The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-07


quench lghtnings, thresh mountains. II isn
shield to the warrior, n crnnk TO the most
| ponderous wheel,a lever TO pry up pyramids
drum whose beat gives strength to the stop
ottho heavenly. soldiery, and sails TO watt
SHIPS laden with priceless pearls from tho
aarbor OF earth To tse harhor Of heaven
But you are not yet equipped You musl
have what scamen call the running rigging.
| This comprises the ships braces, hallinrds
clew lines aud such like Without those the
| yards could not he braced, the snils lifted nor
tho canvas In anywise managed. We have
prayer for the running rigging. Unless you
| understand this tackling you are not spirit
1ai seaman. BY pulling on these ropes you
hoist the sails Of faith and turn them every
whittier. The PROV OF courage will not cut
the wave, nor the sail of faith spread aud nap
halliard
One more arrangement and you will DO
| ready for the sea. You must have n compass
| which Is tho Bible. Look Mt IL every day,
and always sail bv It, as its needle points to-
ward the Star OF Bethlehem. Through foc
nnd darkness and storm 1t works faithfully.
Search the Scriptures. BOX tho compass
Let mo give you two or three rules for tho
voyage. Allow your appetitcs and passions
only ap under deck passage Do not allow
them ever TO come up on tho promenade dock.
Mortify your members which are upon the
earth. Never allow your lower nature any.
thing better than stceragc passage. Lot
watchfulness walk the decks as an armed sen.
/ tinel, and shoot down with great promptnesS
anything like q mutiny ofriotous appctitcs.
! BE sure 20 look out OF the forccastc for
: icebcrgs. These are cold Christians floating
! about in tho church. Tho frigid zone pro-
! feSsors will sink you steer clear Of iccbergs.
/ Keep log-book during NIL the voyage-an
! account of how many furlongs you make IA
day. The merchant keeps a day book rs
well as n ledger. You ought TO know every
/ night as we'll rs every year, how things are
/ going When tho express train stops at the
depot you hear hammer sounding on all
the wheels, thus testing the safety Of the
| rail train. Bound, as We nrc, with moro
than express speed toward great etornity
ought we not often to try the work Of self
examination?
: BE sure to keep your colors up You know
| tho ships OF England. Russia. France and
/ Spain by the ensigns they carry. Sometimes
IL is n lion, sometimes an eagle, sometimes a
star, sometimes n crown. Let IL over bc
/ known who you are, and for what port you
/ are bound. let christian be written on
the very front, with n figure Of a cross,
crown and dove; and from the masthead
lrt noat the strcamcrs Of Emmanuel Then
the pirate vessels OF temptation will pass you
unharmed as they say; There goes a Chris
tian, bound for tho port Of heaven. We will
not disturb her for she has too many guns
aboard" Run up your flag on this pulley:
/ II am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ,
.
Z God unto salvation When driven back, or
laboring under great stress Of weathcr-now
changing from starboard tack 10 larboard,
and then from larboard TO starboard-look
above the topgallants, and your heart shall
beat like war drum as the streamers float
on the wind The sign of the cross will make
you patient, and the crown will make you
glad
Before you gain port you will smell tn.
D. land hf.pnypg nf n ~
VIII meet you rs you come into tho Nnrrows
OF Death, and faston 20 you, and say: "When
thou passest through the waters l will DO
with thee; and through the rivers, thoy shall
not overflow thee" Arc you ready for such
VOYAGE Make up your minds. The gang
planks are lifting. The bell rings All
aboard for heavenl The world is not your
rest. The clatiiuch is the silliest bird In all
the earth for trying to make its nest on tho
rocking billow. Oh, how wish that as | en-
bark for the Holy Land in the East, all to
whom preach by tongue or type would en-
bark for heaven. What you all most need Is
God, and you need Him now. Some Of you
leave in trouble. Things are going very
rough with you. You have had a hard
struggle with poverty, or sickness or perse-
cution or bereavement. Light after light has
gone out and It is 50 dark that you can
hardly sec any blessing left May that Jesus
who comforted the widow of Main, and raised
! thedeceased 70 life, with His gentle hand Of
sympathy wipe away your tears. All is well.
When David was fleeing through the viii
forness pursued by his SON he was being
prepared TO become the sweet singer Of Is
rael. The pit and the dungeon were the best
lchools at which Joseph ever graduated.
The hurricane that upset the tent and klle1
Tob's children prepared the man OF Uz 10
write the magnificent poem that has as
founded the ages. There is no way 10 get
The wheat out of the straw but 10 thrcsh it.
There is no way 20 purify the gold but 10
burn it, Look at the people who have always
had it their own way. They are proud, dis
contented, useless and unhappy. II you want
to find cheerful folks, 20 among those
who have been purified by the fire. After
Rossini had rendered "William Tell' the five
hundredth time company OF musicians
, came under his window in Paris and sere-
naded him. They put upon his brow a
, golden crown OF laurel leaves But amidst
, al the applause and enthusiasm RoSsini
turned To a friend and said II would give
, all this brilliant scene for n few days OF
, youth and love- Contrast the melancholy
feeling Of Rossini, who had everything that
this world could give him, TO the joyful ex-
! perience of Isaac Watts, whose misfortunes
) we're innumerable, when he says:
The hill OF Zion yields
q | A thousand sacred sweets,
, | before reach the heavenly nclds
l or walk tue golden streets.
4 Then let our songs abound.
, We're marching through fmmanuel's ground
l To faircr worlds ON high.
9 1t is prosperity that kills and trouble that
! saves While the Israelites were on the
Q march, amidst great privations and hard
. shiTs, they behaved well. After while, they
I prayed for meat, and the sky darkened will
: large flock of quails and these quails fell II
! great multitudes all about them and the Is
!, raelites ate and ate, and stuffed themselves
until they died. Oh my friends, IL is not
0 hardship, or trial, or starvation that injure'
the soul, but abundant supply. 1t IS not th'
. vulture OF trouble that eats up the Christian
A lifo; it is the quails it is the quails!
: cannot leave you until once more | con
o fess my faith in the Saviour whom | have
h preached lie is my all in all. l owe mor'
. 20 tho grace OF God than most men. Wit
? this ardent temperament, II had gone over
board | would have gone to the very depths
|, You know | can do nothing by halves.
TO grace how great debtor
Daily I'm constrained To be!
q think all will bo well. Do not be worrie
J, about mo. know that my Redeemer livetl
y and il any fatality should befall me,
think should go straight have been mos
I, unworthy, and would be sorry TO think tina
any ono OF my friends had been rs unworth
. a Christian as myself. But God has helpe'
: a great many through, and / hope He vii