The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1891-01-08

shall cease 60 move" Power froM on high
descend upon them
Men OF New YORK and B;ooklyn. I offer
you God and hcaven From the day YOU
came to these cities what q struggle you havo
had! can tell from yoar careWorn counte-
rauces, and the tears in your eyes, and the
deem sigh you have just breathed that you
want reinforcement, and here 10 is greater
than Bucher when he rc-entorced yelling
ton; greater than the Bank OF England when
last month IL re-onforcci the Barring s-unme-
ly. the Col who through jesus Christ is
ready 90 pardon all your sin, comfort all your
sorrows. scatter all your doubts, ami swing
all tho shining gates of heaven wide omen
before your redeemed spirit. Como into the
kingdom o. Coil Without a half second of
DELAY come in!
Many OF my hearers to-day are what tho
world calls an1 what | would call splendid
fellows. and thcy seem happy enough. und
are jolly aud ooliging, and IL | were in
trouble l would go to them with ms much
confidence as | would TO my father IL he
were yet alive. But when they go 60 their
rooms at night, or whcn the cxcitcmcntS OF
social and business life are Off. they are not
content, and they want something better
than this world can offer. ! understand
them SO well ! would, without any fear of
being thought rough, put my right hand on
their ono shoulder and my LETT hand ON their
other shoulder AMI push them into tho
kingdom of Col Bat | cannot. Power
At the first communion after tho lcdicn-
ton of our former church three hundred aud
twenty-ciyht souls stood up In the aislcs and
publicly C.poused tho cause os Christ At
another time four hundred souls. at another
time five hundreds and our four thousand
five hundred membership were but a small
part of those who wi,h,u those sucrcl walls
took upon themselves the vows uf the
: Christian. What turned thrm? What
saved thcm' Power from the lcvcl' No.
Power from ON high.
But greater things are TO b, soon il over
! these cities and ever this world is to bc taken
! for God. There IS one class Of men and
| women In all these a,scmblagrs in whom I
| have especial interest and that is thus, who
had good fathers an9 mother, onc', but they
are dead. What mult,ulcs of Us are or
rhlusl Wcmny b. 40. -. 50 years old. hut
We never get us'l to having father aul
I mother gone. oh, how often we have had
troubles that W. would like tp have told th'm.
| aud we always felt as long as father and
/ mother were alive we hal some ouo @, whom
| we could 60! Now would Ike to ask it You
| tdinl; that all their prayers in your behalf
! have been answered. "No" YOU say, but
/ II is too late; the old fol;s are gonc now"
| ] must COurtcOusly contradict you. 10 IS
! not too late lh1vea friend in the ministry
who was attending the last hours OF an aged
| Christian, and my friend said t. the old
| Christian. "ls there no trouble on your
/ mind" The old mau turned his face 10 the
| wall for fcw moments, aud then said
! "Only one thins. hope for the salvation of
nv ten children. but not one Oi them i Vet
: saved Yet | am sure they will be- God
| means to wait unt,l am gone So lac died
! When my friend told og tho circumstance
| eight OF the ten had found the Lord. and
| have no doubt the other two before thi, have
! found Him. Oh, that tn, long postponed
| answers 70 PRAYER for You. ny brother. for
YOU, NV sister, might tals hour desc mi IN
| power from on high
! Oh, unanswered prayers of father and
/ mother, where are youy In what room OF
/ the old homestead have they hi lden? Oh.
: unanswered prayers ilsn IN a mist Of many
| tears into u cloud, and then break in n shower
! which shall soften the heart of that man
| who Is 50 hard he cannot cry. or that woman
| who IS ashamed tn pray Oh, armchair OF
! the aged. now empty aud in the garret among
! the rubbish speak out! Oh, staif Of the pi.-
! grim who has ended his weary journey, ttlI
! Of the parental anNicties that bent over thee.
! Oh, family Bible with story of births and
/ deaths, rustic some OF thy time worn leaves,
and let us kuow of the wrinklcd hands that
| once turmoil thy pages, and explain that spot
whore tear fell upon the passage "Oh,
! Absalom, my son, my son, would GJd lhnd
| died for thee
Good aud gracious Col, what will become
Of US If after having had such "A deyout and
| praying parontagc, we never pray for oar
| selves! We will pray. We viii bagn up".
| oh. for the power from on high, power 10
! move this ass'mblagc, power To save Brook.
| lyn and New York. power OF evangelism that
! snail sweep across this continent like an ocean
surge power TO Sirllo The round oarth with
II rel girilc dipped ia the blood of the cross
| II this forward movement i TO begin 0t all
there mus. be somo place for II 10 begin, and
why not this Tlacc2 And there must h' some
| time for IL to begin AMI why not this t,fnop
! And SO | sound Tor your ears n rhythmic t1-
vitation, which, until few days ago, never
came under my eye, but ~ Is 50 sweet, - sob-
hing with pathos, 50 triumphant with JOY,
that whoever chimcl it, instead OF bslng
anonymous ought TO be immortal:
Thy sins | bore on Cayary's tree;
Ihc stripes, thy due, were Ia 4 on me,
That peace m pardon might b, free
Owrctch d sinner, come!
Hurdenod with guilt. would-, thou be b,Ist
Trust not the world. IL give. no test,
Drguy relief to hearts opprcsl-
OweAry sinner, come!
Cons leave thy burden at the cross;
Count all thy gains but empty dros,,
My gTacc rtpays nj, earthly loss
| onecdy sinner, come!
Come, hithcr bring thy bodn, fears,
Thy aching heart, thy bursting tr1r',
iIis mercy voice salutes thine cars;
| Otrembling sinner, GOMEZ
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