The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-03-25
Awl NG HIS COMING.

/ ngiouS rov.vnl. AT the Second
Street Methodist Church nlono 1l3
persons have professed religion. At
The conclusion Of the sermon few
evenings ago . remarkably impress
sive scene occurred The alter was
well filed by n number Of persons
seeking salvation aud a number Of
those who bad been invited to come
forward aud spoak word Of conso"
lation to the mourners wero stand
ing close by, occasionally bending
forward to whisper tho praises Of
Jehovah in tho Cur Of tho repenIant
sinner. Tho auditorium was filled
with vast multitude, scores Of
whom woro compelled to stand up.
"Lot US all now pray,a said the
Rev. Mr. Kceno Let every one
pray. God will visit us Tonight.
Lot every ono bend tho knee or how
the head, and in silent meditation
watch the approach Of tho Holy
Spirit This will be n glorious eve.
ming, for Christ will be hero. 1 feel
it"
Three minn,cs OF tho silence OF
the death chamber ensuod. Every
body, eight hundred, nino hundred,
perhaps n thousand people, saints
and sinners alike, were on their
knees or bowing their heads, await
ing tho football Of the coming grcst.
SO quiet was it that the wai Of the
light. rs it consumed itself through
the hundreds Of jets Of flaming gas,
could almost be heard. In the
midst Of this awful silence The minis
ter whispered slowly, pausipg
moment after each sentence ale
is coming, hear His football. Near
or and nearer lie approaches. y
pause. Nearer and nearer lIo ap>
proacbes. a pause o Jesus
hasten Thy coming. We arc dying!
Fast dying Get hero in time to
savo us Make the channel clear for
us IA pause. see q rift in the
clouds.'
At tho slow and solemn utt6ranoe
of these words tho very atmosphere
seemed to Undergo change 1t
appeared to grow healthier, sweeier,
tresher, moro buoyaut, like tho air
Of a froshNborn freedom, gentle ns
heavens special zephyr, like the
breath of an nugel.
Again the preacher whispers. 30
Jesus, we want to entertain Thee
tonight as our especial guest
Baptize ns with tho fire of Thy con-
suning love-
A pause.
ale comes
A moments silence.
"Ho is knocking at the door
Profound silence for faw &C.
onds.
"Let Him in snys tho preacher,
and deeper and deadlier silence
than ever succeeds, broken by the
loud and gladsomo acclaim "IIe
is here Jesus is here Holy Spirit,
welcome ! 4 Thousand welcomes
Bless these mourning souls and tbs
waiting congregation p
Not n breath, not whisper is
then heard, as all are yet engaged
in silent prayer, but the acene is in-
descriable. Lot him who can paint
the quietudo Of nothing. One im-
agines that he hears the footsteps
Of Him upon whom they are waiting
passing up and down the aisles and
through tho pews, shaking the jow,
els OF eternal brightness from off
the branches of the Tree Of Life TO
fall on every head, and as they light
a soul is bedccked for everlasting
life. Pearls OF priceless valuo are
given away for tho asking. The
repentant tear is erystalized and
placed in the coronet of saints 10
CLINT and sparkle forever. The foun-
tain of unending Joy has broke forth
and flows unobstructed through a
soul that is cleapscd. An immacu-
late creation is absorbing the sighs
of the sorrowing. A pardoniug
spirit is triumphantly bearing the
weight of sin from the sonl of tue
believer. 1t is Bible triumph I;
ASK, and ye shall receive knock
aud it shall be opened unto you."
Ten minutes have elapsed. The
cherubim and sernphim have supg.
their sougs OF praise and rejoicing
and all at once the assemblage arises,
and with one accord unite in sing
ing