The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-08-30

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less elevated opponentsf Now, the world
sometimes takes after them the newspapers
take after them; public opinion takes after
them; and the unfortunate man is lied about
until all the dictionary OF Billingsgate is
exhausted on him. You often see n man
whom you know 10 be good and pure and
honest set upon by the world, and mauled by
whole communities, while vicious men take
on n superciliOus air In condemnation OF him,
as though Lord Jcirreys should write an
essay ON gentleness, or Henry VIII. talk
about purity, or Herod take to blessing little
Now, a certain amount OF persecution
rouses mans defiance, stirs his blood for
magnificent battle, and makes him fifty times
more a man than he would have been with
out the persecution. SO IL was with the
great reformer when he said: II will
not DO put down; will bo heard.n And so
IL was with Millard, the preacher, In the time
OF Louis XI. When Louis XI. sent word 10
him that unless he stopped preaching in that
style no would throw him into the river he
replied Tell tho king that | will reach
heaven sooner by water than lie will reach it
by ffst horses" A certain amount OF perse.
cution Is tonic and inspiration, but too
much OF IT, and too long continued, becomes
the rock Bolez, throwing a dark shadow
over mans life. What is no to do then,
Go bome,you say. Good advice. that. That is
Just the place fora man to go when the world
abuses him. Go hons. Blessel bo God for
our quiet and sympathetic homes. But there
Is many man who has the reputation OF
having home when he has none. Through
unthinkingnes3 or precipitation there aro
many matches made that ought never 70
have been made An officiating priest can
not alone unite couple. The Lord Al
mighty must proclaim b0nns There 4,
many home In which there Is no sympathy,
and no happiness and no good cheer. The
clamor of the battle may not have been
heard outside, but God ksows notwithstqnI-
ing all the playing Of the wedding Mlrrn.n
and all the odor OF the orange blossoms
aud the bene licton Of the Officiating pastor,
there has been no marriage.
Sometimes men have awakened 20 find on
one side OF them tho rock OF persecution, and
on the other side the rock OF domesti In.
felicity. What shall such n one do. DO a
Jonathan did climb. Got up the heights OF
Gods consolation, from whicn we may look
down in triumph upon outside pers.cut ION
and home trouble. While good and great
John Wesley was being silenced by the mag.
istrates, and having his name written ON mo
board fences OF London in dogyerel. A. that
very time his wife was making MN as m ser.
abe as she coud-ncting as though She were
possessed with the devil, as ,uppJ.e she wa.
never doing him a kindness unti the dag she
ran away, so that he wrote in his dairy thess
words: II did not forsake her: | have not
dismissed her; will not recall her.n Plant
ing one foot-John Wesley did upon outside
persecution, and the other foot on nome
trouble, he cll.nbed up into the heights Of
Christian joy, and after preaching forty
thousand sermous and travelling two hun.
dred and seventy thousand miles. reached
the heights Of heaven, though IN this world
he had 1t hard enOugh-'a sharp rock on the
one side, and a sharp rock on the other
Again, that woman stands IN the crisis 4
the text, who has bereavement aud "A strly-
gle for n livelihood at the same time. tn.
out mentioning names. | speak from obscr-
walton. All, 10 Is n hard thing for n woman
% make an honest living, even when her
heart Is not troubled. AMI she has a far
cheek and the magnetism Of an exquisite
presence. But now the husband or the
father, IL dead. The expenses OF the obsetuies
have absorbed all that was left IN
the savings bank and wan ami wasted
with weeping. she goes forth-a grave,
a hearse, coffin. behind her-to contend for
her existence and the existence Of her chill
dren. When | see such n battle as that open
| shut my eyes at the ghastness Of the
spectacle. Men sit with embroidered slip.
pers and write heartless essays about womens
wages, but that question Is made up OF
tears and blood, and there Is more blOoi han
tears. oh, give women free access 20 all the
realms where she can get a livelihood, from
the telegraph otiice 90 the pulpit. Let mems
wages be- cut down before hers are cut down.
Men have iron in their souls and can stand
10. Make the way free 20 her of the broken
-iliN w lilAk AllA| NY Atll'A Tue 'D'lt
bitter cup II prlyatlon, and give M nothing
hut a wlndowess hut for shelter for many
year., rather than that after am dead there
should 20 out from my home into the ultiirss
world a woman's arm 20 Il sht the ietty,aurS.
the Austeritz, the Waterloo Of life tOr
bread.
And vet how many women there nre
seated between the rock OF bereavement On
tue one side, AMI the rock OF drstiuriJu IN
tie other-bolel and Seneh Interockns their
shadow and dropping them upon her mi-er-
able way. There IS "A sharp roe, on tI. una
siie. and a sharp rock on the other slte
What are such 70 do somehow, let them
climb up into h. heights OF the glorious
promise Leave thy tathrr,e-s uIirru I
viii preserve them alive, ant l"r thy VI lows
trust in Me- Or ct mp into rHe heights VI
that other glOriOu, promise. The Lord
preserveth tile stranger and rpuesetn the
widow and the tltherie,.' o.. ye sewing
woman ON stlrsIng wlLe. %. ye widows
turned out from the once beautiful home. -.
ye female teachers, Kept on ur lrily
stipend. q ye despalrInS woman ,eeSing N
vain for work. wandering HlOng the locks, AMI
thinking 20 throw yourself into the river last
night o, We women Ot weak nerves anu
aching sides, ami snort breath iui broken
heart you need something more than human
sympathy you need the sympathy OF tod.
Climb up into His arms lie knows &c all.
ami He loves you more than father, or
mother, or husband ever could or ever did
and instead OF sitting down, wrinslng your
hands in despair, you had better begin %
climb. There are height, OF cunsoia.io for
you, though now there is sharp rock ON
the one side, and sharp rock on the other
side"
Again, that man is in the crisis II the text
who has wasted life ON the one ,de and
an illuminated eternity ON the other Though
a nan may all h 5 life have cultured deliber,l.
tion and self-poise II he gets into that posi-
tlOn all his self possession Is gone. There are
all the wrong thoughts OF his existence, all
the wrong deeds, all the wrong wUr,is-strata
above strata, granite, ponderUus, over
shadowing. That rock call BOzeL On the
other side are all the retributlons Of the fu-
ture, the thrones Of Judgment the eternal
ages, angry with his long defiance. That
rock l call Seneh Between these two rocks
Lord Byron perished, and Alcibiades perished,
and Herod persisted. aud ten thousand times
ten thousand have perished . man immor-
tai, man redeemed, man blood bought, climb
up out OF those shadows, Climb up by the
way Of the Cross Have your wasted life
forgiven have your eternal life secured
This morning just take Que look ~ the past
and see what IL has been and take one look
70 the future and see what IL threatens 20 be.
You can afford 10 lose your health, you can
Afford 20 lose yOur DFOperJy Won can Afford