The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-10

ness. Why DO I yo2 For educ,,,o..,
poses. Iwaut TO freshen my mind ~
by new scenes. new faces, new man.
customs. / want better TO unders,ass
are the wrongs to be riyhted ant ~
places TO be reclaimed. | will put An n
In sermons TO be preached to you wb,.
turn. I want to see the Sandwich I,
not so much In the light Of modern ~
ne IN the light OF the gospel OF Jesu, u
which has transformed them. and :.
and those vast realms Of New Zeals,i
Australia and Ceylon and India L.
see what Christianity has accomplsh,s
want TO see how the missionaries hay,,
lied about rs living In luxury AMI idlsn.
/ want to know whether the hea,b,
ltgions are really as toierable and A.
mendabie as they we're representa- Ia,
| 5dherents IN the parliament OF rpligio,,
Chicago. l wan, TO sep whether Ia.
mechanism and Buddhism would be-
| things for transportation In America
has again and again been argued. /,
TO hear the Brahmans pray. 7 want IA
| whether the Pacific Ocean trnats us sr
any better than does the Atlantic. VA.
see the wondrous architecture OF India
the Delhi and Cawnporp where Chris
crucilled In the massacre Of HIS modar,
ciples, and the disabled Jnggernau,
wheeled by Christianity, ahd TO see n
TAI which the Emperor Sha JehRn hui,
honor of his empress really means any
than the plain slab we put abovs our
departed. want TO sea the fields W.
Havelock and Sir Colin Campbell won
day agains; the sepoys. | want TO s,e
world from all sides. How much of IL IA
darkness, how much OF II is in light, ".
the Bible means BY the lends OF the ears
and get myself ready TO appreciate the
tent Of the present 20 be made To- Christ
spoken OF In the Psalms. "Ask OF me, ani
shall give thee the heathen foe thine inhssu
tance and the uttermost parts OF the e,-,
Tor thy possession" aud so | shall be re,iU
TO celebrate in heaven the victories Of Chr,
In more rapturous sony than | could h,.
rendered had | never seen the hea,h-
abominations beio,e they were conqu,re
enforced ard better equipped. and 10 10
ten years more efrectual work than nan
done In the last twenty-five.
And now, In this twenty-flfth annivarsa,,I
sermon. propose to do two thiDys-nrs
put garland on the grave OF the geaen
ton that has Just passed OF and then 10 pq,|
palm branch In the hand OF the generatio,|
just now coming on the fisld OF action. Io,
my text IL true. lone generation passat
away. and another generation cometh.' OBJ
how many we reverei and honored anl lovsi
Tears fell mt the time OF their going. and
dirges were sounled. and signals OF mourn.
Ing were put on, but neither toars nor dirr
nor sotnber veil told the half we felt. rhst
going left vacancy In our souls that ha,
never been filed up. We never get used 10
their absence. There are times when III.
sight OF something with which they wsrs As.
sociated "A picture, or book. or n garment
or q star-breaks US down with emotion. W,
n ali .lx.h ha.s hov 20 h.a !,
Oh, how snow white their hair got. aud how
the wrinkles multiple !. and the sight grew
more dim, and the hearing less alert. and ths
step more frlil. and one day they were gone
ont OF the chair by the irestde and from IN,
plate NJ the meal. and from toe end OF thc
church pew. where they worshiped With Us
Oh. my soul, how we miss them But let "
console each other with the thought that ",
shall meet them again in the land OF saluata'
tion and reunion.
Aud now twist garlani for that de.
parted generation. IL neel not be costly
perhaps. just a handful OF clover blossom
from the tleld through which they used z.
walk, or MS many viole,s ~ you could hold
betv zen the thumb AMI the forefngsr
plusksi out OF the garden where they uss.
TO walk in the cool ofthe day. Put thess old
fashioned flowers right down over the hear
that never again will ache. and the feet tha
y.
has forever ceased 10 toll. Peace, fatt, Z
Peace. mother Eysrlsstins psase All w
for the generation & ~ .1ot
But what shalt Wa do with the pat
branchp That We will put in the haad OF tn
generation coming on. Yours Is to be tn
generation for victories. Tde last aud tn
present generation have been par,ecsing I'll
steam power. ant the electric light ani tn
electric forces. To thess will be added trans
portatlon. 1t will be your mission to us
all these forces. Everything il ready for so
TO march right ~ and take this world 10
Col AMI heaven. Get your heart rigat b,
repentance anl the pardoning gracs OF tn
Lord Jesus. and yous mind right by elevat
Ing books an pictures. AMI your body righ
by gymnasium and field exercise. an
plenty OF ozone aud by LOOKING as often a
yol can upon the taca OF mountain aut o
sea. Then start In Gods name. start An
hero is the palm branch. From conquest {,
conquest, move right on and right up. lol
will soon have the whole field for your
self Before another twenty-five years hav
gone. wa will be OUT OF the pu pits AMI tn
Offices, and the stores, and the factories, an
the benevolent institutions. AMI you vii
be at the front. Forward into the battle |
Col be for you, who can be against you
"Hs that sparsd not H.s own Son. but deliy
cred Him up for us all. how snail He no
with Him also freely give US all things
Aud, as for Us who are now ?. the front
hav,n put tho garland on the Sravs OF th'
last generation, aud having put the pain
branch In the hand OF the coming genera
ton, we will caesr each other in the remain
ing onsets AMI 20 into the shining gat,
somewlers about tue same time, and Sreete,
by the generation thar has preceded uS "
will have 20 wait only a little while 10 Sree
The generation that will come after u.s. AnC
will not that be glorious? Three gsnerltioui
In heaven together the grandfather tn,
sou ani the grandson the grautmother, IN,
inu shter aud the grln idau yhter. And -
with wider range AMI ksrnsr mcuuty ",
shall rraliz, ths full Significance OF the text
'Ons generation pass stl away, AMI another
SensrItion cometn'