The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-04-14
for who cares for for thy shininuy

for who cares for for thy shiningyr "Nt-
saith the star ~ will not sleep. eujg
the sailor on the sen. cheer the traveles
among the mountains. / help tip the dew
with light. Through the window of the
poor mans cabin cast a beam OF hope. and
the child on her mothers lap asks in glee
| whittier come and what 10 and whencs |
go. To gleam and glitter Goi set me here
Away have no time TO sleep"
The snowflake comes struggling down.
trail, tickle wanderer, whv comest thou
here| 81 am no idle wanderern responIs
the snowflake. "Hgh up in the air was
born the child Of the rain and the cold, and
| at the divine bedest | come, anI am no
straggler, for Col tells me where 10 pnt nv
crystal heel. To help cover the roots. the
grain and grass, 10 cleanse the air, TO make
sportsmen more happy and the ingle frs
more bright. come. Though so LIGHT nm
that you toss me from your muifIsr AMI
crush me under your foot I am doing nv
pest TO tufill what | was made for. Clothed
IN white come on heavenly mission. and,
Nhen my work is done ani God shall call i'm
I morning vapor | shall 20 back drawn Inv
the tery courses OF the sun"
=, nat doest thou Insignificant grass
blade under nv feetg III am doiny n ,vGrl, -
says the grass blade "as bes5 eau. help
to make mp the soft beauty of field an
lawn. ! am satisfied, IL, with millions Of
others no bigger than |. we can give pasture
| TO ilocks 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 ths lilies Of the field rewards
me with this coat of green"
For what. lonely cloud. goest thou across
the heavensY Through the bright air n
voice drops frohI atar, saying: up and
down this sapphire floor pace % 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
la. lrv~
vests OF wheat and fields OF corn. catch
tue trown Of the storm aul the huss OF tho
I rainbow. At evening tide on the western
slopes ! Will pitch my tent, unl over me
~nt al dash tle satfrpu, AMI the purple aui
the fire ~ the sunset. A pillar os cloud ike
me led the chosen acro.s the desert and sur
rounded by such as | the Judge OF Heaven
and Earth will Mt last descend for "3phuld
He CJHotI with Clou IS"
On. my friends, If anything in the iunn.
innate world b, useful, let US immortal men
and women be useful, and n that respect be
like the palm tree. But | must not he
tempted 10y what David says Of that green
SHAFT Of Palestine, that living aud glorious
pillar Of the eastern gardens, as seen In olden
timeS-thc palm tree; must not be tempted
by what the Old Testament says OF it, 10
lessen my emphasis of what John, the evan.
geli>t says OF IL in my text.
Notice that it was IA beautiful and lawful
robbery OF the palm tree that helped mako
up Christ, triumph on the road TO 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 "A pity, some one
might say, that those stately and grace ul
trees should he dcspoile1. The sap oozst out
at the places where the branches broke.
The glory of the palm tree was appropriately
sacrificed for the Savour's triumphal pro-
ce.,!Ou. So IL always was, 80 IL always will
be IN this world--no worthy triumph OF any
sort without :he tearing down Of something
else
Brooklyn Bridge, the glory Of our cont.
uent, must have two architects prostrated
. the one slain 10y his tolls aud the other tor "A
! lifetime invaldel. The greatest pictures OF
! She world hal, in their richest coioring, the
| blood Of the artists who made them. The
lmIghtlest oratOrIgs that ever rolled through
the churches had IN their pathos. the sighs
land gruan, of the composers who wore their
Hives ont in writing the harmony. American
Independence was triumphant, but it moved
4 T~IJPq lteless forms of tens of thou
/ ~ -i.as. Hill and
Is THE ORPHANS CorHr oY SNYr.p COUNTY
The auditor appointed IS the Court ~ dis
Tribute the balance OF the fIptt IN the ht1ds of
the Administrator in The pAtatc OF Eli.nIoth
Bingamau. decd VIII meet UGpartes Interest
ed, for the purpose of his appointment AT The
unice Of +. T.. Boyer. Esq, Middleburgh. Pa r
!!iesca =, ssPffToth,lS2 at 10 \. ", whqv..
where all claims against said estate pfOVck
authenticated must bc presented, or be- dcbaN
red irom coming in on said fund.
JAY g.. WEISER.