Milford chronicle., 1904-06-17

ion eggs every year. \ common queer
ant lays eighty thousand eggs in day
Herbert Spencer declared that if the
cattle propagated themselves as rapid
ly rs the insectie world the cattle
would die of starvation in a week
But. though the human race does not
reproduce itself as rapidly as the in
sectile world. or even as the cattle. yet,
II allowed TO live on this earth uninJer-
ruptedly. it would soon be impossible
for the growing members of the human
family TO exist.
New generations come, and room
must be made for them. The infant
leaves the cradle TO a successor and be-
comes the youth, the youth passes on
10 manhood and on TO old age, and the
younger generations tread upon bis
heels ut every step At last be passes
on into eternity. What then: The
apostle says, 1t doth ,.ct yet appear
what we shall be-" but we know
enough of that life % De- full OF hope.
To those who through Christ have
made peace with God there is the
promise of continued Development
They that wait ON the Lord. says
the prophet "ahail renew their
strength: they shall mount UP with
wings as eagles: they shall run and
not be weary and they ShaH walk and
not faint" In that heavenly state
there shall be neither hunger, nor pain.
nor wearineSs. nor SieGLeS>. nor DEATH
Even the eagle. long lived as il is,
grows old and dies, but there we shall
i've forever And the love of our
Father in heaven is eternal. The
'agle's affections are transferred from
ne brood to the next. but nothing can
eparate us from the love of God
yhose heart is large enough for all
lis children.
Dread sin Like n Serpent. j
Would you have such future 10 an G
cipate? Then let thar power which :
iod promises 10 impart come even now .
ITO your life. The only thing that can :
lot out that prospect is sin. Dread sin y
$ you would dread the bite of ser
ant Theodore L. Cuyler. the grand
d man of the Brooklyn pulpit. graph
ally described a scene which l have
rried in my memory for many years.
peasant living upon the mountain
lie was on his way home i'm the even =
= hour. Tired after a hard days
ork. be turned TO look down tile val
= which as a panorama stretched d
way at his feet Suddenly he saw
.Ehty winged eagle begin To lift itself
pm a distant cliff. Higher ANA high
it rose. gorgeous amid the fires Of
e setting sun Suddenly its move =
'ntS became laborel. 1t struggled
d fought in midair and seemed 10 be G
sping for breath. First one wing be-
me- helpless. then the second wing.
en- tile huge bird. Ike a stone. shot -
orgh the air and fell dead almost at
peasants feet The peasant could
understand the cause until he went
the side of the bird ana picked up
still warm corpse. Then to his
ror there wrisgled from between
fingers tiny serpent that had
tened itself under the birds wing
sucked the life out of the mon
b OF the air So sin as q venomous.
ging serpent, tries TO fasten itself
n US. The migltier winged we are
more anxious that satanic serpent
1r our life's blood. But God will to-
not only save us. as the mother
e does her young but he does more.
iSJ has given Us his lie in order TO
come the power of the serpent He
died in order that we might live.
his text of an eagle stirring up the
Of her young cannot you feel the
h Of saving Christ?
would send this gospel message
ywhere. The EpiscopaIian rector
5 the Scriptures on the Sabbath
upon lectCrn made up OF the
.retcLad wings Of an eagle. Some
PTS declare that these eagles wings
'oiize s. Johns inspired vision.
D bsheld the heavenly slor.es. as
.aSle'> eye looks into the Light of
iaZziing sun. Others assert thar
eagles symbolic the flight OF the
Il message over the world. The
Interpretation TO me is the most
lIuL May this sermon not only
in II the message of Gods love.
lay it have the speed which every
] message should have-the speed
he lightning. which can bring to
sinful heart not only salvation.
from sin. May God
us today as we use the eagles
for a pulpit,
; on eagles wings We soar -
the face of Christ once more Ho~
eaNen come down our souls TO meet
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