Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-20

II had wf1fe WaikanS mar hfro ous cool
morning with my hrotharSDnB who spent
the most Of his life as Missionary In CHM,
snd in that part OF It where there are no
kosts. He said there was a tingiins glad
CESS in his nerves indaserihable, and anahnost
i.toxication ofdsiight from che fact that II
sensation OF frost. We complain OF IT, we
scold it, we frown upon il, when we ouSni
to be stirred by it to gratitude and hoist II on
a doxology.
But must go farther AMI speak OF the
fross as a ieTeler, As the snow Is frozen
cain, SO the frost Is Trojan deY. God trans'
lJrHH II fsJrn q ,HqpId mo a crystal. It ID
ths dew EforfGsd. N the thirtg2eishtb ehofp-
far of that insured drama, the book OF Job,
God says 70 the inspired dramRtlst With
eestatio Interrogation. "Hhe hoary frost oil
hsaysn, who hath gendered it?'' God there
asks Jol, II he knows the parsntaSe OF
the frost. He inquiries about its pedigree.
He suggests that job study up the froses
genealogical line. minute eeiors God haa
6ssed about the parentase OF a raindrop IN
words that years ago gave me suggestive
kext for a sermon, ''Hath the rain q fnthetS"
Bat now the Lord Almighty p cateohisins
lob about the frost. He practically says
'Do you know its fatherP Do you know us
mother2 In what cradle OF the leaves did
the wind rock it? The hoary iro5t oi heaSen
who hath gsndered Hy
He Is a stupid Christian who thinks SO
mugh of the printed and bound Bible THAI
he neglects the Old Testament Of the fields,
nor reads the wisdom and kin tnos5 and
beauty Of God written IN blossoms on the
orchard, in sparSias on the lake, In stars on
die sky, in frost on thu meadows. The
xreatsst jewsisr of all the esrth is rte frost.
fhgre is nothing mora wonderful in all
srystaiIogrephy. Some morning in Decen-
Der a whole continent is found besprent with
diamonds, the result OF one ntShts WORK ~
tbis jegeter.
Do you make the depreciatory re mark that
the frost is impermGnent ami viii last only
two or three hours? What ef that? We SO
into London tower AMI look at ths croWa
Jewels OF England, but we are in a procession
that the guards keep moving on, and hys
minutes or less are your only opportunity q
looking at those crown jewels, hut at the
crown jewels bestarred OF the frost in parks
and folds you may stand to LOOK deliberately
AMI for hours, and NO oneto tell you to move
on.
o., these regalias AMI dildems OF Ssauty
Hung out of heaven Kings and queens on
| cslebraliys days have come riding through
the streets throwing haniluls OF silver sni
gold among the people, but the queen OF tas
winter morning Is the only quscn rich alouSH
10 tGrpW pearls, ani tao king or frost tha
| only king rich enough TO throw opals and
sapptSyeS and diamonds. Homer describes
| necklace Of amber given 10 Penelope, bus
| the frost necklaces n continent. Ine carcan (
! OF precious stones given to Harnonta had
! NlA pNs OF OEGHES IdSiltf anu N..ttt ll''ht.-
| stone AMI In liam agate, nat it was = MS o.
| iunn TO any one TGO Owned or inlsrita1 II.
| Eni it, history. gen a-atiOn after gen lrlt-o0,
/ was history OF disaster, bat the rs<lila O.
| frost is tao good fortune o: every rloTnin I:
I jlst OrnS it..
The imperial household OF Ions Evi
| could Uo- AFFORD tho .tia-C p1i u"sS!G-s y arsn
! m been ordered for QIs-n " Iris AglO q -.
Eut il was stolen aA iIS"n apart AZ loss,
! iut the nscslacs that tao frost pu-- on ~
H-
br,ll'ants as the w,thersl glass biaiss, -
! easily afforded BY divine opIiencs AMI Is
! never lost, but after ITS uss IN the coronation
| o. the tlsids is taken bacS 10 heaven. o -nen
| and women, accustomed to go into ecstasy
| when in foreign travel you come upon tn-
| historical gems sf Nations, whether the isTe!
| bs called the Mountain q Glory, or ths ss3
! OF Light. or the Crown OF the Noon, or the
| Eye of Aush or the star of SIrawak, ~ the
| Koh-i-noor. 1 impissd you study the jewels
| str5wn all round your wiRtry homo and rsl-
| lie that ''by tho breath Of God frost is
! given
I But go a step farther and speak OF the
! frost IS an evan l>elist. and tsXt Of Scripture
| Is not OF much use 70 me unless l can find
| the gospel in Il. The Israe!ites in the vii
| derness breakfasted on something that
| looked like frozen dew, and the dew evIpor-
| Gtei ani left a pulVeriZed material, white and
| looking like frost, but it wss mama, and OF
| that they ate. So now this morning. mixed
! Nitl tina irDZen UeW OF my leNF, llSEH S
! uunna on which we can breakfast our souls.
! IoI say tho frost kills. Yes, il kills some
/ things. but W. have already seen that il gives
| health and lie 10 others. This gospel is tho
! snvor OF lie unto life or OF death unto death.
A the 'rOst is mighty the gospel IS N icdty
| A. tae frost dsscauls from heaven. the gospel
| lies .elis from heaven. By the breath o!
| God frost is given. BY the breath O. Goiths
! Eos0el ia given. As tine frost pUriacS, so the
| grace oil God puriies. As the iros; bestars
| The r1rtn, so grace heiewsis the SOU. As the
! irOst prepares for iOOd many thing thI;
! o:nerSisy would bsiueiiJle, 50 the frOs; o.
I trials pens and prepares 'o1i for tine sOV'. N
! the tight grip OF tas frost the hErI sIei %
! walnut aU cIa-tvVt EIt hickory Jp'n, In =
| tine luxuries Of tbs WOO 3, como .u'o our lap,
! or upon oar tables; 30 the 'r1sJ o trai ttteg
/ many a hard ami pri.liy sgsii AMI crIsl -
| Z until that walsI sung tins sOi. uyW
| fee.s it.
Thore ar, passages 0: Scripture That once
| were euigmas puzzles, mites ..Gl imp r7@'-
J 5!li,iss for yoI 10 unirr,ran 3, bat tLa ,rp --
( oitrou2ls a-ter awa,is expose the fIi malI-
in; to your soul. AoI -liA, ~ % not ss-
| WY David keeps ro.lnZ over il his psi %
! the story of how be WIS pursIsi all p-t-'-
| cute Il des 'r:bss hius. .iE as su--oII a..
| ~ Dsas. H says, "I-y cp".plss 3 ~.
/ about Ike n5"s; va, they Cd asl=-'i 'a-
aSg r.sgin thin; fo- hin % cE..;i-a, "GaE
! o. the depths Of hs. hgys I cr.si uItJ III Zee,
o LORI
| An tiere u 80 mutn 0. iit '.F.e O. j." n
| sntal.On in his writings You think he Ogr--
| Ioes If, but after awhile jhcfros, cones uo1G
J you intaa shape OF Fsrsecu.iol. and Vol ",
! stuck with this censuCa all stu.S with tagt
! defamation, aud stuck with some i..ss'.10 /.
! AMI lies in svarms arJ buzziug, buaz %
! about YOUR ea-s. aut n LIS. You IN ler=. ga
| wl.t DaYd meant waeu hs said, .'r4e,
! conpassei me about like bees; yea, the,
| cong 9ss5d Ge about Ike Dess,' Gnd you 70
| to-vn uoIe- DrrvcT,s nrostration and fsaI
| hat you are as far doya rs David when lie
! Y J, "Out OF the depths OF he'll -
| What opened all those chapters that
| bitEer-O hal No GDpr0prlat Fro5ts.
| Cor a long while the Bl6,e seemed lopsidsd
AMI 4 disprOpoctonats amount OF 1t given
| up TO tho c6nso'uory. Why page after page
| AMI chapter a'tar chapter and book after
| book IN the E,5'e takea u2 with aucyia-