Milford chronicle., 1906-08-17

to care for the cattle.
sNov. what has the night ana morn
inc cloud to do with our Vapory re-
nentance?" some one asks. Why' 40
,-o,, NOT see? The darkness of the hlehI
ranresents terror or the punishment OF
sin The morning cloud represents the
short lived repentance which comes TO
come of us just after we nave oeen
ounished. Our morning cloud repent.
ences are great deal like that Oh
T<ina Pbaroah and his cOurtiers wheh
tbe plaques of Egypt came upon thenl'
Cod said unto Pharoah, Let my peo-
nle 90" Pharoih would not linen 'ne
river Nile was turned into Il river u
blood. and every challice the KING illleu
+o his lips seemed to be filed 10 tle
brim with the refuse of the publlc
slaurhterhouse. Then the frogs came
leaping up the palace stairs ana crown
! ed into every nook and corner anu %
! cobblestones, they covered every stree'
and tbev filed every hallway and ped
room. Then came the plague OF muir
rain which killed the cattle. Ilien
came the falling hail and buzzlng 10
Gusts. Then came the plague oil utrA,
a a
ness. So dark was it that all men h"u
TO feel their way around like Ollliu lneu
Tben came the death of the nrstOorH
IN every house. No sooner ala lhese
Dlarues come than Pharaoh woulu
crv out: Enough, enough. enough -
God of Israel have suffered ehousn'
l will let thy people go'' But as SUN
rs the night of suffering ana OF pun
ishmeut ended the beautiful morhing
clouds of his repentance only hnSereu
a little while. and then they were gone
and zone forever. DO you not see 'ne
beautif1ll simfle of the repentances OF
orr lives which come only because We
are being punished for our past SINS
Rr+ there is another fact about these
morning clouds you ought to consul
or They live very near TO the eartn'
'rhev are the lowest clouds we nave
in the heavens. If | might use Vul-
oar illustration, they smell of the conf
mon soil. You know when you We're
bousekeeper in the east every spring
time YOU would carefully put away
vour winter garments, that the ulo'ns
could not get at them. If they were
furs Won were especially careful ana
, wrapped them around ana aroliiO'.
, Then inside of these bundles you pu'
- 81 lot of camphor. Then. in the I"ii'
: +ba odor from that camphOr in those
Garments was sickening. When you
unroIled the bundles you at once SHOOK
(, the Garments out and hung them ul
: to air upon a line. Having been wrap
nod mn for months in camphor the gar
>. ments smeIled of the camphor. 1huS
: ,re these morning clouds of repent
!, ance. They live so near to the e''I'l
:. that they never learn what repeh'one'
:, in Christ truly means. Let me eA
=. plain more in detail.
: Not Enough.
% Here. for instance, is man Wno Ia
a been drunkard for fifteen years III
!, wife at last makes up her MIND ina
:, for her own sake and for the sake o
;, her children she will not stand III
:. r,isa,.v any longer. With that the nus
70 band begins to plead and peg. II
Il saws: 81 repent I will sign the pieus'
4 nromise. I promise. 1 promise.
= Ivau man. what do you prOmiseF vi
-. nromise l will not get drunk an
- more" Is that all you promiseF Nn!
9. ves What more do you want me
or nromise?" Or here is woman WI
IN enters a rescue home. She says
~ nromise. I promise" What do yo
nromise? "Why, l promise that WI
+o cease to be social outcast' Is III,
in all YOU promise? "Yes, that Is ai
r. What more do you want me TO pIon
~, isa9 Is not that my besetting SIM
es Nav. nv friend-nay, that Is not yo'
~, boee+tinr sin. That is a mere resu
re of vour besetting sin. Your besettll
of Gin is that YOU do not throw yourse
70 ,,non the mercy of Jesus Christ al
on have him cleanse you wholly, ana tht
of. ba will give you strength to resist a
ws sin. The gospel Of Jesus CHRIST Is u
off a mere matter of negation. 1t does u
ne consist of long succession OF don L
cl don't do this and don't do that al
es don't do the other things. But 1t 90
res consist in one positive assertive az
int and then all the other attributes OF
ar CHRISTIAN life shall be yours. 'se'
ful vo first the kingdom of God and l
w rigb+eousness. and all things VIII
cal added INTO you" The great trout
ter with our morning cloud repehtanc
is that they live too near the SOIL a
tbev smell of the earth earthly.
sed Are YOU ready to here and now Sc
an first the kingdom of God and his rlgl
,ds oorsness and have all things ada
ace nnto YOU? John Cough, the temperan
vas orator. used to tell this pathetic stol
av, In Edinburgh many years ago the
ken was a clubhouse reI'eu lOi -, -
on pose Of caring for reformed drunkaL J,
ods One night there staggered Ilto u
1t 2 house man, who was appalllnl !.
red drunk '.Do you know what place I
oul. p the superintendent said. "Ihis TINS
EN-. not a saloon. This is teetotale
est. club" "I know it," said the III
ornn ,..,.d nrn a teetotaler."s "You a I