Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-08-01

you say. ST have so much trouble" HAva
Tou more trouble than Paul had2 What does
le say? "Sorrowiul, yee always rejotcing-
Poor, vet making many rioh. Hsving ncth-
tns, yet possessing all things" The merrieaf
laugh think have ever heard has been fn
the slckroom OF Gods dear children. When
rheodosius was put upon the rack, he sus|
tered very great tortNe at the trst.
Somebody asked him how ha endured all
tina: pain on the rack. Ire replied: "When
| was fest put on the r1cs, suffered gra sf
ieal, but very soon a young maa in whitd
stood by my side, aad with a so't AMI COM
lortable handkerchief he wipst the sweat
rom my brow, and my pains vera relisTed1
It was a punishment for ne to get from the
rack, because when the pain was all gonA
:he angel was gona." Oh, rejoise evermore I
You know how i: Is IN the arpy-an army II.
.ncampmeut. II to-day news comes that
Dur side hes had defeat: and tomorrow
another portion OF the tidfngs comes, says
ing We have had another defeat, it demoral-
ICES all the host. But IL fhs news comes Of
victory to-day and victory tomorrow thu
whole army Is impassioned for the contest
Now, In tho Kingdom OF our Lord Jesus
Christ report fewer defeats tells ~ the vie.
.ories-viotory over SIN and death and hell.
Rejoice evernore, and again say rejoice.
believe there Is more religion in a laugh
'haa in sIoan- Anybody can groan, brt
10 laugh IN the midst OF banishmenk and
persecution and indescribatie trial, that re-
CURED David. Daniel, Paul, a modern
heroine.
The next Laughter mentioned in the Bible
that shall speak OF Is ths fools laughter. OF
he expression OF sinful meRimsnt Solomon
was very quick at simile. When he makes 3
comparison, We all catch 1t. What is the
laughter of a fool like? He says. 'lt IS the
cracking Of thorns under a pot" The kes.
tie is swung. a bunch OF brambies is put uti-
der it, and the torch is applied to It, and
there is great noise, and big blaze, and q
sputter and quick eYtin3uishmen.. Then
x is darker than it was before. Fools laugh-
ter. Tho most miserable thing on earth is 4
bad mans fun. There they are-ten men in
} barroom. They have at home wives,
mothers, daughters. The impure Jest stares
1t one corner Of the barroom, and crack le,
srackie, crackls II goes all around. In 500
mch outlaws there Is not one item OF happ:-
less. They all feel bemeaned II they hava
my conscience let. Have nothing to do
With men or women who tell immoral stor1sa
. have no confidence either in their Chris
Ian character or their morality.
So all merriment that springs out OF the
ieiects OF otheHs-carlcature Of lame foot.
" a curved spine, or q blind eye. or n deaf
nr-will be met with the ju uisnent of God,
s!ther upon you or upon your children-
Twenty years ago I knew a man who was
particularly skillful in Initiating ths lame
aess of neighbor. Not long ago son OF
.ilt S<AillluA udu ufS lcH du1putblcA bOI
.he very defect which his father had
nimicked years before. I do not say it was
Judgment Of God. leave you to make
FOUR own inference. So all merriment born
81 dissipation, that vdI,h starts at the
counter OF the drinking restaurant or the
Fina2lass IN the home circle, the mau Hin
hnpsr, the meaningless Joke, trs saturnalian
sihberish, the paroxysm OF mirth about noth-
n2 which you sometimes see in the fashion.
l5le clubroon or tho exquisite parior at
we've o'clock at night, are tho cracking OF
horns under pot. Such laughter and such
,tn end in death. When was lad, a book
,ame out entitled, "Dow Juniors Patent
sermons" It made great stir. a very w!da
augh, all over the country. that book did.
Il was a caricature ofthe Christian ministry,
md OF the word OF God. and OF the day oil
Judgment. Oh, We had great laughi Tho
,uthor Of that book died IN poverty, shame.
hbauchery, kicked out Of society and cursed
u Almighty God. The laughter OF such
men is the echo of their own damnstion.
The next Laughter that shall mention as
being In the Bible is the laugh OF Coils con-
hall laugh" Again, "The Lord will laugh
It him." Again, ~ will laugh at his calaua.
ty." With such demonstration will God
greet every kind OF great sin and wicked,
aess. But men buaa up vIllainies higher
! Ind higher. Good men almost pity God be-
.ause He is so schemed against by men,
Suddenly pin drops out OF the machinery
If wfcsedness or secret IS revealed. and
he foundation bsg!ns to rock. Finally tia
whole thing Is demolished. WHAT Is thd
natter9 will tell you what the matter Is.
That crash of ruin Is oniy the reverberatio1
ot Coils laughter. In the money market
here are n great many gooi men and
,reat many fraudulent men. A iraudulent
nan there says, "I mean to have my mii-
ion." He goes to work reckless OF hon.
.sty, and no gets his first S100. He
gets after awhile his 5000. 900. After awhile
ae gets his $500, 900. "Now," he says, II
have only one more move to make. and I
ais resources. He makes that ono lssi
srand move, he fails and hoses all, and he
has not enough money OF his own left to pay
The cost OF the ear to his Home. People can
aot understand this spasmodic revuls.on.
some said 1t was sudden turn IN Erie Rail.
nois Central : some said one thing and soma
another. They all guessed wrong. will
.ell you what It Was. "He that sit;eth in the
heavens laughed" man In New York said
he would be the richest man in the city. Ha
left his honest work as mechanic anil got
gears stole S15, ,0O0, 900 from the city govern.
ment. Fifteen million dollarsl He held the
Legislature OF the State OF New York In the
grip Of his right hand. Suspicious were
aroused. The grand jury presented indic..
ments. Tho whole land stood aghast. The
man who expected to put half the city in his
vest pocket goes to BlacSwells Island, goes
to Lullow street jail. breaks prison and goe:
across the sea, is rearrestei 1nl brought
back anil again r8nandei 10 Jail. Whyi
"He that s!tto,h in the heavens laughed"
Rome wasa great empire. She had Hora,e
and Virgil among her poets : she had Angus.
tus and Constantine among her EMPEROR
n,,k D-J,o hn dafnnaA pnnfhnon
the Forum turned into cattle market, and
the broken walled Coliseum, and the arch,-
t-ctural skeleton Of her great nqueiuctsi
What was that thunder? ooh" you say,
THAT was the roar OF the battering rams
against her walls" No. What was TINT
St hostile lesion..' No. The qutver and
he roar were the ou.5urst OF omnipotens
laughter from the defiei and insulted heav.
pms. Rome deaedGod, AMI He laughed her
hown. Thebes denei Go1, and He laughed
her down. Nlneveh defled God, and He
and He laughed her down. There is great
difference between COTS laugh and HIS
Inile. His smile IS eternal beatitude. H,
Imiled when David sang, and Miriam cappaI
!he cynsals. and Hannah made garments
or her son, and Paul preached. and Ioha
rindIed with apocalyptio vision, and when
my man has anything to do and does It
veil. His smile! Why, 1t IS the 18th OF May.
The apple orchards in full bloom it Is mo:p-
ns breaking on ripping sea; it is heayen
It high noon, all the bells beating the mar
:iage peal. But His laughter-may 1t never
lall on u.s. II is a condemnation for our
nn 1t is a wasting away.
We may let the satirist laugh at Us, and
all our companions may laugh at us, and va
may be made the target for the merriment
OF earth AMI hell, but God forbid that va
should ever come to the fulhllment OF the
prophecy against the reiectors OF the trath,
'I will laugh at your calamity" But. my
friends, all OF rs who reject Christ and the
pardon OF the gospel must come under that
tremendous bombardment. God wants US
alto repent. He counsels, He coaxes, He
importunes and He dies for us. He comes
down out OF heaven. He puts all the worlds
Pin on one shoulder, He puts all the worlds
sorrow on the other shoulder, ami then with
that Ain on one side and that Himalava On