Milford chronicle., 1905-04-14

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the quagmires and the bogs and the
filth of evil" After David had played
the fool In King Achish's court anC
had murdered Uriah to steal for him
self Uriah's wife, ought he not to have
made this prayer with fear and trem
bling? After you and have sinned
again and again when God had re
stored upon us the joy of his salvation
ought not we to make this prayer in the
same spirit as David made it?
Trust In the Father.
It is only by doubling and continuing
to distrust our own strength that we
are led to rely entirely upon Gods pro-
tecting power. l would have us feel
our dependence on God when we make
this prayer exactly as the little adopt
ed daughter of a dear friend Of mine
feels toward her father. He is a noble
man, made noble through suffering.
He started out in humble financial
circumstances, but he went on and on
in life until at last he won position
Of wealth and influence. But after the
wealth came, then came the sorrow.
God came to his two little girls and
said: Come, daughters; come! l want
you to play in the green field of heav-
en-" And in a night the earthly nursery
was emptied for the celestial play
grounds Broken hearted were my
friend and his dear WIFE The cry of
their agOnizing hearts was, 20 God,
give us a little girlp And God gave
them a little daughter, not Of their
own flesh and blood, however, but
little girl who came out of a hovel Of
poverty and filth and sin.
Some months ago this little girl was
in a founding institute in one Of our
large eastern cities. By this institu-
ton she was sent west and put into
low Mexican's home of ignorance and
filth. There my friend found her and
said: 'She shall not remain here. She
shall come and be my daughter and
live in nay home" He took her west.
Then he and his wife washed the little
girl and put clean clothes upon her
and put her into a clean, white bed.
They surrounded her with all that
wealth and love could give. Yet,
though that little girl is now only
about two and one-half years old she
lives in continual terror Of being taken
back to her past surroundings. Every
night before she goes to bed she calls
her foster father to her side or crawls
up into his lap and puts her little
arms about his neck and says, Papa, !
you won't let them come and take |
baby away, will your Sometimes she
awakes at night and calls and asks
the same question, you won't let
them take baby away, will you?' And |
the great, strong man, with tears in
his eyes, says: NO, baby; no. daugh- |
ter! will not let them come and |
take you away from me and mamma!
Go to sleep now; papa will keep you
safely by his sidep' So David, as a |
sinner, just reaches up |
and puts his arms up in plea to God
and says: 20 Father, keep me. Don't /
let me go back to sin as l have done
in the past. Keep me, Lord. Keep
me in the power of thy love" Have
you not, o man, sinned after God
has restored to you again and again
The joy of salvation? Can you not say
10 him now: keep me, Lord. Keep
ne, Father. Keep me-"
Thus, my friends, because you have
again and again come to Christ and
.asted Of the joy of salvation and then
ALLEN away do not let your broken
resolutions keep you away from the
Saviour today. First get a clean sheet.
Say, 30 God, forgive" Then make a
prayer, an earnest prayer, which will
)e a continuous prayer for every morn
ng, noon and night. Let this be your
prayer: 80 God, keep me, keep me!
} Lord, keep me every step gOP
and God will keep you, brother. He
Will keep you under the shadow Of his
wings. He viii keep you as David was
,ept. VIII you make the prayer of my
ext now? Will you continue to make
he earnest prayer, uphold me with
by free spirit" until at last he deliv-
rs you forever from all sinful tempta-
ions at the great white throne of heav-
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copyright, 1905. by Louis Klopsch.1