The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-11-01
Rest with "A pllrDOse,

Back from woodland moor aud lake. from
sea Shore aud from lands across the sea-
come thousands and tens OF thousands OF
the summer tourists. Back to renewed con.
sccration We hoIc. bncli to work for God and
their fellow men with increased zeal. Many
who are homeward bound have spent the
summer season seeking pleasure simply Tor
pleasures sake. For them life is one con.
tinued round OF excitement, without which
II would he mere existence. Theirs is a
butterfly life. But many others have a more
exalted Wow Of life. They rcalZS their re-
81 onsil ility to God, and have sought t. ro-
cruit health and strength that they might
the better serve their day and generation.
Christian ministers and Christian lay work
crs have gathered health and help, physical
AMI mental, aye and spiritual, too, il is to be
hoped, ms they climbed the mountain crag
plunged into the blilow, snilet the tracklcss
deep, or penetrated the equally pathless for
est While comnuning with nature. they
have held holy fellowship with natures God.
His works have spoken to thcm of his good
ness and his glory.
Whether returning to tho great metropoli.
tan city, the large inland town or the rus
tic village these friends will find much work
awaiting them. Sin and Satan have taken
no vacation. There are straying ones to
seek out, weary ones TO cheer, sick ones TO
visit tasks many to be performed. How de.
hghtful To come back to these with fresh
purpose and renewed energyl We do well to
take every proper measure for the restora-
ton and the preservation of health. Tho
Saviour who well knew he wearness await
ing the busy worker, bade his disciples seek
rest awhile. We do we'll to get away at
times from tho daily scenes of life, and
breathe other air, and witness other sights,
and make new friendships, or revive old
ones. All this is right, provided that through
IT all there runs the desire and the design TO
serve God better. There is no piety in
n nj
body. God may glorify himself in tho pa.
thence and resignation of the suffering ones
but II wa can by any means lay hold Of
health and strength we ought 20 make them
ours, for tho work To loo done is great and
needs the heartest toll OF the healthy as
well as tho holy. Surely we may bo both
these. Spirit, soul and body may be in Wig
orous health We may prosper in III. m all,
and bring them 10 the altar Of our God with
exceeding joy The health he bestows may
well be devoted TO the tasks he assigns. IN.
Y. Observer.
When tho ore In the fable was asking Ju.
pitor that IL might be fashioned into a sw ~.
II was asking To he made acquainted w"
the furnace and the forge, the sitting stream
and the shattering hammer-stroke. IL was
needful for the file to bite, and the brazier
TO burn; it would have To be melted and re-
melted before IL could be tempered into deli
cate splendor and strength, and made meet
for service in battle. This is tho ordeal
through which must pass that which is des-
tined To be "a polished shaft" in the hands
OF our King. .-LDr. Charles Stanford.
Christ in us, that we may never despair
when we are beset by difficulties; we in Him,
that when We have attained something
may reach forward to greater victories -
canon Westcott.
There is a marked difference bet ween the
w. G. L. Union in China and Japan. The
officers and workers in the former are Ameri
can missionaries, while in the latter, the
native women take full control-pres'de.
lecture, write and publish leaflets, and carry
ON the enterprise successfully.