Milford chronicle., 1904-11-18

or I'VE will go next month, Ihere is
plenty of time; do not worry
Prepare For Old Age.
Those gospel mendicants can nnu
their exact symbols in the nnahclai
lives of every man and woman VINO
live day by day and never provide Ior
the futures rainy day l go to you
and say. Jones, you ought to look out
for your financial interests ana those
of vour family" You get very indlg-
nont You answer me sharply and say
"I do not know that you have right
m give me such advice. / am looking
after myself. | am paying my Dllls
and owe no man anything" Il know
If Jones'" I reply, but you are not
saving anything for the future. Aou
are not preparing for future sickness
or old age or even death. You are NV
ING ND to every cent Of your income
If Won should die tomorrow your taml-
| - would not have a cent" At once
J your face becomes earnest. You say
/ .VTbot is so. l have not cent lalu
I'm for the future. Last week my lttle
Girl found gray hair in my heau'
/ and II was a warning for me 10 pre-
mare for old age" But you go away
from me. and your new resolve IS
soon forgotten. A couple Of years later
7 read in the newspaper that you were
IN railroad wreck. Your leg was
crushed and had to be amputated. Or
7 hear from some one that you are IN
hard financial straits on account OF a
long typhoid sickness. l go 10 your
late home and find that you nave
moved. Your house is now very
humble one. After calling short tlme
say "Wen, Jones. how are you get
fling along financially" You hesitate
moment Then you gulp down Dig
hmm in your throat as you answer; i
have not a cent left. My doctors bllis
and the loss of my position have sweep
away everything Alas, l know no"
what YOU meant when you said, Jones
Law M for the future But did moi
think the rainy day would come Sc
sOOn"
That is the figure OF my parable
The duty that was always being post
Doned was postponed too long. Tht
! oil that those foolish virgins shoulc
have had was not there when II wal
needed. While the Bridegroom tar
D ried thev all slumbered and slept. Ant
r at midnight there was cry, "Behol'
: tho bridegroom comethw That means
9 when the last call for repentance came
o it came suddenly. The Bridegroom al
n ways comes suddenly. Then what nap
n pened? Why. the FIVE foolish virgins
o who in the near future expected I
e have the spiritual oil prepared wer
found without the necessary prepara
tion. Those that were prepared wen
Y 70 the wedding. The door was shu
% Those who were not prepared had I
p stay out. The FIVE foolish virgins b.
D! came spiritual bankrupts forever. VI
ss nv friends. are you and l going
h make the awful mistake Of putting o
at and putting off and putting OH u
Id dov necessary for the conservation
le our hearts and lives for the coming
r. the Divine Bridegroom?
We Coming of the bridegroom.
e' The coming of the Bridegroom ms
ne he expected at any moment Ihe /
We BILE distinctly says so. When Chrl
ISL comes as the Bridegroom he will con
at as unexpectedly as thief in the mig
ke at q Mace and at an hour when he
le- leost expected. Rev. DR.. Wallace, Ia
ne American consul to Jerusalem, on
an told me that nearly all the Americ
ay Christian residents of the Davidic ca
OF ital were living there in the belief til
H. when Christ should first appear up
en earth he would be seen standing amo
yer the Judaean hills, and therefore I'll
ou. were there waiting to welcome hi
'au Rnt Christ when he comes will app'
Try INTO us in America as well as thou
lhu we we're in Europe or Asia or Afrl
pa. Therefore. like old Robert McChey
tui I cry: prepare! Prepare! Prep
ri for the coming Of the Redeemer
Tue the Son of Man cOmeth at an D.
neu when We think notr' VIII you q
yes preDare for the most momentous
anu Of the ages: Behold the Bridegro
NAY cometh! Go We out to meet hiI
ID ! Will you be prepared so that at
III glorious coming he can greet you
@ take you into his banquet house
tne nft over you the banner Of lover
Non He Is faithful that hath promised
ne" he'll surely come again;
He'll keep his tryst wi me- at what
! dinna ken,
bor. But he bids me still to walt an r'
y Of To gang at any moment to my ain c.
us, trie.
can ...,. ava and singing o.