The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-01-16

ithc JDdsu, 10 stal tuefe uutlf COrOuntfOH. u
mean TO be buried out OF the house of God.
oh men Of the world outside there, be-
trayed, caricatured and cheated of the
world, why do you not come in through the
broad, wide open door OF Christian commun-
ionl wish 1 could act the part of Jeho-
sheba to-day, and steal YOU away from
your perils and hide you in the temple. How
few OF us appreciate the fact that the
church of God Il hiding place. There are
many people who put the chruch at so
low a mark that they begrudge IL everything,
even the few dollars they give toward It.
They make no sacrifices They dole n little
out Of their surplusage They pay their
butchers bill, and they pay their doctors
bill and they pay their landlord. and they
pay everybody but the Lord and they come
in at the last TO pay the Lord in His church,
and frown as they say; There, Lord, IL Is:
IL You will have II, take it-now take t. take
it; send me receipt in full, and don't bother
Jne soon againp
tell you there is not more than one man
out of thousand that appreciates what the
church Is. Where are tho souls that put
aside one-tenth for Christian institutions.
one-tenth OF their incomeg Where arc those
who, having put aside that one tenth, draw
upon it cheerfullyp Why, II is pull. and
drag, and hold on and grab, and clutch; and
givingis an aiiiiction TO most people when it
ought 10 be an exhilaration aud a rapture.
oh, that God would remodel our souls on
the house OF God as the great refuge. IL
your children are TO come up to lives of vir-
tue and happiness, they will come up under
the shadow of the church. II the church
does not get them the world will
All, when you pass away-and IL will not
be long before you do--when you pass away
II will be satisfaction TO see your children
in Christian society. You want TO have them
sitting at the holy sacraments You want
them mingling in Christian associations. You
would like 10 have them die in the sacred
precincts. When you are on your dying bed
and your little ones come up 10 take your last
word, and you look into their bewidercd
faces, You will want 10 leave them under the
churchs bencdictior. | don't care how hard
you arc, that Is so. | said to "A man of
the world: "Your son and daughter are
going to join our church next Sunday. Have
you any obiectiousy' "Bless you" he
said 'objections2 I wish all my chill.
drcn belonged 20 the church | don't attend
TO those matters myself-I know 1 nm
very wicked--but l am very glad they are
going, aud shall be there to see them. | am
very glad, sir; am very glad. | want them
there And SO, though you may have been
wanderers from God, and though you may
have sometimes caricatured the church OF
Jesus, IL is your great desire that your sons
and daughters should be standing all their
lives within this sacred inclosurc.
More than that, you yourself will want the
/ HNt VI AVi ~ hihinh IiuNt NAtIl Nue mortgage
Is foreclosed; when your daughter. Just
blooning into womanhood, suddenly clasps
her hands in n slumber that knows no Wink
ing; when gaunt trouble walks through the
parior, and the sitting room, and the dining
nan, and the nursery, you will want some
shelter from the tempest. All, some Of yon
have been rum upon by misfortune and trial ;
why do you not come into the shelter. I said
to widowed mother after she had buried her
only son-months after | said tn her: "How
do you get along nowadaysY "Oh, '
she replied; II got along tolcrably well ex.
cept when the sun shnes.N | said: "What
do you mean by thatW when she said: 81
can bear to SEQ the sun shine; my heart is 50
dark that all the brightness of the natural
world seems n mockcry 10 me" q, dark
ened soul q, broken-hearted man, broken
hearted woman, why do you not come into
the Shelterg swing the door wide open.
SWING II from wall % wall. Come IN! Come
in! You want place whore your troubles
shall be interpreted, where your burdens
snail be unstrapped, where your tears shall
be wiped away.
Church Of God, be hiding place TO all
these people. Give them n seat whero they
can rest their weary souls Flash some light
from your chandeliers upon their darkness.
With some soothing hymn hush their griefs
o, Church Of God, gate OF Heaven, lot me go
through itl All other institutions are going
TO fail; but the Church of God--its founda-
tion is the :" Rock Of Ages" its charter Is for
everlasting years its KEYS are held by the
universal proprietor, its dividend is Heaven,
its president is God
Sure as Thy truth shall last,
To Zion snail be given
The brightest gluricg rth can WELD,
And brighter bliss of heaven
God grant that all this audience tho
youngest the eldest, the worst the best may
find their safe and glorious hiding place
where Joash found it-in the temple