The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-11-02

y ute ny,ng IN the air. ana 40 these pigeons
lowered near the dovecote. bu, one day the
kite said why are you 30 airaidl Why
do you pass your life in terror Make ms
king. and III destroy all your enemies" SO
the pigeons made the Kite king. and as soon
as he got the throne his regular diet was "
pigeon day. Aud while one ot his victims
was waiting for lis turn TO como u said E
Served us right - Tho maiarin of swamps
rises from the plain TO the height. but moral
malaria descends from the mountain 10 the
plain. BE careful. therefore. how you cls-
vate into any style Of authority men who are
In any wise ant.gonistc TO the Ten Com
mandfnents.
As near a. 7 can tell. the most important
thing now TO be done Is to have about iO q.
600 900 copies OF the Sinaitic DecaIogue
printed and scattered throughout the land
II was n terrible waste when the Alexandrian
library was destroyed. and the books were
taken to heat 1000 baths FOR the citizens ot
Alex %ndria. II WAS very expensive heat
But without any harm to the Decalogus YOU
could with II heat 1000. 900 baths OF moral
publication for the American psople.
say VIZ want tonic u mighty tonic. n
corrective, an all powerful corrective and
Moses In the text. with steady hand. not with
Standing the jarring mountains and the full
orchestra OF the tempest. and the blazing OF
ihs AIR. pours out the ten drops no more.
no less--which our people need to take for
their moral conyalcscpnce.
But shall not leave you under the dis
roursgement oi the Ten Comma dments, be-
cause we have all offended. There II an
other mountain IN sight. aud while one
mountain thunders the other answers in
thunder. and while Mount sinai with light
ming. writes doom. the other mountain. with
lightning. writes mercy. The only way you
will evsr spike the guns OF the Decalogus Ia
hy the spikes OF the cross. The only rock
that will ever stop the Sinatir upheavais Ia
the Rock OF Ages. Mount Calvary Il higher
than Mount Sinai
The English survey expedition. | know,
say that one Sinaitic peak Is 1000 feet high,
aud another 5000. aud another 5000 feet high,
aud travellers tell us that Mount Cavalry IS
only blum outsid" Of the wall OF Jerusalem.
but Calvary. in moral Significance, overtops
and oyershadows all the mountains Of the
hemispheres. aud Mount Washington and
Mont Blanc and the Hlmalayas are billD's
compared with Il. You know that SOME
times one fortress will silence another ior-
trrss
Moultrie silen red Sumter and against the
mountain ofthr law | put the mountain OF
the cross. The sohiths sinneth, II shall
die. bcoms one until the earth Jars under
the cannouade Save them from going
down To- the pit | have found a rausom
pleads the other, until earth ami heaven and
bell iremblr under the reverhrration. And
Moses. who commands the one, surrenIegs
10 Christ who commands the other.
once by the law our hopes were slain,
Bui now In Christ We live again.
Aristotle says tina, Mount Etna srupted one
day and poured torrents OF scoria upon ,ns
villages at the base. but that the mountain
divided its flame and made Inns OF safety
Tor all thOse who cane to rescue their aged
parents. And this volcanic Sinai divides its
fury for those whom Christ has come 20 res
cue from tho rsd ruin on both sides stand
ing rs do to-day, halfway between the two
mountains the mountain Of the Exodus and
the mountain OF the nineteenth Of John all
my terror comes into supernatural calm, for
the uproar ofthe one mountain subsidies into
quiet and comes down into 40 deep silence
that / can hear the other mountain speak
aye. eau hear II whisper, The blood, the
blood. the blood that clsanseth from all sin. "
The survey expedition says that the Sinai
tic mountains have wadys or water courses
Nieyat and Ajelah --emptytng into Feran.
Hut those streams are not nayigable. No boa;
put into these rocky streams could sail. But
| nave TO tell you this day that the boat OF
gospel rescue comes right up amid the wa
tarcourses OF Sinsitic gloon and threat ready
10 take Us OF from under the shadows into
the calm sunlight OF Gods pardon and into
the land OF peace.
oh, nyou could see that boat OF gospel res
cue coming this day you would feel as John
Gilmore In his book, 1.-The Storm Warriors"
ssys fAat . ships crew felt on ths kentish
Knock sands. OF the coast OF England. wnsn
they were beng beaten to pieces aud they all
felt they must die They had given up all
hope and every moment washed on another
plant from the wreck. aud they said. We
must die ; We must dic!' But after awhile
[ hey saw "a Ramsgate lifeboat coming through
the breakers for them. and ths mau standing
highest up on ths wreck said "Can II be-?
IL is IL is Il IL, II is Thank Cod Itisthe
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