The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-08-08

ycary- An, do not point down 10 shc hole
IN the ground, the grave, and call II beauti-
ful place. Unless there DO some supernatural
illumination l shuddcr back from t. My
whole nature revolts mt it. But now this
glorioue lamp is lifted above the grave and
ill the darkness Is gone, and the way isclear.
j look into 10 now without single shudder.
Now my anxiety is not about death; my anx-
iety Is that may live Alright for know that
IL my life Is consistent when come 10 the
last hour, and this voice Is silent.
and these eyes are closed, and theso hands.
with which beg for your eternal salvation
to-day, are folded over the still heart. that
then shall only begin TO 1.-Two What power
Is there in anything 20 chill me in the last
hour If Christ wraps around me the skirt OF
His own garment What darkness can fall
upon my eyelds then amid the heavenly
daybreakS o Death, I will not fear thee
then. Back to thy cavern of darkness, thou
robber OF all the earth. Fly thou dcspoiler
OF families. With this battle AK how thee
in twain from helmet 10 sandal, tho voice of
Christ sounding all over tho eartl, and
through the heavens: 20 Death. l will be
thy plague. o Grave, l win DO thy destruc.
ton"
To be saved is to wake up in tho presence
OF Christ. You know when Jesus was upon
earth how happy He made every house He
went into, and when He brings Us up to His
house in Heaven, how great shall be our glec.
His voice has more music in IL than Is 10 DO
heard in all the oratories Of eternity.
Talk not about banks dashed with cffores-
ccuce. Jesus Is tho chief bloom OF heaven.
We shall see the very face that beamed SYM
pathy in Bethany, and take tho very hand
that dropped its blood from the short beam
or tho cross. oh, want 10 stand in eternity
with Him. Toward that harbor steer. To-
ward that goal j run. L shall bc satisfied
when | awake in His likeness.
oh, broken hearted men and women. how
sweet 1t will be in that good land 10 pour all
or your hnrdships and borcnvcmcnts and
losses into tho loving car Of Christ and then
have Him explain why IL was best for you TO
bo sick, and why IL was best for YOU TO DO
widowed, and why IL was best for YOU 20 bo
prosecuted, and why IL was best FOR you TO be
tried and have Him point TO an elevation pro-
/ poTtionate 60 your disquiotude hero saving:
"You suffered with mo on earth. come
! up now and DO glorifed with Mo In
heaven" Somc one went into house
where there had been good deal Of
trouble, and said 60 the woman there:
"You sccm TO be lonely.n "Ycs.' shc
the familyy' "only myself" "Havo you
had any children II had seven chill
/ dren" "Where are thoyY" Gone" "All
goueY' "All." "All deadY' "All." Then
she brcathci a long sigh into the loneliness,
and said: "Oh, sir, have been good mother
| 90 the grave" And so thcro are hearts
N
| bereavements of life. / point you to-day Ia
| the eternal balm OF heaven. Arc there any
here that am missing this morning2 Oh.
you poor waiting maidl your hearts sorrow
| poured in no human ear, lonely and sad
How glad you will DO when Christ shall dis.
band all your sorrows and crown you
queen unto God and tho Lamb forever
Aged men and women, fed by His love
and warmed by His grace for thrco-score
years and tenl will not your dccrcpitude
change for the leap of hart when you come
90 look face 10 face upon Him whom having
not seen you love' That will bo tho Good
Shepherd, not out in the night and
watching 10 keep off tho wolves
but with the lamp reclining on tho
sunlit hill That will bo the captain
OF our salvation, not amid the roar and crash
and boom of battle, but amid His disbandcd
troops keeping victorious festivity. That
will be the Bridegroom OF tho Church coming
from afar. tho br de leaning upon His arm,
while Ho looks down into her face. and says
'Behold, thou art fair, my Lowell Behold,
thou art fairp