The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-06-20

-ltrilS. anu tNAt n crlfnSOD SKY at nlQnt meant
dry weather next day, and that crimson sky
in the morning meant wet weather before
night. And how beautifully He made use Of
II in after years ms He drove down upon the
pestiferous Pharisee and Sadducee by crying
out when It is evening ye say 10 win bs
fair weather, for the sky is red, end in the
morning IL viii be foul weather to-day, for
the sky is red and lowering. O, We hypo-
critics ye can discern the face Of the sky. but
can We not discern the signs of the times" I"
BY day, as overy boy has done, He watched the
barnyard fowl at sghtof over-swinging hawk
cluck her chickens under wing aud in after
years He said 80, Jerusalem, Jerusalem I
How often would havo gath
ered thee as hen gatheroth her chickens
under her wngr BY night He had noticed
His mother by the plain candle light which,
as ever Cs.d anon II was snuffed and the re-
moved wick put down on the Candlestick
beamed brightly through all the family
sitting room as His mother was mending His
garments that had been torn during the days
wnndcrings among tho rocks or bushes and
years nfterward IL all came cut in tho
simile OF the greatest sermon ever preached: :
"Neither do men light n candle and put it
under bushc but in Candlestck and it
giveth light 10 all who are in the house
Let your light so shine" Some time when
His mother in the autumn took out the clothes
that had been put away for the summer He
noticed how the moth miller flew out and tho
coat NfOilHt apart TulIlpti ana nSelcNS ana 80
twenty years after He onjoincd LAY up for
yourselves treasures in heaven whcro neither
moth nor rust can corrupt" His boyhood
suent among birds and flowers they
all caroled and boomcd again fifteen
years aftcr rs Hc cries out: "Bchold the
fowls Of the air Consider the lilies" A
great storm one day during Christs boyhoOd
bacFonci the heavens aud augcrcd the
rivers Perhaps ,tauding IN the door of tho
Harupntcrs shop He watched 10 gathering
louder am wilder until two cyclones, onJ
sweeping down from Mount Tabor and tho
other from Mount Carmel met in the valley
~ Esdrapllu ana two houses are caught in tho
fury and crash goes the one and triumphant
stands thcuthpg. and lIc noticed tlat one had
shifting Snud for foundation aud the other
an eternal rock for basis; aud twenty
ycrrs after lie built the whole SC"no into
parorHt.on Of food and whirlwiud that seized
His audience ana nftCd them into the hoights
OF subimlty with the two great arms Of pa.
thos and terror, which sublime words
render askin: Nuu as far aS possible 10 for
Eot that You ever heard them before: "Who-
so'ver hpartth these savings of Mine. aud
d7'th them, | will likcn him unto u
wise man. which built his house
upon q rock; and the rain descended, and
"" ho1is came. and the winds blew. and
bent upon that house; and IL fell not. for II
was founded upon rock. And every one
thlt hcgrotA these sayings of Mine, aud dCath
"a
rau, which built his house upon the sand; and
tine rain descended and the foods came,
nnd the winds blew, and beat upon that
house; and 1t fell; and great was the fall
of it,
Yes, from the naturalncss, the simplicity,
the freshness of Ills parallels and SMILES and
metaphors i'm manhood discourse know that
lie had been "a Toy of the fields and had hatned
IN the streams and heard the nightingale
call. uud broken through the tlOwerv hedge
and looFNi out ot the embrDsurcs of the Tor.
tre-s, and drank from the wells and chased
the butterflies, which travellers say have al.
WAYS been on" Of the Hitting beauties of that
landscape, and talrd with the strange pel-
pie from Damascus and Egypt End Sapphoris
ana syria, who III caravans or on
foot passed through His neigb5orhood,
th" dogs barking at their arp
proach at Suuduwn. As aftcrward He wasa
perfect man, IN the time of which speak Ho
was perfect boy, with the spring of boys
foot, the sparkle of a boys eye, the rebound
of boys life and just tho opposite of those
juveniles who sit around morbid and I'M
elastic, old mon at ten. | warrant He was
able to take His own part and 10 take the part
of others. In that village of Nazareth | am
certain there was what is found in all tho
ncghbprhoods Of the earth, that terror OF
children. the bully, who seems born to strike,
To punch, To briiise, to overpower the less
muscular and robust The Christ who after
critic and Pharisee, warrant, never let such
juvenile villain impose upon less vigorous
childhood and yet go unscathed and unde-
Tended. At ten years He was !p sympathy
with the undcrlings as He was at thirty and
thlrty-thrce want no further inspired or
uninspired information to persuade me tl at
He was "A sDlcndid boy. u radiant hoy. tho
jTundcst, hottest, mIghteSt boy OF all the ages.
k'uce | commend Him as a boys Christ.
What muititUacs between ten and fifteen
year, have found Him out rs the one just
suited by His own personal experience TO help
any boy.
Gut having shown YOU the divine lad in the
fields, must 'how you Him in the mechanics
shop. Jos ph, His father, died very early,
Immediately after the famous trip Ia the
Temple and this lad not only to support Him
-e.i nut support His mother, and what that Is
.ow' ui yuU know. There Is q royal race Of
boys ON earth now doing the same thing.
Tucy wear 900 crown They have no purple
robe aNroup from their shoulders Tho PLAIN
chair ul which they sit Is aS much ualike "A
throne as anything YOu can imagine But
| God SNOW, what they are doing aud through
what sacrifices they 60 aud through all
eternity God Slll keep paying them for their
hllul behavior. They shall get full measure
ui reward, the measure pressed down, sh" ken
n-.thrr and running over They have their
rNuup,e an tn, boy Christ taking care of His
mother. he had been taught the car
! Il'tla''l y lItilt uN Ills lillltTs I Nt DON
had uonc the palmer work at tho shop
while His father had put on the finish
| ing touches of the work. Tho boy also
| cleared away the chips and blocks and
shavngs He helped hold the different
! pieces Of work while tho father Joined them
| In our day We have all kinds of mechanics
and the work is divided up among them
! But To be IA carpenter in Christs boyhood
days meant 10 make plows, yokes, shovels
! wagons, tables, chairs sofas. houses and al
most everything that was made. Fortunate
was it that the boy had learned the trade,
! for, when the head of the family dies
| it is n grand thing 10 have the child
able to take care of himself and help take
are of others. Now that Joseph, His father,
| Is dead and the responsibility Of family sup
| port comes down on this boy / hear from
! morning To night His hammer pounding, His
! saw vucillHtiug His axe descending His ginl-
| lets boring ana standing amid the dust and
! debris Of the shop | find the perspiration
! gathering ol His temples and notice the fa-
! tigue of His arm, and as lie stops moment 10
| ro,t | see Him painting, His hand on His side,
| from the exhaustion. Now Ho goes forth
! in tho morning loaded with implements
! Of work heavier than any modern kit OF
! tools. Under the tropical sun He swelters
! Lifting pulling, adjusting, cleGving splitting
all day long At nghtiall He goes home
to the plain supper provided by His mother
| and sits down too tired to talk. Work
work. work You cannot tell Christ any