Milford chronicle., 1908-04-17
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The Danger From the Elements.
Then from studying the dangers
which surround us everywhere and
from which we are saved by human
care would have you turn your minds
to the dangers which threaten us from
earthquake and fire and lightning and
tornado and tidal wave. All, we may
be able to guard against dangers arts
Ing from human frailties, but who can
fight the elements when they begin to
rear and plunge and to kick and tC
snort? The hard surface of this earth
is only as the shell of an egg is to the
inside of the egg. The internal fires OF
the earth may burst forth at any time.
The tOrnadOes and cyclones are ready
to beat us down from above. There
needs but little shifting Of the earth's
surface and great tidal waves would
submerge our coast cities. Dangers,
dangers. dangers, are everywhere
Thank God that he has cared for US
and protected us from physical de
structiOn or. what is worse, from phys
lcal mutilatiOn and agony! Every day
and hour of our lives we have been
surrounded by perils from the forces
of nature. We, like Paul and his fell
low vOyagers on the Alexandrian corn
ship, have escaped safe to land"
But there is still another fact tc !
which I want to draw your attention in
reference to this text. l want you to I
focus your eyes upon that little word |
"all." Luke does not here say, "And |
Paul escaped safe to land" He does |
not say, "And Paul and myself escaped |
safe to land" But he does say, And |
so it came to pass that they escaped all
safe to land" That meant that if
there were families upon that ship the
father and mother as we'll as the broth
ers and sisters or the children escaped.
all-escaped safe to land.
Have you ever stopped to think how
much you are indebted morally and
spiritually to the fact that your godly
father and mother were preserved to
train your youthful steps in life?
A Narrow Escape.
OF course we all know that spiritual
life comes from Jesus Christ alone. He
Is the vine, and we are the branches
But we also know that Christ works
BY human agency. He sends certain
disciples to us to lead us to the living
In many cases these disciples
ire our parents. II we had not been
ed to the cross by a Christian father
II mother, many of us would never
nave knelt there at all. And yet do
you not remember when as a little boy
n the most critical time of your life
you almost lost that mother of yours,
who was to be your best spiritual
yuide? Do you not remember the aw
'ul sickness she had when you were
bout ten years of age? Once. twice,
three or four times a day
he doctor came to the house. You re-
member how the doorbell was muffied d.
ind perhaps the sawdust was thrown
n the street to stop the noise Of the
carriage wheels. The younger
,hildren were sent away to a neigh
BORIS. You we're kept at home in or
we're needed. You can still remember
he solemn faces about you. You did
not understand what it all meant at {
hat time, but you do now. You re- :
asmber that midnight hour when ev- I
srything was in excitement and they I
iaid she would never come out of that {
sinking spell, but the doctor got there {
lust in time. All. /. was an awful
lightl You remember how you went
o your father and Sid. Papa. can
20 In and kiss mamma tonightT and