy shall be filthy still He that is Barol
lteous Shall be righteous stin. He hrst
is holy SHALL be holy still" A fail. ana
log syulboIizcs it, Buna
Word to the Young. ana
Dung people. I would like to sDeal, SO
one word To you. You are ant to 80. 80
TX that the period of youth does not p..'- P.,Dii1
'unt to much. want to tell YOU iIl nc 10
you ar9 now forming tlt habits an oO
lo ,.oo,. ran -, nv. 'i'" s'ioi~er far a
ty ~ r,s,. II. o"lA Oh lne which
ii Il. o..ist p,,t -, Is sup majest
~, ,Io rr,,,,''. .-'e i'i9''ie oI 'ne tended
..i.,.,t,.d IN, - . - - 'ilO"gu u public
re.. ,,.iI. glo.,, - w iilS'ue oI perity
d 'Loic tree will soon totter and fall. Lost
si4:.h sinful habit can destroy the Bort
~ heart One little tug in youth Libby.
e Wrang direction can pull OF the ago los
,hes Of truth and purity ana love wander
honor and make lopsded tree. mented
you do now will decide the moral reason
cter Of your future Trees 1000 of woo
old are neither more nor less we're W
the fully developed and expanded the bio
'tioaS and imperfections of a tree his bra
four; five. ten. twenty. thirty five mo
Old Nparlv Ill the hnrdn,,o1 nnw on