The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-10-10

cay 20 Ofate uDOut the poetry OF war, Dut 90
not ak about the poetry of war 20 the men
of the Federal or Confederate armies who
were at the front, or TO some of who. as
members of the Christian commission, saw
the CHASTITY hospitals at Antietam and Hagers-
town. Ahl you may worship the Lord OF
Hosts, l worship the God of Peace, who
brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus
Christ, that great Shepherd Of the sheep"
War is an accursed monster and IL was
born in the lowest cavern Of perdition, and
! pray that IL may speedily descend TO the
place from which it arose, its last sword and
shield and musket rafting on the bottom OF
the red hot mari OF hell. Lot there be called
peace convention for 1892, with delegates
sent by all the decent Governments OF
Christendom. and while they are in session,
IL you should some night go out and look
into the sky above the exposition build
| ings, you may find that the old gallery Of
| crystal, that was taken down after the Beth
| lehem anthem OF eighteen centuries ago was
| sung out, is rebuilt again in the clouds, and
the same angelic singers are returned with
the same lihrettos of light to chant "Glory 10
God in the highest, and on earth peace, good
| will to men,
Again. 1 suggest In regard TO the Worlds
Fair that, while appropriate places are pre-
| pared for all foreign exhibits we make no
| room for the importation of foreign vices
! America has enough of its own and we need
no installments of that kind. A worlds fair
will bring all kinds of people, good and bad.
| The good VIC must prepare TO welcome the
bad we must prepare TO shun. The attempt
] will again be made in 1892, in 1876,
/ to break up our American Sabbaths.
| That attemps was made at the Phla-
! delphia Centennial but was defeated
/ The American Sabbath is the best kept
/ Sabbath on earth. We do not want 10
broken down, and substituted in the place
| thereof the Brussels Sabbath. the Vienna
/ Sabbath, the st. Petersburg Sabbath or any
] - g.
/ baths at all. | think the Lord is more than
generous in asking only hfty-two days out of
the 36J for His service. You let the Sabbath
! 20 and with it will go your Bible. and after
. that your liberties and your children or your
/ grandchildren will be here in America under
/ adespotism as bad as in those lands where
| they turn the Lords day into wassail and
trohc.
Among those who come there will I've, as nj
other expositions, lordiy people who viii
bring their vices with them. Among the
Dukes and DuchcSses and Princes and
! Princesses Of other lands are some of the
best men and women of all the earth. Re
member Earl OF kintorc, Lord Cairns and
Lord Shaftsbury. But there is n snobhery
aud hunkeyism in American society that
runs after grandec, Duke, Lord or
prlnce, though he may be n walking la1a'
retto and his breath plague IL make.
the fortune of some of our queens OF
society to dance one cotilliOn with one ot
these princely lepers. Some people cannot
get their hat off quick enough when they see
such aforeign Lord approaching, and they do
not care for the mirc into which they drop
their knees rs they bow to worship. Let no
splendor Of pedigree or any pomp and para
phcrnalia Of circumstance make him nttrHc,
tive. There is only one set of Ten Com
mandments that ever heard Of, and no class
of men or women in all the world are excused
+ from obedience to those laws written 10y fin.
- Of
Mount Sinai. Surely we have enough
American vices without making any drafts
upon European vice for 1892.
BY this sermon | would have the nation
made aware of its opportunity and get ready
10 improve il, and of some pcrils and get
ready To combat them. rejoice TO believe
that the advantages will ove-top everything
in that worlds fair. What an introduction
60 each other of communities, of states OF
republics, OF empires, of zones, of hemis-
pheres! What doors of information will be
swung wide open for the boys and girls now
on the threshholdl What national and in
ternational education! What crowning
of industry with sheaves of grain, and
what imperial robing of her with em-
brodered fabrics! What scientific ap-
paratusl What telescopes for the niinitude
above and microscopes for the inlinitudo be-
meath, and instruments TO put nature 10 the
torture until she tells her last secret What
II display of the muuiiicence of the God who
has grown enough wheat TO make a loaf Of
good bread large enough for the human race,
and enough cotton to stocking every foot,
I and enough timber to shelter every head,
making IL manifest that IL is not Gods fault,
| but either mans oppression or Incidence or
dissipation If there bo any without supply.
/ Under the arches of the chief building of
that exposition let capital and labor, too long
! cstranged, at last be married, each taking
the hand of each in pledge of eternal fidelity,
| while representations of all nations stand
round rejoicing at the nuptinls, and saving
"What God hath joined together let not man
put asunder.n Then shall the threnody OF
the needlc-woman no longer be heard:
! Work. work, work
! TIL the brain begins To swim;
! Work, work, work
TIN the eyes heavy and dim.
Seam and gussot and band,
Band and glssct and seam,
! TIL over the buttons fell asleep,
| And sew them ON In u dream.
| q. Christian America Make ready for tho
| grandest exposition ever seen under the sun!
| Have Bibles enough bound. Have churches
enough established. Have scientific halls
! enough endowed, Have printing presses
enough set up Have revivals of religion
| enough in full blast. | believe you will.
"Hosanna TO the Son Of David! Blessed is he
| that cometh in the name of the Lordr'
Through the harsh voices OF our day
A low, sweet prelude finds ltS way;
Through clouds OF doubt and creeds OF fear
light Is breaking calm and clear.
That song of love, now low and far
Ere long shall swell from star 20 star;
That light the breaking day which tips
The golden spired Apocalypse!