Milford chronicle., 1906-08-17
A Deceiving Messenger.

hand of a Wellington, but by the de-
stroying finger Of the morning cloufs.
Deceiving Messenger.
Hermes was not only the messenger
of the NEUROLOGICAL gods. but because
he was also supposed 10 be the god OF
tbe morning clouds he was called by
tbe Greeks the god Of deceit. The
morning clouds are deceiving clouds
Hermes was the god of the mists, the
god who was able to deceive by ms
/ fontastic reflections of the light OF the
/ sun. But Hermes, with his canvas OIL
/ morning clouds. never drew more Ialse
nictures than Satan, the enemy OF
| Christ draws when he declares that
the life of a moralst is the life Whlch
shall inherit eternal peace. what says
the Bible? DO not he Il drunkard ana
vou shall be saved? ID not be thleI
and YOU shall be saved! Do not be
murderer and you shall be saved! DO
not be a libertine or liar ana you
shall be savedY No, no! That was
NOT tbe message which Christ gave unto
his disciples Read the sixteenth chap
ter of Mark: And he said unto them;
Co We into all the world and preach the
gosneI to every creature. He that ne
lievetb and is baptized shall be saved
but he that believeth not shall De
damned" To live the life of a pure
moralist is not enough. With his leIt
hand Christ brushes away the morning
clouds of an earthly repentance, ana
with his right hand he points to the
star of bethlehem, which shines IN the
darkness of the night, and says, "IhaG
q sinner. that is thy guide TO LEAD
thee into paths of eternal Joy and peace
that and that alone" oh, my friends
will YOU cease here and now TO RESI-
YOUR eternal hopes upon the wnil'
leeev mist of morning cloud repent
/ ance?
> Among the pictures of the late We
/ reschagin, the great Russian artis'
, +here is not one which has more III
tense interest for art students tllal
| that which was painted above tn'
( clouds. The noted artist wahteu u
5 climb to the top of one of the Hinia
, lava mountains. but the guides re
e fused TO 20 with him because the dah
5 qer was too great. Go Nereschagh
1 did. He went alone. He hved alnol'
the snow and ice until he sa" lnel
< resplendent in their most gorgeous CO..
r ors Then he painted his wondefIu
d picture entitled "Above the OIouus'
e Higher than all the sea OF clouu'
=: Vereschagin portrayed the might
@ peaks OF the Himalayas lifting theH
: selves. Thus may we be gospel N'
! rescbagins today. May we CHM
It the Himalaya heights Of Calvary! Ma
v we.put our hand in Christs hand an
& go higher and higher until we ciih
Is above the morning clouds OF FapOl
s. repentance! May we CLIMB hlgneEs, = an
q, higher until we browse at the Ioot
p the cross! Then may we pant u u
(. mountain peaks of Gods mercy!
" NAV paint his mountain peaks OF loN
o. and forgiveness! Then, like Nose
10 NAV we come down from the clol
ot lands and give to the sinful wor
70 this picture. in the center of when v
e. are to be found kneeling at the loot
" the cross! Wilt thou do this y Il
to mortal man? Is your repentance
40 he Of longer duration than the NOR
th ing clouds. or shall we give O
1r whole nature, mind and soul al
n. heart. into his hands to be maze
nc new creation. all attuned to his WI
to changed in everything to his natur
~ Then shall we know what the apos'
70 meant when he said, "Beholding as
&c q glass the glory of the Lord, we
ms changed into the same image lro
no glory to glory, even rs by the spirit
NO the Lord" May that be our passlc
ate desire. and then we can say WI VI
the psalmist, Il shall be satisn
on wbensI awake with thy likeness!