The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-11-27

hinue prosperous by country boys, to thu
farmhouse and the prairies and the Ynoun
tain cabins, and the obscure homesteads o
north and south and east and west to th,
fathers and mothers I'm plain homespun IL the,
be still alive or the hillocks under which they
sleep the long sleep. Thanks from Jerusa.
lem TO Nazareth
But alasi that the city should so often
treat the country boys ns OF old the one from
Nazareth was treated nt Jerusalem! Slain
not by hammers and spikes, but by instru-
ments Just as cruel. On every street OF every
CITY the crucihxion GOES ON. Every wear.
shows its ten thousand OF the slain. Oh, how
we grind them upl Under what wheels, in
what mills, and for what an awful grist
Let the city take better care of these
the country. they s are rrrv"s Wortb s,yiDg ,fogi
They are now only tho preface of what they
VIII be u, instead OF sacrificing, you help
them Boys as grand as the one who with
MS elder brother climbed into n church
tower and not knowing their danger went
outside on some timbers. when one OF those
timbers broke and tho boys fell and tho
older boy caught on a beam and the Younger
clutched the foot of the older. The older
could not climb up with the younger hangi.e
to his feet, so the younger said; "John, I am
going to let go; you can climb out into safety.
but you can't climb mp with me holding fast
am going to let 40, kiss mother for me,
ana tell her not to feel badly; pooi.byr
AND he let go and was so hard dashed upon
the ground he was not recognizable. Plenty
OF such brave boys coming up from Nnza
reth Let Jerusalom be careful how il
treats theml A gentleman long ago en-
tered school in Germany and he bowed
very low before the boys. and the teacher
said, why do you do thaty' "Oh," said
the visitor, II do not know what mighty
man may yet be developed among them.h
AZ that instant the eyes Of ons OF the boys
flashed fire. Who was II? Martin Luther.
A lad on his way to school passed "A door
step on which sat lame and invalid child
The passing boy said to him. "Why don't
you go TO schoolr' "Oh. I am lame and
can't walk TO school, Get on my back 4"
said the well boy, "and will carry YOU to
school," And so he did that day aud for
many days until tho invalid was fairly
started on the road to an education. Who
was the well boy that did that kindnessi
don't know. Who was tho invalid he car
ried' IL was Robert Hall, the rapt pupil
orator OF all Christendom. Better give TO
the boys who comeup from Nazareth TO Je-
rusalem crown instead of n cross.
On this December morning in Palestine
on our way out from Nazareth we saw lust
such carpenters shop as Jesus worked in.
supporting His widowed mother after He
was old enough To do so. | looked In. and
there were hammer aud saw and plane and
auger and wise and measuring rule and
chisel and drill and adzc and wrench and
bit and all the tools of carpentry. Think
ofiti He who smoothed the surface Of tho
earth showing plane; He who cleft tho
mountains by earthquake pounding a
chisel He who opened the mammoth caves
OF the earth turning an auger; He who
wields the thunderbot striking with Il
hammer. He who scooped out the bed for
the OCEAN following ladle; he who flashes
the morning on the earth and makes the
mi1utQlt hen uniyar with
structing winiow. cannot understand
IL, but believe It, A skeptic said to an old
Clergyman II will not believe anything
cannot explain Indeed" said the clergy
man, "you will not believe anything
you cannot explain. Please 10 explain
others have no horns. NO. said tho
skeptic, IL did not mean exactly that.
mean that l will not believe anything have
not seem" Indeed said the Clergyman -
you will not believe anything you have not
seen. Have you a backboneg Yes" said
the skeptic. How do you know said the
clergyman. Have you ever seen its' This
mystery Of Godhood and humanity inter-
Joined cannot understand and I cannot ex.
plain, but believe It, l am glad there are
so many things we cannot understand for
that Leaves something for heaven.
In about two hours we pass through Cana,
the village OF Palestine. where the mother OF
Christ aud our Lord attended the wedding of
n poor relative, having come over from
Nazareth for that purpose. Tn, mother OF
Christ-for women ars first to notics such
things--found that the provisions had fallen
short and she told Christ, and He to relieve
the embarrassment OF the houssk seper, who
hat invited more guests than the pantry
warranted became the butler of the OCCASION
and out OF a cluster of few sympathetic
words squeezed beverage of few hundred
and twenty six gallons OF wine in which
was not one drop OF intoxicant, or it would
have loft that party as maudlin and drunk
as tho great centennial banquet in New
York, two years ago, left senators, and
governors, and generals, and merchant
princes, the difference between the wine at
the wedding in Cana and the wine at the ban.
quet in New York being, that the Lord made
the one and the devil made the other. We
got OH our horses and examined some OF
these water jars at Cana said to be the very
ones that held the plain water that Christ
turned into tho purple bloom OF an especial
vintage. / measured them and found them
eighteen inches from edge TO edge and nine
teen inches deep, and declined TO accept their
identity. But we realized the immensity OF
supply OF hundred and twenty-six gal
Ions of wine
Among the arts and inventions Of the fu.
ture hope there may be somo ono that can
press the juices from the grape and so mingle
them and without one drop OF damning alec.
bolism that it will keep for years. And the
more of IL you take the clearer will be the
brain and tho healthier the stomach And
here is remarkable fact in my recent Jour
ney-I Travelled through Italy and Greec,
and Egypt and Palestine and Syria and Tur-
key, and how many intoxicated reopls do
you think saw in all thoss five great realms.
Not one. We must in our Chrstianized lands
have got hold OF some kind OF beverage that
Christ did not make
oh, | am glad that Jesus was preseat at
that wedding, and last Decem bor, standing
Mt Cana, that wedding came blckl Night
had fallen on the village and its surround
ings. The bridegroom had put on his head
bright turban and garland of flowers, and
his garments hal been made fragrant with
frankncenss and camphor. an odor which
the oriental especially likes. Accompanied
by groomsmen, and preceded by band OF
musicians with flutes and drums AMI
horns, and by torches in full blaze,
he starts for the brides home
This river OF fire Is met by another river o.,
fire, the torches OF the bride and brides
maids, tambeau answering flambeau. The
bride is in white robe and her veil not only
covers her face but envelopes her body
Her trousseau is as elaborate as the resources
OF her fathers house permit. Her attendants
are decked with all the ornaments they own
or can borrow; but their own personal charms
make tame the jewels, for those oriental wo-
men eclipse In attractiveneSs all Others except
those OF our own land The damson rose Is
in their cheek, and the diamond In the
luster OF their eyes and the black