Milford chronicle., 1903-04-24
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sin. Mark that my brother II no real
happiness in sin!
Tell me. o drunkard, that you are
happy? No, no! Any one who has
heard John B. Cough describe the mis-
cries of his past life knows that no
drunkard is happy. Tell me that the
libertine is happy when by his crimes
he lost the respect of all good men and
women? Tell me that the gambler is
happy? No, no! When he sat at the
gaming table, ne not only lost his hon
or, but his home, his business, his all.
He cannot even buy pair of shoes for
his feet or coat for his back. Thorn
/ as Guthrie once described the cup of
sin as Il beautiful chalice filed with
wine, but at the bottom of the cup lay
coiled a serpent. And so after we have
slipped for a little while the cup Of
pleasure then the evil serpent will ap-
pear and sting us and bite us as we put
the chalice TO our lips. Let no man
consent TO be a mocking fool by sup
posing that an evil life ever brings hap
piness this side of the grave.
the evil results of sin on the other side
of the grave! Can a tiger change his
striped fur? Can wolf have his hair
bleached into the white wool of
lamb? Can man born in sin, reared
in sin and living in sin and dying in
sin be emancipated from sin merely be-
cause his body sleeps for little while
in The tomb? Oh. no! The soul that
sinneth is the soul that must suffer the
results of its sins unless Christ fOrgives
those sins and washes them clean in
the blood of the Lamb. And whenever
there is sin. whether in this world or
the next. there is agony. l do not care
whether you call the place of eternal
punishment Il lake of fire and brim-
stone" a great heavlng. molten sea Of
burning lava, a dungeon or the haunt
ing caverns of memory. The sinner
dying unrepentant must suffer and suf-
fer and suffer forever. The Bible de-
clares it. We must believe it,
Suicidal Folly of the Sinner.
The suicidal folly of the sinner who
year by year adds to the long record of
HIS Hllo wis Wv lQlf anu AAiAlfANooAN NAe
compared by Mr.. Spurgeon to black
smith, who at the command of an orr
entail tyrant forged for him a long
chain. The blacksmith at his forge
worked week in and week out, month
in and month out; then he brought the
chain to the fiend and said, Here is
the chain which thou didst order"
NF,T ~ofI Av~
rant; longer, make it longer" When
at last the blacksmith answered. Il
cannot make the chain any longer, for
l have used up all my material" the
tyrant said to his slaves. Take it and
bind the blacksmith with his own chain
and cast him into a furnace of fire."
So Satan as demon by the power Of
sin and by Il mans own acts will not
only destroy a mans life for this world.
but also for the next.
My brothers and sisters. who have
heretofore been mOclling at sin as
have been painting for you Il picture.
with the dark background of warning
will you not let me paint in the bright
foreground sweet. divine love? Will
Ou AAuA lEl ulG uN1NlAUE AUA gOu AhN
Christ who is ready to stand between I!
you and all future temptation. the
Christ who will not only forgive the
past, but by his power will keep you /
in the future? Who is he? The I'm /
changing Rock, the Lily of the Valley, /.
the Bright and Morning Star. the One |
who is altogether lovely. the One who /
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receive him? Will you not let Christ T
come into your heart?
Ye Knockers at sin, l would plead .
with you also. Come to the fountain .
Of which If one drink he shall never
thirst again. would plead as | have .
never pleaded before Why? Because .
know that under your sneers and .
laughter you have breaking heart l
know that you are at heart weary of .
your sin and dread its punishment.
Come. then. and let Christ save you.
DO not be kept back by the thought
that you are too bad to be saved. You
are invited and Christ assures you that
none that come to him shall be east
out l tell you this invitation is for all.
Yes. it is for all. 1t is for you just as
it was for that poor drunken lOafer
who crlwled up to the altar in Pitts
burg many years ago. What is the
good of trying to save him?' some men
said to Francis Murphy. mo good"
Murphy. for me to try to
save him. but it is good to let God try"
And God did save. He put his divine.
loving. forgiving arm about Captain
Barbour and the mOcker ut sin became
a redeemed child in the Kings palace
Oh. my sinful. sOrrowing friends, will
you cease to follow sin? Will yOu here
and now surrender your life, your
broken life, into the hands of the Di-
vine Master? Then. at that glad mo-
ment. all the celestial chimes will ring
out the tidings that an immortal is
born againl
You are redeemed. but not with silver,
You are bought, but not with gold.
Bought with a price, the blood of Jesus,
Precious price of love untold.
copyright. 1903 by Louis KlopschJ