Milford chronicle., 1904-02-19
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~ 'ttAAAs AluL IL Is q RIOF10I
S mystery that should make of believer
d OF the different Protestant cburcbe
?. brothers and sisters at the foot of th
+ cross therefore, my Christian brotl
! er' II you are living in small countr
| Town DO not make the mistake of try
, ing TO run in that village five or si,
uiHerent churches when there are onh
enough inhabitants to support one. d,
not Try TO run a Congregational cburcl
ana a Methodist church and a In
'nerah church and a Baptist church
ana an EpiscOpalian church and 81 T-nit.
eu ffesOyterian church. Do NOT l,eon
on continually talking about INV
church. All Christian churches oupbt
10 Deiong to you and you to them The
/ ulHerence of Protestant creeds is moro
~ that OF extra emphasis upon some
one Of Gods great attributes. Remem-
Der hereafter dat you ought 70 ba abIo
10 worship God just as devoutlv and
earnestly before Methodist altar as
at an Episcopalian chancel or MS in a
fresDyterian pew. God has many pos-
pei sheepfolds. These sheen nra nll fod
Oy the same Divine Shepherd. nltbougb
at times they are separated from eocb |
olher by the sectarian fences buiIt nv
mans creed and by infinite i,rno,,,oo
C'ner sheep have l which are not of
lnls Iold' applies as much To tbo
rrotestant church across the street os
20 your own chapel
Inc mystery of why God ever le+ si,,
ONE into the world: Ii is an ipov- 1
'icaDle mystery. 1t is a mystery t1,o I
lole ineNpilcable because. from hu-
lah standpoint, if there had been M
III tnen there would have been no f
ecu OF place of future punishment p
IT. aIter we have once accepted tbe s
1lleI that a loving God has allowed fl
Il 10 come into this world for , nur- q,
use which we cannot fatbom mr. a,. d,
1e, Iheh we find that some Of the w
oSt beautiful sacrifices of Christian In
I0es ana heroines have been inspirad Y,
IN lhls source to overcome the ,v,. Fl,
ana eternal effects of evil If tboro m,
Deeh no sin there would have beop +b,
MoHatts and Whipples and 1pd- Gin
Is no Careys and Tavl0rs M wa H..
. ana Brainerds, no Patons and ~ ma
10 III lhe missionary fields trvino no,
save the ignorant brutal and connf. mo
N'ic saVaSes from the awful depro- cbo
'on OF thelr lives If there had baan opv
'iH there would have been no Cath tbo
e Booths rs angels of ligbt" Ia nv.
ie among the London slums. no dow
'arus among the prisons. no vii dor
ISes TO reach out rescufng hands II
the Young Mems Christian nsso Va
ohs' If there were no sin tbero oeio
ID be no such saving work for no nv
LOT Christ as we can one and oil nc .
perform in his name. - :,
Need of Christ's Love. rious
ilnerlnore' If there were no sin terry
would be no Saviour" as we Mo 1 h
niln' What does the word say teries
mean? 1t means a rasc,,o,. and
0ie"l sense It means the STRONG realiz
ner who breasts the waves and found
'ut beyond the life lines TO brine accep
MhIhg brother. 1t means tbe fully
n VINO climbs the ladder and man.
'ne Oreathless silence of the on. some
pluhges into the flames and you c
u' tne unconscious man and like a
ana carries them to safety lust the Al
'ne crooked walls tOtter and fall thimbl
ns' IN a physical sense. a Henry suIl1in,
nley pIunging into the African the Ia
save an Emin Pasha or n for yol
Schley heading his ships north en- is +
save Greely and a NTeIviIIo study
Is no danger, then thera 80 again
a'lour or rescuer. And because her dol
'nai results Of sin are so great
70 tne divine love of Cbrist's nra,
~ Drought forth in the brighter snirotio
are not marveling today enough
human craft was allowed IN be lead ne
upon the rocks Of sin. but vzo are nv.
. .iaiinlhg the fact that on ac- but in I
our impending eternal ship. truths +
le gospel life line is flung ont In our n
sUspel nIeboat is being pushed ty an str
tue raging, surging, stormy certaint,
,Do+ ~ sense of
.iiol explain why sin was ever ence and
10 come into the world Rut pbaDtos-
"ccept its advent as fact actu,l n,
cross on account of our ator' recocnj1,
er' can become our all in all whose n
salnted GOtthold we NAV saw nize in n
le haming fires Of eternal not see +
OF my own part nv souI ,s TINT no I.
lgry and thirsty child. and conscious
81 love and consolation fo, son in vo
nNleht' am WANDERING, Won did n,
'heep' and need him as Brother
lalthful shepherd. NV sorI bled with
eI uoVe pursued by a today in [
l need his wounds for and live
am feeble vine, and need iour and ,
U Jay mold Of and wind nv Bile mvste,
,,,sno1 80 " sluner' and need In bette
/ 1rS ~, l am naked and through a
need his holiness and in thank Cod
rm on5 ,e,iIs. l am In trou- eeive the p
fooi,rr %L'u need his solace. face OF Jes
MS Holy Spirit. AmIor- 8
satan at the divine tribunal g, 'Es.sss-. -,
my advocate. Am I in af.
must be nv balrO. La