The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-11-08

pitai. Scores OF diseases, like vuitures
contending for a carcass, struggle rs to
which shall have II. Our natures sre inf
nitely susceptible to suffering. The eye. the
foot, the hand, with immense capacity OF
anguish.
The little child meets at the entrance OF
life manifold diseases. You hear the shrll
cry OF infancy as the lancet strikes into the
swollen gum. You see its head in consum-
ing fevers that take more than half OF them
into the dust. Old age passes, dizzy and
weak and short breathed and dim sighted.
On every northeast wind come down pleur-
ises and pneumonlas. War lifts its sword
and hacks away the life OF whole senera-
tons. The hospitals OF the earth groan into
the ear OF God their complaint. Asiatic
choleras and ship fevers and tvphoids and
London plaques make the worlds knees
knock together.
Pain has gone through every street and no
every ladder and down every shaft 1t Is on
the wave. on the mast, on the beach
wounds from clip OF elephants tusk and
adder's sting and crocodile's tooth aud
horses hoof and wheels revolution. We
gather up the innrmties OF our parents and
transmit TO our children the inheritance
augmented by our own sicknesses, and they
add TO them their own disorders. to pass tho
Inheritance to other generations. In A. ID.
262 the plague In Rome smote into the dust
5000 citizens daily. In 5ii, In Constanti-
nople, 1000 gravcdiggers were not enough To
bury the dead. In 1918 ophthalmia seized
tho whole Prussian army. At times the
earth has sweltere1 with suffering.
Count mp the pains OF Austerlitz. where
$4,000 fell OF Fontenoy, where i00,O fell
NJ Chalons, whore 400. 900 fell: Of Marius'
fight, In which 900, 900 fell o; the tragedy
at Herat. where Genghis Khan massacred
l,600, 900 men, and of Nishar. where he slew
l,I47,OOO people ;of the $4,000, 900 this mon
ster sacrificed In fourteen years as he went
| forth TO do as he declared. to exterminate
the entire Chinese nation and make the en-
pire pasture for cattle.
Think OF tho death throes OF the 1000. 900
men sacrificed In one campaign OF Xerxes.
Think OF the 10000 that perlshed In the
Siege OF 0stend. OF 800. 900 dead at Acre, OF
/ LOO. 900 dead In the siege OF Jerusalem, OF
| l,Sl6,000 OF the dead at Troy, aud then COM
| plete the review bv considering the stupen-
| dous estimate OF Edmund Burke, that the
| loss by war had been thirty-nve times the
| entire then present population OF the globe.
Go through and examine the lacerations,
the gunshot fractures, the saber wounds,
| the gashes OF the battleax, the slain ofbomb-
shell and exploded mine and falling wall
| and those destroyed un1er tho gun car
riage, and the hoof OF tho cavalry horse,
| the burning thirsts, the camp fevers. the
frosts that shivered, the tropical suns that
smote. Add II up, gather 1t into one line,
!
| syllable, clank II In one chain, pour IL
out In one groan. distill II into one tear.
Aye, tho world has wrthed in 6000 years
| OF suffering. Why doubt the possibility OF
future world OF suffering When we see the
tortures that have been inflicted in this? A
deserter from Sevastopol. coming over to
army OF the allies, pointed back to the fort
ress and said, That place is n perfect hell"
| Our photographers, aware OF the immense
necessity ofhaving plenty OF words 20 OK
press the different shades OF trouble. have
strewn over their pages such words as "an-
noyance," "distress," :" "grie'," "bitterness, Z"
"heartache,' misery" 'twinge." "pang,"
"orture." "af1ictlon," "anguish." "tribu-
lation," "wretchedness. "woe." But have
glad sound for every hospital, for every
sickroom, for every lifelong invalid. for
every broken heart. "There shall be no
more pain Thank God! Thank God
No malarias float in the air. No bruised
foot treads that street. No weary arm. No
painful respiration. No hectic flush. No
one can drink OF that healthy fountain and
keep faint hearted or faint headed. He
whose foot touch ss that pavement becomes
an athlete. The first kiss OF that su nmer
air will take the wrinkles from the old mans
cheek. Amid tho multitude OF songsters
not one diseased throat. The first Hash
of the throne will scatter the darkness
ict these wse we're -besR- blind ssS,- the
lame man leaps rs n hart and tho dunno
sing. From that bath of infinite delight we
shall step forth, our WEAKNESS forgotten.
| Who are those radiant ones? Why, that ono
had his Jaw shot OFF at Fredericksburg that
one lost his eyes In powder blast that ono
had his back broken by a fall from the ships
halyards that one died OF gangrsne In the
hospital. No more pain. Sure enough,
here is Robert Hall, who never before
saw we'll day, ant Edward Pay.
son, whose tody was ever torn of
distress, and Richard Baxter, who passed
through untold phvsical torture. ALI well.
No more pain. Here, too, are the Theban
legion, "A great host OF 6666 put to the sword
for Christ's sake. No distortion on their
countenance. No fires to hurt them, or
floods TO drown them, or racks To tear them.
All we'll. Here are the Scotch Covenanters.
none TO hunt them now. The dark cave and
imprecations OF Lord Claverhouss ex-
changed for temple service, and the pres
ence OF Him who helped Hugh L1timer out
OF the fire. All well. No more pain.
l set open the door OF heaven until there
blows on you this refreshing breeze. The
fountains OF God have made II cool, and the
gardens have made II sweet. | do not
know that Solomon ever heard on hot day,
the Ice click In an Ice pitcher, bur he wrote
AS II he did when he said, "As cold waters
TO thirsty soul, so is good news from far
country"
Clambering among the Green Mountains I
was tired and hot and thirsty, aud l shalt
not forget how refreshing 1t was when, after
awhile. heard the mountain brook tumb-
ling over the rocks. had no cup, no ohalicr,
so | got down on my knees and face 10
drink. Oh, ye climbers on the journey, with
cut feet and parched tongues and fevered
temples, listen 10 the rumbing OF sapphire
brooks, amid fowered banks. over golden
shelvings. Listen "The Lamb which is in
the midst OF this throne shall lead them unto
living fountains OF water" / do not offer il
TO you in a chaice. To take this you must
bend. Get down on your knees and on your
face, and drink out of this great fountain ot
Gods consolation. "And, 10, l heard a
voice from heaven, as the voice OF many
waters"