The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-01


Of them, and the more the better. But let
eac h one be blaze Of heavenly light making
the world bri ghter and brighter till the last
| shadow has disappeared, and the last
Of the suffering children OF Col shall
have reached the land where they have no
need of candestick or 'of CANDLE. neither
| iioht ~ the fo- tho lord Gnd oiveth
them light and they shall reign forever and
ever" Seven candesticks, the complete
number OF lights "Let your light so shine
before men that they seeing your good works
may glorifv your Father which is In heaven"
Turn nov in your Bible to the seven stars.
! We are distinctly told that thev are the min.
listers OF religion Some OF them are large
stars some OF them small stars, some OF them
sweep wide circuit and some of them
sma circuit. but so far rs they are genuine
they get their light from the great central
sun around whom they make revolution.
Let each one keen his own sphere. Tho
solar system would soon be wrecked II the
stars instead of keeping their own orbit
should go to hunting down other stars.
Ministers of religion should never clash.
But in all the centuries of the Christ ian
Cnurcn some or tness stars nave been hunt.
| ing an Edward Irving or n Horace Bush.
nell or an Albert Brrnes and tho stars
that were in pursuit of the other
stars lost their own orbit and
sona OF them could never again find IL. Alas
Tor the heresy huntersi The best way to de.
stroy error is to preach the truth The best
way TO scatter darkness Is TO strike a light.
| There is In immensity room enough for all
the stars, and in the church room enough for
all the ministers. The ministers who give
| up Righteousness AMI the truth will get
| punishment enough anyhow. for they are
| "the wandering stars for whom is reserve |
the hlackneSs of darkness forever But |
should like rs n minister when am diving to
be able truthfullv TO saw what n captain OF
the En- ylish army fallen at the head of his col
umn, an1 dying on the Egyptian battlefield,
said 10 Gen Wellesley, who came 10 con loe
with him: IL led them straight: didn't lead
them straight. Gcnoralp God has put us
ministers rs captains in this battlefield OF
| truth against error. Great at last will be- our
chagrin IL we fall leading the people tho
wrong way: but great will be our gladness
II when the battle is over we can hand
our sword back To- orr great Commander
saying: Lord Jesusl We led the people
straight; didn't we lead them straightN
Those ministers who go of at tangent aud
preach some other gospel are not stars but
comets, and they flash across tho heavens n
little while and make people stare. aud throw
down iew meteoric stones, and then 90 out
OF sight If not ont Of existence. oh brcthren in
the ministry. let us remember that God calls
us stars, and our business is to shine and to
keep our own sphere. and then when we got
done trying TO light up the darkness of this
world, we will wheel into higher spheres,
and in us shall be fulfilled the promise
shall shine as the stars forever and
ever" All! the minister's are not all Peck
sniiis and canting hypocrities, rs some
would have you think. Forgive mo if, hav-
ing in your presence at other times glorifed
the medical profess on and tho legal profess
sion and the literary professional glorify
my own. have seon them III their homes
and heard them in their pulpits, and n
granler array of men never breathed, and
the Bible figure is not strained when it calls
ham 81 al sl.s.l. IF.Nss
glorious ministers have already taken their
PAGES on high where they shine even brighter
than they shone ON eartn: Edward y. Kirk.
OF the Congregational Church; Stephen ii.
Tying, of the Episcopal Church: Matthew
Simpson, of the Methodist Church; John
Downing, of the Baptist Church; Samuel X.
Tamage, Of the Presbyterian Church: DR.
Dewitt, of the Reformed Church; ,Iohh
Chambers, of the Independent Church, and
there stop, for 1t 80 happens that l have
mentioned the seven stars Of tho seven
churches.
pass on to another mighty Bible seven. and
they are the seven seals. st. John in vision
saw scroll with seven seals. and he heard
an angel cry. "Who is worthy 20 loose the
seals thereof" Take eight or ten sheets
OF too'scap paper, paste them together and
roll them into n roll, aud have the scroll
at seven different places scaled with
sealing wax. You unroll the scroll till Won
come To one of these seals, and then YOU can
go no further until you break that seal: then
unroll again until You come To another seal
and you can 20 no further until YOU break
that seal; then you go on until all the
seven seals are broken. and the contents
OF the entire scroll are revealed
Now, that scroll with seven seals held bvthe
angel was the prophecy OF what was to come
on the earth; it meant that the knowledge of
tine ruture was with God and no man and no
angel was worthy TO open it: but the Bible
nnI 4 fn.n. a -. D.. ~.
seals, lie broke the first seal and un
rolled the SCROLL and there was a
painting OF white horse, and that meant
prosperity and triumph for the Roman
empire, and so 1t really came Co pass that for
ninety years virtuous cmperors succeeded
each other, Nerva, Ira jan and Antoninus
Christ IN the vision broke the second seal and
unrollei again and there was a painting of a
red horse, and that meant bloodshed, and
so IL reaily came TO pass, aud the next ninety
years We're red with assass nations and wars.
lhen Christ broke the third seal and un.
ToHed IL ana there was painting of "a black
horse which in all literature means fam
me; oppression and taxation and so it
ieaiy ,Hy came TO pass. Christ went on
opened all the SCROLL Well. tho future of ali
oi us Is q sealed scroll, and am glad that no
one but Christ can open it, DO not let us
JON That class of Christians in our day who
are trying TO break the seven seals OF the
.t.-
things they have no business with. They
Try To foretell what is going TO come
TO them and what is going to come on the
earth They know nothing about it. Christ
Is the only one who can break the seal of the
future. Bible prophecy was not written TO
help us To tell things in the future, but TO
nave us, when the things actually do
come TO pass. compare them with prophecy
and so learn Gods foreknowledge and the i'm.
spration OF the Scriptures. But Won 20
INTO the study of the prophecies in order
!" ma out what is going to happen a wear
from now, or twenty years from now, or one
thousand years from now, and | will
make prophecy of my own, and
tnat Is that you will have yonr
brain added, IL YOU do nor
positively get into public or private insane
asylum, wnere the greatest II expounders
ana preachers OF prophecy ended his life n
tew years since. and where you NAV reCale the
visitors OF tho Institution by incoherent mum
bIings over something Irom Dauiei or neveia
tions about the leopard which means Greece
and the bear which means Medo Persia
and tho image with the great toes. What q
mental wreck did the persistent attempt tC
forostall events make of that miracle OF
preachers Edward Irving. of London. II
would take several mad houses 10 ho.d tn,