Milford chronicle., 1906-02-23

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j tion at the gravel Let not sin again
e say. Come, let us eat. drink and be
! merry, for tomorrow we die" We
i know we intuitvely know, that we
i shall never. never die.
: A step further When Satan cannot
, lure us into dissipation by the doctrine
: Of annihilation Mt the grave the old
fend takes another course. He comes
to us and says: You are going to live
Oh. yes; you are going to live ages up
on ages, millenniums upon millenni-
ums. That, of course. means that there
is a God and that this God has provid-
ed a place for your eternal existence.
/ But this does not alter the fact that
you can eat drink and be merry and
do as you would. Why? Because the
very name of God implies that he is a
good Deity. This good God will save us
all. Therefore if you have a little fun
here on earth that will not prevent you
from enjoying all the blessings of heav-
en- hereafter, If you sow a few wild
oats here you will be like the younger
BOY in the parable Of the prodigal son.
You will go off into the far country.
You will laugh and dance and sing and
drink and make merry. And after you
have spent your all and had a superfine |
time on earth you can go back to your |
fathers house, and he will put the ring |
upon your finger and shoes on your feet
and the best robe on your back and kill
for you the fatted calf Don't you see,
you have all the pleasure of the ban
quet hall of a Circe's palace, with none
of the horrors of the swine trough into
which Ulysses followers were COM
PEELED to 60" Now, my friends. this
second Satanic argument to me is far
more perniciOus than the first 1t is the
means. I believe. of destroying more
immortal souls than does even the an
initiation theory, and it is Furthermore
The most illogical theory ever held by
nan.
a PerniciOus Idea.
We have. in the first place. a common
,round for argument, and that is God.
les, we 60 further than that. We have
mother common ground for arguments
AXE, and that is God as a heavenly, a
owing Father, who wants to save all
lis children if he can. Now, if we
gree in reference to these two cardinal
remises l want to ask you a blunt
uestion: Can you think of good IA
her without being a true father, a ia
her who is looking after the best inter-
SITS of his children? Can you think of
good father without being a just ia
ler as well as a forgiving father?"
oppose one of your sons should come
} you and say: Rather. intend to lie
nd steal and get drunk and defy
very moral law. / intend to break my
iOther's heart and defy your authori-
? and make your name a byword and
dicule through the community. Then
expect you to honor me and do for
e just as much as you would do for
e rest Of the children" What would
u do? What would you say? All, if
~ are a true, a just parent, I can tell
~ what you would say. You would
ok your boy in the face and answer: :,
Wy son, as long as you are true to me
I'd true to your mother and true to
,ur sisters and true to yourself you
all be looked upon as a member Of
y family. All that I have then is
Durs. But if you persist in being un-
ue to us and untrue to yourself you
ust leave my house and leave me.
~ have forfeited your rights of SON w
ip, and you cannot be looked upon '"
one Of my children" Has not God II
right to do the same with US? %
will put this truth in even a more an
lrtling way. Let us suppose you are m
judge upon the bench Your own M
n, your own flesh and blood, a moral =
is brought before you for
al. In your own heart you feel that -
has done wrong and is not repent ~
of his sins and viii do wrong again
he gets the chance. What would
Il do as a wise and just judge?
Duld you say. my son, thou art
e?' No. You would do just as the
e Recorder Smyth Of New York did
res and hundreds of times. Speak
; to me one night in New York city,
said: "They say judges have no @
lrts. All, they have heartsi But
just judges. what are they to do2
have had several young .men and
ing women come before me for trial
sentence who were sons and
lighters of my Intimate friends. 1
uld have done anything that was
It to save them. But what could I
? l knew they were guilty. l knew
y ought to go TO Jail for their own
ID as well as for the good Of their -
low men, / sentenced them even ~
ugh to do it | seemed to be tearing
own heart out by the roots" Nl
)uld not you have done as Recorder
yth did, even though the criminals
ore you were your own children?
W, God as a loving Father has
de all possible provision for the
walton of his children by the blood
Jesus Christ He has said: Come, -
'ent of your sins. come in my Sons -
ne, and l will forgive all and take u
/ back into my family. and I shall
your Father. But if you do not re- lVl
It, if you do not give up your sins.
n as a just Father and just Judge
will say, Ye must all likewise per