Milford chronicle., 1904-07-15

"Oh, Halstead. I could have stood /
all If I had not lost my two boys" H
was finding then, as Hanna found. anC
as a host of famous men have found
that happiness and true satisfaction
cannot be obtained from the world
The world misrepresents them. ridicule.
them and decries them, and, whether II
gives them its prizes or not, it wounds
and tOrtures them.
Happiness Is Not In Wealth.
Oh. rich man. l appeal to your ex-
/ perience. Have you not realized that
/ happiness is not in wealth? Have
there not come times in your life when
you have felt that money and honor
and power alike fail to give YOU salts
faction? You are disappointed with
your life Turn to Christ who says to
such as you. He that drinketh of the
Water that / shall give him shall never
thirst again" Come to him. Thou
art not far from the kingdom Of God.
Almost saved, Yes, know it. Why?
For weeks, perhaps you have been "
ing prostrate with danerous sickness
near the dividing line. the crossing Of
which means the recreation and the
capitalization and the redemption of
your life. That sick bed means TO Won
in spiritual sense what an inyalid's
bed meant in ii physical sense to him
sick of the palsy who was laid ot
Christs feet. In the second chapter Of 7
Mark we read about the wonderful !.
incident which took place in Caper- .
naum. No sooner did the people of
that city hear that Jesus had come
than the multitudes began to gather
about him. They crowded into the
room where he was. They crowded
the 'front.' yard of his residence. On the
of the crowd we see couple
u men carrying between them one who
was sick Of the palsy. "Oh." they saw
o each other, IF we can only bring our
brother TO Christ. he will cure him"
think, from reading between the lines
u this chapter, that the invalid him
elf did not care whether he saw Christ
II not. He was too sick to care. His ,
lmbs hung limp and heavy. His eve {
Ids dropped; the eyes were CLASSY. His =
Kin was fabby and almost dead. But e
eeause the invalid was nine-tenths d
cad that made no difference to the 4
wo friends. As they could not pusb c
lrough the crowds who We're jOstling a
bout the front door they climbed up n
the roof of the house. They then let n
own the ropes and pulled the sick man "
p, bed and all. Then with their axes n
icy broke open the roof and lowered Y
lie sick man down through the roof IN
lie feet Of the Saviour. who. seeing n
..elr faith. said unto the sick of the il
llsy' "Son, thy sins be forgiven thee" X
nd he arose. The loose muscles stiff al
led. The eyes became alert The w
ood again cOursed rapidly through ev
G clogged arteries. He walked; yea. hi
e SICK man walked. He was healed dc
being placed, a hopeless. helpless co
valid, at the feet Of Jesus Christ. til
has been a spiritual bless hi
TO you, Q man, as the palsy was TO gr
invalid of old. 1t has placed Won W,
most within touch of our Saviour st,
d King. For years and years Won lik
not know what a pain meant H;
hen you heard people complaining ce,
out their invalidism you had no sym- 1
tAy' You would petulantly sav. pr
ne-tenths Of these so called inyalids the
mere hypochondriacs. If men and thI
men would only get up and stop dol
ir complaining and stop dosing oh
mselves with medicines they wOuld this
all right" When a minister in wit
lrch would preach from the text. tod
lou fool. this night thy soul shall bro
required of thee you wOald settle san
k IN your seat and smile. You etc
lld say to yourself: Perhaps. Per con
IS not. My ancestors were all long mu
d. l guess l will be Also Then Xii
would complacently pat your chest al
you expanded your lungs three or Pal
inches, and you would say: "Wen. to
ancestors never had a finer breath on
apparatus than have. Perhaps 1 Chr
u die tonight. Perhaps not" k
ut two years ago there came that ~
len attack of illness. It came al.
{ without any warning at all. You It is
'AuDSi hoW your cueek became as
lie as that Of a corpse and your lips Aho 4tiu
ed blue and cold. You remembe5
that pneumonia stabbed at your An
s, or how that typhoid made You are re,
so low that for weeks and weeks
lowered between life and death. Ther
remember how asthma choked Won Ly
it seemed as though you would Co Co
lad with the agony. Aye, that sick And,
made out of you d changed man. II Is
n the minister now announces the ii'O'
Luke, twelfth chapter and twen- TIL,
verse, Thou fool, this night thy
shall be required of thee" you do Ts
1ppantly say: Perhaps. Perhaps And
You know it is not out of the
Of possibilities that this night :, sea se
nay be brought face to face with Ant
at the judgment seat Of Christ Oh Il
1pi even while 1 speak today all Hns