The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-07-24


the most illiterate outcry, the unjointed pc |
tition, the clumsy phrase, the sentence break
ing into grammatical bunders an unwordei |
groan is just as effectual II II be the utterance
with gariands or thoughts would be no attrac- |
tion to God buta heart broken and contrto |
that Is the acceptable sacrifice. II know |
that my Rcdeemer liveth," rising up in the |
mighty harmony OF a musical academy, may
overpower our ear and heart, but IL will not
roach the ear Of God like the broken voiced
hymn of some sufferer amid rags and desc
'atlon LOOKING up trustruLy TO n Saviours
compassion, singing amid tears and pangs,
~ know that my Redeemer liveth."
l suppose that there was more rhetoric
and classic elegance in the prayers of tho
Pharisee than OF the publican but you know
which was successful. You may knecl with
complete elegance on some soft cushion at an
altar OF alabaster and utter prayer OF Mil
tonic sublimity, but neither your graceful
posture nor the roll OF your blank verse will
attract heavenly attention, while over some
dark cellar in which a Christian pauper is
prostrate in the straw angels bend from
their thrones and cry one TO another: "Be.
hold, he praySp Through this open door of
heaven what a long procession OF prayers il
What confcssionsi What intercessionsl
What besccchingsi "And behold door was
opened iu heaven"
Again, the door OF heaven Is op,nol % nj.
! when He came from heaven ~ Bethany left IL
: open, and no one since has dared t1 shut 1t.
| Matthew threw IL still wider open when he
/ came 70 write and Paul pushed the door
| further back When he spoke of the glory to b1
revealed, and John in Revelation actually
waters and tho crownS AM ths
thrones. There are profouhl mysteries
| about that blessed place that We ctnnpt
solve. But look throu gh this wi'ie opn do'r
| OF heaven and see what you can SCI. COL
means Us to look and catch up now 50 ne.
| thing OF the rapture AMI attune our hearts
! TO its worship.
1t is wide open enDugh 20 s., ChriSt D..
| hold Him, the Chief among tsn thouSIn |, all
the bauucrei pomp OF h,lv,n ut Hts feet.
| With your eukindle faith look nm rlr" =,
these ranks OF glory. Watch how heir
palms wave, and hear how their voices ing
| Floods clapping their hands, streets gleani.
ing with gold, uncounted multtudes ever
| nccumuating in number and ever rising up
into glndder hosnunas. Ii YOU cannot stand
to look upon that JOY for at least one hour
how could you endure to dwell among it for
ever? You would wish yourself out of IL iR
three days, and choose the earth again or
any other plac, where it was not always
| Sunday.
NY hearer in worldly prosperity, aillucnt
honorcl healthy AMI happy, look in upon
that company OF the rc1ecme !, and SEQ how
the poor soul in heaven is better of than
You are, brighter in apparel, richer in estate,
higher in power Hearers, afflicted and
tried look in through that open door, that
you may see to what glndness and glory you
are coming, to what life TO what royalty.
Hearers pleased Ia fascination with this
World rather % ~ ys your S2n; for on appr2- ny
upon health that never sickens, upon ScepterS
that never break, upon expectations that arc
never disappointed. Look in and sec If
there are not enough crowns to pay us for
all our battles, enough rest to relieve all our
fatigues, enough living fountains to quench
, all our thirst, enough glory TO dash out for
ever and ever all earth's signing and restless
ness and darkness. Battles ended, tears
wiped away, thrones plucked from the
bosoms, stabs healed the tomb riven-what
, u scene to look upon,
Again, the door of heaven stands opon for
the Christians final entrance. Death TO the
righteous is not climbing high walls or ford
ing deep rivers, but 1t is entering an open
door IL you ever visit the old homestead
where you were born, and while father and
! mother are yet alive, as you go up the lane
in front of the farm house and put your
, hand on the door and lift the latch. do you
shudder with fear? No, you are glad to en-
ter. So your last sickness will be only the
lane in front of your Fathers house from
, which you hear the voics of singing before
! you reach the door. And death, that is the
lifting of the latch before you enter, the
| greetings and embraces of the innumerable
/. family of the righteous. Nay, there is no
. latch, for John says the door is already open.
, what a company Of spirits have already en-.
, tered those portals bright and shining I!
Souls released from the earthly prison house
how they shouted as thev went through
4 | Spirits that sped up from the flames of mar
[ | tyrdom, making heaven richer rs they went
in, pouring their notes into the celestial har-
|, , mony
Aud that door has not begun 10 shut Ii
| IN. naI nv all sl,aII IInnt far
, side OF it we have wept but on the other side
OF it we shall never weep On this side we
: may have grown sick with weariness. but
: on the other side of IL we shall be without
' fatigue On this side we bleed with the war
4 rior's wounds, on the other side we shall wav,
1 the victor's palm. When you think OF dying
what makes your brow contract, what makes
I you breathe so deep n sigh, What makes
: You gloomy in passing graveyard Fol
= lower OF Christ You have been thinking
o that death is something terrible, the moasur
g ing of lances with powerful antagonist
A the closing in OF Il conflict which NAV be YOU
I everlasting defeat. You do not want mucl
r to think OF dying. Tho step beyond th
Il life seems so mysterious you dread the takins
) of it. Why, who taught you this lessor
of horrors Heavens door Is wide open
u and you step out OF your sick room into thos
Is portals,
It Not as long as minute will eapse betweet
your departure and your arrival there No
~ halt So long as tne tWlnkllng OF an eye NO
e the millionth part Of an instant. There is NJ
ID stumbling into darkness. There is no plung
. ing down into mysterious depths. The doc
q is open. This instant you are here, the mex
!, you are there. When vessel struck tn
IS rocks of the French coast, while the GREY
u were clambering up the beach cage OF bird
n in the ships cabin, awakened began to sin
Us most sweetly, and when the last man left tn
u vessel they were singing yet Even so in tn
II last hour of our dissolution when driven o
| the coast of the other world, may our disem
; barkation from this rough, tossing life b
5 amid the eternal singing of thousand prom
g iscs OF deiyerance and victory!
I For all repenung ana believing souls tn
door OF heaven is now wide open, the doc
i of mercy, the door OF comfort, for the poor
4 est as well rs for the wellthiest for the ou
d law well rs for the moralst, for Chimes
k coolie as we'll as his Emperor, for the Ru
0 sian boor rs well AS the Car, for the Tur
d As well rs the Sultan. Richer than n
n wealth, more refreshing than all fountain,
70 deeper than all depths, higher than a
10 heights and broader than all brea1ths
10 tho salvation OF Jesus Christ which pres
/, upon your consideration Com all ye traS
II elers of the desert under these palm tree
r. Oh, il | could gather before you that trt