Milford chronicle., 1905-11-03

u frantically to the wheel The grea
a beams and the planks Of the hun ar
H. grooming, while the huge waves tos
'd it as clip IS turned a somcrsault owe
III the mill wheel All is anxiety Tn
S. pumps are at work The danger i
p great but there is yet hope ahead
'r With a strong Keel under him and th,
n sails still holding 10 the masts The ses
! captain mas hope 10 matter how loud
d may be Che slriekng of the ouroclylon
}. But though the spiritual, moral
/ mental and physical dangers ahead
j. may be lillencd unto the stout ship
r struggling to round the Cape Of Good
e Hope. the spiritual catasUophes Of
that past time when we were in cnmi-
" with God were like ship which
has been wrecked What scene Of
terror is that stormi The masts have
been cut down OF snapped by the
Wrenchings of the wind like dry tvigs
snapped jim the fingers of a little child
The lifeh0ats have been stove in or
pulled OF from their delricks by the
/ angry waves. The rudder chains no
longer can be used, for the rudder has
I long ago been battered away The an-
chors are not able TO retard the doom
ed ship onrushing toward the rocks.
Soon the deathknell of the surf is
heard. The ship comes nearer and !
nearer TO its grave. All the demons in /
the caverns of the cliffs above Shrek |
in pandemonium of joy Then the /
waves come together in one last effort. |
They put their broad arms under the
doomed ship. Together they lift it
with one mighty heave. They drop it
with one sudden, SCATTERING Jolt upon
the rocks. For now the rocks crush
through the hulrs bottom as easily as
pile driver could mash an eggshelI.
Such is the figure of the awful spiritu-
al catastrophe of our past life. It was
commandment Of sin after sim It was
yielding to temptation after tempta-
ton. At last we were morally wreck
ed. We We're spiritually doomed We
were shattered upon the awful rocks
Of despair and eternal death Then we
did not need protector nearly so +
much as we needed Il divine recreator
q redeemer We needed a divine chart.
not so much to save us from future 2
sins as one who would blot out the :
lwful record of our past sins. This y
'bliteration of the past is just what n
he Lord God Almighty viii do if we Z
viii let him. Through The atonmg e
Hood Of Jesus Christ all this can he q
To- Read the third chapter Of Acts. 81
Repent ye therefore and be convert Ci
d that your sins may be blotted out" u,
'es we have been crushed upon the "
1cks Of eternal death, but Christ can "
fit us up ana place us upon the rocks Fe
eternal life. Halleluiahl For the y,
ord God omnipotent saith it. eT
A Peaceful scene. "a
Let us return to the peaceful scene of SCI
y text. As we climb the Judaean hills. De
here sits the shepherd poet watching NC
S sheep, we see a uanscendent beau De-,
shining from the face Of the psalm lar
+ David is not looking down to 6s1 63sT
rth, but away Off. Far, far away is Bril-
5 vision. He seems to be watching FsS
dear ones. He looks as though all far
e treasures of the hills and all the Sel sSI
'alth Of the seas were about to be Wot
zen him. He. seems to hear music 1y,
eeter than any human being ever Dup
lrd before. We look at his raptured me S-s,
.e a moment. Then we ask: "What 5my
It, David? What do you see? What ssiay
you hear? What treasure is yours?7 sisc
looks about at first dazed Then he lo1w
nes back to earth as he answers: Arm
ny, | was softly singing to myself 44it..,l ~. !
t Fortieth Psalm. I composed it Port,
ny years ago. I did not then realize Bear
l wrote. When 1 came to the View SSaS'
IDS, The Lord thinketh upon me- sarnl
egan to summarize all the care God 5slti
taken of me in this world Then 7hila
egan to see visions of the glories of 'D@l
land which he is preparing for me Del
ond. God is thinking Of me. Yes. IAN, fsts
S preparing them all for me whe1 Retu
right time comes for me to possess M .ss
q. Look, cannot you see those glo- stesn
now?" As David talks his inter sST1i an n
alton Of my text seems very plain Lea
very simple God is again dealing IesSo IUSs q
us as father would deal with his Lea
Tuesd
ing, le
d says, Nothing is too good for days a
hildren when the right time comes" 5a5 6ss
le thinks ahead and plans ahead g.56a.l
Is When tba riob+ I'm, ,,, Leav
AisuO 'iiIic colnes- S3l, 4
come it will-God is going to give leave 1
great mansion in heaven. Yes; 70 Pan an
ean picture it-a white marble pal tsatioi
with mosaic floors and rainbowed Returl
aims. 1t may have terraced gar d Def III
surrounding it. Our palace will Oxford
good as that. There is nothing 5lsa. sH
'ood for Gods heavenly children. CoNS
he is going to give us health-im- o9ss,, o99iaw'
Il health. No pain. no suffering. ton, wi
is to be there Nothing sn9 HalI55 ia
IN, too good for lis when the right ginia Z
comes Then no is o,oino, 70 c,i,-, q SeafC
~ - - 9Ns " SifV York, ]
ck our loved ones. Some Of us POcom
cry lonely now. We will not ba j, b.
then Notbing win tI,o,, ~ - J. r. W
for ne In, ~ II