Milford chronicle., 1905-08-18
Calnaoe
Sermon
BY Rev.
Frank De Witt Talnaee, DID.

Inc text is SOlOmon's Song vi. 1
terrible as an army with banners "
Difficult is it ito keep sweet and kee
moving as a poet once wrote-dia
cult not to look upon the dark side {
ire and be impressed by the mear
nesses and the contemptibIeness O
men rather than by mans good quail
ues and by his nObilities. Almost al
people every day of their lives hav,
some lnJustices or selflshnesses prac
ueed upon them. Unless very careful
We are prone to become pessimistiC
and to entertain dlsparaging views OF
our fellow men 1t may be that the
conduct Of some with whom we come
In eontace leads us TO think them az
worthless as that man whose life Paul
Boyton saved few years ago. Mr..
Boyton was spending a few weeks In
Auantc City, on the New Jersey coast
One day the cry Of Help was raised.
A bather who was a very wealthy
man had been swimming far out be-
yond the life lines. Caught in the cur
rents, he was being swept out to sea.
MI. BOytOn at once jumped into the
water and at the peril Of his own life
Drought this millionaire to shore in an
unconscious condition. Next day the
rescued man hunted up Paul Boyton.
Arter thanking him for what he had |
done he took out of his pocket a biz |
roll Of bills. He turned them over and |
over. Then he put the bills back into
MS pocket. Not one was small enough
for his fancy. Then he took out a
nfty cent piece and handed it TO the
rescuer. What is that for?" asked the
great swimmer. "Why, for saving nv
me- OH said Boyton. Then the
swimmer took out his own pocketbook
and counted out 40 cents and handed
them back 10 the millionaire. Here
Is your change" said be. For what?"
why" said Boyton, you have over 1
PAID me. Any millionaire like you '
VINO would offer a man 30 cents for '
saving his life has a soul so mean and I
'mall that it is not worth more than a d
penny if it is worth even that" II Il
vas the reprOof of a justly incensed d
nan. But we have TO beware lest IN n
er provocatiOns similarly contempti- Il
lie we come to entertain too low an fc
stmate Of human character as a nI
-hole. o,
Pessimistic Views. ct
The pessimistic way in which some vi
US regard men is very similar to the Je
'timate some Of US place upon the nm
'Iltual movements Of the day, espe- Ct
any those which find expression in he
e work Of the church of the Lord an
sus Christ. We try to honestly and mi
telligently read "the signs OF the On,
ne There we find much to dis ref
urage US. We do not see the chill me
en- Of this generation loving the cas-
- u u Uou anu the mousse OF God as nat
the fathers and mothers Of the past mes
leration. We find our Sabbaths look
upon as holidays instead of holy -
Us. We find the golden calf' the a.
inc at which the human race is ~
dous to worship and that the saloon tI'
being intrenched everywhere. We I aIo
the Bible being driven out of our
bic schools and that many Of our ~,
te colleges have men in their pro- 4,1e
sorial and presidential chairs who ~ IL
er darken the doors Of the church Utne I,
whose whole influence, direct and DOOh
rect, is to lead their students into a.
paths Of "free thought" and not A'OH
the paths converging at the feet
he Lord Jesus Christ. "Yes," some ISL
you say, "it is all we'll enough to acco
about a coming millennium, but lIe
re are the signs Of its coming? pi"s
,or NIT ,s 30 -',.,4'-aI - clubs
midnight sun, but one Of midday ins
kness. Everything spiritually seems ie
e going nskew" Is it. my brother? tne
)uld not have you take such a de- up
sed view Of things. l am today purle
g to take my stand upon the proph- ll. Llt'n
of my text. | am not only going Coh
how you vision of a cOnquerng anu
ch in the years to come but a con Nose
ing church in the years that are Du'
at hand work
cause Paul Boyton saved the life DiizAa
millionaire who offered him a uoWh
cent piece for his service it does Hebr'
ollOw that all men are misers and the
ateful. Because the morning sun ne mi
ONE Of US seems to be obscured rouse
e fog banks of mist. that does not the CT
, that these msts shall never be sleep
ed away. Listen to the prophecy. a dro
} is she that lOoketh forth as the surf,
ing, fair as the moon, clear as the Il
m and terrible as an army with God"
rs?" exclaims the sacred writer. he not
is the church." comes the you al
sr. "This the conquering church AT las
} Lord Jesus Christ which shall halfw'
in the millennial morn OF a tremOl
IRIS earthly enthrOnement" throug
future Of the conquering church, he will
first place, is not to be estimated Of the
myriad numbers Of her soldiers, conque
e costliness of her barracks. nor the Cr'
'ty altitude Of her watchtowers, To Il
, ineXhaustible gold Of her treas necess;
or the sharpness Of her steel drugge
IS. The text does not ask. their $
S she that cometh forth, leading we sho
lrined host like that with which tartan