Milford chronicle., 1904-11-18
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And vet many people expect ulti-
mately to reach heaven on account OF
the borrowed spiritual oil OF a CON
secrated Christian ancestry. On
said a minister's daughter to me some
fine ago. Il know / am not living as
I ought. but I am all right. l have no
fear about the future. l have mace
nv husband promise to bury me at the
foot of NV fathers grave. When the
archangers trumpet sounds and we an
come up l am going to cling TO my Ia
| tber's hand. know Christ Will let me
in if am by his side. know it, be-
cause my father was such good man
know Christ would not refuse my
father anything" She said thls nan
in lest and half in earnest. Many Oh
us have the same hope and say the
same things, not half in jest Dut III
dead earnest. No, my friends "nell
the bridegroom cometh on that great
dav of resurrection your father ana
mother will have no spiritual OIL 10
snare Then we cannot follow the III
vine Bridegroom with our parents sph'
final light. We must have our OWL
lighted oil to become part Of the wed
ding procession of the redeemed or lot
ever stay out of Christs banquet nan
enyeloped by the impenetraDle an.
crushing darkness of the eternal nighl
These FIVE foolish virgins represent
another class. They represent th'
nominal church members. They repre-
sent the men and women who look up
. on church membership as a klhu o
fetch. We read that during the uaIi
: ages the Catholic devotees used 10 Ou'
"nlennry indulgences," which woul'
] absolye them from their future SINS
t which they were about to commit II
tentionally. So some people VINO al
7 mammal church members seem to thlh
that they can lie and steal and chea
e and commit all the forbidden sins
the DecaIogue if they are only churc
members in good standing. They seel
o to think that the crucial essential
christianity is a perfection OF cree
for the head and not absolute cons
% Grafton for the heart. They seem
thinlz that they can walk hand IN mar
e. WITH sin and continue to so walk
e they can only repeat this sentence
al they 90: Il believe in Jesus. Dele'
re in Jesus. Yes, 1 believe in Jesus
)e Now. Christ by the parable OF Il
to text saws that a mere mental falth
a. him unaccompanied by surrender
ne the heart and life, is not faith at a
lie THE faith that saves is a faith IN
st trarsforms the life, a faith that tax
IS. complete control Of man. Inc non
h, nal church members must nave &C
ID sacrotion of heart and pure life
is we'll as perfect gospel creed.
Vi uave that Christ's fuller teachings
M arm that he is more willing to forgi
,rs the sins of an out and out enemy W
sly once blasphemed him. but repents
ay his sin. than he is willing 10 Iorg
al, n Judas who never denied him pup
Of ". but who in private life betrays
DO with a kiss.
ro- cbr,st,s Forgiveness OF Peter.
ch 1ov ahout Peter? Did not CHI
gladly forgive him his three oenl
50 when Peter repented after the G
ne crowed? The most powerful pu
ny, descrintion Of any Bible scene l e
-nu read or heard was that delivered
ra' Iosenb Parker Of "Peter's Three
ore nials" In the first place. the q
pr preacher described the scene or Ju'
bvpocritical Judas. stealthily appro'
ing Christ and planting betraS
my kiss upon the saviOur's cheek. 1
ana came the tramp Of the Roman sold
nu- Then the lines were formed as
TO nrisoner was being marched back to
t Of piiSOi'' -