Milford chronicle., 1906-08-03

sleep. and as Paul was long preaching
he SINK down with sleep and fell down
from the third loft and was taken up |
dead.~ Now, l would like to consider
with Won the reason why this young |
man fell asleep during the preaching OF |
Paul and why his somnolence sIouiu !
be a rebuke to all Christians sleeping
in our church pews. 80.
In the first place. 1 believe thPt th's
sleeping Eutychus is a type Oh tnas
large class of young men who tr'lnA "
is smart to act disrespectfully and oo-
noxiously in the house of God. Wheh
these young men attend church they
slways 90 under protest. While IN lle
church pew by their actions they u!
70 advertise the fact that they do NOT
want to be there When you go up TO
them and say, well, Mr.. SO-and-sO, l
am glad to see you here" they say with
n shrug: "Oh. yes, come to church
once in awhile. You know, my moth-
or and father and my sister and sweet
heort are members of this church, and
where they 20 l have to go. But 10
toll the truth. l have not as much in
terest in these matters as l used TO
have. l have outgrOwn Sunday school
teachers and that sort of thing" When
the minister breaches a little longer
than he might, these young men yawh
and twist and talk with their seat
mates until they put themselves out OF
all touch with the service, ana the
preaching to them becomes stupid be-
cause they do not listen to 1t ntelll-
gently. They become like Eutychus
of Troas, who under the preaching Of
Paul allowed his eyelids to become
heavy and his head to nod until he
fell out of the window, upon the Sill
of which he was sitting, and struck
the ground, and he broke his neck.
You have seen this class of men. They
are to be found in every Sunday schOOl
and every church service.
Irreverence In Church.
This class of irreverent young peO-
ple was we'll illustrated for me some
time ago. was attending the gradu-
ating exercises of one of the greatest
educational institutions of the west. !
sat in the gallery and could distinctly
see all that took place. The huge build
ing was literally thronged. Main floor
first gallery and rostrum were packed
The second gallery was also filed by
the immense audience. A great oratol
was delivering the address of the even
ing. That audience, almost to per
son. hung upon the speakers words
But no sooner did this great orator
commence to speak than three or th'
members of the quartet which sans
that night began to whisper and t
laugh. They thought they were behin'
curtain and no one could see them
They talked, and they seemed to sa!
nv their actions: "Oh, must we b'
bored? Do we have to sit through al
this? We are singers. We care noth
ing for the fact that an orator, nation
ally famous, is delivering one Of hi
createst addresses tonight. When VII
, the never ending flow of word
= cease?" That was a stupid address t
those three singers, merely because i
| their obnoxious egOtism they suppose
they had outgrown it and could not b
} benefited by it.
t I protest against the irreverence Q
2 these modern Eutychuses in the hous
: of God. protest against young me
e and also young women, for some youn
e women are as bad as the irrevereI
e young men, coming into a church an
r not giving the same respectful after
t tion to Gods ambassadors which the
e would give to an ordinary guest
/ their fathers parlor. The house
i God is not a playground. 1t is not
i confectionery establishment, whei
e voung folks come to MUNICH candy.
is not a place for young people to viii
per and to write notes. 1t is pla(
+ TO worship. And, if our young peop
s do not come to church to worship, the
: thev had better stay away. You mu
It heed the fact that the sleeping audit'
r Of nv text was a young man.
q Two Birds With One Stone.
c But while Eutychus sits upon II
o window sill of the room in which Ia
q was preaching I see him continual
is glancing across the street. l approa'
p him today and say: what is the ma
h. ter Eutychus? Why are you lookil
n so much out of the window? l shou
is think you would want to keep yo
!, ewes all the time riveted upon Pal
m Why, he is the greatest preacher OF
,+ the ages" Il have heard that" a
~ swers Eutychus. "That is one of t
- reasons am here. But can't negle
i, nv business even for Paul. Thus
,f I am trying to kill two birds with O
- stone. am sitting here upon [
nj window ledge, so 1 can hear Paul WI
- nv ears, and at the same time WI
ba my eyes I can watch my store, u
across the street Thus you see II |
~ many customers gather about I
- counter. why. can inst slip away
o. amend to rhem." 20 you wonu
st when Eutychus kept one eye upon.
% counter at the same time he was
1T tening to Paul, that the sermon
- oo,,t hecarne very stupid and as so