Milford chronicle., 1905-08-18

IT tAOu near ye not tne5 divine aSsuT
s. ance, And l, il l be lifted up. vii
II draw all men unto me2" o God. Civ,
t. us a cOnquerlng church, clear as til,
IS sun. Make the light Of our churcl
It shine from the loving. parioning eye.
e Of Christ, who has died that sinful mar
e might live. "Clear as the sun"-aye
r clear as theSun Of Righteousness, which
9 win scatter every black mist out of the
a dark night Of every sinful horizon.
An tnvad1nG Army.
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But we cannot picture the conquer
ing church as a great invading army.
with her banners flying in the winds
and her soldiers singing their hallelu-
iahs Of triumph as they tramp along.
until we find her flair as the moon" as
we'll as "clear as the SUM-" The queen
of night" here offers her symbols as
well as the golden chariot Of the day"
( The moon has just as much part to
play with the advancing hosts of the
conquering church as has the clearness
Of the sun. As the children Of Israel
were led through the wilderness in the |
long journey Of forty years by the pill
lar Of 1re as well as by the pillar Of
cloud so we now find the "fair moon"
and the "clear sun" are cOncomitants.
They must move along side by side
They must continually be seen at the
same time by watching world. The
twain, rs at a marriage altar. must in
deed become one in life.
atOh - enr,,o o,,. .o..- ]
is impossible. You cannot have the
sun and the moon shining at the same
time. When we were children back on
my fathers farm we used TO have
moonlight sleighriding parties. We
would wait until the sun had set. Then
we would have supper. Then the big
sleighs, with their heavy robes, would :
be driven up. About or 0 o'clock 7
over the eastern hills the pale faced .
noon would arise With her mellow u
light she would flood the valleys and Z
he white rObed trees. Then over the =
risp snow the runners would slide, a.
he bells would jingle, the dogs would g
ark and the merry songs would be "
ung. But we would not expect p Z,
Moonlight ride and sunlight ride at - -
ne same time" Perhaps not. nv =
'iend. But. though we cannot see the ,l !"
III and the moon rise and set at the -,
lme time if you have ever camped -,
)on the heights of old GreylOck OF -,
e Berkshire hills, in the early hours No.
the morning, You would have seen a.
e sun rise before the moon has set. 80
)gether, for a time, they sit upon no
cir thrones in the heavens, as King moi
'rdinand and Queen Isabella together the
yerned the kingdoms of CASTLE and sho
AragOn. in
Vow, where does the moon gather ing
: light? find this old earth stretch this
out her arms and warming her mo
iy by the blazing fires Of the suns we
naces. When ! think Of the sun. ful
'icture the old New England Puri- If
coming out IN the January snow say.
TN Cullieu ana eolu ana hugging ing
old fashioned aBdirOns to get
I'M. But when approach the
IN find she has no fires. Here
only deep caverns and a burnt
CRATE. Then l cry out in amaze u"ll'
It, 20 moon, from whence cOmeth o'il
lightT Man, 1 am not a blazing luelr
iace like the sum-" hear the moon WIN
yer. Il am not simply FURNISHED eliur'
to eartb heconso +to. s,,,,,- - - missi
nnoD NV sidos - 1,ro,a. - what
Elf: "Oh, yes! I know what the IacA
book means when it declares that -
onquering church is tO'be 'cleaF as = llie
sum and fair as the moon It .'iliie'
IS that the church Of the Lord AiS1
Christ shall conquer the world 9lue
jhrist when she does two things. I'eA3
must preach Jesus, and Jesus slOA II
: secondly, all the members Of mere
n1rqt he raeaotinc e. az ~ plasa's % If the
gospel as found in the light Of "oull'
Christ" years
would
NeS'inS the Light If t
t Of us see this symbol to our Christ
shame o moon, thou fair would
ed, laughing eyed, golden Tipped Of Ma,
o moon, thou beautiful queen ed on
night, who doth carry no Ian Of Elbi
yet whose face is aglow with with h
because the suns rays have the Err
thy forehead as the skin Of sooner
shOne when he descended from. for bi.
Slnal' after talking fase- to face. Philip
God! D moon, thou dRar friend. fortress
ept vigil with me as 1 paced the in thel
deck under the Southern Cross back I,
de thee carry messages Of love to palace
ar ones by the moaning seas Of the chr
lantic coast! Is my life reflect Christ
G divine life Of Christ as thou Christ
effect the light Of tae. sun? Is win roc
word speak, every thought that receive
died in my brain, every hope, lea and
1esire, every deed, an echo. a re- eeive hi
Of my Saviour's life. who gave banners
ire that sinIul man might live? to capt.
Don is speaking to the church when v
rs today. With her mellowed purify h
he is signaling this message. at home
h members, when you preach Now
and live Christ then Christ's hers ar,
shall be q COnOuprinp chtlrch IL,