The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-08

tering on one tree branch IN the coo,
that came up TO shake feverish trouhi. n
the kings locks, there was nothing th.,
OF death, but there he died In .ths
when the snow Is q shroud, and whsa
wind Is q dirge, II is easy TO think y i
mortality, but wnen the weather IA al.
and all our surroundings are agrea.P,
difficult II Is for us TO appreciate tha
that We are mortall And yet my test,
that death does sometimes come TO ~.
mer house.
He is blind and cannot see the leave,
Is deaf and cannot hear the fountains
n ueatn wouid ass US for victims. Va
point him to hundreds OF people who ~
rejoice TO have him come. Push 49,
door OF that hovel. Look at that lltls
cold and sick and hungry. II bas
heard the name OF God but in blasnlsI
Parents Intoxicated staggering arnp,i
straw bed. oh, death, there is a ma.
thee! Up with Il into the light D.
these little feet stumble on life's patbv,,
them rest.
Here is an aged man. He has do.
work. He has done II gloriously. tn II
panions OF his youth are all gone. M,
dren dead. He longs 20 be M res,
wearily the days and the nights pass
says. Come. Lord Jesus, come ami.
oh. death. there Il a mark for thee \;
from him the stan and give him the s,..
UP with him into the light, where eye. y
grow dim, and the hair whitens not IN,
the long years OF eternity. All. death \
not do that. Death turns back fro.
straw bed and from the aged man resh
the skies and comes 10 the summer nom.
What doest thou here, thou bony. =, i
monster. amid this waving grass and Il
this sunlight Sitting through tho n
branches? Children are at play. How
their feet go and their locks toss In the y
Father and mother stand at the sid, n
room looking on. enjoying their g,s.
does not seem possible that the wolf :, 4
ever break into that fold and carry \
lamb. Meanwhile an old archer stanis
ing through the ethicket. He points Mi. Il
Mt the brightest Of the group--.he Is
marSsmm-thcb bow bends. the arrow sts
Hush, now. The quick feet have -,
and tho locks toss no more In the 4
Laughter has gone out OF the hall, M
In ths summer house
Here Is father In midlife. His "a,
home at night is the signal for mirth. h
children rush 10 the door. and there arehl
On the evening stand. and the hour \
away on glad feet There IL nothing n
ing in that home. Religion Is thera
sacrifices on the altar morning and bl
You look in that household and say Il
not think OF anything happier. Id1
really believe the world is so sad pl,,l
some people describe II TO be-" The \
changes. Father is sick. The door, \
be kept shut. The deathwatch chirps n
FULLY on the hearth. The children viii
Al
Passing the house late at night. you ~
quick glancing OF lights from room 10 :
IL Is all over. Death in the summer ho,
Here Is an aged mother aged, but M
llrm. You think you will have the joy b
Ing for her wants a good while yet A]
goes from house to house. TO childrs
grandchildren, her coming Is a droppiu|
sunlight In the dwelling. Your chiidrs
her coming through the lane. and they
Grandmother come ~ Care for yoz
marked up her face with many a
wrinkle, and her back stoops with
rying your burdens. Some days a
very quiet She says she Is
sick, but something tells you
will not much longer have mother Shid
aft with you no longer at the table nor "A
hearth. Her soul goes out so gently sd
not exactly know the moment OF lis "a
Fold the hands that have done o manyK|
nesses for you right over the heart that
beat with love for you since before you I
born. Let the pilgrim rest. She Is wx
Death In the summer house
Gather about us what we will OF co-1
and luxury. when the pale messenger %,
be does not stop to look at the architea
OF the house before he comes in. nor en..a
does he wait to examine the pictures We
gathered on the wall, or bending oyerV
pillow he does not stop to sec whether n
Is color In the cheek, or gentleness int
eye, or intelligence in the brow. But VI
OF that? Must we stand for ever mou'l
among the graves OF our dead. No No
people in Bengal bring cages OF birds to
graves Of tAeir dead and then they open
cages, and the birds go singing heavenwi
So would bring to the graves OF your q
all bright thoughts and congratulations
bid them think Of victory and redemptict
stamp on the bottom OF the grave. 90
breaks through into the light and glor
heaven.
The arcients used 10 think that the s,r
entering the Red sea were very danger
places, as they supposed that every ship
went through those straits would be
stroyed, and they were IN the habit Of
ting on weeds OF mourning for those
had gone on that voyage. rs though h
were actually dead. Do you know what.
called those straits? They call then
Gate OF Tears oh. stand to-day at
gate OF tears through which many Of 3
loved ones have gone, and want to tell
that all are not shipwrecked that have 2
through those straits into the great o.
stretching out beyond.
shore on still nights when we are wrap
In prayer makes me think that the depar
are not dead. We are the dead-we
toll, we who weep, we who sin-we are
dead. How my heart aches for human
row! This sound of breaking hearts th.
hear all about me This last look OF 4
that will never brighten again! This
kiss OF lips that never will speak AZ
This widowhood and orphanagel oh, v
will the day of sorrow be gomez
After the sharpest winter the spring
mounts from the shoulder OF southern
and puts its warm hand upon the earth,
In its palm there comes the grass, and q
come the flowers, and God reads over
poetry OF bird and brook and bloom
pronounces II very good. What, my trie
II every winter had not Its spring, and e'
night Its day, and every gloom Its glow,
every bitter now its sweet hereafter II
have been on the sea, you know, as the
passesi In the night, there Il aphosphores,
track left behind II /, and "a the waters rol
they toss with unimaginable splendor. v
across this great ocean OF human tro'
Jesus walks. oh, that In the phosphores'
track OF His feet We might all follow an.
illumined
There was a gentleman In the rail car
saw In that same ear three passengers
very different circumstances. The nrsi
a maniac. He was carefully guarded BY
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