Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-08-30

Just Follow me, ana trast N me, ana
all will go Well l will give you
plenty to eat and a smooth sea and
quiet voyage" Nay. That was not
Paurs way. He said. men, put your
trust I'm Christ. You are to have a
hard battle ahead. You think the
seas are rough now, but they are going
to be far rougher. They are going to
batter us about until we become
helpless derelict. Then they viii fling
us upon the rocks, and this great ship
is to be knocked into kindling wood.
But out Of the struggle and the storm
God is going TO bring us all safely to
land. Now, men, If you trust God
you must be prepared to meet this
struggle" Thus Paul spoke. And
thus all gospel evangelists should
speak when they are pleading with
men and women to accept Jesus
Christ
You cannot make a good Christian
unless you are willing TO battle with
storm for Christ and struggle against
| almost insurmountable difficulties. The
/ life of Christian ease is always the life
Of failure The life of self sacrificing
struggle for Jesus is always the life Of
spiritual success. 1t is said that the
greatest artistic genius England ever
produced was a young man named
Hawkins. He was, like Thomas Chat
terton, a precOcious marvel. When he
was twenty years of age, he was her
aided as 1.-THE coming Michael Angelo"
But the trouble with young Hawkins
was that he was never willing to make
the sacrifices necessary for his success
IN art. On one occasion he was asked
by Mr.. Ackers, a prominent member Of
the British parliament, to make a
pleasure journey with him and some
friends to Paris. II cannot" he re
piled. 81 have to finish a picture"
How much do you expect to get for
that picture after it is finished?" ask
ed Mr.. Ackers. Fifty pounds" II
will give you that much for It now"
With that Mr.. Ackers lifted his foot
and drove 1t through the canvas, say
ing, "NOw, Hawkins, drop the old pic
ture and spend your ESQ and let US
have some fun" So 1t is with all men
who are living the easy life. Like the
prodigy Hawkins, their lives are DOOM
ed to failure. So is it with the Chris
tan life. We must battle with storm.
We must sacrifice. We must give up
for Jesus, or else Jesus cannot save US
and bring us to the higher Christian
life
But there is one more lesson want |
to draw from this Mediterranean ship
wreck in reference to the Christian
life, and then I am done. Paul did
not say to those tossing, trembling
seamen. "One-half of this crew shall
be saved If We abide by the ship" BE
did not say, "Three-fOurths or five
eighths or nine-tenths Of this crew
shall be saved If We abide by the ship"
All, no! Some Of the men and women
would have grumbled had he said
that. They would have answered:
"Why are some of US saved and not
all?" But Paul said, 1.-THE angelic
messenger said to me, 10, God hath
given thee all them that sail with
thee" So 1 come to you today and
say: "Men and women and children,
In the name Of Jesus Christ you can
all be saved through his blood if you
will only cling to the cross Of Jesus
Christ and live. VIII you accept that
invitation? VIII you be saved by that
cross? All! Yea, all! Will you be-
lieve God and accept him now?
And, Oh II you will only believe this
and accept Christ, what a glorious
time it will be when we are landed
upon the other shorel / suppose when
that great Alexandrian corn ship went
to pieces upon the island Of Malta the
of that island were down I
there upon the beach to help the strug- !
Cling men and women to land. Can ,
not you see them plunging into the !
surf to drag the poor fellows out2 '
When the time OF our landing upon I
The celestial shore comes, cannot you
see our dear ones rushing into the
river Of Death to drag us out? oh,
res; they will come so near when the 1
;urges OF death are rolling over US S
hat methinks their celestial hands r
will almost touch our dying pillows. z
Aye, can you not see those hands
'eaching out now? Can you not see
hem beckoning7 VIII you not ac-
,ept this invitation for that heavenly B
eunion awaiting us all? Yea, for all o
Who will be saved through the atoning +
Hood of Jesus Christi Listen Let U
ne read: "And so it came to pass that t
hey escaped all safe to land" Fa- b
her, mother, brother. sister, child, is o
hat to be the record OF your family's
CELESTIAL advent? t
copyright, 1907, by Louis Klopsch.l b