Milford chronicle., 1905-09-01
Looking Unto Jesua.

ii NO sinner was ever saved from eter
n. nal death except by the divine atone
$. ment. Now. my friends, it is about
le time for some of you to stiffen up the
d backbone of your theology. 1t is about
r, time for some Of us to realize that only
a the blood Of Jesus Christ can cleanse
e us as white as the driven snow. There
Il is stream in Corsica called the river
D Restonia, which has the remarkable
e power Of turning white everything
!. which is dropped into its clear waters
The cane which falls from your hand
. into it becomes a white stick. The
watch which slips out of your pocket
into it becomes a white metal A tray
eler tells us that an iron bar dropped
into those waters at once becomes
white as a silver scepter. So every
one who is really cleansed by Christ's
blood becomes, as in the river RestO-
mia, white as the driven snow. But.
mark you, as the old southern NANNY
said, it is only by looking to Jesus.
who is a God to love, that you and |
can become purged and cleansed and
washed until We become whiter than
snow. 1t is surely time for some Of /
us to center our hopes upon the cross.
which alone can save us from etcrna!
death.
Many years ago the British admi-
ralty sent the man-of-War Tbetis to
Mediterranean waters to hunt up Il
shOal or reef or bank that had been
reported by some fishermen off the
coast of Italy and mark It upon the
chart. The vessel sailed back amd
forth without being able to locate tire
dangerous reef. The captain returned
to England and declared no such rocks
existed, but the first lieutenant of the
Thetis thought differently He begged
the privilege Of continuing the investf-
CATION He aborcd on until at Brst
he located those rocks, and was PRO
NOTED for the service he had done the
worlds shipping The Old captain of
the Thetis Obstinately declared that
these rocks were purely chimerical and ,
never existed IF I ever 90, near their ,
supposed site l shall sail over them 1
to prove I am right" said he 4 few !
months later the Thetis was. conveying q
he British ambassador to the city Of S
Naples. One stormy night the. captain 1
ound that he was near this, supposed o
eef. He headed directly toward it as e
e said. Now . will prove. thar He'll
enant fabrieatOrr The ship. sailed q
n for a few hours, them came. the
rating sound Of shallow water. then C,
crash! The Thetis was helpless Il
rreck. Most Of the. crew were sawed. p'
ut the foolish captain would not allow b.
imself to be saved, to meet certain s
isgrace. He perished,i" said DIR. O'
toughtOn, "a victim to his own unbe- I'll
ef." Thus thousands upon thousands tn
immortal souls will perish On ae- tn
punt of their lukewarm acceptation Of en-
le cross. They are. not directly enc tn
lies of Jesus Christ. They belong to Sc
hat is called the liberal Order Of TN
hristians. They believe Christ WIS "a
)rn, that Christ died, that Christ rose Sc
gain from the dead, but they do not ee
elieYe that Christ is the only begot- eV
n Son of God and the only way OF ni
ernal life. And Except We believe ua m
: shall all likewise perish" for the w
lble distinctly declares the necessity -, I.
believing in Christ as a Saviour and n
Christ alone me
Lax In Business Principles. IN,
But we also find these modern nc
lOdiceans wonderfully negative in N
ference to their business principles. 90,
'ery Sunday morning they may be nm,
unu "ehulhg thef way to their ch;
urch pews. Every Wednesday even he
they may attend the midweek nh,
aver meeting. But the way they cas
inside the church and outside Of the No
1rch may have no more similarity 70,
IN the nature of a striped furred tbe
pard can be compared to the af- tba
'tiOnate whinny of the Shetland tho
ny whom your children are petting uoI
the barn door. Now, l am not as u,o
ting that these modern Laodiceans OH,
re no business principles. l am not v,o,
erting that these men are any worse hot
n their business associates, but l 60
assert that they will be just as dis and
lest as they can be in their financial tho
airs and yet preserve their social n
pectability nov,
ONE time ago l was turning over
pages Of a popular magazine. There
lw perhaps half dozen pictures Of y
q who are among the so called re- LOT
ctable thieves of this country. From pos
old Californian many years ago 1 mai
heard about men stealing thou wal
ds upon thousands of acres Of land reat
n the United States government. paiI
then | did not believe it. because chu
ved in the crowded east But after catt
lme west and learned Of the vast pros
ances Of those unoccupied lands its
an TO realize how it was done In wea
magazine the writer not only gave wOr
names Of the plunderers. but also this
the numbers Of acres stolen by pain
] Of these individuals whose pic eign
IS he presented. go to one Of this
e men and say: "How did You spid
this land? Why is it yours?" was
)" he says Il fenced it in" "Yhy no
you fence it in? Did You have any arts
t to do so?" no" he answers. our
ept the right Of taking government tan
as hundreds and thousands Of prom