Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-05-01

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Contributed for the SENTINEL
The ant il an insect that like all other in
sect- in the Temperate Zone ia sctive dur
ing be spring, summrr and sutumn months.
| IL u net TO be found in active Iie during
| th.. winter s-ason. The Bible ssvs ,t the
XXIc and 25th verse of Proverbs The
ant- are u people not strong yet they pre-
I psre taeir meat in the summ-r-" The ant
next to the honey be il = very diiig-nt IN
sect working for food and gathering il. and
7 watching the interests of it's nest OF home
! (~herh-r 10 be in stump or log or the
/ groundA sesihst the invssion OF man and
| beast. IL lives of living insects that il cap
I tures, carries 10 Its nest sud kills for itself
! and youpg Anis- IL also gathers large
quantities ct food from vegetable grown
I tor itself and young ants. IL j. not o large
! insect yet II prepares ia meat IN the sum
m-r Mankind. people Of all naiiozs ma
profit IL following the example of the ant
/ in thriE business affairs and IL the import9nt
] Affairs OF religion. A. the ant prepares its
| meat in the summer before the winter
| nlsy people prepare for this iIfo and tor th.,
| next life beyond death v hils in this present
| life the only uIn- Tor propagation, by be-
| b-iIevIng- acc ping and following Jssus
Christ At whose baptism AZ jordan, the
| Heavens were Hp-Ded and the Holy Spirit
descended in the form of dove snf abode
with him, Jesus ssthe Word" made flesh
dwelling among Us sin ia.hion'' aud ..In like
Eess ss a man." The opening OF the Hezv
and the Voice and Spirit from R.-sveu
indicate the Divinity kad Uod side OF Christ
The Voice al this time said, This is ny
bs-lovcd Son 10 whom l am well pleased" q"
(meauing The Son OF God The peTssyer-
Ing OF enduring seeker will have th. Divine
sid 10 OVERCOME every obstacle thai could
uebsr him from salvation. Every difficulty
An0 obstacle cen Dc OS ERGO NE through this
Christ, " hO - sole TO save them Ito the ut
tel most that come unto GOD through him -
Pattern after him who Gays, .'FOliow Ne"
] ne ant furthermore IL one of the most pr
scSering insects since il has more perse
v-raDc- Than great many peoPle. Th re
is a story OF person ~Go watched an ant
gathering TODD. The snt bad found = grain |
of certain Kind of corn ard immvdiatlv |
STARTED Ia carry IL towards it's hons Ev-
ryThing went right well until IL came 70 4 |
solid, m4sou-d stone wall that ran across
It's route. The distance To gn around the |
wall WAS to great, and tEe only thing Tor the |
ant carry ing the gram OF corn several times
heavier Ilhh lts own weight WAS fn |
-ttempt 10 get over il. It undertook
the tack ana with 'ihculUy crawied halt way
TO the top when II at.d the grain oi corn iyll !
down. II rallied aud try ed again sud sue |
cecd"d In getting up n little higher when IL |
a md time lost its hold aud runbled With |
the e. ain. Ii rsliIed again ana came within |
u quarter of an inch OF the TOP o. the wall
when the weight Of the grain ov-rbalApcrd
II and II again inmbled- Aud yet II did not
d.
nature nervrd II TO GO at il again ana after
lew staggers that Il oyrrcsmr in Ihs Way
succeeded IL reaching the top. IL Vas nee /
CrssSry tor the AMI TO prTseyere TO g.. or
bring the food across he wall, 30 i, il nec-
es-sry iur people when they see th. SAVING
Christ aud hIs power '.siar of" TO m,ke al
tiiUrt To- obtain his iavor and salvation. A !
man OF woman says, al have some com !
prvheusion IF Jesus, but il il disiar.t " I
such Is not sufficient. The idea IL by d.
vine helE 10 mount over all obstacles. IL !
the lst effort AZ belief IN hun s.who ever
hyeih 10 make iniercessiou at ihe right hann |
OF Power, does not satisfy. the eff,fI should !
BE- made Egaiu tor as the ant q, last attain /
I'd lis purpose so will the believer ATTAIN
light ia thi- life and in the last day hear
Inr words Of Jesus the great king. saving. !
''Well done thou good and faithful eeTvsuI.' |
There may be walls of obstacles between a !
man carry ing soUe of the Divine food or /
light, faith in Christ and the hlr5or of safety.
hen such Is the case let the mAu or pr I
son IS The ant people peTsey-rr 50 let uim !
perseNrre in fsith in the Great Master who /
Ted five thousand with three fishes and I've 1
loaves OF bread raised the four DAYS dead +
Lazarus to NE hraled ten leprr- llea Cd !
the blind from birth, which two latter Cases
The physicians and surgeons either sliopsIh-
ic or homeopathic do not and cannot d. 10
day. Hsve faith in this forgiving, swing,
miraculous Christ Who SAID TO snme 9TH, (!
sins BE- forgiven Thee since such thu ad-
dressed by the Saviour bad the proper fsith
10 him To he forgiven verse reads ssfor
:he Son of msn has power on earth to for
give .ins," and they that believe on him
''shail IN 10 wise perish" This Son of
man suffered the just for the upiu-t-v
s'All have sinned and come short OF the
glory OF God" bur Christ il Agent and
Lord 10 save many OF the whole uunbcr
as believe IN him the only Savior from the
state of the lest or md death. Tb-rerors
perse' ere and rDd ur- in hiIn. He will sdi
his favor to the Effort AMI bring thu per,s-
verinR over the walls of unhrlief to bciief
through himself who mixes the seeker wor-
thy through his own merits being Adyocst.
~ith Goo the Father for seekers and b-ii.v-
,rs making the believers the finders of HIM,
righteous before God through the efficacy
OF his own righteousness. The person that I
stes this Righteous Christ '.aft-r OFF,
shouln ike the ant seeking the top of the |
wall, try, try, sgsIu 10 come TO him who
says Come unto me all We that labor and
are heavy lsden snd wili give you rest -
Come 10 him ''chief among ten Thousand
the one altogether IcveiS'' To true saint.
made saints BY having their sins washed
sway through the blood of this Christ
The per-everIng ant after getting over the
wall got safely home with its treasure ls,y-
sr aud heavier than itself, and IL 10 nearly
The same with believers they finally get IN
the Heavenly mansions only they carry no !
treasures of earth beyond the gray. exce,t
the Pearl OF Greet Price, who is p..,,n,
with them in this life aud what /. he
ycnd.
..Go to the ant thou sluggard consid.r
her WAYS ard be wise" - the wsv another
Bible verse reads. This verse dopb,l.-.
has reference TO slugE ards IN every dav Ii,.
and every day work. and ba. also reference
COZ cerning God and the biz her lie which
may be obtained by Christ the way and res
urrectinn. Let the sluyesrd cast of nj.
.nd work 20 live right her.
and now through Christ. Let him strive
to attain Heaven Itsrif through the worfhi
hess OF Christ WHO suff- red tor the unxo--
ti-y that they might become wo-ih, TOR Ibe
Heavenly kingdom, the higher lifg
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