The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-12-12
No 49,.
Reply to Daniel.

Mr.. HARTER:
i wondered who was 40 well
pleased with our Mite Society M To
call it Angel But didn't need
to wait long, when Daniel came
walking to the county seat with his
Angel in Disguise" We generally
ouch when the shoe fits rather
tight. But the tune is somewhat
changcd-now one of the member is
an Angel or she is supposed TO
be member. That must bea lucky
one. Since | am interested i'm the
Mite Society | cant help being n
little curious. Daniel says an An
gel means n messenger" That's
true, but Mt the same time all ines
sengers' are not Angels" The
messengers meant in Daniels re
ferences were simply men sent ON
an crrand by order of their masters
l don't suppose they were even
Angels i'll Disguise Daniel saws.
But there are other angels who
would like to have all the Angelic
Honor well now they have an IN
disputed right to this honor il they
are Angels Now Daniel describes
the Angel rs follows like TO
sit in front give II smile to- the au-
dlencc have long talks with the par.
son ; shake hands and have n word
in all church affairs" Sc. Ithinkirs
quite right for m Angelic person to
SIT up front and when necessary give
the audience II smile as to talking
with the parson and shaking hands.
II she be young lady and the par
son isn't very old, it's altogether ma
tural to do 80. And as to giving her
opinion i'll Church affairs / suppose
its because her opinion is recognized
rs worth having But how he can
compare the desire of this Angel
with the actions and desires of Alb.
solom isn't very clear. ! think Dan.
MEL would better wait for actions of
II different nature than those given
above, before he makes this com
parison. Perhaps Daniel il Gifted
with some supernatural power that
unlocks to him the desires of others
Suppose | change the fears and
hopes for "this lovely Angels" fu.
turo career into his real wish, and |
have reason enough for doing so.
Very often "thc wish is father TO the
thought" Some people measure
Others by themselves. | think. in
describing this Angel" Daniel has
mconsciously D described himself
Although we are fairly acquainted
with Daniel we will not waste the
time III telling even the important
traits of Daniels character. The
race that he belongs to have been in
existence since the world was created
i simply refer to Matthew 13rd chap
ter, and Luke Is: 1913, where he is
very plainly described by one who
understands the hearts of men. If
they are all like Daniel, it ism I Mt all
convenient for them to give any
thing to the support of the Church
And now, after all this, / think
Daniel got altogether the wrong title
to his manuscript. Just read il
again and think. Webster SAYS dis
guise means "to change the appear
ance Of To my mind the appear
ance of this Angel as shown by
her outward actions, in the eyes of
the world, would be somewhat lower
and more impure in comparison
with the real Angel undisguised.
The desire must be equally as pure,
if not more so than the actions.
Poor Daniel The idea conveyed
through his words is Just the op.
posite of that of his subject. Just
so his character does not CORES
spond with what he would like his
reputation to be. Suppose / give
his paper another name-"a wolf in
sleeps clothing That fits Daniel
better anyway. / hope Daniel will
soon learn to quietly submit when
people choose not to believe in all
of his smiles and smooth batteries.
Daniel, am afraid if you should
happen to get into the lions den,
the Angel will hardly think it
worth while to close the lions mouth.