The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-02-20


Poor, AMI wretched.a and miserable. aud blind,
aud naked from tho crown OF the heal to the
sole OF the foot, full of wounds and putrafyinor
sores. No health in us. And then take tho
fact that Christ gathered up all the notes
against us and paid them, aud then offered
us the receipt.
And how much we need Him in our sor-
rowsl We are independent of circumstances
II we have His grace. Why, He made Paul
sing In the dungeon and under that grace
st. John from desolate Patmos heard tho
blast OF the npocalyptic trumpsts. After
all other candles have been snuffcd out, this
Is the light that gets brighter aud brrhtar
unto the perfect day and after, under the
hard hoofs of calamity, all the pools Of
worldly enjoyments have been traulpled into
deep mire at tho foot OF the ctcrnnl rock tho
Christian, from cups OF granite lily rimmed
and vine covered, puts out the THIRST of his
soul.
Again, remark, that Christ is above all
In dying alloviations.
have not any sympathy with the morbid.
ny abroad about our demise. Tho Emperor
OF Constantinople arranged that on the day
of his coronation tho stone mason should
como and consult him about the tombstone
that after while he would need. And there
are men who are monomaniacal on tho sub
ject Of departure from this life by death. and
the more they think OF it the less they are
prepared 10 go. This is an unmauliness not
worthy OF you, not worthy ofme.
Saladin, the greatest conqucror OF his day,
while dying, ordered that the tunic he had
on him bo cnrried after his death on his spear
at the head of his army, and that then the
soldier ever and anon. should stop and say:
"Behold all that is left Of Saladn, the En-
peror and conquerorl OF all the States he
| conquered, OF oil the wealth he accumulated,
nothing did he retain hut this shroud."
hive no sympathy with such behavior, or
! such absurd demonstration, or with much
| that we hear uttercd in regard 10 departure
| from this life to the next. There Is COM
| monsensical idea on this subject that you and
| / need to consider-,hat there are only two
| styles OF departure.
| A thousand feet underground. 10y light of
| torch toiliug in "A miners shaft, lodge or
rock may fall upon us, and we may die u
| miners death. Far out at sea, falling from
| the slippery ratiines and broken ON the hal-
yards, we may die sailors death. On
| mission of mercy in hospital amid broken
bones and recking leprosies and raging
| fevcrs, we may die phiauthropists death.
| On the field of battle serving God aud our
country, siugs through the heart, the gum
carriage may roll over Us, and we may die
patriots death. But, after all, there are
| only two styles Of departure-the death of
the righteous and the death Of the wicked
| AMI we all want TO die the former.
God grant that when that hour comes you
may be at home You want the hand of
your kindred in your hand. You want your
|
| light on your pillow from eyes that have
long reelected your love. You want tho
| room still. You do not want any curious
strangers standing around watching you.
You want your kindred from nfar 20 hear
| your last prayer think that IL the wish Of
all of us. But is that all; Can earthly
friends hold us up when the bilows
OF death come up to the girdc? Can
human voice charm open heavens
gatey Can human hand pilot us
through tho narrows OF death into
| heavens harborp Can any earthly friend
ship shield us from the arrows of death, and
| In the hour when Satan shall practice upon
MS his Internal archery No, no, no, moi
Alasl Poor soul, II that is all. Better die in
| the wilderness, far from tree shadow and
from fountain, alone, vultures circlng
through the air waiting for our body, un-
| known 10 men, and to have no burial, IL only
Christ could sny through the solitudes: III
will never leave thee, | will mover forsake
thee From that pillow of stone ladder
would soar heavonward, angels coming and
going; and across the solitude aud tho bar
rcnness would come the sweet notes of heav-
enly minstrclsy.
Gordon Hall, far from home dying in the
door Of heathen temple. said: GLORY TO
thee, o Godm What did dying Wilberforco
say to his wifey Come aud sit beside mo,
and let us talk of heaven. | never knew
| what happiness was until | found Christ. -
What did dying Hannah Ilorc say "To 20
10 heaven think what that is To go to
Christ who died that ! might live! Oh
glorious grave! oh, what glorious thing IL
il 90 diey Oh, the love of Christ, the love of
Christ" What did Mr.. Toplady the great
hymnmaker say in his last hourY "Who can
measure the depths Of the third heaven Oh
the sunshine that fills my soul I shall soon
he gone, for surely no one can live in this
world after such glories rs God has mani
Tested to my SOUL
What did the dying Jancway say ~ can
as easily die As close my eyes or turn my
head in sleep. Before few hours have passed
shall stand ON Mount Zion with tho one
hundred and forty and four thousand and
with the just men made perfect, and we
shall ascriho riches, and honor, and glory,
and majcsty, and dominion unto God AMI
the Lamb" DIR. Taylor, condcmned to burn
at the stake, on his way thithor broke away
from the guardsmen and went bounding apd
leaping and jumping toward the fire, glad 10
go to Jesus and to die for Him. Sir Charles
Hare, in last ;s,. moment had a such r"ptar,G2us
ward, upward, upwardm Aud 81
great was tho peace. Of one OF
Christs disciples that he put his
fingers upon the pulse in his wrist and
counted it and observed it; and 50 great was
his placidity that after while ho said:
"StoppcdN and his life had ended here to
begin in heaven. But grander than that was
the testimony of the worn out first mis-
sionnry, whom, in the Mamartno dungeon,
he cried; 81 am now ready to be offered, and
the time Of my departure is at hand; have
fought the good fight, | have finished my
course. | have kept the faith; hencoforth
there is laid up for me crown of righteous
ness, which the Lord. tho righteous Judge
will give me in that day, and not 10 me
only but 10 all them that love His appear
mgp Do you not sec that Christ is above
all in dying alleviatonss
Toward the last hour of our earthly resi-
dencc we are speeding. When see the sun
sot, | say: "One day less to live When
see the spring blossoms scattered, | say: "Al-
other season gone forever" When | close
this Bible on Sabbath night, | say: "An-
other Sabbath departed" When | bury "A
friend, | say. Another earthly attraction
gone forever" What nimble feet the years
have! Tho roebucks and the lightnings run
not so fast. From decade 90 decade, from
sky 10 sky, they go at "A bound. There is a
place for us whether marked or not,
where you and | will sleep the last
sleep, and the men are now living
who will, with solemn trade, carry us 30 our
resting place. Ay, it is known in heaven
whether our departure will be n coronation