The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-02-11

tue Ftsemttou OF creams thnt Daniel mndf
from heaven, deeply humbled himself whar
he confessed that God Is a God OF Gods asd
a Lord OF Lords yet behold that that huh.
bling and arousing which he before felt tisj
not result In q radical change.
There Is no mistake more frequent than n
supposing conviction n synonym for COZ.
version. Conviction is merely sight ,f
sin; conversion is n view OF pardon Cor.
viction II merely alarm: conversion r. cont
dence. Conviction is dissatisfaction with
depravity; conversion Is turning away
from IL. Conviction is a sword wound; COT
version Is the healing. Conviction Is the
fever of thirst; conversion Is the slaking u
that thirst. Conviction IL the pain: conver-
sion Is the medicine that cures it. 1hou-
sands have experienced the former and new,
experienced the latter.
There are multtudes who think that Is
soon as man is serious he is nc for profes-
sion of religion. What II man shou!d ony
think seriously OF being a merchant; wcud
that make him merchantf What II man
should only think seriously Of being n Law
yer; would that make him lawyer What
man should only think seriously Of being
CHRISTIAN would that make him Chris-
tiani Felix was convicted but not converted.
The Jailer was convicted before he got ont
OF bed, but not converted till at the advise
Of Paul he believed in Christ. Are you con-
victed but not converted?
tell you what you make me think Il.
atu hafo hihut UP fOuT ulluu IOT DTOnT
consideration to deed away propertv.
You have drawn the deei. The seal is H.
fixed opposite where you are TO write your
name. The ecommissoner of deeds Is pres.
ent TO witness. You have your pen In hani.
There Is ink in the pen. There Is only one
thing for you TO do, and that is 10 sign your
name. suppose you stop now without
signing your name, what does it all amount
toi Nothing.
So you have resolved TO give yourself I'D
to God. You propose 20 sign off to Him
your body. your mind, your soul. You have
all things necessary for the transfer. The
angels Of God are here 10 witness the etcr-
your will complete the work. Halt where
you are and all goes for nothing. Sign your
name TO this spiritual transfer.
Professor Arago, the mathematician, got
woetully discouraged in his work aud was
about TO give IL up. when he saw some words
on the paper which had been used to stifrsn
the cover OF his book, and the words being
indistinct he dampened the cover until he
could take II of and SEQ the words plainly
and he found they were words of advice
given by UAlembert 10 student, and the
words were, 'Go on, sir; go on' Oye who
are convicted, go onp You must take one
more step or all the steps you have taken
Will amount to nothing. Go oni
Again learn from the misfortune OF the
loss of reason. There is no calamity that
can possibly befall us in this world NO great
as the arrangement OF intellect-to have the
body OF man and yet TO fall even below
the instinct of n brute. In this world OF sad
sights the saddest is the IDIOTS stare. In
this world OF awful sounds the most awful
Is the maniac's laugh. A vessel on the
rocks, when hundreds go down never to rise,
and other hundreds drag their mangled aud
shivering bodies up the wintry beach is
Sothing compared TO the laundering of intsl-
Iects Iuu or vast hopes and attainments aud
capacities. Christs heart went out 10 those
who were epileptic, falling into the fire or
maniacs cutting themselves among the
tombs
We are accustomed TO be more gra, ,ful
for physical health than for the proper
working OF our mind. We are apt 20 AXE
it for granted that the intellect which has
served us so well will always DO faithful
We forget that an engine with such
tremendous power, when the wheels have
such vastness OF circle and such swiftness Of
motion and the least impediment might put
II out OF gear, could only be kept in proper
balance by divine hand. No hpplan
snor,ar conld darstinee" this train Of iuinorGA a
faculties.
How strange it Is that our memory, ON
whose shoulders all the successes and mis-
fortunes and occurrences of a lifetime are
vi.
that the scales Of Judgment which have
been weighing so much and so long, should
not lose their adjustment AMI that fancy,
which holds dangerous wand, should not
sometimes maliciously wave it, bringing into
the heart forebotings aud hallucinations the
most appalling. II Is not strange that the
expectations OF this intellect should not bs
dashed to pieces on its sdisappointmeutsH
Though so delicately attuned, this instru.
ment OF untold harmonies plays Oh, though
fear shocks it. and vexations rack IL, aud
sorrow and Joy and loss and gain in quick
succession beat out OF IL their dirge or draw
from IL their anthem. At morning and at
night, when IN your PRAYER you rehearse the
objects of your thanksgiving, next to your
salvation by Jesus Christ, praise the Lord
for the preservation of your reason.
How many fine intellects are being de-
stroyed by anodynes and an9Jthetics, which
were given by Providence tor occasional use
in alleviation Of pain or insomnia, but by be-
ing employed continuously after awhile cap
ture and destroy. Chloral, cocoaine, bro
mide OF potassium, opium and whole shelves
OF seductive etceteras that help turn
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS into imbecility into mad
ness. DO not tribe with opiates that bsnumb
the brain. IL you cannot live without the
perpetual and enslaving use of them, you
had better die. Better die n saue man than
live fool. What right have you to kill
your brain and put in wild jangle your
nervous systemS But rum Is the cause of
more insanity than anything else. There is
nothing like rum TO put a man, like
Nebuchadnezzer, down on all fours.
Again, learn how quickly turns the wheel
of fortune, from how high up to how far
! down went Nebuchadnezzar. Those now in
places OF position and power, even though
they should live. will in a few years be dis
regarded, while some, who this day are OBJ
scure and poverty stricken, will ride up on
the shoulders of the people to take their turn
at admiration and the spcils OF office. Oh,
how quickly the wheel turnsl Ballot boxes
are the steps on which men come down as
often as they 60 up. or those who were a
few years ago successful in the accumulation
| OF property how few have not met with re-
verses OF fortune, while many of those who
| then were straitenei in circumstances now
hold the bonds and the bank keys o. the ma.
tion and win the most bows on the ex-
change.
or all fickie people in the world Fortune
Is the most tickle. Every day she change:
her mind, and woe to that man VINO put
any confidence in what she promises or
proposes. She cheers when you go up and
laughs when you come down. On, trust mol