The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-04-14


poor mans cabin cast beam Of hope, and
the child on her mothers lap asks in glee
whittier / come and what | do and whenca |
go. To CLEAN and glitter. Col set me here.
Awayi have no time 10 sleep"
The snowflake comes struggling down
"Frail, tickle wanlerer, whv comest thou
here" II am no idle wanderer," responds
the snowfiake. High up in the air | was
born, the child ot the rain and the cold. and
at the divine behest I come. an1 am no
straggler, for God tells me where 20 put my
crystal heel To help cover the roots, tbs
grain and grass, to cleanse the air. TO make
sportsmen more happy and the ingle fire
more bright. / come. Though so light am
tnat you toss me from your muller and
crush me under your foot | am doing my
best TO fulfill what was made for. Clothed
IN white come on heavenly mission and
when my work is done AMI God shall call in
morning vapor shall 20 back, drawn by
the fiery courses OF the sun"
hat doest thou, Insignificant grass
blade under my feetg" "I am doing a work.n
sayH the grass blade, "as best can. | help
TO make up the soft beauty OF field AMI
lawn. | am satisfied, IL, with millions OF
Others no bigger than !. we can give pasture
to flocks and herds. | am wonderfully made.
lie who feeds the ravens gives me substance
from the soil aud breath from tho air and
lie who clothes the lilies Of the field rewards
me with this coat of green"
"For what lonely cloud goest thou across
the heavens" Through the bright air
voice drops from atar, saying; up and
down this sapphire floor pace 70 teach men
that like me they are passing away. | gather
up the waters from lake and sea, aul then,
| when the thunders toll, | refresh the earth,
making the dry ground 20 laugh with har-
vests OF wheat ani fields OF corn. catch
| the trown OF the storm anl ths huss OF ths
rainbow. At evening tide on the western
slopes | will pitch my tent, AMI over me
ntll dash tle saffron, ani the purDe. aui
/ the fire ot the sunset. A pillar o! cloud like
me led the chosen across the desert, and sur
rounded 10y such n | the Judge OF Heaven
| aud Elrth will nt last descend for "Behud
/ He comctI wi'h clou .sH
On. my friends, If anything in the inan.
| innate world be useful, let us immortal men
/ and women be useful, and in that respect bc
/ like the palm tree. But | must not be
/ tempted 10y what David says of that green
/ shaft Of Palestine, that living and glorious
/ pillar Of the eastern gardens, as seen In olden
/ times-t che palm tree; must not he tempted
J hy what the Old Testament says OF IL, TO
lessen my emphasi, of what john, the evan.
! geh-t. says of IL IN my text.
Notice that II was "A beautiful aud lawful
robbery OF the palm tree that helped mako
/ up Chrsts triumph on the road 20 Jerusalem
. that Palm Sunday. The long, broad. green
| leaves that were strewn under the feet OF the
. colt AMI IN the way OF Christ were torn OIL
from the trees. What IA pity, some one
ullrAt SAY, luhl luo-f eNAltll anu grace VI
trees should be dcspoile1 The sap oozst out
at the places where the branches broke.
/ The glory OF the palm tree was appropriately
sacrificed for the Saviour's triumphnl pro-
cc.s.ou. So IL always was, 30 IL always will
be iu this world--no worthy triumph OF any
sort without :he tearing down Of something
else.
Brooklyn Bridge, the glory Of our cont.
| nent, must have two architects prostrated,
the one slain 10y his tolls aud the other Tor "A
/ lifetime iuvaldei. The greatest pictures OF
/ ;he world hal, in their richest Coiorng the
blood Of the artist, who made them The
mlghtle,t oratories that ever rolled through
the churches had in their pathos. the sighs
ana grOlns of the composers who wore their
lives out in writing the harmony American
independence was tr. Imphaut but II moved
on over the lifcless forms of tens OF thou =
sands Of men who fell at Bunker Hill and
Yorktown and the battles between which
were the hemorrhages of the nation.
The kingdom of God advances in all the
earth. but 1t must be over the lives Of mis-
sionnries who die Of malaria in the jung. =.
| or Christian workers who preach an Sxt,t.' ~,
aud toll and die in the service i-ftelnen1er
ttiumpny IN drrecuons-oit beau .yNeS
strength must he torn down from the par,
trees of Christian heroism and conservation
and thrown in His pathway.
10 what better use could those palm trees
on the southern shoulder of Mount Oivet
ami clear down into tbs Valley OF Geth-
semane put their branches than to surrender
them for the making Of Christ's journey
toward Jerusalem the more picturesque, the
more memorable and the more tiulluhanti
And 20 what better use could we put our
lives than into the sacrifice for Christ ani
His cause and the happiness OF
our fellow creaturesi Shall We not be
wilnz 10 be torn down that right
oousncss shall have triumphant way? Christ
was torn down for Us. Can we not aifOr
A. l..s, T.y.I slVtaf Al
suffer 50 much for us, can We. not suffer u
little for Christi II ho can afford on Palm
SUNDAY tD travel o. Jerusalem e. carry "A
cross, can we not afford a few leaves from
our branches 10 make emerald His way,
tn process Is going on every moment in
all directions What makes that father
have such hard work T. find the hymn 70.
day lie puts on his spectacle, aud holds
| the book close up, ani then holds II far of
aud Is not quite sure whether the number Of
the hymn is $50 or l3O, and the fingers with
which he turns the leaves are very clumsy
lie stoops IA good deal, although once he was
straight as an arrow, aud his eyes were keen
"a hawks and the hand he offered % his
bride on the marriage day was Of goOlly
shape AMI as God madeit.
, will t,ll you what Is the matter Forty
, years ago he resolved his family should have
noneel aud his children should be well edu-
Gated and suiler none of ths disadvantages
of lack oi schooling from which he had
suffered for a lifetime. and that the wolf OF
| hunger should never put It's paw on his door
sill, aud for forty oi iitty years he has been
tearing OIL from the palm tree of his physi
cal strength and manly form branches tc
throw la the pathway of his household. II
has cost him muscle aud brain and health
and eyesight, and there have been twisted
of more years from his life than any mar
in the crowd on the famous Palm Sunday
3 twisted oil branches from the palm trees OF
( the road from Bethpage 10 Jerusalem
; What makes that mother look so much
5 older than she really isg You say sh3 ought
not yet 90 have one gray line in her hair.
Tha truth is the family was not always "a
, we'll off as now. The married pair had n
[ hard struggle at the start. Examine the
tips OF the forehnger and thumb of her righ
, hand, aud they will tell you the story OF the
needle that was piled day in and day out
! Nea, look at both her hands, aud they vii
tell the story of the time when she did heI
, own work, her own mending aud scrubbing
. and washing.
l,,ls int, tho fncn and Rad tha gtpr,