The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-31

\ heavy IL the hod OF bricks that the workman
carries up the ladder on the wall. He hears
the pickax Of the miner down in the coal
shaft. He knows how strong the tempest
strikes the sailor ut masthead He sees the
factory girl at the spindlcs and knows how
her arms ache. He sees the sewing woman
in the fourth story and knows how few pence
| she gets for making n garment, and louder
than all the din and roar OF the city comes
| the voice OF n sympathetic God, Cast thy
burden upon the Lord. and He shall sustain
| thee"
Then there are n great many who have a
| weight OF persecution and abuse upon them.
Sometimes society gets grudge against
| man. All his motives are misinterprcted,
and all his good deeds are deprecated.
With more virtue than some Of the honored
| and applauded, he runs only against raillery
and sharp criticism. When man begins to
go down. he has not only the force Of natur-
| al gravitaton. but hundred hands to help
| him In the precipitation. Men are prosecuted
for their virtues and their successes. Gar
manicus said he had Just as many bitter an
| tagonists ~ he had adOrnments The char.
actor sometimes is so lus,rous that the weak
eyes of envy and Jealousy cannot bear to
/ look at II.
II was their integrity that put Joseph in the
| pit. Daniel in the den. and Shadrach In the
| fire, and sent John the Evangelist to desolate
| Patmos, and Calvin to the castle OF persecu-
tion, and John Huss to the stake. and Korah
after Moses. and Saul after David, and Herod
| after Christ. De sure II you have anything
TO do for church or state. and you attempt 1t
with all your soul, the lightning will strike
| you.
Tho world always has had "A cross between
| two thieves for the one who comes 10 save H.
| High and holy enterprise has always been
| followed by abuse. The most sublime tray
edy OF self sacrance has come to burlesque.
Thegraceful gait OF virtue Is always followed
by soon and grimace and travesty. The
sweetest strain of poetry ever written has come
to ridiculous parody and ms long ~ there are
| virtue and righteousness In the world there
will be something for iniquity to grin at. All
along theline OF the ages and In all lands the
cry has been: Not this man. but Darabbas.
Now, Barabbas was n robber.'
A clergyman OF the Universalist church
went into neghborhood for the establish
ment Of a church Of his denomination. and
he was anxious TO find some one Of that de-
nomination. and he was pointed TO "A certain
house and went there He said TO the man
Of the house II understand you are a
| Uniyersaist. | want you to help mo in the
enterprise" "well." said the man. II am
uniyersaist, but | have peculiar kind Of
| Unversa!sm." "what is thatY" asked the
minister. "well." replied the other. II have
been out In the world, and | have been
cheated and slandared and outraged and
abused until believe in universal damna-
| tom"
The great danger IL that men will become
cynical and given TO believe, as David was
tempted 10 say. that all men are liars. oh,
| my friends, do not let that be the effect upon
your souls II you cannot endure a little
persecution, how do you think our fathers
endured great pcrsccution2 Motley. in his
| Dutch Republic" tells Us of Egmont. the
martyr, who, condemned TO be beheaded,
unfastened his collar on the way to the scat-
| fold, and when they asked him why he did
that he said: 80 they will not be detained
in thcir work. / want &c be ready" Oh,
| how little we have 10 endure compared with
those who have gone before US
Now IN you have come across i'll treatment,
| le. mo tell you you are in excellent company
! Christ and Luther and Galilei and Colum-
bus and John jay and Josiah Quincy and
thousands OF the best men and women, the
best spirits OF earth and heaven.
Bulge not one inch, though all hell wreak
upon you its vengence, aud you be made
target for devils to shoot at. DO you not
think Christ knows all about persecution?
Was he not Kissed NJ? Was he not struck on
the cheek? Was he not persued all the days
OF hts life? Did they not expectorate upon
himp Or. to put 1t In Bible language, 'Tney
spit upon him" And cannot he understand
/ what persecution l.? Cast thy burdens
upon the Lord, and he shall sustain these"
/ Then there are others who carry great
burdens Of physical ailments. When sudden
/ sickness has come, and fierce o1oleras and
/ malignant fevers take the castle Of life by
storm, we appeal to God, but in chronic all
ments which wear out the strength day by
day. and week after week, end year after
/ year, how little resorting to God for solace.
Then people depend upon their tonics, and
their pl'tsters and their cordials rather than
upon heavenly stimulants.
Oh, how few people there are completely
well! Some OF you by dint OF perseverance,
and care, have kept living to this time. but
how you have had 10 war against physical
ament! Antcdiluyians, without medical
college, and inilrmary aud apothecary shop.
multiplied their ages by hundreds, but he who
has gone through the gauntlet OF disease in
our time and has come to 10 years OF age is "A
hero worthy of palm.
The world seems to be q great hospital and
you run against rheuMatisms aud consump-
tions and scrofulas aud neuralgias anl scores
OF old diseases baptized bynew nomenclature
Oh. how heavy "A burden sickness l.! IL takes
the color out Of the sky and the sparkle out
of the wave, and the sweetness ont Of the
fruit. and the luster out Of the night. When
the limbs ache, when the respiration Is pain
ful, when the mouth IL hot WHEN the ear
roars with unhealthy distractions, how hard
1t Is to be patient and cheerful and assidu-
Gus.
Cast thy burden upon the Lord"
Does your headachey His wore the thorn,
Do your feet hurt2 His we're crush II OF tho
spikes. Is your side painful? His was
struck by the spear. DO you Ieel ike gtYiug
way under the burdcng His weakness gave
way under cross. While you are in every
possible way TO try to restore your physical
vigor, you are 10 remember that more sOoth-
ing than any anodyne more vitalizing than
any stimulant and more strengthening than
any tonic, il the prescription OF the text.
Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he
will sustain thee"
We hear a great deal OF talk now about
faith cure, and some people say IL cannot b.
done and It Is "A failure. | do not know but
that time chief advance Of the church is to be
In that direction. Marvellous things come to
me day by day which make me think that il
the age OF miracles Is past II Is because the
faith OF miracles Is past
A prominent merchant Of New York said
to a member OF my family, MY mother
wants her case mentioned To Mr.. Tamaye."
This was the case. He said; my mother
had u dreadful abscess, from which she had
suffered untold agonies, and all surgery had
been exhausted upon her and worse and
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