Milford chronicle., 1905-05-19

- lllHuence. LICK OF true moral cldrdf
e ter destroyed her. All, yes, brain POW
e er and perseverance alone do not bull
u the strong, high towers Of life. II W
t do not admire Satan we must at least
n as a speaker once said, grant that b
:. Is persevering."
j This parable was spoken by Christ t,
q teach a spiritual lesson as well as (
: temporal one. II to make a great
] earthly success we must eOnsecrate oul
= brains, our bodies and life to that par
4 ticular work, how much more, then
must we consecrate our minds and
hearts to Jesus Christ to help in the
spiritual work of upbullding his king
dom? If we must have preparation
and perseverance and true moral worth
to build the walls of a temporal tower.
how much more must we have true
preparation and perseverance and NOR
al character to build the walls Of our
spiritual structure? IF any man" says
Christ in the verse preceding this par
/ able, hate not his father and mother
and wife and children and brethren and
sisters-yea, and his own life also-he
cannot be my disciple" That means
''if man is not willing to give up all
for Christ then Christ can be none of
his" Are you and ready to make this
sacrifice, to build our spiritual watch
towers today? Are we ready to make
the necessary preparations?
Perseverance, In Building,
We opened this sermon behind the
schoolroom desk of the teacher. Are
you and I ready to go and sit at |
Christ's feet and learn Of him? Are we /
ready to accept his teachings and re-
ceive him as our Saviour? Christ SAYS.
He that believeth and is baptized
shall be saved, but he that believeth
not shall be damned" He says again.
Il am the way, the truth and the life:
no man cOmeth unto the Father but by
me-" Are not Christs words clear
enough upon this subject? Are we
ready to make the necessary prepara-
lions for the building of our spiritual
by becoming one with him
through the atOnement of the cross?
Having accepted Christ after we
ave laid the foundations of our watch !
overs, are we going to persevere in
he building? We have read that
Thomas A. Edison becomes so absorb
q when working on great invention 3
hat he will shut himself up in his lab I
ratory and stay there for days and
7eeks. He will not leave his office 81
ven for his meals, but has them =
rought to him. We have been told
nat when George westinghouse was ~
his famous car brake he
1uld talk about nothing else. When n
walked along the Pittsburg streets da
nd would meet a friend out of his
)cket at once would come the patent s,5
II the street he would talk and talk !
prove that his brake was feasible. lea
e have read how the great workers. 4
e great inventors, the great artists. tss
ose who have won the great success ; Re s
Of the world, have thought nothing {
giving up ten, twenty, thirty, forty. en-
ty years Of perseverance to the ac. lea
mplishment Of their life's purpose. We
AL we not be willinS1O give the same OK
to the service of Christ? p:il
Lastly, we must offer to Jesus more G
an proper preparation and persever- i9T
ce. Can we bring to his service a ing
lie character or a spOtless moral life? p,.II
/, l think this last is the rub with Del
my Of u.s. The reason our spiritual Qu'
yers are only half completed is that spd SGd
are not willing to give up our pct Hal
s. The younger Pliny wrote a IA
ange weird account Of the tribe Of YOr
7lli. They were immune to the poi- FoT T
OF snake bites because all their ]. R
IS they were accustomed to handle
Sc poisonous serpents as pets. They d
died them and put them to sleep Go,,
h their little children. When one Of Pas,
II ambassadors, HexagOn by name. Pm
le to Rome to prove to the consuls
no poisonous serpent could kill es
he allowed himself to be placed in
ed surrounded by swarms Of wrig- SO
g, death dealing adders. But though
,agon could sleep among poisonous s s.
'ents, no true Christian can build q q
ltual watchtOwer with the poison Ii
serpent Of sin clasped around his -
st and heart. Are you ready, o q
, to give up that sin, that pet sin, Is
ChFlsl! are you ready to offer to Al
s Christ the tribute of a pure life? to an
lis is a call from God to you. In son9, 4,
.ar east the Mohammedan mosoues pm.
ianked by minarets, or tall watch " "
rs. There at certain hours of the IS
the priests come and upon these "a
htowers they cry aloud: Come to Z G
ers! Come to prayers! All ye chill ss5I
come to prayersw Then the No ! sol
nedans, no matter where they YYSl
be, whether as Arabs in the des- I9l
princes and princesses in their pal sS
merchants in their streets or la SO
8 in the streets, kneel, bow their
to the ground and pray. Oh, nv 5sl
is, shall the call Of the Moham-
n priests in the minarets Of the WooI
asst have more potent influence
Mohammed's disciples than this ha
4 service and conservation which
makes to us? Will you offer to
your heart? Will you give to MANN
yOur unrarniftfnor sov.,,ioos . Nryst1 G.