Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-12-02

| Lecture:
Trxr-Isaiah Ky. 2O-"Tne child died a
hundred gears DID,"
asked myselt-what have I to do with
the death Of the child? This is Thanksgiv-
inr Day; it il not, therefore, an occasion
for mourning, certainly. Neither have we
met to listen to funeral Grafton. Bat, like
Edgar Poe's Raven muttering its never
more" the reminder came again and again,
''the child shall die hundred years Old. =
1t arrested my attention | saw in ii the
promise of happier day; l looked at and
thought it surveyed the past, the present,
and tried to comprehend that future to
which it seemed to point. II means rem
ovated world The central idea TO which
it points, and which will be the one thought
of interest at that time, is the Cross trium-
plant Our aim. tonight shall be to get a
glimpse of that happy future by lnqurins
| into the causes which are at work to bring
about the desired result; the obstacles in
tie way of its speedy fultiiIment, and the
obligations under which the prophecy places
us. With the Infinite mind all is present !;
short-sighted mortals can only understand
the future by intcrrogating the past
| /. THE PAST, WITH IT'S LEssoNs.-ln the
antcdiluvian period man measured life by
centuries The ages of the patriarchs, eX-
ccpt Enoch, varied between III and 1853
wears This was man as he came from his
! Creator. From the lives of the patriarchs
we may derive encouragement. We cant
blame Adam and Eve with our short lives.
Adam lived $50 years, and transmitted 10
his postcrity strong physical powers. we
are suicides and the murderers OF our pos
telity. However, with our attainmcnls in
wickcdncss, long life would be calamity
! ~, II, 81 tInI,eonI
world has been the scene of the most
shocking of1cnscs to God War has moved
| down its millions Rum has caused woe
and anguish enough to unstop the walls OF
Gods wrath; it has broken every jot and
title of that law handed to man amid the
awful solemnities of Sinai. If every drop
of water on the earth were tear, the vast
number would not equal that of those
which rum has caused. Rum has its leglons
of victims in hell, for mo drunkard shall
inherit the kingdom of God" We have
reduced our life from 969 years to about 30.
Man with his reason, has not maintained
his pristine glory, while the noble lion in
! African deserts, or Asiatic wilds, is still the
king of beasts, guided alone by instinct:
2. There is not only a Past with its hui
initiating record and mourntul lessons, but
| there is a Present with its duties 10 this
hour, which we choose to call the Present,
belongs Golgotha, with that Cross upon
which was fought and won the first great
victory over sin and death. 10 the locker
on, on the day of crucitiSion, those three
words ut is finished" must have sounded
the death-knell of humanity. But to us,
with prophecy fulfilled and unfullilled, that
Cross, with its victim means triumph over
all tie foes of God and man; restoration to
| our lost estate; civilization; christianization,
and final salvation. 1t was in the light
of that Cross the prophet declared, The
child shall die a hundred years old In Ito
LIGHT, also, let us view the Prcsent-the
busiest, livcliest age known since the advent
of man in the world A half dozen years
now are more than an equivalent OF hun
dred years in the patrarchal age. We need
not 90 so far back. four great -grandtath-
ers could get glimpse of the smoking fur
naces, or hear the noise of our nail factories
and rolling mills, or see the iron horse ca
reeling through our valies, over rivers ana
up and down the Allegheny mountains, or
tile Geographic operator holding converse
with q friend in Europe, they would not
recognize this as the world in which they
had lived. A sight of Pttsburg would re-
nal Regions. Armies fight with needle
guns and Dahlgren artillery, and iron-clad
, monitors breathe out fire and death from
among the waves. We live at steam rates,
and die at steam rates. The columns of our
papers tell us daily of those who die of
heart disease. rush of blood to the head,
paralysis, &c.
Your object is to reclaim the drunkard,
and to prevent others from becoming such.
1t is right you should take pledges from
your members, but they are worthless I'M
less taken with reliance upon the Cross
Gentlemen of the fraternity of Recha-
bites-be Christians; don't stop outside Of
the Church, or your numbers, your objects
and pledges amount to nothing.
There is q solid phalanx of evil marching
against the human race in V, with rum at
the van on the two wings which sweep the
world are seen thieves, robbers, lust, appe-
tte, avaricc, New York, and Beelzebuh.-
These are opposed by the lion of the tribe
of Judah" the Bible, the Church-the true
RechGb,tes of every age.
You, gentlemen Rechabites, are moving
in the right direction, only move forward
into the Church If you stop short of this,
your labors are vain. Rally around the
Cross, BOYS! rally once again! When there
is no more an infant of days-when the
child dies hundred years old'-We shall
sing, the angels joining in the anthem
an the Cross of Christ | glory,
Tow ring DER the wrecks of time;
All the light of sacred story
Gathers round its head sublime"
The Rechabites returned to their Tent
the large congregation of ladies and gen.
t'cmen to their homes, each, doubtless, we'll
p.casccj. with the incidents and gayeties OF
the day.
The Catholic Fair, also, attracted atten-
ton in the evening, owing to spirited
contest for Go Headed Cane between
BENZ. THOMAS, Esq, and CHARLES A
GREEN, Esq, rcsu ting in its award to the
former. Mr. THOMAS, of $40 votes cast
received 421-Mr. GREEN, 228-the pro
ceeds of which amounted to $lGs.25. The
vote commenced at u and c'osed at II
o'clock Z. M.,-the contest being close .un
til the last five minutes, when Mr.. T. dis
tanced his competitor as above stated
Tie vote on the Silver Set has been post
l poned until the Ho days An extra trail
was run from Piedmont w. Va, for tn
I occasion. The Hoffman Cornet and TIL
| Lonaconing Bands were present
l Little Favorite" Cigars-on'y cents
JOHN IliTcHINs is the sole Agent for tn
;. sale of this Cigar in Frostburg. no