The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-22
EPES OF ESCHOI
DIR. rALMAon's SERMON.
minent Brooklyn Divine Takes Or
Ie Old bible story and Draws
From 10 Many Lessons.

From IL Many Lessons.
.dnd then came unto p.e brook Of Is
n cut doton from thence a branch ,ci0'
sfcr of ordpes, dad hey bare II between
b. a stdf. Numbers KILL, 2S.
nong trudge OF the Israelites across the
nese was almost ended. They had
10 the borders OF the promised land.
ZOO 900 adults who started from Egypt
naan, how many do you suppose got
Five hundred thousand2 Oh. no.
600. not 100, 600. nor 30, nor 20. nor
only 2 men. oh. Il was n ruinous
that Gods people made, but their
I'M were living. and they were on the
and now that they had come up 10
,,lers OF the promised land they were
arious 10 know what kind OF place Il
a whether II would be safe 10 60 over.
scouting party Is sent out TO recon-
and they examine the land, and they
hack bringing specimens OF its growth.
as Won came back from California,
he 20 your family basket OF pears or
or apples 10 show what monstrous
bey have there. 30 this scouting party
the biggest bunch OF grapes they could
h was so largo that one man could not
it. and they thrust a pole through the
and there was one man at either end
pole. and 50 the bunch Of grapes was
borsed.
Is some time ago In luxuriant vine
The vine dresser had done his work.
fine had clambered up and spread its
all over the arbor. The sun and
rr had mixed n cup which the vine
until with flushed cheek IL lay alum-
b "a the light. cluster against the check
Rster. The rinds OF the grapes seemed
ID bursting with the Juice In tho warm
% the autumnN day. and II seemed as II
pu had to do was TO lift chalico toward
fuster and It's lifeblood would begin to
nway. But, my friends, in these rigor-
rlimes we know nothing about large
y.
rbo states that In Bible times and In
lands there were grapevines so large
b took two men with outstretched arms
nch round them. and he says there were
prs two cubits In length. or twice the
d from the elbow 10 the tip OF the long
B. Achnicus. dwelling In those lands,
ns that during the time he was smitten
fever one grape would slnke his thirst
be whole day. No wonder. then. In
Bible times two men thought IL worth
while TO put their strength together 20
down one cluster Of grapes from the
bised land.
d this morning bring you n larger clus-
fom the heavenly Eschol--a cluster OF
b, cluster OF prospects. a cluster Of
ktian consultations, and | am expecting
n one taste Of Il will rouse up your nppe-
for the heavenly Canaan, During the
<winter some OF this congregation have
D away never 10 return. The aged have
khown their stat and taken up the sceptcr.
q In midlife came home from office or
u and did not 90 back again and
~ will go back again. And the dear
1dren. some OF them have been gathered
christ's arms. lie found this world too
|fh place for them, and 80 He has gath
them In. And. oh. how many wounded
% there are-wounds for which this world
y no medicament- unless from the
pei OF our Lord Jesus Christ there shall
3e n consolation there will be no consoln-
at all. Oh. that the God OF all comfort
Id help me while preach and that the
OF all comfort would help you while you
rst ! console you with the divinely sane
ed idea that your departed friends are rs
h yours now as they ever were. know
sometimes get tho idea IN your mind
Pn you have this kind OF trouble that your
@ds are cut off from you and they are no
Eer yours. but the desire to have all our
- ones In the same lot in the cemetery is
btural desire. n universal desire and there
q God implanted desire and Is mighty
ygestive OF the fact that death has no
yer 10 break up the family relations.
our loved ones go away from our posses
b. why put fence around our lot In the
hctcry? Why the gathering OF four or Ave
hes on one family monument? Why the
|nting OF one cypress vine so that II covers
the cluster OF Sraves2 Why put the hus-
hd beside the wife andthe children at their
~ Why the bolt on the gate OF our lot
! the charge 10 the keepers OF the ground
! zee that the grass is Gu. and the vine at-
idcd TO and the flowers planted? Why not
our departed friends In one common
ld and graye2 Oh. IL is because they are
r..
That child, o stricken mother is us much
hrs this morning rs in the solemn hour
zen God put 1t against your heart and said
of old, Take this child and nurse II for
!, and l will give thee thy wages" II Is
mere whim. II is divinely planted
Inciple in the soul, and God certainly
'uld not plant lie. and He would not
lture lie Abraham would not allow
rah 10 be buried In strangers grounds.
hough some very beautiful ground was
ered him n free gift, but he pays 4OC
ekels for Machpelah. the cave. and the
'es overshadowing II. The grave has been
III kept and to-day the Christian traveller
Inds In thoughtful and admiring mood
zing upon Machpelah. where Abraham
q Sarah are taking their long sleep oi
D0 years.
our father may be slumbering under the
Killing OF the bell OF the Scotch kirk. Your
other may have gone down In the ship tha,
nndered of Cape Hatteras. Your little
ild may be sleeping on the verge OF the
'wering western prairie. Yet God will
ther them all up, however widely the dust
Ay be scattered. Neverthelessit is pleasant
think that we will be buried together
hen my father died and we took him out
n put him down In the graveyard at Somer.
lle, IL did not seem SO sad 10 leave hiIr
PRE-. because right beside him was my dear
'od, old, beautiful Christian mother, and 1,
emed M II she said . II was tired. and !
me to bed little early. am glad you
we come 1t seems as OF old"
oh, II Is consolation TO feel that when
fn come and with solemn tread carry you
y 10 your resting place they will open the
''e through which some OF your friends
lvealready gone and through which man,
your friends will follow. Sleeping undel
Y same root, at last sleeping under the
'me sod. The autumnal leaves that drift
'ross your grave will drift across theirs, tn,
~ songs that drop on their mound will
Iop ON yours, and then In starless winter
'Rhts, when the wind comes howlinl
r3ush the gorge, you will be company fol
.eh other. The child close up TO the bosom
us mother. The husband and wife remar
ed on their lips the sacrament OF the dust
li'rothers and sisters who used In sport tC
4 ~ themselves on the grass, now again re
rn,hS SIDE by side In the grave, In fiecks o