Milford chronicle., 1905-04-21

= man at hand. What say you, Judas
( viii you betray your Master for thirty
pieces Of silver?" Il WILL" answered
t the apostate. Then what happens
2 No sooner is Christ betrayed and
| Judas is overcome with remorse than
] he comes back to these same priests
I and says: Il cannot take this money.
It is blood money. Here 1t is" And
, he hings it at their feet. Then what
happens? Why, the priests look down
upon this blood money and say: "That
money is too vile for us to touch. We
cannot use a murderer's money in the
temple. We are too good and holy
for that. Let US take the money and
buy a paupers' burial ground That
certainly will hurt no one. They got
Judas to betray Christ. Then as soon
as Judas had done this vile, under
hand, sinful work they turned their
backs upon him and said: Judas, you
are too low, too mean and too con-
temptible for US to have anything to
do with you. We will not even take
back the money we paid you with our
honds. For it is hl0Hd morcv."
They VIII Turn Against You.
Man treading the path Of sin, do not
| be a fool. Do not suppose that those
sinful people who are praising you
now will fawn upon you after your
morals and money are gone. All that
the salOonkeeper wants is your gold;
as soon as you are in rags his free
lunch counters will no longer give a |
welcome to you and yours. All that !
gambler wants IS your gold; as soon |
as your money is gone he will kick |
you out Of his presence as willingly as |
he would put a bullet in the heart OF |
a mad dog. All, yes, the far country
held plenty of friends as long as the
younger son had horses and wine sup
pers, but as soon as his money was
gone his friends were gone, his wine
was gone, his horses were gone, his
servants were gone; there was a great
famine in that land. Companions Of
sin will fawn at your feet while you
live in a palace. They will crush you
under their heels when they can de-
strOy you. Aceldama, the field of
blood, was bought by the evil priests,
who had turned against Judas as your
companions Of sin will yet turn against
vnu
The Sin of Judas.
But when Judas began to look after
the money the old latent sin Of his life
grew warmer and budded and sprOut-
ed. Covetousness was Judas sin. Ev-
cry penny. every piece Of silver and
gold which came into his possession,
only maddened his passions. Methinks
l can see him at night counting the /
gold while his companions slept "Ah," /
he kept saying to himself, "if this gold {
was only miDe." This passion, this l
evil passion, kept growing and growing
upon him. It kept growing upon him I
just as the desire for gold or fame or c
social position may have been growing ,
upon you. Once Judas would have
knocked a man down who would have
placed a menacing or murderOus hand q
upon his Christ. But now he kept say v
Ing: Gold. gold; must have gold. 1 C
must have gold, even il do destroy II
Christ to get it," Listen! Let me trace 81
the downfall of Judas-hrst, the hon b
pred apOstleship; second, the election
to the treasurership of the apostolic
band; third, the hugging of the gold !,
bags to satisfy the cravings Of his de- h
avarlce; fourth, the protest h
because the box of ointment OF spike vi
lard, very precious, was poured upon
Jhrists head fifth, the selling Of Il
Jhrists life for thirty pieces Of silver. Ie
Judas was not a devil always. Judas y
vent down to the betrayal step by step. g
he went down to the betrayal Of Christ ~
Is some Of us are going, slowly, surely, Il,
lwfully, Economically, step by step, gu
tep by sten. St
Gods Love Never Wanes.
But the last thought to me is the tn
weetest OF all. Standing by "Acelda- Ri
na-that is, the field of blood"-I find eli
hat no matter how much we have pa
lnned, God never loses his love for the be
inner. God loves us and cllngs to Us an
q exactly the same way as a mother pr
lings to her children. l asked a dear su
riend Of mine some time ago who Ia
'as the favorite among her many chill ca
ren. She answered, Il love the young. Va Va
st best until he is grown, and the alb -, :"
ent one best until he returns, and the "a
ok one best until he gets we'll" Yes, -,
said to myself, "And the prodigal IN
est until he comes back to a mothers az.
ve." So God clings to his wayward del
les. The more we sin the more he II
ants us by his side and the more he .us m
eads with us and clings to us. Wy
Worldwide InvitnfIOa. an
This is a worldwide invitation which ma,
am giving you to come to the saving ,,,,
oss. Indeed, so great, so far reach bir
g are the possibilities Of human re- he
'mption through Christ. that while I pre-
as writing this sermon in the ouie- the
de Of my study the thought arose: fer'
low do 1 know that Judas was eter- ten
lily destroyed? God changed his ise'
ind in reference to the Ninevites oio .
hen they repented Of their sins. How r,al
know that Judas, even when he his
IS dangling on the end Of that rope. tina
not make such supplication as -