The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-10-12

red granite, and II h Tyre. Tho nsxt -
pulcher OF q great capital h covsrod with
| scattered columns and defaccd sphtnxe8 ana
the sands OF the desert, and II h Thc5ca A.
pass on I ind the resting place OF Mycene,
city OF which Homer sang, and Corinth,
which rejected Pau, ami depended upon her
fortress, Acrocorin.hus, which row Hes dis
mantled on the hill, and move on In this
cemetery OF cities, and I fnd the tombs OF
sardis and Smyrna and Persepoiis ana
Memphis and Baalbek and Carthage, and
here are the cities OF the plain and Hercu-
laneum and Stabia and Pompci. Some OF
them have mighty sarcophagus and hiero-
glyphic entablature, bat they are dead and
buried never to rise.
But the cemetery OF dead cities IL not yet
filled, and ~ the present cities OF the world
forget God and with their indecencics shock
the heavens LET them know that the God who
on the Gath OF August, 70, dropped on a city
OF Italy a superincumb brance that staid there
seventeen centuries Is still alive and hates
sin now as much rs He did then and has at
His command all the armament OF destruc-
tion with which He whelmed their iniquitous
predecessor.
II WINS only few summers ago that Brook
lyn and New York felt an earthquake throb
that sent the people aftrlghted into the
streets and that suggested that there arc forces
OF nature now suppressed or held In check,
which easier than n child In nursery
knocks down row OF block houses could
than Pompeii was engulfed. Our hope Is In
the mercy OF tho Lord continued to our
American cities.
II amazes me that this city, which has tho
quietest Sabbaths on the continent and the
best order and the highest tone OF morals OF
any city that I know Of, II now having
brought into ~ near neighborhood rs Coney
Island carnvals OF pugilism as dehasng as
any OF the gladiatorial interests OF Pompeii.
What precious crew that Coney Island Mh-
Lat f1.al. l. el.a.
orgies are enacted What degradation TO
the adjective "athletic," which ordinarily
suggests health and muscle developed for
useful purpose1 Instead OF calling II an
thletic club they might better style II 'rhe
Rufiian Club For Smashing tho Human
Vsage."
vilo men are turning that Coney Island.
which is one OF the finest watering places on
all the Atlantic coast. into place for tho
ofrscourng of the earth To conrrcgate, the
low horse jockeys and gamblers, and the
pugilists and tho pickpockets, and the bloats
regurgitated from the depths OF the worst
wards OF these cities. They invite delegates
from universal loaierdom 10 come to their
carnival OF knucklcs But do not believe
that the pugilism contracted for and adver-
tised for next December will take place in
our neighborhood.
Evil sometimes defeats Itself by going one
stop too far. You may drive the hoop OF
barrel down so hard that II breaks. / will
not believe that the international prize fight
will take place on Long Island or in the State
OF New York until 1 see the rowdy rnbbe
rolling drunk OF the cars ut Flatbush avenue
and with faces banged and cut and bleeding
from the imhruting scene. Against this In
traction OF the laws OF the State OF New York
lit solemn protest The curse of Almighty
God will rest upon nny community that con-
scnts to such an outrage. Does any one
thitk II cannot be stopped and that the con-
stabulary would be- oyerhorne? Then let
Governor Flower send down there n regiment
Of State militia. and they will clean out the
nuisance In one hour.
Warned by the doom OF other cities that
have perishcd for their rufllanism or their
cruelty, or their idolatry. or their dissolute-
ness. lot all our American cities lead the right
way. Our only dependence IL on God and
Christrian influences. Politics will do moth
ing but make things worse. Send politics to
moralze and save n city, and you send
smallpox to heal leprosy or u carcass TO re-
licve the air OF malodor For what politics
will do | refer you to tho eight weeks OF
qualification enacted at Washington by our
American senate
American politics will become a reforma.
tory power ON the same day that pandcmoni-
um becomes "a church. But there are, am
glad to say, benign and salutary and gra-
cious influences organized In all our cities
which will yet take them for God and right
eousness. Let us ply the gospel machinery
gelization IL the thought. Accustomed as
are religious pessimists TO dwell upon statis-
ties OF evil and dolorous facts. we want some
one with sanctifled heart and good digestion
TO put in long line the statistics OF natures
transformed, and pronigacies baked, and
souls ransomed, and cities redeemed.
Give us pictures OF churches. of schools.
OF reformatory associations, OF asylums OF
mercy. Break In upon the "Misereres" OF
complaint aud dependency with ''Te
n. -. A..
ligious victory" show that the day IL COM
ing when great tidal wave OF salvation will
roll over all our cities. Show how Pompeil
buried will become Pompeii resurrected.
Demonstrate the fact that there are millions
OF good men and women who will give
themselves no rest day nor night until cities
that ARE now Of the type OF the buried cities
OF Italy shall take type from the New
Jerusalem coming down from God out OF
heaven. hal the advnncingmorn.
make the same proclamation to-day that
Gideon made To the shivering towards OF his
army. "WhoSoeycr is fearful and afraid. let
him return and depart early from Mount
Gilead.' Close up the ranks. Lift the gos-
pei standard. Forward into this Arranged.
don that l. now opening and let the word
run all along sIe line Brooklyn for God
All our cities for God America for God
The world for God The most OF ~ here
gathered, though born In the country will
die in town.
Shall our last walk be through streets
whore sobriety and good order dominate, or
grogshops stencil the airy Shall our last
look be upon city halls where justice reigns,
or demagogucs plot for the stuffng OF ballot
boxes Shall we sit for the last time In some
church whore God Is worshiped with tho
contrte heart. or where cold Journalism goes
through unmeaning genuiiexions2 God save
the cities righteousness is life inquity Is
death. Remember picturesque. terraced
tempted, sculptured, boastful God defylng
and entombed Pompeii