Milford chronicle., 1905-10-27

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complete obedience?
Obeyed His Father.
Would that PLATE could have real
lied that in full submission to Christ
he would have found his own safety!
1 recall the story of the little child of
a switchmau on one of the German
railroads. The fast mail was rushing
down the track. The switchman at
his post moved the switch to give it a
clear track. Suddenly, to the fathers
horror, the man saw his little boy run
upon the rails The father dared not
throw the lever back It would have
meant the death of hundreds Of per-
! sons. His own boy must be killed
rather than that others should perish.
So the father cried out to the child:
Lie down! Lie fat DOWN. The boy
dropped The great engine and its
coaches swept past Then it was found
that because the boy absolutely yield
ed his will to his fathers and lay down
fat upon the ground, his life was saved.
Oh, that PLATE had Obeyed his divine
Fathers commands as that little child
obeyed his earthly parent Would that
we could surrender all our wills TO
Gods Will Pilates halfway attempts
to rescue Jesus did no good. PLATE
should have been man enough to have
gone all the way, no matter what the
temporary cost might have been. He
should have firmly said: Jesus, thou I
Son of God, thou art free. l, the gov
ernor, decree it,"
But to yield our wills to Christ's is
not enough. There is another ques |
tion which l would put, what are you |
going to do with Jesus who is called .
Christ in reference to your affections .
or your hearts loving power?" To be
Obedient to Christ is not necessarily to
be a loving disciple Of Christ. There
is many a clerk in a store who tries
TO be obedient and faithful to his EN-
ployers interest who personally has
no more use for his employer than a
weasel has for a rat or a mOngOose for
a Kissing cobra. There is many a wo-
man today trying to be a true and duti-
full wife who years ago lost all love
for her husband That husband has
again and again broken every one of
his VOWS. She is true to him for her
children's sake alone. Thus I believe
there are many men trying to obey
Christ, and yet they are disciples who
have not learned to love Christ.
Pilot, in one sense, was trying to
serve Christ, but PLATE did not love
Jesus any more than some of us love
him who have been trying TO follow
him for years. Why are you a Chris
iian? Why do you go to church and
always contribute to the church and
have your name enrolled upon the
church books? For two reasons" you
may answer. "When / was a little /
chap, mother started me to church and J
10 Sunday school. For years and years Z
she took me. Churchgoing is an old !
labit. and old habits are hard to break. /
Then, in the next place, though I do i
lot profess to love Christ very much,
ret fear the results If I do not follow r
lin. AdOniram JudsOn was started in s
he Christian ministry by the death of
me Of his worldly college mates AS
oon as he heard he was dead this
sentence sprang to his lips: Dead and
ost! Dead and lOst.' So, because l :,
ear death without Christ. that is the
eason am following him." Now, Il
ny friends, your answer is the answer n
many are ready to give They worship a
nd follow him because they are afraid II
lot to do it. Their God is a God Of n
ear and not a God Of love Now II
omes the practical question, What :
re you to do with Christ in reference h
0 your hearts affections? "
We Must Love. Il