The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-10-11

Out tnf c0tu. lOu WIN tut bftNu VI 'i't .''se
vou think you must get along without that
until Won can buv another barrel OF Hour Tor
your wife and children. Sometimes you SIT
down discouraged and almost wish you werc
dead.
Again. our subject illustrates what religion
may be under the temptation OF personal at
tractiveness. The inspired record says OF
the heroine Of my text. "She was fair and
beautiful" Her very name signined "a
myrtle" Yet tho admiration and praise and
flattsry ot the world did not blight her hui
mility. Tho simplicity OF her manners and
behavior equaled her extraordinary attrac-
tIons. II Is the same divine goodness which
puts the tinge on the roses cheek. and the
whiteness into the lily. and the CLEAN on the
wave and that puts color IN tho cheek and
sparkle 10 the eve nnd majesty In the fore
head. and symmetry into the form. and
gracefulness to-, the gait. but many,
through the very cf..m OF their personal
appearance, have heen destroyed. What
stmperiugs and affectations and impert-
inences have often been the result
NJ that which God has sent as n
blessing Japonicas. anemoncs aud he'll
iotropes never swaggcr at the beauty
which God planted in their very leaf. sepai.
nxil and stamen. There ars many flowers
that bow down SO moiestly you cannot SEQ
the color in their cheek until you lift ur
their head. putting your hand under their
round chin. Indeed any kind OF personal
attractions. whether they be those OF the
body. tho mind or the heart. NAV become
temptations to pride and arhitrariness ana
foolish assumption. The NEUROLOGICAL story
Of man who seeing himself mirrorcd In
stream. became so pnamored OF his appear
ancP that he diet of the effects illustrates
the fatalities under which thousands OF both
sexes have fallpn bv the view OF their own
superiority. Extraordinary cnpacities cause
extraordinary temptations. Men who have
good moral health down In the valley on the
top of the mountain are seized OF consump-
tion.
Monimin. the wife Of Mithrldates. was
strangled with her own dindcm. While the
most OF MS will not have tho same kind OF
temptation that Hadassan must have felt
from hef attractiveness OF personal appear
ance. there may be- some 10 whom II will be
an advantage 20 hold up the character oftho
beautiful captive who sacrificed not her hu-
militv and oarnestness Of disposition to the
worlds admiration and flattery. The chief
secret OF the beauty OF the violet Is that.
away down in the grass, from one weeks
end to another. 1t never mistrusts that Is
a violet.
Again. our subject exhibits what religion
may be under bad domestic influences.
Hadassah was snatched from the godly
home into which she had been adopted and
introduced into the abominable associations
OF which wicked Ahasuerus was the center.
What q whirl of blasphemy and drunken.
ness and llcentiousness! No altar, no pray
er. no Sabbath. no God! II this captive girl
can be Christian there, then II Is possible
to be a Christian anywhere. There are
many OF the best people OF the worl who are
obliged TO contend with the most adverse
domestic influences, children who have
grown up into the love OF God under the
frown Of parents. and under the discourage-
inent OF bad example Some sister OF tho
family having professed ths faith OF Jesus
il the subject of unbounded satire inflicted
by brothers and sisters. Yea. Hadassah
was not the only Christian who had u queer
husband IL IL no easy matter TO maintain
correct Christian principles when there is n
companion disposed 10 scof ct them and to
nscribe every imperfection OF character 10
hypocrisy. What u hard thing for one mem
ber OF the family TO rightly keep the Sabbath
when others are disposed to make IL q day of
reveiry, orto incrlcate propriety Of srss.h
ia tie minds of children when tsefs a-e
others to Offset the instructions by loose or
protane utterances. or 20 be regularly In at
tendance upon church when there Is more
household work demanded for the Lords
day than for any secular day. Do speak to
any laboring under these blighting disad-
vnntagesp My subject Is full of encourage
ment. Vast responsibilities rest upon YOU.
BE faithful. though you stand as much
alone rs did Lot in Sodom or jeremiah In
Jerusalem, or Jonah In N.neveh, or Hadas-
sah In the court OF Ahasuerus. There arc
trees which grow the best when their roots
clutch among the jagged locks. and you yer
lily hayo brt poor soil In which to develop,
but grace is a thorough iusbandman and
can raise crop anywhere Glassware is
nodded over the fire, and IN the same way
you are to be fitted ~ u vessel o. mercy. The
best timber must have on It saw and gougo
and beetle. The foundation store of yours
and every other house came out only under
crowbar and blast Files and wrenches and
hammers belong TO the church. Tie Chris
tisn victory will be bright jest in proportion
as the battle is hot. Nevey despair being n
thorough Christian In any household which
Is not worse than the court of Ahasuerus.
Finally our subject illustrates what re-
llgon may be In high worldly position.
The last We see In the Bible OF Hadassah Is
that she has become tho queen Of Persia.
Prepare now to zee tn" departure OF her
humility and self-sacriflce and religious
principle. As she goes Up ycu may expect
grace TO 90 down. II is easier to be humble
In the obscure house OF her adopted father
than on throne Of domiLion. But you
misjudge this noble woman. WHAT she was
before she Is now-the myrtle. App.alded
for her beauty and her crown, she fo-gets
not the cause of her suffering people. and
with all simplicity OF heat still remains
worshiper OF the God of heaven!
Noble example followed only by very
few. / address some who. through the good
ness OF God, have risen 10 positions OF In
huenco in the community where you live In
law, in merchandise. In medicine, In me-
chanics and In other useful occupations aud
professions. You hold an influence for good
or for OWL. Lot us see whether, Ike ha,las-
sab, you can stand elevation. Have you as
much simplicity OF character as once you
evidenced? Do you feel as much depend
ence upon God, as much your own weak
ness, as much your accountability tor talents
intrusted, or are you proud and ovarde-
mandlng and ungrateful and uEsympa-
thetc and worldly and sensual and dew
ilish2 Then you have been spoiled by
your success, and you shall not sit on
this throne with the heroine OF my text. In
the day when Hadassah shall come to the
grander coronation. In the presence of
Christ and the hammered hosts OF the re-
deemed, you will be poor indeed. Oh. there
are thousands of men who can easily endure
to be knocked down OF misfortune who arc
utterly destroyed II lifted up OF success.
Satan takes them 10 the top Of the pinnacle