Milford chronicle., 1905-08-18
Higher Rose the Sun.

true conception OF Jesus Chri
" IS as necessary to the church as
u the suns radiance to the earth. Cal
'I not you grasp it? Cannot you discer
Il It In the beautiful panorama You wi
II messed many years ago, when yo
e arose one morning very early Oh Noun
: washington to see the sun rise in oil
i, New England? You went forth in tn
, darkness and took your position OF
Sunrise point. The whole worI,
seemed dead as you left the hotel nj
azza. The servants were asleep. The
night clerk or the watchman was the
only person around to speak to Won.
The trees, tall and grim in outline
seemed like gigantic highwaymen, with
their black hats drawn down over
their fOreheads and their black cloaks
thrown about their shoulders, under
which they were cOncealing the fatal
dirks. on in the distance by the dim
light Of the stars you could see the
mountains sinking lower and still low
er as stepping stones leading to a gi
gantic throne. Slowly, almost imper.
ceptlbly. the light Of the stars dwin-
died and the blackness Of the night
was changed into dull gray. Then the
tops OF the eastern hills became rim |
med with golden covering. The suns /
head lifted itself as though one of the |
huge rocks, touched by Gods finger.
had been changed into a huge. living
coal. Higher and higher rose the sun.
as the glowing headlight Of the oncom.
ing locomotive off in the distance is
seen coming out of a Hoosic tunnel
Lakes become FURNISHED mirrors of
light, and the mighty sea of in the dis
lance becomes u reservoir Of Ilght
and the rivers, as parts Of a great
network spread at your feet be-
come silver threads. The heavens drip
with light and tie earth is flooded
with 1t. The birds begin to sing and
ne cocks begin to crow. OF in tbe
distance the farmers are seen starting
or the fields and the cattle for the 1
'asture The sun has at last risen Il
no morning has lighted her many con- :
agratlons. who is she that cometb l
orth as the morning. fair as the moon l
nd clear as the SUM-? Cannot Won q
rasp it? The church, the conquering b
lurch-the church, clear I'm her di- 4
me beliefs, clear in her conception Of "
esus Christ! In order to have a con- III
lering church we must hold fast to al
lrist as the alpha and omega. the O'
'ginning and the ending. which is III
ID was and which is to come, the al ~ ~
Ighty and Omnipotent Christ. The ~ ~
church must be clear in an
terence to her belief in the atone an ~
INT. What the sun rising in the 20 20
st and setting in the west is to the ~
tural world the Sun Of Righteous lIy
IS is to the cOnquering church. tl viu
Look and Live. tbe
20 not Christ's own words prove that mo
more we exalt him the more we les
IL conquer I'm his dear name1 Read for
promise as recorded in the twelfth She
pter Of John, "And I, if l be lifted aIol
will draw all men unto me.v What tina
that mean? You find the eOnnec- live
between that statement and an the
IT in the third chapter Of the same Jes,
k, AS Moses lifted up the serpent
he wilderness, even so must the =,
or man be lifted up" Methinks -
n wandering about in the TsraeIit- ~.
camp in the land of Edom.T On
'unt Of the sinful dissatisfaction Of - -
No - ...,.o'1.- '-''T 'u' slieln lne tern
ue OF serpents. We can hear their Ii,,h,
everywhere. The people with -
and swords and spears are kill ~
the serpents by the hundreds and NJ,
thousands, but the more they kill -,
more the serpents seem to spring -
Suddenly one Of these serDents -,
IS its fangs in the naked leg Of a ond
on the outskirts Of the camD. -.
ne" cry his companions, come an
look at the brazen serpent which ;na
IS has lifted, and you shah live" At
the deadly poison is doing its eyer,
:. Like a man benumbed by the is =,
ards cold and determined to lie o,o,,
! in the snOwdrifts and sleep. this act;
y" "an's " lie uoWn ana sleep up hi
,leep Vi uea'n' Let me alone" The
utters, "let me sleep" His friends n,ornr
him. They beat him to keep up Iioh+
REGULATION. But it does no good "c'b,
he will Then, by main force. as chris
'wning man is pulled out Of the churc
they drag him over the sand to Men
oot of the brazen serpent. 20 win
they cry, sis it too late? VIII the 8,
{ open his eyes and look? Man. moon
re dying! Look look and livew gelist
st, rs in a drowning stupOr, he nurit,
ay opens his eyes and looks. A R,t
r life giving tremor, shoots a cIpa
sh his body. He has looked, and nov,
] live. So, my friend, the church ontsid
Lord Jesus Christ is to be a cbrrcl
aring church when she lifts high their
oss. con,o
bat Cross we must lead, and, II the Fl
airy, even drag those who are no do
d ami poisoned and stupefied by why 1
sins That does not mean that TO Chr
'uld make a shrine out Of a sec men O
creed; that does not mean that we sion o
struggle to make Episcopallans mocke
or Presbyterians out and Al
lists. but it does mean that we membe
ing men and women, benumbed crowd