The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-08-03


We expect may not Hrrv"; Int " ", can pre-
s"r," our tranquility Of soul and drmonnnr,
w. shall got through everything ctcdl'a! w.
ole that Dcl.cyeth shalt net max" haste"
TnE nLorTED PAGE.
Tho writing muster entered the clnss room.
AMI passed from one pupil to another TO re-
view the task he hpd ~"t h"fnrr tb"u
~" '"rsed before the now conner tue pavu
was blottcd, scratched, and disnsurcd with
the stain Of many tears.
'Alaster,' said the boy In trembling accents,
NJ have laboredin vain my hand Is uriuuled
there u no resemblance between these crook
ed lines and the model | have endeayOred to
imitatoi but, Muster, pity me. for / have done
my best
By his side sat his companion.
"Behold M page" he exclaimed.
at il fair aud clcau. unsulicd by blot
untouched 10y an uugniuiy mark. Oh, mas
Ter, IN my wisdom | iorbUrc TO incur your
displedsUre. Is not a blank page preferable to
the tear-stain"d, misshupen attempts OF u
crippled hand that can not and never will be-
able to make n fair copyy'
The master threw aside tho clcan whts
page without yOurhsalng tO east glance up
Oh It, but he leaned with nnnite compassion
AMI tcndcrnoss toward tho pupil who had
done his bo-t gently he iopF his hand and
.- .... whilst. hls ldlo
companion .JJaed upon his fair white page,
and saw ts brightness oycrshHlowed By the
displeasvr'' o' his master.--iS. y. Observer.
virIL POINT.
Every man has IN his possession a body,
soul aud spirit, cn;h having iurulties peculiar
% Itself. To each /, given time, during which
.Hfaft
mulato properly.
All these things. the time and the talents
aud the profits arising iron. their use the
Lord claims arr his, us the only rightful
owner that no On" else has any t.tc what
ever 10 any part, or l"as" upon any faculty NJ
moment OF time, or upon any results that
con-" from "a" uS' Oi these
His claim il either valid. ~ not valid. He
j. IN" rishtlHl owner, or hc u not. II he
IL, then every man who uses the faculties or
th" time or IA" money that belong {, God, for
his own personal srutilIrution without regard
60 the viii ut God Is a thief and a rDhher. As
steward of God his sole business IN this
world Is tp find uut what the Lord is will h IN
rrIrrur' tp the use Of AN tA" faculties hn haz
IN his pos. -f'an ani all the ,lm' uu1 ai tho
money.
], ANYONE ignores hp Lord. claim and
u-o- Ili- taru,ti .- g- iftn,y u,ru lls own, and
lays yiui nj uuua- urou tlp IurI time and
calls II his uwu uuI uses It % n.Hu.c himself,
AMI also taxes tHH Lords money and uscS il
az lays % aside o. '1a!iug 60 his own pleasure,
that .1an., hl' Is made Up OF th"it- and rob
berir- II hn belongs 10 the church, he u
religious thief; If hr dies he dies a thief: II
hc Is admitted into heaven, then heaven u
r."nfr"rn'ion OF thieves. - Morris County
Journal.
TUE u3IriNG uANr.
-hnll never forgot the 'rolia.s had once
Wl'h climbing "a" - IN" pyramids of Egypt
"h'n half WAY ui, NY strength failing, |
lra.'I should never h' unlc - reach the
summit or s"' bu"h u.u.n. / well remember
the ntip given hy Arab hun,l-, drawing mo ON
ladhrr and the stop could not quite make
ulN-"il, because too grrHt for NY wraripd
frame, tho lltlr help given me sometimes
NOR" ana sometimes irs~.Hu uHblrl mo 10 20
up, step ly -trp, step bv step. uutil at last I
reached ihn top, and had "a grand outlook
from that lofty height.
And sp iu u'".~ Journey, we ar, climbing.
We are feeble, Every ,ur of ~, now and
then, needs a littr help. and II We have
risen stop higher than SOME other. let us
reach down Tor our brothers hand. and helm
him 20 stand beside H.. Aud thus Joined
hhnd in haud, We shall 90 ON roupurring,
step by step, until tho SlDrI"'Is rWnrurr -hal.
be gained. An. how many need hrlp ia this
word-poor afflicted our, poor -irrowins
ones; poor tempted ones, Fho have been
overcome, who have been struggling. not
quite able ~ get Up the step; trying falling
trying, falling trying, do,poudIny hoping
almost despairng! %, give such one helm.
little kindly aid, and tho stop may Dee "a zen
and, instead OF dying in wretrhvdny,- at tho
base he may, by brothers hand. bc raised
to safety, ana ilnnllyt glory.-l Bl-hyp S.mlc
son, in Tunes q Rsfreshins.
pRlNE ANp DIsFAsH.
Among those who gave testimony hc'1..
the Canadian koydl Commission Wnru sl-