The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-02

for all those to whom the world has given
the cold shoulder.
But notice that some one must take IN,
storm for the chickens. Ahl the hen takes
the storm. have watched her under the
peltiug rain. I have seen her In the piocb.
ing frosts almost froz IN 20 death or almost
strangied In this waters, ami what n fioht
sue makes FOR the young under winy N n
dog or hawk or man comes too neari And
SO the brooding Christ takes the storm for
US; what nooi OF anguish and tears that
DID not dash upon His holy souli What
hssk OF torture did not pierce His vitalsl
What barking Cerberus Of hell was not let
out upon Him from the kennslsi
What lie en- dured. oh, who can tell.
To save our souls from death and he'll,
Yes, the hen took the storm for the chick.
ems, and Christ takes the storm for us Once
tue tempest rose 80 suddenly the hen could
not get with her young back from the new
ground TO the barn, and there she is nnder
the fence half dead. Aud now the rain turn,
TO snow, and 1t is an awful night, and In the
morning the whiteness about the ellis and
the beak down in the mud show that the
mother is dead, aud the young ones come
out and cannot understand why the mother
uoes not scratch for them something to eat.
aud they walk over her wings and cal with
their tiny voices. but there Is no answeriur
cluck. She took the storm for Others aud
perished. Poor thingl Self sacrificing even
unto dentnl
Aud docs Il not make YOU think OF Him
who endured all for us2 So the wings under
which we come for spiritual safety are blood
spattered wings, are night shattered wings.
nra temoest torn wings. In the Isle of
wight saw the grave OF Prime SIS Eliza.
beth, who died while prisoner at Caris
brook castle, her finger on an omen Bible
ana pointing TO the words. Come unto Me
all ye that labor and are heavy laden. and 4
will give you rest" Oh, come under the
wngsi '' wv
But now the summer day is almost pnsse1
ant the shadows OF the house and harm nnj
wagon shed have heightened. The farmer
Win scythe or hos on shoulder, Is returning
from the fields. The oxon are 'unvokoj
Ihe horses are crunching the oats at the full
Tin. The air Is bewitchei OF honeysuckle
and wild brier. The milkman. pail in hahd,
Is approaching the barnyard. The fowls
keeping early hours ars collecting their
young, "Cluck" "Cluck" 'Cluckw and
soon all the eyes OF that fcathered nursery
are closed.
The bachelors OF the winged tribe bave
assembled TO their perch. but the hens. i'm a
motherhood divinely appointed, tax all the
risk OF slumb ber on the ground, and all
night long the wings will stay outspread.
and tbs little onos will not utter sound.
Thus at sundown, lovingly, safely, com.
pletely, the hen broods her young SO. IL
w "'N ''' hfih buf fNtnlng OI our mo
VIII come. ThS heats of the day will have
passed. There will be shadows, aud we can
not ses far. The work ot life will bs about
ended.
The hawks OF temptation that lowered in
the sky will have gone TO the woods and
folded their wings. Sweet siences will come
down. The air will b. redolent with the
breath OF whole arbors OF promises sweeter
than jasmine or evening primrose. The air
may Ue a little chill, but Christ will call us.
and we VIII know the voics and heed tho
call, AMI We Will come urder the wings for
tho night-the strong wings the soft wings.
the warm wings-and without fear and in
full sense OF safety, AMI then we will rest
from sundown 10 sunrls,. 'as hen gather.
eth her chicAens under her wing" Dear
me, how many souls the Lord hath thus
brooiedt
Mothers after watching over sick cradles
and then watching afterwar | over wayward
sons and daughters, at last themselves taken
care OF by a motherly God. Business men.
after "A lifetime struggling with the uncer.
tainties OF money markets, and the change
OF tariffs, and the underselling OF men who
because OF their dishonesties can afford 20
undersell, and years OF disappointment aud
struggle. at last undsr wings whera nothing
can perturb them any moro than bird OF
prey which is ten miles OFF disturbs chic
at midnight brooded In barnyar'
Ny text has its strongest application for
people who were born in the country,
wherever you may now live, and that is tho
majority OF you You cannot hear my text
without having all the rustic scenes OF ,he
old farmhouse come back to you. Good old
days thev were. You knew nothing much
of the world, for you had no. seen tho
world.
BY law OF association you cannot reclll
the brooding hen and her chickens without
seeing also the barn, and the haymow, and
the wagon shed, aud the house. and the
room where you played, aud the hreside
with the big backlog before which you sat,
and the neighbors and the burial, aud the
wedding, and the deep snowbauks, and hear
the village bell that called you 10 worship.
and seeing the horses which, after pulling
you TO church, stood around the old clap.
boarded meeting house, and those who sat at
either end OF the church new, and indeed all
the scenes OF the first Il years, anl you
think OF what you were then and OF what
you are now, aud all these thoughts arc
aroused by tbs sight of ths old hencoop
Some OF you had bsttor go bacS aud start
again. In thought return Co that place aud
hear the cuck aud SOB the outspreai felth-
ers and como under the wing and make tho
Lord your portion and shelter and warmth,
for everything that may come,
and so avoid being clasSel among those do.
scribed by the closing words OF my text, "as
IA hen gathereth her chick sns under her
wing. and ye would not" All, that throws
the responsibility UPON u.s. aye would
not" Alas, for the "would notsm Ii the
wandering broois of tue farm heed not their
mothers call aud risk the hawk aud dare the
freshet and expose themselves 10 the frost
and storm, surely their caamities ars not
their mothers fau't. "Ye would uot!' God
would, hut how many would not!
When good man asked a young woman
who had abandoned her home and VINO was
deploring her wretcheiness why she did not
return, the reply was: II dare not 90 home.
My father is so provoked he would not re.
ceive me home" "rhen,n said the Christian
man. II will test this" And 80 he wrote Co
tue father, and the reply came back ami ina
letter marked outside "Immsdiate," aud in
side saying Let her come at once; all is
forgiven" So Gods invitation for you is
marked "lmmediate" on the outside, and
inside il is written, "He will abundantly
pardon"
Oh, ye wanderers from Col and happi-
ness and home and heaven, come under the
Ving. Under this call l SEQ you
turning from your old way TO the new way.
the living way, the gospel way. A vesselin
no oh a..t.,