The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-12-14
HUMDLED TO THE DUST.
Risv. DIR. TALMAoB breaches
On Psups Conversion to the Christ He
Prosecuted. Hope For Those
Who Have Fallen.

Tssxr; "hnd as he journeyed he came near
Ildrndscus, and suddenly there shined round
sbo'U him a light Prom hedren. and he feL
70 ne earth and heard a poice SAVING unto
n'n Saul, Saul, ,chy persec,tesi thou Me !
dn Ne said, Who art thou lord And ne
10, 1 said. I am Jesus ,chom thou perse-
suttisf. Acts tx, IS.
n teDamascus OF Bible times still stands
Wit population Of 1875, 900. Il was n pay-
CITY u white and glistening architecture its
min ,rets and crescents and domes PLAYING
with the light OF the morning sun embows
sre' IN groves OF olive and citron and orange
ana loomegranate famous river plunging
us olightness into the scene n city by the
erald s." ~ 'ui-
roup OF horsemen are adva ncinp upon
mat ,cify. Let the Christians OF the place
moe, Tor that cavalctdo coming over the
nils ls made up OF prosecutors their leader
smaip and unattractive in some respects. as
readers sometimes are insignificant in per-
son witness the Duke OF Wellington and
Dr Archibald Alexander. But there IL
somei hing very intent IN the eye Of this
man ffthe text, and the horse he rides IA
lathet u with the foam Of along and ouick
travel OF 1876 miles He urges on hts steed.
LOT thpse Christians must be captured and
silenc1d, and that religion OF the cross must
be anIiihilated
suddenly the horses shy of and plunge nm.
the rid ers, the horses bound snorting away
You kn ow that dumb animals, at the sight
or an eclipse, or an earthquake. or ANYTHING
IKE supernatural appearance. sometimes
oecone verv uncomfortable. new sun had
Ill. pnen x, ndIed IN the heavens, putting out the
eiare OF the ordinary sun. Christ. with the
glories Of heaven wrapped about Him,
IooAed lout from cloud, and the splendor
was ms ufferable. and no wonder the horses
sprang and the equestrians dropped.
Dust covered and bruised. Saul attempts 10
ger up, shading his eyes with his hands from
the severe luster OF the heavens. but unsucsas-
fuily, l9r he Is struck stone blind as hes cries
OUT. no art thou, Lord2" aud Jesus an
swered him II am the one you have been
chasihg. He that whips and scourges those
D,atnasefne Christians whips and scourges
Me. IL u not their back that IL bleeding IL
Is Mine, II is not their heart that IL br,,ak.
lug 1t y Mine. am Jesus whom thou per.
secutest.''
From uhat wild, exciting and overwhslu,-
ing scene there rises up the greatest
preacher OF all the ages--Paul--jn whose
behalf Prisons were rocked down, before
whom 80 ldiers turned pale. into whose hand
menUerranean sea captains put control OF
their shipwrecking craft, and whose epistles
are the aGant courier OF a resurrection day
learn from this scene that worldly fall
sometimes precedos a spiritual uplifting
man does not get much sympathy 10y falling
on horsl' People say he ought not to have
got into the saddle II he could not ride,
Those OF MS who were brought I'D in tho
country remember we'll how the workmen
laughed when, on our way back from the
brook, we suddenly lost our ride When in a
grand review general toppled from the
stlrrups, became n National merrment
Here Is Paul on HORSEBACK a proud man.
riding on with Government documents In his 4
Pocket, graduate OF a most famous school. I
In which she celebrated DR.. Gamaliel had 1
Deen pr. lessor. perhaps having already at /
tanned tw Of the three titles OF the school 1
rab. me II L rabbi, the second, and on the
way TO ray ak, the third and highest title.
KNOW ire his temperament that hts horse
Aa "a fts.ra De-