The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-11-16

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tears and lift burdens and save 80 ~
and while all Is OF grace. and your ~:
abncgating utterance will bc, mot uRo
US. not unto us, but unto Thy naSs
% Lord, give glory you shall alw,v,
/ feel n heavenly satisfaction In evs,,
good thing you did on earth. and u ieonn.
casm. borne from beneath. should breat
/ through the gates OF heaven and eface ona
record OF your earthly ddelity, methinks
/ Christ would take one OF the nails OF mi,
own cross and write somewhere on tae crvs'
/ tai. or the amethyst or the iacinth or tha
chrysoprasus. your name aud Just under n
the inscription Of my text. The righteous
shall be held In everlasting remembrance. I.
oh. this character building You and r
are every moment busy In that treuendous
occupation. You ara making mo better a.
worse. and I am making YOU better or woraa
and we shalt through all eternity bear ths
mark Of this benediction or blasting.
Lei others have the thrones OF heaven
/ those who have more nightly wrought IN,
/ God and the truth--jut II will he heqven
enough for you and me II eyer and anon wa
| meet some radiant soul on the bouleyards Of
the great citv who shall say ''You helped
me once. You encouraged me when I y1s
In earthly struggle. did not know that
would have reached this shining place had IL
not been for You" And W. will laugh with
heavenly glee and say "tIi, ha' Do Won
really remember that talk; DO you rpmem
her that warming DO YOU remember tina,
Christian invitation! What memory Won
have! Why. TINT must have been down there
in Brooklyn or New Orleans ut least len
thousand million years ago" And ths an
, swer will he. "Yes. Il was as long NJ thai
but | remember It as well ~ though IL were
yesterday
oh. this character building The structura
lasting independent OF passing centuries In.
dependent OF crnmblins mausoleums inde
pendent Of the whole planetary system. Aye.
II the material universe. which seems ali
bound together Ike one piece OF machiuary
should some day meet with an accident that
should send worlds crashing into each other
like telescoped railway trains. and all tho
wheels of consultations aud galaxies should
stop, and down into one chasm of immensty
all the suns and moons and stnrs should
tumble like the midnight express nj Ashta.
bula. that would not touch us and would no,
hurs God. Tor God iS u spirit, and character
aud memory are immortal. and over thit
grave Of a wrecked material universe mi n,
truthiully lie written. The righteous shall
be held In everlasting remembrance.
o. Time. we defy thee q. Death, wa
stamp thee In the dust OF thine own sepul.
chers q. Eternity. roll on till the las, star
has stopped rotating. and the last sun IL ex
ttnguished on the sapphire pathway. and
the last moon has iiumined the last night
and ~ many years have passed rs all thn
scribes that ever took pen could describ, by
ms many figures rs they could write in all Tho
centuries of all time. but thou shalt have no
power to efTare from any soul in glory th,
memory Of ANYTHING we have done 10 bring
II TO God and heaven
There IL another and a mora conpleL. da.
feat for oblivion, and that Is in the boar o.,
God himself You have seen "A sas:or roll un
his sleeve and show you his arm tattooal
with the figure OF 4 flyorit> ship-perhap
the first one In which he ever sailed Y0u
have seen soldier roll VI his sleeve an
Al Ia 4. A
ofa fortress witch h. was gnrrisOned a
the face OF great general under whom nd
fought. You have seen many n hand tat
toosd with the face OF loved one before
after marriage.
This tattooing is almos. rs old as the world
IL Is some colored liquid punctured into IN
flesh so indelibly that nothing can wash
out. IL may have been there fifty years bu
when the man goes into his coffin that pic
ture will 90 with him on hand or arm. Now
God says that he hns tattoocd us upon h
hands. There can be no other meapiDg
the fortyininth char ter OF Isaiah. whei~
says. '5enoit7.. 4 W. g,rsys.pN thea ~
palms Of my hands,"
II was as much as 10 say. 'I cannot<
My hand TO help. but think OF you. | IA
not spread abroad NV hands to bless but
think OF you. Wherever go up and dow
the heavens take these two pictures OF 80
with Me. They are so inwrought into "
being that cannot lose them. As long
My hands last the memory OF you Will las
Not on the back of Ny hands. as though
announce you To others. but on the palms
My hands :or Myself to LOOK at and stu
aud love. Not on the palm of on' han
alone. but on the pains of both hands
while am looking upon one han1 and thin
ing OF you, | must have the other hand n
TO protect you. FREQ to strike back yo
enemy. free 10 lit IL you fall. Palms OF
hands ndelibly tatlooedl And though
hA1 that inIl In kI.sf firat 81 lnV. .h
uproot the inscription OF your name n
your face, and though | hold the ocean
the hollow OF MY hand its bilowing shal,
wash out the record OF Ny ramembrar
Behold. have craven thee on the pa!r'
3ly hands,
What Joy, what honor can there be co
parable to that of being remembered by
mightiest and kindest aud loveiiest and q
derest and most affsctionate being in
universsY Thlnk OF II. to hold an cyarlast
place in the heart OF God. The heart Of Go
The most beautiful palace in tha uniyeH
Let the arshangel build some palace
grand rs that II he can. Let him crIm5e
all the stars OF yesternight and to-morr
night and put them together az mosni'i
such palace floor. Let him take all the
rises and sunsets OF all the days and
auroras OF all the nights AMI hang them
upholstery at its windows.
Let him take all the rivers, and all
lakes. and all the oceans. aud toss them
the fountains of this palace court. Let
take all tho gold ofall the hills and hang
its chandeliers, and oil the pearls OF all
seas. aud all the diamonds of all tho ile
and with them arch the doorways OF ,
palace. and then invite into II all the co1
that Esther ever saw N n Persian banquet !
Daniel ever walked among In Bahyloa
castles. or Joseph ever Witnessed In Phara s
throneroom. aud then yourself enter =
castle OF archanSelic construction. and
how poor palace 1t IL compared with a
greater palace that some of you have 0re -.
found in the heart ol n loving and pariol
God. aud into which all the music, and
the prayers. and all the sermonic consii
tons of tins day are tryinS to introduce
through the blood OF the slain lamb.
Oh whero IL oblivion nOwi From
dark and oyershaiowlng word that II see
when / began, II has become sonel
which no man or woman or child who
the Lord need ever fear Oblivion deIei
Oblivion dead. Oblivion sspnchersd
| must not bo so hard on that deyou
monster, tor into It's grave SO all our
when the Lord for Christ's sake has iors
them just blow a resurrection tru