The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-10-26


POCKET handkerchief. embrQ.dered with nj.
name and Aslatic restdenc-F The mos. WON.
uerIui achievement OF the theosophists is
.ru .na. tney Keep out OF the insane asylum.
lnsy prove thetruth oithe statement that no
ienk,on ever announced was no absurd but
II gained disciples
societies In the United States and England
s ana other lands have been established for
tue PRONUNCIATION OF theosophy. Instead OF
neeuinis the revelation OF n Bible YOU can
nave these spirits from n cave In central Asia
70 teil you all YOU ought to know. and after
| you Ieave TINS life you may become n prima
donna, or a robin. or gazelle. or n sot. or
prize hghter, or Herod. or a Jezebei. and
SO be enabled TO have great variety OF
experience. rotating through the uni
verse, now rising. now falling, now
snot out In a straight line and now describ-
ing psraoola, and on and on. and up and
/ up, and down and down. and round and
round. Don't you see2 Now, that theosophic
| hieboat has been launched II proposes 10
| ,ake you on the rough sea OF doubt into ever
lasting qutetude. How do you like the life.
noatf MY opinion Is you had better initiate
the mariners OF my text and cut of the ropes
oi that boat and let her fall on
Another hfeboat tempting us TO enter is
maze OF many plnnks Of good works. IL Is
/ really beautiful boat -almsgiving, practi-
cal syinpathies for human suffering right
rous words and righteous deeds. | must
ADMIT ike the looks OF the prov. and of
the rowlocks and OF the paddles. and OF the
steering gear. and OF many who are think
ing to trust themselves on her benches. Bat
tue trouble about that lifeboat Is IL leaks 1
never knew man yet good enough to earn
heaven by his virtues or gcnerosities.
III There be ons person here present on this
/ blessed Sabbath all OF whose thoughts have
been always right. all OF whose actions have
| always been right and all Of whose words have
| always been right. let him stand up, or N al
ready standing let him lift his hand. and
Will know that he lies. Paul had IL about
right when hesaid. by the deeds NJ the law
shall no nesh living be Justified" David bad
Il about right when he said. There is mono
that doeth good. no not one"
IN" old book had II about right when II
| s1ii. "All h.ve slnned and come short OF the
/ glory OF God Let u man get on that little
steamer called TIE Maid OF the Mist. which
sails up TO the foot Of Niagara Falls and then
| climb TO thetop OF the falls on the descending
! Hoods. for he can do II easter than any man
ever will be able to climb 10 heaven by his
I good works.
Ifyour thoughts have always been exactly
/ right. aud your words exactly right, and
| your deeds always exactly right. you can
go up 60 the gate of heaven. and you need
| not even knock Tor admittance but open II
yourst 4 and push the angels out OF your way
and go up and take one OF the front seats.
But you would be 80 unlike any one else that
| has gone up from this world that you would
/ be curiosity In heaven and more ft for a
| heavenly museum than for pln,e where the
| inhabitants could look at you free OF charge.
No. sir 1admire your good works. andth1
| lilebont you are thinking Of trusting in is
| hnndsomer than any yawl or pinnacc or
! yacht or cutter that ever sped out Ola bout
/ house or hoIsted sail fora race. But she leaks.
/ Trust your soul in that. and you will so to
the bottom. She leaks. SO | initiate the
mariners Of the text. and with c,Itlass strike
the ropes OF the boat and let her fail OF.
Another lifeboat H. Christian mcon-
sistencies The planks OF this boat are
| composed OF the split planks OF shipwrecks.
| That PROV Is made out OF hypocrisy from
/ the life OF u man who professed one thing
and really was another. One oar OF this
/ lifcboat was the falsehood OF u church mem
ber, and the other oar was the wickedness
| OF some minister OF the Gospel. whose in
| EQUITIES were not for long while found out.
| Not one plank from the oak OF Gods
! eterna, truth in all that lifeboat. All the
! planks. by universal admission, are decayed
and crumbling Gni fallen npar; and rotten
aud ready TO sink.
well WELL" yoa say. mo one will want
to get into that lifeboat." Oh, my friend,
you are mistaken. That Is the most popular
/ llfeboat ever constructed. That is the most
| popular lfeboat ever launched. Millions OF
/ people want TO get into II. They jostle each
other 10 set the best seat in the boat. You
could not keep them back though you stood
at the gunwales with II club, as on our ship
Greece in n hurricane. and the steerIge pas
sengers were determined To come up on deck,
where they would have been washed of. and
/ the officers stood at the top OF the stairs
clubbing them back. Even by such violence
ns that You could not keep people from
| jumping into the most popular lifcboat made
| OF church member Inconsistencies.
! la tirnpg pf raN,iynl "a gipnarl nOgE intn
! the inquiry room the most OF them are kept
! from deciding Alright because they know 30
many Christians who are bad. Tne inquiry
room becomes Worlds Fair for exhibition
OF all the frailties OF church members, so that
| II you believe all IL there told you you would
be afraid 10 enter "A church lest you get your
pockets picked or get knoskei down.
This Is the way they talk II was cheated
| out OF $500 by a leader OF u Bible cluss. "A
Sunday school teacher gossiped about mo
and did her best 10 destroy my good name.
| ~ had partner In business who swamped
our business concern by his tricKery and then
rolled up his eyes In Friday night prayer
meeting. as though he were looking for
Eliiahs chariot 10 make a second trip and
take up another passenger
But what a cracked aud water logged and
gaping scanned liioboat the Inconsistencies
OF others Put me on shingle mid-Atlantic
and leave me there rather than In such "A
| yawl OF spiritual confidence. Too lorDlu tnht
should get aboard It, and lest some OF you
make the mistake OF getting into II do as
the mariners did on that Mediterranean ship
W hen the sailors were abont TO get into the
unsafe lifeboat OF the text and lose their
lives In that way. 'Then the soldiers cut
OF the ropes OF the boat and let her fall of. "
We'll" says some one, this subject Is
very discouraging, for we must have life
boat II we are ever TO get ashore, and you
have already condemned three" All. IL Is
because wantto persuade you to take the
only safe liteboat. / will not allow you TO be
deceived and get on TO the wild waves and
then capslze or sink. Thank God, there Is a
lifeboat that will take you ashore In safety.
az sure rs God Is God and heaven Is heaven.
The keel and ribs OF this boat are made out
of "A tree that was set up on blun back
of Jerusalem n good many years ago. Both
of the oars are made out OF the same tree.
The rowlocks are made out OF the same tree.
The steering gear is made out OF the same
tree. The planks OF II were hammered to-
yether by the hammers OF executioners who
Thought they were only killing Christ, but
were really pounding together an escape for
all imperiled souls OF all ages.
II is an old boat, but good us new, though