The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-06-08
ABOUT LEFT. HANDED MEN
REV. DIR. TALMAaE breaches
On the Power of Those who strive
Perseverance the Sure Road to
Success in Religion.

TEXT "But when TIE children Of Tsrdel
! cried unto the lord ne Lord raised dten, up a
| deiiuerer, Ehud, Tie son of Gerd, a BenJdrp
ste, a man left hdnded Judges FL, Is.
Ehud was ruler In Israel He was left
handed, and what was peculiar about tho
tribe OF Benjamin, 10 which he belonged,
there were In II 400 left handed men, and
yet so dexterous had they all become in the
use Of the left hand that the Bible says they
could sling stones nt a hairs breadth and
not mise.
Well, there was king OF the name Of
| Eglon who was an oppressor OF Israel. He
imposed upon them q most outrageous tax.
1 Ehud, the man of whom first spoke. had n
J divine commission to destroy that oppressor
He came, pretending that he was going 70
| pay the tax. and asked 10 see King Eglon. He
| was told he was in the summer house, the
place 20 which the king retired when II was
| too hot TO sit in the palace. This summer
/ house was place surrounded by flowers and
trees and springing fountains and warbling
| birds.
Ehud entered the summer house and said
| to King Eglon that he had secret errand
with him. Immediately all the attendants
| were waved out OF the royal presence. King
| Eglon rises up to receive the messenger.
Ehud. the left handed man. puts his left hand
to his right side, pulls out dagger and
thrusts Eglon through until the haft went
| In after the blade. Eglon falls. Ehud comes
forth to blow q trumpet of recruit amid the
| mountains OF Ephraim, and great host Is
| marshnled, and proud Moab submits TO the
conqueror, and Israel IL free. SO, o Lord,
let all Thy enemies perish SO. Lord, LET
| all Thy friends triumph
| learn first from this subject the power OF
left handed men. There are some men who
| by physical organization have as much
strength In their left hand as In their rigLt
hand but there II something In the writing
| OF this text which implies that Ehud had
4 dot. al De el.s.s huu 1t,
PEELED him TO use the left. Oh. the power OF
| left handed men! Genius Is often self obser-
| want careful OF itself. not given to much toll.
| burning incense to Its own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT,
| while many man with no natural endow-
| ments, actually defective in physical and
mental organization, has an earnestness for
| tho right, u patient industry. an all consum-
| ing perseverance which achieve marvels for
the kingdom OF Christ. Though left handed
! as Ehud. they can strike down a sin as great
| and imperial as Eglon.
| have seen men of wealth gathering about
| them all their treasures, snuffing at the cause
| OF n world lying In wickedness. roughly
| ordering Lazarus of their doorstep. sending
their dogs, not TO lick his sores. but TO hound
| him of their promises, catching all the pure
rain of Gods blessing into the stagnant, ropy
! frog-inhabited pool OF their own selflshness
--right-handed men, worse than useless
| while many man with large heart and little
purse has out of his limited means made
poverty leap for Joy and started an influence
that overspans the grave and will swing
round and round the throne OF God world
without end, amen.
All, me, II is high time that you left handed
men who have been longing for this gift and
that eloquence and the other mans wealth
should take your left hand out Of your pock.
ct Who made all these railroadsp whoset
up all these cities2 Who started all these
| churches and schools and asylums2 Who
has done all the tugging and running and
| pulling! Men of no wonderful endowments
thousands OF them acknowledging themselves
to be left handed. and yet they were earnest,
and yet they were determined and yet they
! were triumphant.
But do not suppose that Ehud the first
time he took sling in his hand could throw
stone hairs breadth and not miss. I
suppose II was practice that gave him the
| wonderful dexterity. Go forth TO your
| spheres OF duty and be not discouraged II In
| your first attempts you miss the mark. Ehud
missed II. Take another stone, put II care
| fully into the sling, swing II around your
head, take better aim. and the next time you
will strike the center. The first time that
mason rings his trowel upon the brick no
does not expect to put upa perfect wall.
The first time carpenter sends plane over
| board or drives bit through beam no
| does not expect to make perfect execution.
| The first time boy attempts rhyme he
does not expect TO chime "Lalla Rookh"
|
| prised II in your first efforts at doing good
| you are not very largely successful. Under
stand that usefulness IL an art, a science, o
trade.
| There was an oculist performing n very
difhcult operation on the human ego. A
young doctor stoodby and said How easily
| you do that. II doesn't seem 20 cause you
any trouble at all" "Ah," said tho old ocu.
| list, lit Il very easy now, but spoiled n hat
ful OF eyes to learn that" Be not surprised
| II II takes some practice before we can help
| men 20 moral oyesight and bring them TO "A
work Take the gospel for sling and faith
| and repentance for the smooth stone from
the brook, take sure aim, God direct the
| weapon. and great Goliaths will tumble be-
fore you.
learn also from this subject the danger
OF worldly elevation This Eglon was what
the world called great man. There were
| hundreds Of men who would have considered
| It the greatest honor of their life Just 10 have
him speak to them. Yet, although he is so
high up in worldly position, he "a not beyond
the reach OF Ehuds dagger. l see great
many people trying to climb up In social
| position, having an idea that there is safe
place somewhere far above not knowing that
the mountain OF fame has top like Mount
Blanc, covered with perpetual snow.
We laugh at the children OF Shinar for try
Ing to build tower that could reach to the
heavens, buf 1 think II our eyesight were
only good enough we could see Babel In
many dooryard. oh, the struggle Is fierce
II Is store against store, house against
house, street against street. Nation against
Nation. The goal for which men are run
ming Is chairs and chandeliers and mirrors
and houses and lands and presidential equip
ments. IL they get what they anticipate.
what have they got2 Men are not safe from
calnmny while they liv2. and, worse than
that, they are not safe after they are dead
ior nave seen swine root up graveyards.
one day man goes up INTO publicity,
and the world does him honor, and
people climb up into sycamore trees 20
watch him as he passes, and as he
| goes along on the shoulders OF the people
there Is waving OF hats and wild huzza
Tomorrow the same man is caught between
the Jaws OF the printing press and mangled
end bruised, and the very same persons who
applGuded him before cry Down with the
traitor Down with him.
Beishazzar sits ut tho feast the mighty men
Gif all