The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-15

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the earth compqrsd with the importance OF
their work. What II they bad IN their agita-
tion tied n knot that coul1 slip? What II the
sound OF the mob nj the door had led them
to say. paul must take care Of himself, and
| VIC will take care ot ourselves" No. no.
They held the rnpc. and In doing so did
more for the Christian Church than any
! thousand OF US will ever accomplish. But
God knows and has made eternal record OF
their undertaking. Aud they know
How exultant they must have felt when
they read his letters to the Romans. to the
Corinthians. 10 the Galatians. TO the Ephe-
SLAMS, TO the Philippians. TO the Colossians
TO the Thessalonians. 10 Timothy. to Titus
TO Philemon. 10 the Hebrews. and when they
| heard how he walked out OF prison with the
earthquake unlocking the door for him aud
took command OF the AleSandrian corn ship
when the sailors were nearly scared TO death
and preached u sermon that nearly shook
Felix of his Judgment seat I hsarthe mon
aud women who helped him down through
the window and over the wall talking In
private over the matter. aud saying. How
| glnd am that we effected that rescue In
| coming times others may get the glory Of
! Paufs work. but no one shall rob us OF the
satisfaction OF knowing that we held the
rope"
There are said to bc about Ct. .O11 ministers
oi religion In this country. About 80 900,
warrant, came from early homes. which had
.
sons OF rich bankers and merchants rener-
ally become bankers and merchants. The
! most OF those who become ministers are the
sons OF those who had terrific struggle 10 get
their everyday bread. Tho collegiate and
! theological education Of that son took every
luxury from the parental table for eight
years. The other children were more so1nt.
ily appareed. The son at college, every lit
tie while got bundle from home. In IL
were the socks that mother had knit sitting
up late at night. her sight not rs good as
once II was, and there also were some de-
iicac'es from the sisters hand for the yora-
cious appetite of hungry student
The years "a by and the son has been Or
dained aud Is prenching the glorious gospel.
anu great revival comes. and sous by
scores and hundreds accept the gospel from
the lips OF that young preacher and father
and mother. quite old now. arr visiting the
son at the village parsonage, and at the close
OF sabbath Of mighty blessing father and
mother retire 10 thcir room. the son lightin.
| the way and asking them 10 he eau do any
thing to make them mora comfortable. say
| ing IL thoy want anything in the night Just
| to knock on the wall.
And then all alone father and mother talk
over the gracious influences OF the day ana
say well. It was worth all we went through
10 educate that boy II was Il hard pull. hut
we held on till the work was done. The
world may not know 1t but. mother we held
the rope, didn't we?' Aud the voice. tremu.
| lous with joyful emotion, RESPONDS ..Yas
ialher (; we held the rope. lssl my work IL
done. Now. Lord. lettest Thou Thy servant
depart in peace for mine eyes'have seen Thy
| salvation. ''Pshaw ~ SAYS the father ~
never felt so much like living in my life as
now. want 20 see wha, that fellow is going
on 10 do he has begun so weil."
On. men and women here assombled Won
brag sometimes how you have fought your
way In the world, bCt | think there have
been helpful influences that you have never
fully acknowledged. Has there not been
some influence In your early or present home
that the world cannot see? Does there not
reacl to you from among the New England
hills. or from western prairies. or from south
ern plantation. or frotn English or scottish
or Irish homes, cord OF inhuer ce that hns
kept you right when you would have gone
astray. and which, after you had mgdo a
crooked track, recalled youp The rome NAV
have been as long as thirty years OK 500
miles long or 5000 miles long. but hands aat
L.. -~"-..i '-"' 80. n5IS
, tue rope. '-
: You want avery swift horse. and Won need
, 10 rowel him with sharpest spurs, and to le,
: the reins lie loose upon the meek and to give a
, shout 10 u racer II you are going to ride out
4 ofreich ct your mothers prayers. Why, d
snip crossing the Atlantic in seven DAYS can
sail away from them. A sailor finds then
=
4 finds them on the mast as he climbs the rat
, lines 10 dlsentangle u rope In the tempest
and finds them swinging on the hammock
% when he turns In. Why not be frank and ac
= knowledge It! Tho most OF Us would lonc
D ago have been dashed TO pIeces had moi
1 gracious and loving hands steadily and low
! ingly and nightly held the rope
, But theirs must come u time when we shal
. liud out who these Damascenes were wnG
: lowered Paul in the basket and greet then
= and all those who have rendered TO God anC
' tue world unrecognlsed and unrecordet
services. That Is going 10 be one of the gig,
n cXcitements OF heaven the hunting up an,
4 picking ont OF those who did great good oi
5 earth and got no credit for II. Here th,
e church hHs been going on nineteen cen
: turtles. and this is probably tho first sermon
! ever recognizing the services OF the people il
= th1t Damascus balcony. Charles q. Finnel
y said to dying Christian. Give my love L
L ~. Paul waen you NEE, him." When yol
Il and | meet him. as ws will, | shall ask mia
- 10 lntroduce me TO those people who got hin
h out OF the Damascene peril.
70 Once 70; thirty-siN hours We expec,e,
q every moment to go 10 the bottom Of tn,
d ocean Iht waves struck through the sky
IS lights, and flushed down into the hold OF "a,
o snip, and hSsad against the boilers. IL wa
ir nn awful tine, but by the blessing OF Go
and the iaitllulness OF the men in charge w
I, came out oil The cyclone, and we arrived I,
i hoh'' Iad'i one. DeloEc leuNiuS tue snip
v thanked Captain Andrews. | do not thin
ii there was a man or woman that went OF
81 that ship without King Captain Andrew
~ and when ye'fs after | heard OF his death
a. was impeled 10 write letter OF condoienc
Of to his family II Liverpool.
IS Everybody ecognized the goodness. TN
ie courage, the kindness Of Captain Andrew.
q. but II occurs y me now that we neye
ia thanked the enilneer. liz stood away dow
N In the darkness (amit the Kissing furnace
doing his wholeiuty Nobody thanRed th
le engineer but G&l recognized his heroisu
H. aud his continuAnce, and his fidelity. an
IL there will be lustas high reward for the eI
he sineer who workd out of sight rs the cal
se tain VINO stood oatha bridge OF the ship
,n the midst OF the ibwling tempest
OF A Christian won;ln was seen going alon
n the edge OF a wool every eventide and Ih
il neighbors In the country did not understan
r- how mother With 10 many cares and anxi,
ties should waste sd dmuch time as TO he idl
A. sauniering out evehRg by evening, 1t W,
is found out afterYard that she went there
OF pray Tor her household, and while there on