Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-05-10

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the Old parsonage they stepped in vigoron.
as an athlete, and as we saw the wheels a,
hre whlrling through the gates of tina sun,
set we all cried out, my father, NV fa.bar
the chariots of Israel and the horsemen
| thereofp ' 'e'iie"
remark again, a Brooklyn pastor.te q
characterized by its happiness.
no city under the sun where people "a q
such good care OF their ministers In ~
portion as the world outside NAV cnrSe q
| congregation stands close up by the NAV
whon they believe in. Brooklyn society
mas for its foundation two elemeuts~tbs
urltahlG, which ALWAYS means a quiet Sab
! oaun, ann the Hollan1ish, which means n
"orshlptui people. On the top OF this an
adnixture OF all nationalries-ths brawnv
scot the solid English. the vivacious Irish
| the polite French, the philosophfc German
and in all this inter min Cling of population
the universal dominant theory that a man
I turb anybody else.
A delightful climate. While it Is hard ON
| weak throsts, for the most OF US IL ia
braclng. Not an atmosphere made uo of
the discharged gases of chemical factories or
tne mlas,ns OF swamps, but coming painting
riSht or 300 miles of Atlantic o can be,
Tore anybody else has had a chance to
breathe It'll All throu n the city a society
OF KIND, genial, generous sympathetic
people. How they fly to you when you are
an trouoiel How they watch over you when
You are sicki How tender they are with
~ -hAn You hava buried YOUR dead !
brooklyn is a good place to live in, a good
place to die in, good place to be buried in
goot place from which to rise in the
beautiful resurrection.
In such a city have been permitted to
have "a years of pastorate. During these
years how many heartbreaks, how many
losses, how many bereavementSi Hardly a
family OF the church that has not been
struck with sorrow. But God has sustained
you in the past, and He Will sustain you in
the future. l eShort yCu to be OF good
cheer, Oh thou of tue broken heart. sweep.
ing may endure for night, but Joy cometh
in the morning" l wish over every door of
this church We might have written the
word mpathy"-sympathy for all the
Toung.
We must crowd them in here by thou
sands and propose a radiant gospsl that
they will take on the spot. We must make
this place 50 attractive for thu young that a
young man will come here on Sabbath morn.
ing, put down his hat, brush his hair back
from his forehead, uubutton his overcoat
and look around won tering IL he has not by
mistake got into heaven. He will see in the
faces of the old people not the gloom which
some people take for religion, but the sun
shine of celestial peace, and he will say.
"Why. | wonder if that isn't the same peace
tn It shOne out on the face of my father and
mother, when they lay dyiugr
Aud then there will CO ne a dampness in
| his eyes through which he can hardly sea,
and he will close his eyes to imprison the
| emotion but the hot tear will break through
the fringes Of eyelashes and drop upon the
| coat sleeve. de will put his head on the
| back OF the pew in front aud sob. Lord
| God of the old people, help me!' We ought
| 10 lay plot here for the religious capture
)f ALI the young people in Brooklyn.
Yes. sympathy for the old. They have
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cannot hear or walk or see as we'll as they
used to. We must b. reverential In their
| presence. On dark days we must help them
through the aisle and help them find the
! place in the hymn book. Some Sabbath
morning we shall miss them fro N their place,
| an we shall say, Nv Iers is Father So-ani-
! so to-dayT and tGe answer will be: "Wbat,
! haven't you heardf The Kings wagons
have taken jacob up to the palace where his
| Joseph Is vet alive"
| sympathy for business men. Twenty
| four years of commercial life in New York
I and Brooklyn are enough to tear ones
| nerves to pieces. We want to make our
| Sabbath service here a rescue for all these
martyrs OF traffic, foretaste of that laud
| where they have no rents to pay, and there
| are no business riyalries, and where riches,
instead of taxing wings to fly away, brood
! over other riches
sympathy for the fallen, remembering
that they ought to be pitied as much as q
| man run over with a rail train. The fact II
| that in the temptations and miSfortunes OF
/ life they get run over. You and L In the
| same circumstances would have done al
| badly. We should have done worse perhaps
II YOU and ha the same evil surroundings
! an the same evil parentage that they hao
| and the same native born prociivites to evi
| that tney had, you ami l should have been
in the penitentiary or outcasus of society
! "Non SAYS some self righteous man, =
| couldn't have been overthrown in that way
You old hypocrite. you would have been th'
first to fall
We want in this church to have sympathy
for the worst man, remembering he Is g
| brother: sympathy for the worst woman,
| remembering she is a sister. IL that Is not
the gospel, do not know what the gospel
| s. Ah. ye. sympathy for all the troubled,
Tor the orphans In their exposure, ioi
widowhood with its weak arm fighting for
! bread for the household which erst re
| sounded with merry voices and patterina
feet now awfully still-broad-winSed SYM
pathy, like the feathers or the Aimightyi
warm -blooded sympathy, everlasting SYM
nathy. sympathy which shows itself In the
grasp of the hand, in the glittering tear OF
the eve, in the consoling word OF the
mouth: sympathy of blankets for the cold,
of bread for the hungry, OF medicine Tor the
| ,ick, OF rescue for the lost. Sympathyi
! Let it thrill in every sermon. Let II
tremble in every song. Let it gleam in every
tear and in every light. Sympathy Men
and women are ghing for sympathy,
groaning for sympathy, dying Tor sym,
| pathy, tumbling off into uncieannness and
! crime and perdition for lacx or sympathy:
| Nav Go give it to usI Fill all this pulpit
with it from step to step. Let the sweep OF
these galleries suggest its encircling arms
| Fill ali the house with Ii, from door 70
! door, and from floor to ceiling, until there
l. no more room for 1t, and it shall overnow
| into the street. and passersoy on loot anu 10
| carriage shall feel the tnrou ot Us hasni
| cent benediction.
! Let that be our new departure as
| church. Let that be my new departure as
pastor. Sympathy Gratitute to efoi de-
mands that this morning l menuon tne
| fact that during all these "a years nave
| missei but one service through sickness
| When | entered the ministry was SO deli
| cate [ did not think l would preach three
months, but preaching has agreed with me,
| and | think the healthiest thing In an the
earth is the religion of Jesus Christi Bless
! the Lord. o my soull Wnat ihSrates we
are in regard to our health
| must in gratitude to God, also mentlon
the multituies to whom 1 have been per
| nitted to preach. 1t is simply miraculous,
! the attendance morning by morning, night
NV pirht. and year by year, ami long after
| IL has got TO be an old story. L know sonS
| people are dainty and exclusive in their
tastes. As for myself, like big crowd.
| would like to see an audience large enough
| to scare mel Ii TINS gospei - SVou' '0 ~
! that get it the better.
Many have received the gospel here out
others have rejected it Now, l tell you
,vbat I am going to do with some OF my
5aarest friends Hho have hitherto rejected
the gospel You are not afraid OF me. and
am not afraid OF you. and some day. o
brother, 1 will clasp your hants together,
| and 1 will turn your face the other way.
! and / will take hold of your shoulders. and
while you are helpless in my grasp l will
| give YOU one heailong push into the king.
/ dcp of God. Christ says We must compel
! you to come in. will compel you to come
in. Can L consent 70 any InihS VS. "- ~
| these men who are as dear 30 me as my own
| soul, | will compel you to come In.
Profiting by the mistakes OF the past l
must do better work for you and better
J work for God. Lest might. through some
/ su idcn illness or casualty, bs snatcneh away