The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-08-17

Of Charlotte Corday Attempting To slay a
tyrant, herself slain II would have been
another case Of John Brown attempting to
free the slaves. himself hung. II would have
been Death and Christ In a grapple and
Death the victor. The black flag would have
foated on all tho graves and mausoleums Of
the dead. and hell would have conquered
the forces Of heaven and captured the ram
parts OF God. and satan would have come To-
coronation Ia the palaces OF heaven, and IL
would nave been devils ON the throar an
sons oi God In the dungeon.
No! no! no! When that stone was rollcl
from the door of Christ's grave. II was hurled
with such force that II crashed Ia all the
grave doors Of Christendom. nni now the
tomb Is only "A bower where Gods children
take siestn, an afternoon nap. 10 wake NJ
In mighty invigOration. Christ II ri-na.
Hang that lamp among all the tomhs of my
dead. Hang Il over my own resting place.
Christ's suffering Is ended His work II
done. The darkest Friday afternoon OF the
worlds history becomes the brightest sunday
morning Of its resurrection JOY. The Good
Friday OF bitter memOrie, becomes tho
Easter OF glorious transformation and resI-.
rcction.
We mourning saints. dry every tear
For your dcpar ed Lord
Behold the place. he j. not here.
The tomb i al unbarrpd
The gates OF death were close In vain.
The Lord s ser We lives again.
give YOU the third cause of paul's cxhi.
nration. We honor the right hand more than
we do the LEFT. II in accident or battle wa
must lose one hand. let u be- the left The
left hand being nearer the heart. We may not
do much ofthe violent work OF life with that
hand without physical danger, hut he who
has the right arm In full play has the mighti-
rst OF all earthly weapons. In all ages and
In all languages the right hand is the symbo!
OF strength and power and honor. Hiram
Ant NJ tlA riOht luut a Snlnmnn Then "A,
have the term, ''Is he n right hand man
Lafayette was Washngtons right hand man
Marshal Ney was Napoleon's right hand man.
And now you have the meaning ofPaul when
he speaks OF Christ who Is at the right hand
OF God.
'GhRa neiass III N, Atin first g,aestei heaven,
He has a right 10 sit there. The hero of the
univerSel !. Count His wounds y two IN the
feet, tw) In the hands, one In the side Ave
| wounds. oh, you have counted wrong.
These are not half the wounds Look nt the
severor wounds In tho temples. EIch thorn
| an eNcrdciation.
| TIA hero comes back from battle. AMI ne
takes of his hat or rolls up his sleeve and
shows you the scar Of wound gotten at
Balls Blum or at South Mountain. you stand
| in admiration at his herOism and patriotism.
but II Christ should make conspicuous the
| 1--we wounds gotten on Calvary-that Water
| loo OF all the agcs-Hc would display only a
| small part Of His wounds Wounded all over.
| lot Him sit AT the right hand of God. He has
| right to sit there. Blythe request oi Col
! the Father and the unanimous suffrage OF all
heaven let Him sit there. In the grand re-
| view when the redeemed pass by in cohorts
| OF splendor they will look at Him and shout
| Victory ~
The Oldest inhabltant OF heaven never saw
! grander day than the one when Christ took
His place on the right hand Of God. Hosan.
ma With lips of clay may not appropriate
ly utter It, but let the martyrs under the altar
| throw the cry To the elders before the throne
and they can toss il To the choir on the s"a OF
glass until all heaven shall lit II some on
| point OF sceptcr, and some on string Of hnrp,
and some ON the tip OF the green branches.
Hosunna hosanna
A fourth cause OF Pauls cNhiliration
After a clergyman had preached sermon In
regard TO the glories Of heaven and the
splendors Of the scene an aged woman said
"If all that Is TO go on in heaven, don I
know what will become Of my poor head.
| Oh my friends. there will be so many things
going on In heaven | have sometimes won
dered II the Lord would not forget you and
| em!
Perhaps Paul said sometimes II wonder
| God does not forget me- down here IN An
| tioch, and in the prison, and in the snip.
! wreck. There are so many sailors, so many
wnyfarers 80 many prisoners, so many heart
| broken men, says Paul perhaps God may
|
How I whipped those Christians With what
vengeance | mounted that cavalry horse and
dashed up TO Damascus Oh II will take q
mighty attorney to plead my cause and get
| me free But just ut that moment there
came in upon Pauls soul something mlghtiel
than the surges that dashed his ship intC
| Melita, swiiter than the horse he rode "a
| Damascus. 1t was the swift and overwhelm
ing thought Of Chrlst's interccssion.
NV friends, we must nave an adyosate. A
poor lawyer IS worse than no lawyer al all.
| we must have ono who Is able successfully
| 10 present our cause before GoI. Where IA
neg VINO Is lIet There il only ons nd.
Nochte IN all the universe that can plead our
cause " the last judgment. that Gan plead
our ca before God In the great Tribunal
sonnet mes in earthly courts attorneys
nave specihlties, and one man succeeds bet.
Ter III patent cases, another in insurance
Shses, another In criminal cases. another ia
ihnd cases, another in will cases, and his
success generally depends upon his sticking
70 that specially. | have TO tell you that
christ san do many things, but II Seems 10
me that His specially is 10 take the bad case
OF the sinner and plead It before Go until
ne gets eternal acquittal. Oh. we must have
Him for our advocate
But what plea can lie makS fiometimes
an attorney In court will plead the innocence
ofthe prisoner. That would he inapprop pirate
oi ~ "" ar" h' guilty guilty Uncleao J
un'iean' christ. our advocate, will not
plead our innocence. Sometimes the attor-
ney In court tries to prove an alibl. lie says I;
'This prisoner was not nj the scene. Hew
IN some other place nj the time" such a
plea Will not do In our ease. The Lord found
us In all our sins and In the very place OF our
lniquity. II is impossible to prove an alibi.
Sometimes an attorney will plead the insanity
OF the prisoner and say he Is irresponsible OH
that account. That plea will never do In our
case. We sinned against Aght, against
knowledge, against the dictates OF our own