The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-05-15
DIR. TALMAGE.
A SERMON FOR ASCENSION DAY
Christ's Miracles so Many Powerful Les
sons Teaching Gods Truth.

nnd IL. Kiny Of Glory shall com. in."~P,
xxiy., .
In nldsn times when great conouerer r,
burned from victorious war. the naonls !,
viii transport would take hold VI the gate
Of tne city and lit them from their hinge.
a. mu'n a. to say This city needs no NOR
gate 10 defend IL since this conaueror ha
a. home ON from the hinges with the gates
David, who was the poet OF poets. fortells i,
bis own way the triumphal entrance o.
Chr,st into heaven after His victory over al,
ani heath and hell 1t was as IL the cslestia
had said: Here He comes Max.
way for Him, Push back the bolts of dis.
noni, Take hold Of the doors OF pearl ard
kJst them from their hinges of gold, Lii
h. your heads. q ye gates; and be We LIFTED
b. ye everlasting doors, and the King of
n ~ .lill come in
Among the mountains of Palestine no me
more uplifting than Mount Dliyet. IL vn
Ia per- ration ~ our Lords ministry. ON
lh,r'lf of a mouse in Jerusalem | a.,ei
{WheI is Oltvety and the first glance trans
31si Wa But how shall / de,,ribe
b. EMOTIONS, when near tho close of
,.rrev, ~ which We had for two
i;. encampel amid the sha tered
j 3ip1ry st oil jericho, and ta,ei Of
! r'i waters OF the Dsai Sea. THAI crvs-
! .lr'1phagus " the buried cite. IT The
ir anl wadel down into the dep and
e I"ian to baptlZe man. an visited
4 ruins of the house of Mary aui Martha
\ Lazarus. We found ourselves in .tirruus
1 10 hose, la'hered with the long and
Il Il' way, ascending Mount Ohvats On.
Il i .1'snm aud suggestive ridge IL l. a
i 4.,,na hill u mile IN length. and 800 feet
AMI -'Ul feet above the level of the
over 1t King David Ned with broken
h-' over " Pompay led hts devastit-
f, Here the famous Tcnth Legion
'H .ir batteries in bs,iayamsnt The
iaA of G'thsemaue wr,ps at Tn.
,Hit Along the base Of this hill flashed
aH.aru. and torches of those vino came
are. Jesus. From the trees on this hill
tllghS were torn or aud thrown into
pitu % Chr.sts triumphal procession. IN
-Nu that rul1 Jesus had walked twice
iv rom Bethany 10 Jerusalem. and from
paau to Bethany. There. again and
Ha hal taught His disciples. Half
p TIM, mount He uttered His lamenta-
.l lJarusilem. Jerusalem" From its
ls,u, took flight hpmewarl when He
tt'Jai vi, earthly mission, There il
mIr' for Him to do A sacrifcs
lsaisi II make peace between tho
lar earth and the outraged heaven, AMI
bad 'fered II. Death needed II be con.
aai He had put His resurrection foot
D. lh" thiriy-three years of voluntary
bal ended The grandest. tsndors,t.
i'-,' gppl-py ever heard was now 20 be
NlInt Oliyet Jesus stands in group
alice ii,n rnen. Iusy hal been ~.
many ,''ne, of sadness AMI per,e.
AMI had been the more enl'ared by
0tl'nnrh1oi uf suffering They hal
'i Hum u stay until thu day of c)rp
4 u.
aud wave a sccpter mightier. and
|nlnun wider than any Pharoah.
nlF David. than any Cp,ar. But now
-- anticipatlons collapse. Christ ma,
~ last advice. He has offered HI,
~nla'hv He mas spoken His last word
a. is are spread aDsrt a. one j. apt 70
..n he prnnDuc's a beneliction. when
ay the strongest and most stupendnu,
F, & all worlds is shattered. 1t Is
'nlon, since the worlds were created,
'a-n together. IL is the law which
i everything 20 the earth. or
re A1ly hurled from earth, returns
le .sw which keeps tine planets whirling
our san and our solar system war;
'n lni utues sSs,--.-, -."i an tue sys-
q nlrlln- around tho throne OF God
ne pot gravltation. That law is sus-
~ relaxed or broken to let tin body
,go That law had laid hold of Him
Vl 'lraa years before when He descended
''aS-d il, grip of Him hut once. and
h. salt declined TO sink Him from the
I, lswlve, ON Lake Galiles, on which
z aS-i, 20 tn" bottom Of the lake That
rAytatlon must now give way 20
~ made the law. II may hold the
'arS but II cannot longer hold the
\ l.>tar ot the Redemption. IL may
.noonday sun, but it cannot hold the
: righteousness. The fingers Of that
itout 10 open 10 let go the most illus.
~, bang the world has evsr seen, and
fnil worst maltreated The strong
' nature which philosophers ever
U- u "rmedNugel must at last give way.
.fb break between the rock of Olivet AMI
... ' IL Wrists foot. Watch IT, all ye
'. watch it, all the earth Watch
rN He he,rnSl Christ about - leave
and anet. low? His friends will not con
ia nave In go. His enemies catching
lIa onllttempt by another Calvary
'e "a Nun into ome other tomb. will tell
ne ain OF the most tramen.
lt,, i'urai law unlinkel The sacral
. ~ ~ forever.
- 'a' ns back an with pallii cheek and
nod +ye', the disiples see their Lord ris.
sr. me 'oiii eah Then, rushing for
49,. ,} Would Sraa His feet to hold HIM
H" "tV my Wek.t Of reach and 1t Is
q "a He'alh y. Higher than the
bed .J ,n' nN Ie't rom which they had
we lrut' HEher than the olive
ich CO i within silt Of t6e Bethiehen,
r,ej ! !. was born \ the Jordan wher.
me "a "'I ah'fhe Golgotha where
-, NHIi 7, hlshetnutil ON stairs of
''". - ~ ne steps Higher, until into a
y % 'I 'uah 'he aAetat could not sink
aye fe u,sa aPPea,S n sea OF glory
- Nh |M.lg SPlIh1A hide Him. The
N"''h ana web, wondering If
.Ae "'A III, nature "h' o. reassert itself
he,e 'h ~ III rev HlentS come back
no need .1'F man Se'Him descending,
- hs s1 .rev ing IN sight, then
u !. sue, thell me 'rred brow, and
enc Iet hNe again His seed hand Bur
shes an' e pas, uy anu thhours, aud no
.,,,ion. zone out hght of earth.
.Iluvu' Nthin sight Of hea1 And risino
'e'c1mei by one ailic choir like
s. o4' NhrIstmas nlSuscortsd Him
all heaven turns on, great Him
, ColleC,, The temples have sial anthem
aaoa, especial banCt aud the
r,a throngs; and alony the
/. has pv loot OF the throne, yaars va
al AZ pe1 now again 10 be TAX thera nra
-i and banners wave, nj tru,n-
'ui "oAo'oslss ctei, and
the " - 'e'. 'hrOugd His chariot Is
Don Him 10 Hts throne,
pa. h ,bclg golden narps lado
,,.,ls,e 'o'0gs work is done
h.,v,e y greatest day in heavenIs He
ice W. step, of the throne tha irty-
faster mA be'or, He ablicated for al.
as also ice 4sre rises from all the !, of .
Agut, sanity cherubic, ss,ic .
@ "Hallelujah Amen" n .
was pas 0, olives, thou dear honored 81
Mr.. Hale Thy glory shall neer be forge |
cole Of i " that for at least fourteen
= - ne 'ae churches have, forty day