The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-12-08
|IzpAH ON THE ROCK
|omAr,s SUBLIME COURAGE
|, Drawn by DR.. Talmaee From a
Typical Mothers Love.


xr .inr RiEp1h. tns daughter Of
4. tool sackcioih aad spread u for her
1, m, rock. from the beginninq OF hor-
,,nfii rdfer dropped upon them out of
I'm. and suffered neither the birds Of the
fo rest on them Jy day nor the beasts of
he'd On niCht"-lI Samuel XXI, 10.
rageiy that beats anything Shake
rean or Victor Hu goian. After return
from the Holy Land | briefly touched
IL. Tut must have a whole sermon for
scene. The explosion aud fash OF gum
der have driven nearly all the beasts
birds OF prey from these regions. aud
the shrek of the locomotive whistle
IN /. dali, heard at Jerusalem will for
ny miles around clear Palestins ot cruel
and heak. But in the time of the text
BE- regions were populous with multitudes
scka.s and lions. Seven sons OF Saul
bsen crucidei on hill Rizpah was
fher 10 two aud n relative 90 five OF the
What had ihes, boys done that thev
alld be crucifisiY Nothing except to have
bad father and grandfather. But now
n the hoys were dead. wbv not take them
I'm IRON the Cibbet.y No. They are
II need to bang there.
b. Riznah takes the sackc,oth-a rough
wI with which IN mourning for her dead
had wrapped herself-and spreads that
1ckclo,h upon the rocks ner the gibDets,
IA acts the part OF a sentinel, watching
IN dcfeniinr the dead Yet every other
@htinel Is relieved, ani after being on
"a rd for few hours some one else takes
81 place. But Rzlah is on gulrt both
~ and right and for half year. One
.1ndred AMI eighty days and nights OF
~ ,auies. What nerves she must have had
q *stand thntl All. do you not know that
3othcr con stand anything'
Ion. II she might be allowed TO hollow
.<pcs in the side of tie hill aud lay tho
3<ies of her children 20 quiet rest III in
ma cavern of the mountains she might
n for them Christian sepuiturei Oh. 1t
might take them from tue gibbet OF dis-
||Aca end carry them still farther away
nm che hnunts O; u,or. ard then lie beside
kem In the last long sloepl Exhausted ma
Ia ever and anon falls into slumber, but in
.nomcnt sie brcaks tho snare and chides
Xrss.f as though Sue had been cruel, and
8ps up on the rock shouting Mt wild beast
ring from the thicket ana at vulturous
boil wapeling In the sky. The thrilling
<ory OF Risoah reaches David and he comes
NTH TO hide the in1ec,ncy The corpses
been chained to the trees. The chains
"a unlocked with horrid ciank, and the
1Eeletons are let down All the seven are
.bried, and tho story ends
'| But il hardly ends before you cry out,
wv hat hard thing that those seven boys
1hould suffer for the crimes of father and
Yes, but IL Is always 50.
In every one who does wrong know thnt ha
|vars not only. as in this case, against two
cnildreu and grandchildren. but
eninst all tho generations OF coming time.
hat is what makes dissipation and unclean-
ess SO awful. IL reverberates in other
lines IL may skip one generation. but IL is
Ipt TO come up Ia the third generation, as is
6yQssted in the Ten Comm9 ndments,
bbich say. Visiting the iniquities OF the
hther upon tho children unto the third and
Iourth generation
4 Mind you, IL says nothing about the sec
md generation, but mentions the third and
HE fourth. That accounts for what you
uometimes seo-vcry good parents with very
bad children. Go far enough back In the
>ncestral line and you lind the source of all
Mo turpiiude. Visiting the iniquities oI
1he fathers upon the children unto the third
aud fourth generation" II whsn Saul died
bic, e,zuur<Af4arstas-.ia .ia' -int,y,itv ss,pli lks,g
lied with him IL would not have been so
Iad. Alas, no.e Look on that hill q few
miles out from Jerusalem and sec the
xhastly burdens of those seven gibbets and
he wan and wasted Rizpah watching them.
Go to-day through the wards and aims
houses and tho rcformatory institutions
khere unfortunate children are kept and you
|rill find that nine ont of ten had drunken or
Vicious parents. Yea, day by day on the
ltreets of our cities you find men and women
wrecked OF evil parentage. They are moral
corpses Like the seven sons of Saul, though
head, unburied! Alas for Rzpah, who, no,
lor six months hut for years and years, has
patched theml She cannot keep tho vul.
lures and the jackals Off.
Furthermore this strange incident in the
~ mn nft a~tt ~
person and elevation OF position are no So
curity againt trouble.
Who is this Rizpah sitting In desolationi
Dne OF Saups favorites. Her personal at
Fractions had won his heart. She had been
caressed of fortune. With mothers pride
Dhe looked ON her princely children. But
lhe scene changes. Behold her in Danish.
ment and bereavement -3izpah ON the rock
Some OF the worst distresses have come TO
scenes OF royalty and wealth. What por-
Der at the mansions gate has not let in
champing and latherei steed bringing evil
dispatchi On what tessellated hall ha,
there not stood the solemn bierg I'm
uer what exquisite fresco has there
not been enacted tragedy of dis
aster? What curteined couch hath heard
no cry OF painp What harp bath never thrilled
with sorrow2 What lordly nature hath
pever leaned against carved pillar and made
OttcIhHCc Oi NOef VAL Is not less Dltter
when quaffed from golden chalice thar
when taken from a pewter mug. Sorrow Il
often attended by running iootmen anc
laced lackeys mounted behind Queen Aun,
Boleyn is desolate in the palace of Henry
VIII.
Adolphus wept in German castles owe,
The hypocrisy of friends. Pedro /. anon.
Brazilian diamonds shtvered with fear o
massacre. Stephen OF England sat on ,
rocking throne. And every mast OF pride hai
been bent in the storm, and the highes
mountains OF honor and fame are covere,
with perpetual snow. Sickness will frost tn,
rosiest check, wrinkle the smoothest brow
md stiffen the sprightliest step. Rizpal
quits the courtly circle and sits on the rock
Perhaps you look back upon scenes differ
cnt from those in which now from day I,
day you mingle. You have exchanged In,
plenty and luNuriance of your fathers hous
Tor privation and trial known toGod and you
own heart. The morning of life was fiushe
with promise. Troops OF calamities sine
then have made desperate charge upon you
DARKNESS has come. Sorrows have swoope,
Ike carrier birds from the sky and barke,
uke Jackals from tho thicket You stan
amid your slain anguishei and woe struck
Rizpah on the rock.
30 II has been IN all ages. Vashti mus
doll the spangled robes of tho Persian conr
and go forth Blasted fro n the palace cate
Hagar exchanges oriental comfort for th
wilderness OF Beersheba. Mary, queen O
&pOte must fnsa auf fen.,,