Milford chronicle., 1905-09-22

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streams. But, as l see the sportsman
and the man Of health hunting or fish,
ing or climbing in the mountains
also see the poor invalid crawling there
or being carried there or lying back
listlessly in an armchair. His eyes
have an unnatural luster; his cheeks
are flushed; he coughs much; he mas
the awful pain in his chest. Then l see
him under the powerful tonic OF the
ozone of the AdirOndacks or the Alps,
growing stronger and stronger The
cough grows less and less and nnaHy
dies away. The tottering gait is chang
ed for the healthful stride. The IN
valid who was carried to the woods
goes forth we'll and physically renovat-
ed. Oh. why cannot the God of the
hills be today the God of health? Can
not he. will not he cure that old chronic
disease OF sin which has been cursing
us for many years? Cannot, will not he
do this. II we only climb up to him on
the Mount Of TRANSPORTATION and
throw ourselves at his feet as we cry,
Jesus. my Saviour, my LOrdF
But | must not stop here, even II
would. The love Of God is found in the
strength Of the hills, but Gods limit or
forgiveness and pardon are found there
also. Though God is ready to receive
us if we come to him now, the figure
Of my text distinctly proves that there
will come time when he will say;
Not unto all who call Lord, Lord,
unto me will / open unto them, for
unto many in that day l will say,
know you not" The future destruc-
tion Of the hills symbOlizes It.
There is a limit to Gods patience.
Did you ever stop to think that as hills
have a time in which they were created
they shall also have a time in which
they shall die? Indeed, many Of the
hills Of the past have died already.
Once. says the legend, continent
ridged with the highest Of mountain
chains stretched itself between the old
world and the new. The Azores and
the Canary islands are claimed to have
been the tops Of these very mountains
The Mayas. the original inhabitants Of
Yucatan at the time of the conquest OF
Peru by Pizarro, were supposed to
have been related to the ancient in
habltants of this sunken continent,
which was called Atlantis. Among
the Mayas the historian finds almost
the same kind Of worship which was
among the inhabitants Of the
Nile. Yucatan architecture is very
similar to the Egyptian architecture.
Every student knows how characters
tic Egyptian architecture was and is
today. Some of the ancient writers
make mention of this strange island |
continent Sir Thomas More founded l
bis Utopia there. Yet the student Of |
ieep sea soundings finds that the leg
continent of Atlantis, with all
It's mighty hills, was ut last sunk in |
the mighty deep
Opportunity May Be Lost
In Java, a few years ago, the great |
Nrakatoa volcano, after erupting for
few days. suddenly exploded. The is
and of lava was liteJally spin in
vain. Sixty thousand corpses hOated
lpon the surface Of the sen. A great
idmI wave forty feet high arose and
swept on and lifted a German man-Of
var and carried it twenty miles inland
md there left it stranded Java is
oday over 200 miles from india. There
ire. many reasons to believe that this
slaud was once connected with the
mainland. The inhabitants, Of India
md lava have the same customs. They
peak almost the same language. They
the same gods. In their for
,sts they hunt the same kinds of wild
,easts as are found in InIlia. Yet
III Of that connecting belt Of 200
niles, Of land with its mountains has
disappeared. AS. the God Of
he hills is some day going to destroy
lis mountains, some day he is going
O destroy our rejected opportunities
or salvation. Thus, my friends, as we
ook of unto the hills, as did the
from whence cOmeth our
trength- do you not find in. the future
Of these hills the foreshad-
wed rejection Of souls that have re-
used year after year to come and bow
It the foot Of the cross which was once
,lanted upon the top Of small noun
ain called Calvary?
How many people are hugging to
heir hearts the false hope that the
Mountains Of Gods pardon will re-
main firm for them TO climb, even from
he weakness and helplessness OF a
eathbed. Do not prOcrastinate.
ave read of travellers lost on the. des-
rt. without a drop Of water, with
wollen lips and thick tongues, they
on until they dropped. Sud
enly of in the distance they saw a
mountain. There the streams
we're flowing and the rustling leaves
nd the singing brooks were calling
hem to come and drink and live. The
lying men were aroused. They rushed
N toward this beautiful mountain IN
IL, in a moment, it disappeared. 1t
vas nothing but a mountain of optical
Illusions, a mountain Of mists, a noun
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