The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-09-14
BATTLE OURS.
,tmAoB BREACHES IN THE
In Of Christianity. Foes of the
N Cannot Agree in Any Method
n Attack on Gods Truths.

,lnd he children Of Israel pitched
hon, Ike i,co Wtie .focks Of Kids. ~
kx.. "a.
,bir,y-three kings drunk in one tent
anter opens. They were allies plot-
The overthrow OF the Lords Israel.
,ow that II n lion roar n flock of
I'M shiyer and huddle together. One
ould conquer thousand kids. The
opens. There are a great multi
ot Syrlans under General Ben
strong rs lions. The Israel
few and weak. like two little focks
who beat2 The lions. OF course.
the kids. for II all depends whether
ON the side OF the lions or the Kids.
he battle 100. 900 Syrians lay dead on
4 and ~ 900. attempting to fly. came
hy great wall. which toppled aud
N them 10 death.
IN was the stronger weapon great
h's sword or little David's sling2
had five smooth stones from the brook.
ly used one in striking down Goliath.
N n surplus of ammunition. He had
In 10 take down four more giants ifthey
Lupcarpd in the way. II all depends up
Neither God is on thc side OF the shep-
Iboy or on the side OF the giant.
pr have been many in our day who
yeptursd the opinion that Christianity
MINI. hack. aud that in 80 years II will be
H. They found their opinion on the
ImpI fact that the Bible Is not as murh Of
IL as Il used to be, and TINT portions OF
H. rrpulsiye to the people. reply by
b.. Which one OF the publishing houses
kew York, Philadelphia. Boston or Chi
is publishing the Bible to-day with the
tsion OF single verse or chapter? Are
|our publishers intelligent men2 And
II they. contrary to their financial inter
continue to publish the Bible without
omission Of single chapter or single
j ~ Il were becoming an unpopular book
he people did not want ~
uarpers or Appleton or Scribner or Lin
Iott should publish Bible with the
ssion Of one chapter. they would not sell
ppies in 10 years. The fact that through
hi Christendom there are hundreds OF
ting presses printing the word OF God
ont the omission Of a chapter or u verse
- that the Bible Is popular. and the
that there are more being printed In
decade than any other decade proves
the Bible Is increasing in popularity.
20 through the courtrooms OF the conn
Wherever ] find judges bench or n
IS desk find the Bible. BY what other
would they take solemn oathy whnt
~ apt TO be- among the brides presents?
Bible. What Is very apt 10 be- put in the
K Of the young man wnen he starts for
life? The Bible. voltaire predicted
the Bible during the nineteenth century
Il become an obsolete book. We'll. we
,Tslty nenriy through the nineteenth CEN
The Bible Is not obsolete yet. There
I much prospect oft becoming obsolete,
have 10 tell you that that room-the
room in which Noltaira wrote that pre-
)n-some time ago was crowded from
to ceiling with Bibles for Switzerland.
ose the congress of the United States
ID pass law that no Bibles should be
ed in tho United States.
there are 30.000.00) grown men and
IN in the country, then there would be
, ).000 people armed against such law.
suppose the congress of the UnlteI
$ should pass law that Macaulay's
~ or Charles Reale's novels should NOT
you get half rs large AN army
e fourth rs large an army? In other
:. there are. rs you know and / know,
'usand men who would die for their
! where there are 90 men who would
II any other book. The fact that there
ow more Bibles being printed than
before. that publishers find IL a financial
,st for them TO continue the Bible,
S that this book is still the most popular
on the planet.
n. say those who are antagonistlc.
Islianity Is falling back from the tact
he church is not as much respected as
Il to be and II Is not rs influential" I
to that with the statistic that one de-
nation-the Methodist church-accord-
a statistic given by one ofthe bishops,
ntes on an average q new church every
fthe year. Three hundred and sixty
ew churches in one denomination In n
and oVera thousand new churches built
year In this country. Does that look
ough the church were falling In it,
rand were becoming wornout institu-
Around which institution in our COM
ties gather the most ardent affections?
'ostoiiicc, the hotel. the courthouse. the
iall or the churches?
y. when our old Tabernacle was burn
here were hundreds OF men Standing in
reefs who never went TO thurch. tears
ng down their cheeks. II is because the
III Of God stands nearer To the An~ri-
the church and call 1t a col
N Of hypocrites. but when their emil
are swept of with the diphtheria for
. do they send? To the postmaster, to
torney general, TO the aldermen, or to
'astors OF the churches? And II there
I room for the obsequies in the private
: what building do they solicit? The
my OF music. the hotel, public hall,
house! No; the churches. And II
want music on the sad occasion do
select the "Marseillaise" hymn. or
Save the Queen or our own grand
nal air? No. they want the old hymn
which we sang their old Christian
ers 10 sleep. They want the Sunday
u hymn that their little girl sang the
abbath afternoon she was out before
- seized with the awful sickness that
lhther's heart aud mothers heart. oh,
now as well AS do shall not dwell
any longer-the church of God, instead
ng a wornout institution, stands nearer
OF the people than it ever
nd eclipses all other institutions.
our antagonists so on and say that
tisnity1s falling back, In the fact that
lily is bolder now and more blatant
il ever was. / deny the statement. In
fy is not near so bold now rs IL was in
ays OF our fathers and grandfathors.
, were times in this country when men
we're openly and above board iniidel and
'onlstic TO Christianity could be elected
yh Office. Now, let some man wishing
position in the State proclaim himself
pa OF Christianity and an iniidel. how
States OF tho Union would he carry
many counties2 how many wards in
Slyny Not one.
my friends, inhdelity in this day Is not
as bold as II used 10 be. II II comes
Il is apt TO come under the disguise Of
ric or fantastic sentimentality. | know
ian with great intelligence does become