The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-04-27

lyn pastorate Il characterized by brevity,
not much of the old plan by which minis
ter OF the gospel baptized an infant then re-
ceivcd him into the church, after hs had be-
come an adult married him. baptized his
children, married them aud lived on long
enough to bury almost everybody but him :
self. Glorious old pastorates they were.
Some of US remember them-Dr. Soring,
Peter Labaugh, Dominic Zabriskie. Daniel
Waldo. Abram Halsey.
When the snow meltei from their fore
heads. Il revealed the flowers ot an unfadioG
coronal. Pastorates Of 30. 40, so, 50 years
continuance. Some OF them had tp be
helped into the pulpit or into the carriage,
they were so old and decrepit, but when the
Lords chariots halted one day in front OF
the old parsonage they steppei in vigorous
as an athlete, and rs we saw the wheels OF
fire whirlin1 through the gates OF the sun.
set we all cried out. MY father, my father,
the chsriots OF Israel and the horssmen
thereofw
remark again, n Brooklyn pastorate l,
characterized by its happiness.
No city. under the sun where people take
such good care of their ministers In pro-
portion as the world outside may curse a
congregation stands close up by the man
whom they believe In. Brooklyn society
has for its foundation two elements--the
Puritanic which ALWAYS means n quiet Sab.
bath. and tho Holandisb. which means
worshipful psople. On the top of this an
admixture OF al natiopolities-tha brawny
Scot, the solid English, the vivacious Irish.
the polite French, the philosophic German
and In all this intermingling OF population
the universal dominant theory that n man
can do as he peases provided he doesn't dis
turb anybody else.
delightful climate. While 10 Is hard on
weak throats, for the most OF us II Is
hracing. Not an atmosphere made up OF
the discharged gases OF chemical factories or
the missns OF swamps, but coming pautiug
right of 5000 miles OF Atlantic Ocein be-
fore anybody else has had n chance Co
breathe itl All throu Eh the city society
ot kind, geni, generous sympathetic
people. How they hy to you when you are
In troublel How they watch over you when
YOU are sick, How tender they ars with
you when you havs buried your dead
Brooklyn isa good place to live in, good
place TO die in. good place TO be buried in,
good place from which to rise in the
beautiful resurrection.
In such n city have been permitted 20
have ~ years OF pastorate. During these
years how many heartbreakS bow many
losses how many bereavements! Hardly u
family OF the church that has not been
struck with sorrow. But God has sustained
YOU in the past, and He will sustain you in
the future. l exbort you to be OF good
cheer, Oh thou OF the broken heart. Weep
ing may endure for a night, but joy c0meth
In the morning" wish over every door of
this church we might have written the
word .'Sympathy" for all the
young.
We must crowd them in here by thou.
sands and propose radiant gospel that
they will take on the spot. We must make
this place so attractive for the young that n
Young man will come hero on Sabbath morn
ing, put down his hat, brush his hair back
from his forehead, unbuttcn his overcoat
and look around wondering II he has not 10y
mistake got into heaven He will see In the
faces OF the old people not the gloom which
some people take for religion. but the sun
shine OF celestial peace, and h. will say.
"Why, wonder IL that isn't the same peace
that shone out on the face OF my father and
mother when they lay dying,'
Aud then there will come IA dampness In
bis eyes through which he can hardly see.
and no will close his eyes TO imprison the
emotion, but the hot tear will break through
the fringes OF eyelashes aud drop upon the
coat sleeve. He will put his head on the
back OF the pew in front and sob. "Lord
God of the old people, help mel' We ought
10 lay plot here Tor this religious capture
OF all the young people in Brooklyn.
Yes. sympathy for the old. They have
their aches and pains and distresses. They
cannot hear or walk CT SEQ as we'll as they
used to. We must be reverential in their
presence. On dark days we must help them
through the aisle and help them find the
place In the hymn book. Some Sabbath
morning we shall miss them from their place
and we shall say, "Wnere is Father So-and-
so to- iay| and the answer will be: what.
haven't you heardp Toe Kings wagons
have taken Jacob up to the palace where his
Joseph Is yet alive"
sympathy for business men. Twenty.
four years OF commercial life in New York
and Brooklyn are enough TO tear ones
nerves to pieces. We want TO make our
Sabbath service here a rescue for all these
martyrs OF traffic, foretasts of the land
where they have no rents to pay. aud there
are no business riyalries. and where riches
instead OF taking wings 70 fly away brood
over other riches.
sympathy for the fallen, remembering
that they ought to be pitied as mucn as a
man run over with a rail train. The fact is
that in the temptations and misfortunes OF
life they get run over. You and / in the
Same circumstances would havo done as
badly. We should have done worse perhaps.
IL you aud ha a the same evil surroundings
an the same evil parentaG5 that they had
and the same native horn proclivitiGs To evil
that they had, you ami should have been
in the penitentiary or outcasts OF society.
NO" says some self righteous man, Il
couldn't nave been overthrown In that way"
You old hypocrite, you would have been the
hsst To fall!
We want in this church TO have sympathy
for tn, worst man, remembering he Is a
brother: sympathy for the worst woman,
remembering she is sister. Ii that is not
tho gospel, | do not know what the gospel
is. All, yes, sympathy for all the troubled.
tor the orphans in their exoosure, for
widowhood with its weak arm fighting for
bread, for the household which erst re-
sounded wit merry voices and pattering
feet now awiuliy still-broad-winged sym
pathy, like the feathers or the Almighty:
warm-bloodet sympathy, everlasting SYM
pathy; sympathy which shows itself IN the
grasp OF the maud, in the glittering tear of
the eye, in the consoling word of the
mouth; sympathy of blankets for the cold,
OF bread Tor the hungry, OF medicine for the
sick, OF rescue for the lost. sympathy!
Let IL thrill in every sermon. Let 1t
tremble in every song Let gleam in every
tear and In every light. Sympathy Men
and women are signing for sympathy
groanhg for sympathy, dying for sym.
pathy, tumbling Off into uncleanliness and
crime and periition for lacS OF sympathy.
May Col give it To u.s. FIJI all this pulpit
with 10 from step 10 step. Lat the sweep of
thasa oallerias suy0asE ita pnclrclinQ arms