Milford chronicle., 1917-05-11
PRAISE FOR REV. l. A. BENNETT.


In Sept 1910 there came to the town
of Milford a message. Il was of God IA
Goddess town Of which commercial
travellers said that it was the most wick ed
town on the peninsula The abode OF
drunkards. gamblers aud iibertiues-and
that message was heraided from a tent
and on a straw floor for six months until
900 people were brought to the power of
God unto salvation.
The transformation OF the town was
evidenced to everybody The vices and
wickedness gave way to anthems OF praise
and rejoicing-day by day, week by
week and year By year the morals Of the
citizens have been improved by the great
spirit. Every church in the town has
accelerated its pace also the community
around in the country has improved in
morality and sohriety. The oldest in
habitants have never seen such a religious
awakening or such work for the better
ment of the the people. The first text
preached in that tent was Go Forward
the same as the great Jewish laweiver.
Moses thundered to the hosts of Israel;
and the last message that L. a. Bennett
4 preached on Sunday, April 22nd, 1917
echoed the same 60 Forward" It to
all mankind the word is given. Heaven
helps them who help themselves. There
is no standing still. The moment an in
dividual attemps to stand still they at
once 20 backward, and the next stage
they are in the rest cure for their health.
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty
and It is the price of everything that IS
worth having. Ever vigilaut from the
time DR.. Bennett commenced the tent
meeting until the present he has always
been on the 90 for the Master and the
Masters work of untiring zeal for the
salvation of immortal souls for the poor
est and most lowly he is always ready to
extend helping hand and a consoling
word. The home of the poor and the
sick and the dying ever appealed to him.
II he saw one suffering he would divide
his last dollar to help. Truly he has
! learned from his Master from the parable
of the traveller who fell among thieves;
/ that all mankind are brothers, and that
the Samaratin did the will of God in
healing the poor helpless wounded man.
/ He helped men into the Kingdom; went
out into the hedges and highways and
highways and brought them in as the
Great Master commanded and directeth
and the common people saw and felt that
in him they had a friend whose heart
beat in unison with theirs and for them.
and they heard him gladly no wonder
that he could do the great work tn Il he
did, when they were born again, ha
eaten of the bread of life and drank of
living waters. What was Paul before he
fell down blind and cried to His Master
asking what he would have him do?
Christ opened his blinded eyes and he
- L.. ~ \ L.. a
himself to the chariot wheel Of his Mas
ter and ever did his will even to the
giving of his life for the cause of his
Lord and Master
He was converted on the day of Penti- |
cost when he preached the greatest ser
mon of his life when 300 souls we're
converted He likewise like Paul loved |
his Master aud his Masters WORK until |
he was put to death for helping to build |
mp the Kingdom. A man once said !
did you ever see such a work, said Ben |
nett built it out Of nothing Bennett |
never claim, d it by having it that he did |
that great work-When men would say /
you have done great work; then his |
answer invariably was, ! was only the |
instrument in the hands Of my NJ ster /
He only claimed to be an evangelist in
the hands of the Master through which |
the work vas done. He preached the /
Gospel, the power of God unto salvation,
preached the truth as he was inspired To
preach declaring the whole truth, that
sin is death and like VIM Sunday, that
there is a torment whose miseries never
end and that there is heaven whose
pleasure never dies He ever had in
mind thu injunction of PAUL. God for
bid that / should glory save in the cross
of Christ my Lord
Bennett SAYS that he was led by the
spirit to Milford surely il was not for
gain or money. The poor people had
very little to give. He saw them as
sheep without shepherd hungering for
the bread Of life; and he preached and
laboTed as it was never seen before in
this vicinity. He ministered unto them
as a servant. and taught the words of
eternal life with all humility, pathos and
sincerity. This is the meaning aud in
tent of the gospel The same as the
Wesleys and Whiteheld did which trans
formed and electrified a continent and
taught men virtue, honor and humanity.
These are the principles which our nation
needs today. II the electric power of the
Great Spirit prevailed the land there
would be no cause to daub us the dollar
NATION. II tue pOOIi pIOSlIdlet war ours
ed nations of Europe had possessed the
power of the christian spirit misery, want
and destitution would not fill their land
and we, as a nation, if We reject the light
Of His kingdom, will suffer the same,
which causes the wales of sorrow to 90
up. / was in some of the cities of Europe
that have been blown to atoms Ante
Rerp, to me. was a cesspool of sin aud
such as l never before saw.
Dissertation and Idolatry. There was
no more Sabbath after II o'clock. The
pool rooms and gambling
iells; drunkenness and wickedness reign
I'd completely. There is a cause for
and these people were never
aught the vitalizing power of the Cos
pei. saw them in their worship, bow
ng to imager and paying their money
% their teachers by whom they we're
aught could for money forgive sin,
ience they believe that they could sin
md for money receive forgiveness Their
eachers we're blind and it was blind
eading the blind and they have fallen
nto the deep deep ditch Of obstruction.