The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-08-03
|ICHTS OF CHILDREN.
bn. TALMAoB TELLS OF
II, Sacrifice Of Hts Daughter
|,he Mistakes Parents Mako.

10 me IOfus ~ W W. u.NVf"'su ~
IA hah proceeded on, Of hy mouth"
II. 96.
Sah was a freebooter. Early turned
a home where he ought TO have
rd for. he consorted with rough men
forth TO earn his living az best he
In those times II was considered
a man 90 go out on independent
expeditlons. Jephthah was n good
Birding 20 the light OF his dark are,
gh wandering and predatory life
he iAckless and precipltate. Tho
God changes n mans heart. but
xerses his natural temperament.
israalites wanted the Ammonites
a,t OF their country. so they sent
pn 10 Jephthah: asking him TO be-
bmmander-in-chicf OF all the forces.
hi have said, You 6ro-s me ont
Ia had no use for me. anil now you
puble YOU want me back" but he did
that. lie takes command ~ the
,nds messengers TO the Ammonites to
10 yacate the country. and getting
Fnble response narshals HIS troops
going out 10 tho war Jephthah
very solemn vow that II the Lord
him the victory then on his return
ntsoever first comes out OF his door
Mill offer in sacrifice rs burnt Of
"a The battle opens. II was no sklr-
on the edges OF danger, no unlim-
= "a batteries two miles away, but the
of men on tho points OF swords and
+ |6ntil the ground could no more drink
N and ths horses reared TO leap over
of bodies OF tho slain. In those
opposing forces would fight until
.-prds were broken. and then each one
hrottle his man until they both fell,
Iteeth. grip to grip, death stare 10
mr.. until the plain was one tumbled
corpses from which the last trace of
1od had been dashed out.
mali wins the day. Twelve cities lay
IA M his feet. Sound the victory all
the mountains OF Gilead. Let the
|lers call up the survivors. Home
4 your wives and children. Home
D1;h your glitterlng treasures. Home
II have the applause OF an admiring
Build triumphnl arches. Swing out
over Mizpeh. Open all your doors
se the captured treasures. Through
N spread the banquet. Pile up the
Fill high the tankartls. The Nation
ned. the invaders are routed, and the
~ honor IL vindicated.
for Jephihah. the conqueror Jeph-
11ated az prancing stecd, advances
&claimlng multitudes, but HIS eye Is
|he excited populace. Remembering
6had made n solemn vow that, return
81 victorious battle. whatsoever flrst
11t Of the doorway of his home, that
h. sacrifice ~ burnt Offering, he
anxious look upon the door. won
- potless lamb. what brace OF doves,
XIhrown upon the fires of the burnt
Oh, horrors Paleness OF death
his cheek. Despair seizes his
His laughter, his only child, rushes
doorway to throw herself In her
Erms and shower upon him more
au there were wounds on his breast
on his shield. All the triumphal
yanishes. Holding back his child
h heaving breast and pushing the
ek from the fair brow and looking
eyes OF inextinguishable affection,
Soked utterance he says Would
lhy stark on the bloody plain. My
b, my only child, Joy OF my home,
Dy life. thou art tho sacritlcer'
hole matter was explained 20 her.
20 winning, hollow hearted gfr'
seeyes the father looked. All the
sword and shield vanished in the
9f the valor OF that girl. There
3 been tremor OF the lip ms rose
bles In the sough of the south wind.
BY have been the starting OF tear
hindrop 5c,i9k from the anther OF a
Dy, but wr,.IOIself sacrifice that man
reach aiid only woman's heart can
she surrenders herself to fire and TO
She cries out in the words OF my
Ny father, II thou hast opened thy
nnnto the Lord, do unto me whatso-
fh proceeded from thy mouth"
ows to the knife, and the blood which
ut the fathers voice had rushed TO
hson cheek smokes In the Ares Of the
Dfferlng. No ole can tell us her name.
j. no need that we know her name.
Rrlands that Mizpeh twisted for
&nh, the warrior, had gone into the
'but all ages ars twisting the girls
i II il well that her name came not
&;or no one can wear II. They NAV
Die name of Deborah or Abigail or
hut no one In all the ages can have
E|e OF this daughter OF sacrifice.
purse this Offering was not pleasing to
RI but beforeyou hurl your denuncla-
q Jephthnh's cruelty, remember that
Pn times, when vows were made. men
pt they must execute them, perform
whether they were wicked or good.
twere two wrong things about Jeph-
Vow. First, he ought never to have
g. Next, having made II, II were better
than kept. But do not take on pre-
es airs and say, ~ could not have done
hthah did" Ifto-dayyou were stand.
tho banks OF tho Ganges and you had
porn IN India, you might have been
yng your children 10 the crocodiles. II
because we are naturally any better
Pause We have more gospel light.
make very practical uso OF this
bn when tell you that the sacrifice OF
aah's daughter was u type OF the physl.
ental and spiritual sacrifice OF 10000
en In this day. There ure parents all
ingly bringing TO bear upon their chill
class OF influences which will as Ger.
Rruin them as knife and torch destroyed
oah's daughter. While / speak. tn,
Nation without emotion and without
looks upon the stupendous sacrifice
Pc first place. | remark that much o.
stem OF education in our day IL sys
sacrifice. When children spend SIX
zen hours day in school, and then
ppend two or three hours IA prepara
Pr school the next day, will you tell IN,
ouch time they will have for sunshine
<esh air and the obtaining Of that exu
p which is necessary for the duties o
@g life2
pne can feel more thankful than / d,
advancement of common school edu
n The printing OF books appropriat,
nools, the multiplication OF philosoph
|Pparatus, tho establishment OF norma
~, which provide for our children teach
largest caliber, ara themes on whicI
kphilanthropist ought TO be congratulat
snt this herding OF great multltudes O
Fn In Ill ventilated school-rooms an,
A equipped halls OF instruction Is max
9pny OF the places OF knowledge In thi
~ huge holocausts.
tics In many OF the cities gets into ed
pnai Affairs, and while tho two politics