Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-06-28
RFV. DR.. 1ALNAGRS SERMON
TIE Brooklyn Div1ne's Sunday
sermon.
Subject "Ihe Thrashing Machine.

rh a hrGStlHG Instrument, neitheJ. is q car,
uHss, turned about upon the cuulnin. but t6r
EtcleS are beaten out loiU a staff and he c,fy,.
min nth a rod. Freed corn is bruised he.
cause he t-iA not eCeT be H.rdshinq u"-
Isaiah xviii, q. 2s.
There are three kinds OF seed mentioned
Rtches, cummin and corn. OF the last yrs
all know. But it may be we'll to state that
the ,ltrhes an the cummin We're small seeds
Ike the carrawav or the chickpea When
these grains or herbs were to be thrasbaJ
they were thrown on the floor. and the work
men would come around with stan or rod or
fail AMI beat them until the seed would no
separated but when the corn was 10 no
thr4shal that was thrown on the floor. and
the men would faS.en horses or oven 70 =
cart with iron dented wheels That csrt
would b5 drawn around the thrashing floor
and 81 the w1rG would he accomDI;sba5
Diferan. kiHis OF thrashing for different
products. THE titches are not thrashed
with d raShiuc instrument, neither is n cart
wheel TUNED gi out upon the cummin but the
ftches ara beaten out with n stafY and the
cummIl Win "a r1i. Bread corn is bruised
be,aus- le will not ever be thrashing il.
The great thought that the text pressaa
upon our souls s that wa all 90 throuGh some
kind OF thrashinS process. The fact that Won
may be- dev0ting your life TO honorable and
noble purposes viii not win you any escaDa
Wilhar'0rep. the Christian commentator yras
In hs fav deriSivsiy called '.Dr. CantweI "
v. ~
all that vas good long before he became the
most conspicuous historian OF his day. was
carIcGtErrt IN one Of the quarterly reviews
a. "Bahhetougue Macaulay" Norman
MCl-D., 'ae great friend of the Scotch moor
was ia1ustrr0usy maligned in all onartars'
although 0u the day when he was carried ONT
% his 'uriai "a workman stood and looked M
the fun raj procession and said, eff he had
done eu.thiu' for anybody more than he has
done Tor W'' 81. should shine AS the stars for1
ever anil ever. Al the small wits of Lon-
don hai their fling at John Wesley the father
Of Moya0d-u.
Il such men could not escape tho maIfcn-
lng of o." world. neither can you expect to
get rl ni the sharp. keen stroke of the trih-
ul.n. Al. who viii live gOily in Christ Jesus
must suffer persecution. Besides that thers
are the -InSuesses, and the bankruptcies and
Ms rr,ta.lons. AMI the disappointments
which ars ever putting Il cup of aloes to your
Up. Ihos" wrinkles on your face are hiero-
g!yph.rs which, If Geciphered, would mako
out a thrilling story OF trouble. The footstep
the Rabbit Is seen the next morning on the
snow. AMI on the white hairs of the aged are
footprints showing where swift trouble alight-
si
Even amid the joys and hilarities of life
trouble will sometimes break in As when
the people wore assembled in the Charles
town theatre during the Revolutionary war
and while they We're witnessing a farce and
mo audience WIS in great graduation the
guns oi AN advancing army were heard and
the audience broke up in wild panic and ran
for their lives. 50 ofttimes while YOU ara
seatsl amid the joys and festivities of this
world You hear the cannOnade OF some great
disaster. All the ftches, aud the cummin.
and the corn must come down on the thrash
ing floor and be pounded
Ny subject. in the first place, teaches us
that It IS no compliment to us if we escape
great trial. TIE htches and the eummin on
the thrushinS floor might look over to the
corn on another thrashinS floor and saw q
Look at that poor, miserable. bruised corn.
We have only been little pounded, but that
has been almost destroyed" Well, the corn.
If 1t had lips would answer and say 'Do
you know the reason you have not been as
much pounded rs [ have? 1t is because YOU
are not 50 much worth IS am. Ifyou were,
Tou would be as se-erely run over"
let there men who suppose they are the
Lords iayDrtts simply because their barns
are full. and their bank account is flush and
there ar 10 funerals in the house 1t may be-
becausa they are titches and cummin, while
down 10 the end of the lane the poor widow
may be the Lords corn. You are but little
pounded because you are but little worth,
and she bruised and ground because she Is
the best part of the harvest.
The Lr.t of the thrashing machine is ac-
,orting 70 the value of the grain. If you
have not been much thrashed in life, perhaps
there Is not much TO thrash. II you hava
not been much shaken Of trouble, perhaps
mere is going 10 be a very small yield. When
ihere are plenty Of blackberries the gatherers
60 out with large baskets but when the
Drought has almost consumed the fruit then
sqlau measure Will do as well. 1t took the
Een0uous snake ON Pauls hand and the
pounding gt him with stones until he was
taken up for dead and the jamming against
lim OF prison -ates. and the Ephesian vOcif-
Grafton. and the SKINNED ankles of the pain
IuI stocks, and the laundering of the Alex
anlrian corn ship. and the beheading stroke
o. the Roman sheriff 10 bring Paul to his
proper Development.
It was n0e because Robert Mofrat and Lady
Rachel Russell and Frederick Oberlin We're
worse than other people that they had to
slhef It was because they were better and
God wanted 90 make them best. By the
eareiu.uess %. the thrashing you may al
ways conclude the value of the grain.
Next my text teaches Us that God propor-
lions our trials to what We can bear, the
''aH Tor the ltsh"s, the rod for the cummin, |
Tue lron wheel for the corn. Sometimes |
people IL great trouble say, "Oh, can't
gear IT, But YOU did bear it, God would |
not have sent It upon YOU if He did not know |
-s' You could bear ii. You trembied, and |
LJl sWy'ued. but You got through. God |
WI not take from your eyes one tear toe |
many nor from your lungs one sigh too |
ueel nor from Your temples one throb too |
sAaFp The perp.eXities OF your earthly |
business have rIt in them one tangle too in |
tcete
lou sometimes feel as if our world were
.-I oil b.uir-9u- flying haphazard. Oh, no !
t-ry are Lhra-alLS Instruments that God Just |
s4I' your ease. There is not a dollar of !
ta4 ut'ts un Your ledger, or "a disappOint, |
H.eH' about goods that you expected to Cd |
W OuI tA4t have gone down, or a sWindle |
v your business partner. or a trick on the |
fa's "l tao-" who are in the same kind of |
business That EuU are. hut God intended to |
O''ffus for Your immortal help. ''Oh,'
!O- say, thor is no need talking that way |
'Le. don ike To be cheated and out |
a-e4' Neither does the corn like the corn |
-a7uer' Aa, alter il has been thraShed and |
IoNeH IL haas q Errnt deal better opinion !
VI EhloWIn: mills and corn thrashers.
well You soy, If l could choose my !
aSuuIes a, would pee wiilin; to be troubled" |
~ III! brother. then il would not be trouble. |
80 would choose something that would not |
,I, anu unless il hurts it does not get sane |
80, lour trla! perhaps may be childless-
~ lou ars fond Of children You say
"A! does G0i send children to that other !
s-youSsehold, where they are unwelcome and |
ba5.c.aten osaten amt banged about, when would |
,a - IaSeh them in the arms of my afTec- |
y1-Is' lou say. Any other trial but this" !
urei . ma perhaps may be disag- |
81 eoant-nauee or face that is |
earicatu-rd, and you say, 'Oh, |
endure anything If only Il |
t. Is good looking And your trial perhaps |
Gks stto'sAI temper, and you have to drive 1t |
DO 81 ~ uAlfONeu horses amid the gunpow-
snI e1pl0slons of a great holiday, and ever
is Gao aAoh Il runs away with you. Your trial |
rbsr9-IISa asthma. You say, ooh, If it were
ti'LLa1lsn or neuralgia or erysipelas, but
inc Us S,tis asthma, and it Is such an exhaust
bsnS SS1iIS 10 Breathe Your trouble is hus- |
the aIoF', sharp. snappy and cross about |
but,ay Iss G and raising small riot because a J
ton toni is ,,, ~ on. How could you know the but
..r lour trial IS 4 wife eyer IN contest With tbs
vas 'rIs nus and She is q sloven. Though she |
your r'.s ! careful about her appearance in |
csnssPHt presence once, now she is careless. be- |
trisI a. us SAID her fortune is madeI Your