The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-09-21


the white horss OF tho ~onqueror. dsscrfhet
IN the last book ofthe Bible. shalt paw the
Cast IN universal demolition. by that trs
n,ndous fact my inith Il rs-snfor 'ei
The discussion IL abroad M 10 who wrot'
those books OF ths Bible called tho Pentn
teuch. whether Moses OF Hilkiah. oy Ezra oi
samuel, or. Jeremiah. or another vtoupNc'
ancients. Nona OF them wrote Il. DO
wrots the pentateuch. AMI In this day o
stenographv and typewritinc that ought not
10 be difficult thing TO understand. Tht
great merchants and lawyers. anl aditor'
AMI business men oi our towns and cities
dt'tnt" nearly all their letters they oni,
Sign them after they ars dictated. Ths
urophet AMI evangelist ani apostle were
Jehovah's stenoyriphers or tvpewrters.
They put down only what Col dictated h.
siInHd II nfterward He has been writing his
nai'e upon II all through the viclssitu les oi
centuries.
But | come IN ths height ~ nv subieoi
when say the way to re-enforce our faith Is
to pray for II. SO tho dlsciples Ia my text
got their ahouniin; faith. "Lori. incrstss
or iath. Sons one suggests, "Do yol
really think that prayer amounts to- any.
thingg' might as we'll nsk you. is tlara y
lins OF telegr iphic poles fro II New Yor in
NaShin gton, is thnrH linS of telegraph
wires from Manchester 10 Lon Ion. from
Cologne to Berlin? All the people who hay.
sent and received messages on those lin -
know OF their existence. So there arn mill
tons of souls wdo hav been IN constant con.
munication with tha elpitil OF th' universe.
with tho throne OF the Almighty, with tn,
fr'at Col Hims ~, for years and years an
years.
There has no. bcan = dav wher s1ppli-r-
tons did not 1ish up and blrs-in-.
did not lash down. VIII sonN igno.
rlmus. who has never re 'pivsi u telegram o.
sent ON, come ani tell us tha. thsr' j. NJ
su'h thing as tnlegraphlc 90 nmuuicitlon?
WIZ sons one who has nsvsr offered a prayr:
that WIS heard an answ,rel COM IN tell
~ tha: thcru is nothing in prayer II may
not come ~ W. expect II. but as sur' ~ M
honest prayer gOas upL msr 'iful answsr wall
come down
During the blizzard o. foar ~ fv, yaag,
n;o. you know thtt many Of thu telesrlpi
wires wcr' pros;rttrd. anl telssrIphrj T.
Chicago by way oi Liy 'rpDo. an the answer
after awhile came round by another wilde
circuit. AMI so the prayer We offer may come
bacS In n way wa never imagined. anl " W.
ask To have our faith Increase !, althou "a Il
may come by widely different process than
thar watch W. rNnrctsl. our conf Zen ., will
surely be augmented.
oh. pu, IL IN every prayer you cyn- mts,
between your next ur'a;h aud your last gasp.
Lord, incrsa-" our iaith'-'nith In Chr,S.
~ our personal ransom from present guilt
and eternal cAtIstroph" faith IN the unipo-
tent Holy Ghost faith In the Bible thetrurst
volume ever dictated or written or printed
or real faith in adverse proyidrnrps. hnr-
mo1izsd fo- our best welfare faith In a
judgment day that will set all things light
wIich have Tor ages Oeen wronc
Increase our faith. not by "a f-igilr al
dition. but 10y an iuhnitdLr OF racuperition
Lot us do as We saw II dolc In the country
while VIZ were yet III our teous, nt tns old
farmhouse Hitar long droi sh., nm | IN.
w'll had been dried. anl tn" cattle monncd
with thirst NJ thn bars. and the meadow
brook had cpasai 20 run. and the grass
withered. and the corn wls shrivslcl up.
AMI one day there was n grow OF thun Ter.
AMI then con yregation ot clou Is on thp
sky. and then a startling fash, AM then u
drenching rain. and father an mother pu,
barrels under every spout nj tho corners OF
tbs house and set pals AMI bu,Sets AMI
tubs and pans an pitchers To- eaten ~
much Us they could OF the shower. For in
many OF our souls there has been n long
drought OF condolences and in many no faith
at all. Let US set out all our affections. all
our hopes. all our contemplatlons, all our
prayer, TO catch a mighty shower. Lord
Increase oui faldn.' 40 =
like the way that the minister's widow
did IN Elisha time, when. after tho family
being very un 'ortunate. her two sons were
about 20 De sold for debt. and she had moth
Ing in the house hut "a pot OF oil. and nj
fu@nhs uifS'i Sne borrOWed from her
neiyhbors all the vessels she could borrow,
and then began to pour out the oil into thost
vessels and kept on pouring until they were
all h!l, and She became an oil merchant witt
more assets tnan liabilities, and when she
cried, Bring mo yet a vessel the answer
came. There IL not = vessel more" SO lei
US take what oil OF faith We have AMI use II
until the supply shall be miraculously multi
piled. Bring on your empty vessels. and by
the power Of the Lord Col OF Elisha they
shalt bn lilled until they can hold no more OF
Iubllant, all Inspiring and triumphant faith
What n frightful time We had "a few day
ago down on the coast of Long Island. wher,
have been stopping. That ar 'hangel o
tempest which, with it, awful wngs sweep
the Atlantic coast from Florida To- Newfound
hni did not spare oar region. A few mile,
away, gt southampton. / si% the bodies ol
four men whom the storm had slain and tn,
sea had east up. As stood there among tn,
dead bodies saidto myself, and said aloud
"Thess men represent homes What will
mother and father and wife and children sny
when they know this?"
Some OF the victims were unknown. Only
the first name OF two OF them WAS found gu,
charley and william. Wondered then and
wonder now II they will remain unknown
and II soms kindred far away may be waiting
for their coming and never hear OF the rough
way OF their going. / saw also one OF tho
wv 20 WIZ toHle III ullNt, Dut more deal
than alive. The ship had become helpless
SIX miles out, AMI n one wave swept the
deck and went down on the furnaces till
they Kissed and went out the cry WAS oh
my God we are lost Then the crew put
on life preseryrrs, one OF the sailors SAVING
to the other, We will meet again on the
shore. and, II not, well, We must all go somo
time"
or the twenty-three men who put on tho
life preseryers, only three lived to reach the
beach. But what a scene II was us the good
and kind people OF Southampton. led on by
Or. Thomas, the great and good surgeon OF
New YORK, stood watching the sailors strug-
Cling In the breakers. ''Are you still aliye?"
shouted DIR. Thomas TO one OF them out in
the breakers, and he signaled yes and then
vent into Inconsistencies. Who should do
the most for tho poor fellows aud how 10
resuscltate them were the questions that ran
up and down the beach at Southampton.
How the men and women on the shore stood
wringing their hands, impatently waiting
for the sufferers to come within reach and
then they were lifted up aud carried indoors
and Waitpd on with M ltnJnau. .,I