The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-01-09


| bless God that the day is coming when
royalty will bring all its thrones, and music
all its harnonieS, and painting all its pict-
ures and sculpture all its statuary, and
all its pillars and conquest all
its scepters and the Queens " the earth. in
long line OF advance frankincense filing
the air and the camels laden with gold. shall
Jerusalem. aud the gates shall ha
hoisted. and the great burden Of splcndor
shall be lifted into the palace of this greater
than solomon.
Again, my subject teaches me what is earn
estness in the search of truth Do you know /
where Sheba wasg IL was in Aby y-sinia or /
some say IN the southern lart of Ar!bia I
Felix. In either case IL was great way oil .
from Jerusalem To get from there to Jeru- .
salem she had to cross n country infested
with bandits, and go across blistering .
deserts. Why did not the Queen of She0n /
stay at home and send committee to in- /
quire about this now religion, and have thn
eegates report in regard 10 that religion
and wealth of King Solomon? She wanted
20 for herself. and hear for herself. She
could not do this 10y work OF commit
tee She felt she had soul worth ten thou
sand kingdoms like Shcbn. and she wanted Il
robe richer than any woven by Oriental
shuttlcS. and she wanted crown set with
the jewels of eternity. Bring out the camclS.
Put on the sDicas. Gather up the jewels ~
the throne and put them on the caravan.
Start nov: no time 20 be lost. Gpad ON the
camels. When soc that caravan, dust GOV.
orcd weary aud exhausted, trudging on
across the desert and among the bandits
until IL reaches Jerusalem, say. There is
al earnest seeker after the TRUTH
But there are great many who do not act
in that way. They nll want to get tho
truth hut they want the truth to come to
them, they do not want TO 60 ~ It. There
are people VINO fold their arius ana say II
am ready to become a Christian at any tii'c.
I 10 4 liz. la, ,s..1 atI
an to Ice lost I shall be lost But Jcru, oi"m
will ncvcr come to vou; you must 20 to Jcru-
salem The religion ~ the Lord Jesus Christ
will not come o. YOU; you must go AMI got
religion. BRING ont the cam'ls, put on MI
the sweet spices, all the treasures of tl"
hearts affection. start for IN" throne. TO
IN and hear the waters OF salvation dashlnS
IN fountains all AROUND about the th'"h'.
Sit down at the hanquet-th' WINE pressed
from the grapes ~ the heavenly Eshrol, IN"
angels of God thc cup bearers. Goad ON The
c1mels. Tho Bible declares 1t; "lh"
Queen ~ the soutl'-tha Is. nus
very woman am speaking ot-"iho
Queen Of the south shall rise up
in judgment against this generation and con-
denim II: for sh" came from the utt"rnust
parts OF TN" earth II hear th" wlSi )u ot
solomon; and. behold u greater taah sol
ONION - mere. W nat intatuntlph thcSttnS
down IN idlcness expecting t. b. Sav N.
"StrYe TO enter in at the strait gat"
Ask, aud IL shall hc given YOU; seek. and ""
shall find; knock, and II shall hr opened To
you.' Take the Kingdom OF Heaven by Nlp-
lcnce. Urge on th' camei,.
Again, my subject imprcs,eS mo with tho
fact tdat religion Is "A surprise to any ON"
that gets II. This story of the new religion
in Jerusalem, ami OF tn" glory OF kinE Spl'-
mon, vino was typo " CHRIST that story
rolled on an | On, ami was told by every traN-
Clor coming back rpm J"ruAIr Inc news
goes on the wing 81 every snip AMI with
every caravan, And You know story Ell
largr5 as It is retold and 10y tho time that
story get, down into tho southern part or
Arahlp Felix ant the Queen OF Sh"hl hear,
1t, II must be a tremendous story. And vet
this Queen declares IN regard 10 ~, although
she bad heard 50 much and had her antri-
patipns raised SO hlSh, tht AilI-tA' nan was
not told her.
So religion i always n surprise 10 any ono
that get, II. IN" story OF Grac'-nn oil story.
. Apostles preached II with rattl" OF chilu,
martyrs declared u with mll pt lire, death
beds nave affirmed 1t with visions OF glory,
and ministers of religion nav" sounded "
through the lanes, aul the highway, ant
the cnaprls, and the cathcdralS. IL has been
cut into Ston" with chlscl, ana spread ON th'
canvas with pencil; and It has boon rpclt"i
in 'hc doHologN oi great congregations. Ana
yet when man first comes to look ON IN
palace Ol Gods mercy, AMI To So" IA" ruNall!
ot Christ and the wealth Of this banquet, anI
the luNurnuce OF His au"ndln's, AMI 'h'
lovrlineS- Of His face, AMI the Joy OF Ills S"r-
vice. he eN 'laimS with prayers, with tr1r.,
with signs, with triumph,: The Lali-thD
half was not told me-
appeal 10 those whoarr Chrt,tim. Com-
pare the idea you had of the JOY ot the
Christian life before you became "A Christian
with the appreciation Of that iuy yoN hay,
now since you have become II Christian, AN,
youarc willing toattcst before angel, and men
that you never, in the days of yuur spiritual
bondage, had any appreciation OF what wa
to come. Nou are ready to-day to answer
and say in regard 10 the discoveries yur
have mai2 of the mercy aud the grace nnI
the goodness of God: The halt-;he hall
was not told me"
Well We hear great deal about the good
time that is comm; 10 thiS world when It l.
10 be girded with salvation. Holiness on TN,
bells Of the horses. The lions rlanc pattc,
by the hand of Il babe Ships ~ Tirshisl
bringing cargocs for Jesus, and the hard
dry barren. winter blca he'd. storm Scared
, thunder split rock breaking into food, %
bright water Deserts into which drOmeda
rics thrust their nostrls. because they wcr,
afraid Of the simoon-dcsnr,s blooming int,
carnation roses and silver tipurd ltic5
II is the old story. Eycryhpdy tells il
Isaiah told il. John told it, Paul told il
Ezekiel told il. Luther tod it, Calvin tol il
John Milton told it-pycryboly tells il: an,
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