Milford chronicle., 1906-11-02
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sermon
By Rev.
Frank De Witt TalmaGe, D. D.


NOT tbysef of tomorrow. for thou
knowest poi what a day may bring
forth
One Of the most impressive pictures
I have eyer seen was one entitled The
Journey Of Life" 1t depicted a row
boat being pulled out to Il ship in the
ofing large family with their
household goods We're in the boat In
the stern were the gray haired grand
father and grandmother. Like the
great picture of Napoleon leaving
France. these two old folks were ear
l. nestly scanning the receding shore
Their lives were nearly ended. and
their thoughts were in the past They
we're Irving entirely in the sweet men,
days that were gone At /
u ~ he old folks their grand /
playing with their toys
title kittens. they did not
are what was happening.
hight world had not yet been
Just beyond two young low
&e plghting their troth. They
Here Walking for Il little while in the
QlQpdlands. They We're slipping for a
4 sA,At time the sweet nectar from the
flowers which bloom only for day
during the mating of the birds. But
ait the PROV of the boat stood the
Strong man of the world, with his Wife
by his side. His eye had an eagle i
glance. His brow rested ON his hand
He Seemed to be looking into the dim
future at bis home which was vet to {
be built ia q Foreign land, at the vision
ary fields which were yet to be titled /
and at tile Fortune which he was vet. L
Il to make The picture was suggestive y
p my nind Of that momentOus icur- L
~ which We call the E@g@ge of life. "
saA reaff the stage typified I'll
n ~ the grandparents. Some come to III
the end of the journey in the period Of I'll
fchildhoOd, some in youth. some in ma eN
ture life. 1t is very uncertain but it is m
we'll in our early years if we plan care III
fully for the future instead of spending ca
the time in idle dreaming or in pleas ca
ure. The foundations of our career an
are laid earlier than some of us i'm br
agK-e, and, whether that career be long ev
a Of short those foundations should be til,
slald well. a
These plans are very different from gre
the presumptuSus boasting condemned on
in my text Here King Solomon de- snl
'>seT3Des the lazy man, the indolent man. the
the procrastnating man, the man who the
is giving free license to his evil pas tiol
sions, the man who is binding his eyes evi
to all the magnificent opportunities of inn
tbe glorious present as lie says to him r
s-If: Il know l am not doing as l ing
ought TO do. But what is the differ haT
ence? Rome was not built in a day. dro
A life is not Spanned by the short hab
bridge of tWenty-fOur hours This day Of S
l will eat and drink and he merry shal
and tomorrow | will do as l ought to to
do" 'Ah,' says the great king today faul
is thine. This coming twilight may pres
be thy last eventide Perhaps the upol
moon which will arise tonight will ture
shine through the open window and beat
touch thine ashen cheek as the at on
tendants are preparing thy body for hapI
the burial Tomorrow may come TO neig
thy neighbor, but this day may usher less
in for thee an endless ana unchanring visio
eternity" Let me read for you again five
the sentence, Boast not thyself of to- III
morrow, for thou knowest not what a ed t.
day may bring FORTH is al
A Timely Warming. nevel
These words are Il timely warning to eat
those who are slowly, yet surely, al Iast
lowing the fatal coils of an evil habit DreaI
to intwine about them - timely be- reIer
cause these poor deluded victims seem chafa
"a lao .,oi,,, +o tbatr destruction ,,,itI, never
wide open eyes, as an OK to the slaugh- Ut "
ter. But somehow they feel that, no open
,no++or how daan tbaf. foot noy' ho ing +
einI,in,, into tbe orickeonds or bo1,, they
thick the Shiny seaweeds may be wrap may
ping themselves about the swimmers 'ne9
Eod7. ,ot tbnv cam came safe to land place
11 I- i,.,. rr,,,,, tI,oi,. o,.i1 1T they
-. tIo, viii Now. INV friond ter WI
-,,,I tolt ,.,,, that ~, o,.iI IoIi+ ~ tains
.S ~ ,,,,,.i,,,, ,,oal,or With oo thing
' 'le''u -. 1s ~, a,.t, taI,it ,,5e of all
you in a tight clutch today it will have IL. ~ "
ou ~ ''eli''i ..I .,,i - chat a
lway from this evil habit tomorrow" ,,.oto,,
If YOU cannot break away from that +i,o -.
wi naolI 'ou"S 'Uu O"iiiO' loiiiOl Nv rises Al
L you are no' W!'iil7 ~ u can 'i "%"S and pl;
rom an e'H napiu 'ou"'' III az piO0"- their !
,ilitv you will he weaker still tOmor- nov+ =,
ow. The law of the increasing moral +oIIino
weakness Of the wrongdoer and the mast sr
strength Of an evil habit is r
rreYocaDle' When
Habits Like QuiclSSands. 70 broo
A man becomes more and more help ,,nbonn
ass in the grip of an evil habit. just cIosa. a
$ IN lue cIutCH VI .I0 ~ him the
m glad used Illlu IIluslia',on II - morning
ne that you VIII Ieel Il you nave ever you sh
cen caught IN lhoSe treucnerous and fine
epths. remember some uiue ago away Al
hen driving througn tne western ask whi
,untry we came 10 r''her "lue reply, y
eek. l was ABOUT 10 utlIe tLrousu frost b
when the gentleman VIII Nnoiu square
as riding SAID, wait Jet me 'eSl It. would Y
e took Off his shoes anu s'ochinss Man, le
ID started for the otner sue Coine die your