The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-09-28

Gus providence Of God, born in farmhouse
and OF no royal or princely descent. the doors
OF communication are open 20 me every week
by tho secular and religious printing presses
and have been open TO me every week ior
many years, with all the cities andtowns and
neighborhoods OF Christendom, and indeed
In lands outside OF Christendom, where
printing presses have bcen established, and
feel that II there IL anything worthy IN THIS
proposition II will be needed and adopted.
On the other hand, II II be too sanguine, or
too hopeful. or too impractical. am sure IL
will do no harm that have expressed my
wish for such an Internal ional jubilee, cele-
brative OF the birth OF our Immanue'.
My friends. such birthday celebration at
the close of one century and reaching into
new century would be something In which
heaven and earth could join. II would not
only be international. but interpianetnry,
interstellar, intcrconstcllation. III you re-
member what occurred on the first Christ
mas night, you know TINT Il was not Joy
confined to our world. The choir ahov'
Bethlehem was imported from another
world. and when the star left its usual
sphere TO designate the birthplnce all
astronomy felt the thrill. II there be any
thing true about our religion, II isthnt other
worlds are sympathetic with this world and
in communication with Il. The glorlned ot
heaven would Join In such u celebration.
The generations that toilei TO have the
world for Christ would take part In such
jubilation and prolonged assemblage.
The upper galleries OF Gods universe
would applaud the scene, whether We heard
the clap ot their wings and the shout OF their
voices or did not hear them. Prophets who
predicted tho Messiah. and apostles who
tnlSeh with Him. AMI martyrs who died Tor
Him would take part In ths scene, though TO
our poor eyesight they might be invisible.
The old missionaries who died In the mnlarihl
swamps OF Africa. or were struck down by
N.s.s 1faNI
now. p- were slain by Bornesian cannibals
would come down from their thrones TO re-
ioice TINT ut last Christ had been heard o..
and 81 speedily In all nations. ~ the trss
roll ~ the first overture of the first lay o.
that mecting all heaven would cry "iiear
Hear"
Aye! Aye think myself such vast pro-
c"dure "a that might hasten our LorIs con-
ing. and that the expectation of many mil
lions OF Christians who believe in the second
advent might bc realized then az that con-
junction Of the Nineteenth AMI Twentieth
Centuries. do not say 1t would be-. yet who
knows but that our blessed and adorw Mas
ter, pleased with surh plnn Of worldwlda
Observance might s1r concerning this wan
dering and rehcllious planet. That world nt
las: shows disposition TO appreciate what
have done FOR II. AMI with one wava OF my
Scared hand will bless and reclaim AMI
save It,
Inhi @lfii NfflF lfIslsOu OF our l4oTI FlU.
kept up Tor days and months, would please
Nil the goo of earth anl nightly speed on
the gospel chariot an 4 please all the heavens.
slintly. cheru bic. seraphic, archangcltc aud
divine, Is beyond question. Or. get ready
for the worlds greatest fcstiyity. TunDyour
voices ;or the worlds greatest anthem. Lit
the arches tor the worlds mightiest process
sion. Let the advancing STANDARD OF ths
army o. years. which has inscribed on one
side oi IL 1900" and on the other side "i9Ol."
have also inscribed on IL tho most charming
name OF all the universe--tho name OF Jesus
Whether this suggestion ola worlds cele-
bration OF tho nativity be taken or not, II
has allowed me an opportunity In n some
what unusual way OF expressing my loyo for
the great central character OF all time and
all etcrolty.\ Hp Is the infinite nonesuch.
The armies OF heaven drop on their knees
before him. After Dourdalouc. before over
whelmed audiences, has preacned Him. and
Milton In immortal blank verss has sung
Hin, and Michael Angelo has gsiorGed tho
ceiling Of the Vatican with HIS second CON-
Ing, and martyrs while giriied and cano-
pied with the flames OF the stake
have with burning lips kissed his MEM
ory. and In the hundred and forty and four
thousand" OF heaven with feet on seas OF
glass intershot with sunrise, have with up
lifted and downswung baton, and sounding
cornets. ant waving banners. and heaven
capturing doxologies celebrated Him. the
story OF His loyeliness, and His might and HIS
beauty, and His isgrandeur. and His grace, and
His intercession. and His sacrifice and OF His
birth. and Ills death will remain untold Do
His name on our lips while we live, and when
we die aftor we have spoken farewell to father
and mother and wife. and child let us speak
that name which Is the lullaby OF earth and
the transport OF heaven.
Before tho crossing OF time on tho mid
night between December 81 1900, and tho
Iat pf January IpOI nf M will ha
gone. Some Of you will hear the clock strike
twelve of one century and an hour after II
hear II strike one OF another century, but
many of you will not that midnight hear
either tho stroke Of old the city clock or OF
the old tlmeplece In the hallway OF the home-
stead. Seven years cut II Wide swath through
tho churches and communities and Nations.
But those who cross from world to world
before Old Tins In this world crosses that
midnight from century TO century will talk
among the thrones OF the coming earthly
jubilee. and on the river bank and In the
house of many mansions, until all heaven
will know OF the coming OF that celebration,
that will fll the earthly Nations with Joy and
help augment the Nations OF heaven. But
whether here or there wa will take part In
the music and the banqueting II we have
made tho Lord our portion.
oh, how | would like 10 stand at my front
door some morning or noon or night and SEQ
the sky part and the blessed Lord descend In
person. not "A he will come IN the last judg-
inent, with fire and hail and earthquake, but
In sweet tenderness TO pardon all sim and
heal all wounds, and wipe away all tears,
and feed all hunger, and right all wrongs,
and illumne all darkness. and break all
bondage and harmonize all discords. Some
think he will thus come, but about that
coming make no prophecy, for l am not
enough learned In the Scriptures, as some OF
my friends are, to announce very positive
opinion.
Bus this do know, that II would be we'll
for US 10 have an international and an inter-
world celebration OF the anniversary of His
birthday about the time OF tho birth OF the
new century, and that 1t will be wise beyond
all others wisdom for us 10 take Him as our
present and everlasting coadjutor, and II
that Darling OF earth and heaven will only
accept you and me after all our lifetime OF
unworthiness and sin we can never pay HIM
what we owe, though through all the eternity
to come We had every hour new song and
every moment Il new ascription OF homage
and praise, for you see We were far OUT
among the lost sheep that the gospel hymn