The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-04-05

mIyes man ot worldly success and worldly
| circumstances Nelson. the night hefore his
| In battle, said. Tomorrow / shall win
either pesracr or grave in Westminster
Abbey" And II does not make much diner.
81 ce to- the C1r'stian whether hn rises or falls
n worldly matters. Hs has everlasting re-
n wn anyway. Other plumagn may he torn
/ IL the blast. but that soul adorned with
+ Christian grace is fairer than tha dove---its
wings covered with silver and its feathers
| with gold
! You and have foun on. that people VINO
pretend to be happy ara not always happv.
look Mt that Young man caricnturinc the
/ Christian religion, soothing AT everything
good. going into roistering drunkenness.
| dashnc the champagne bottle 20 the floor.
rolling the glasses from the barroom coun-
/ ter, LAUGHING. shouting. stamping the floor.
/ g he happy? | will 90 to his midnight pill
/ ow. viii 900 him turn the gas of. | will
/ ask myself u the pillow on which ha sleeps
is rs soft ~ the pillow on which ;ha; pure
younc man sleeps.
I An. no. When he opens his eyes in the
| morning. will the world he as bright TO him
/ as 10 that young man VINO retired NJ night
saying his prayers, invoking Gods blessing
upon HIS own soul aud the souls Of his CON-
/ rades and father and mother ani brothers
and sisters far away No. MOI His laugh
will ring out tom the saloon 80 that you
hear " rs YOU pass by. but IL IL hollow
laughter. In II is the swapping of heart
strings and the rattle OF prison gates Happy
that young man happy?
Tset him hll hgn the bowl; he cannot
drown IN upbrudiug conscience. Let the
balls roll through the bowling alley the deep
rumble and the sharp crack cannot over
power the voices OF condemnation. Let him
whirl In the dance OF sin aud temptation anil
death all the brilliancy OF the scene cannot
make him forget ihe last look OF his mother
when he left homa. when shs said TO him =
"Now. my son, YOU will do right | am sure
you will do right. lou Will. won't you"
Taat young man happy! Why. across every
night there fit shadows OF eternal darkness 4;
there are adders coied mp In every cup there
are vulturss OF despair striking their iron
hesks into his heart there are skeleton
fingers OF grief pinching az the throat.
/ come in amid the clicking OF the glasses
and under the flashing of the chandeliers
/ aud cry: "Woc, Woel The way OF the
saith my God. TO the wicked. The wa OF
| transgressor is hard" On. my friends.
| there is more JOS in one drop OF Christi1n
satisfaction than In whole rivers OF sin al de-
| light. Other wings may be drenched OF the
storm and splashed OF tue tempest. but tie
! dove that comes IN through thn window 81
! this heavenly ARK has wings like the dove
/ covered with silver and her feathers with
yellow gold
! Again. | remark, religion is an adornment
| in the style OF ush illness into wutc1 II in
ducts n man. Here are two young men. Ths
| Que has fine culture, exquisite wardrobe.
plenty OF friends. great worldly success. bur
he lives for himself. His chief care is 'or
his own comfort. lie lives usalessly. He dies
unrecrette1. Here Is another young man.
/ His apparel may not he so good his educH-
tion may not be- so thorou sh. Hs lives for
others. His happiness IL TO make Others
happy. He Is rs self denying as that dying
soldier falling in the ran<s. wnen he said {;
| Colonel, there Is no need of those BOYS tir-
ing themselves by carrying me to the hos
pital. Let me die just whers | am So
this young man OF whom | sp saS loves Got.
wants all the world to love him. is no:
ashamed 20 carry "A bundle ot clothes M that
dark alley to the poor. Witch OF ithoss youuc
men do you admire the better? The ons u
sham, the other prince imperial.
On. do yon know Of anything, my heare-.
tha, - more beautifrf than TO ses a youn,
man start out for Christ? Here is some one
falling he lifts him up. Here is u vagabond
| boy he introduces him 10 u mission school.
| Here is IA family freezing 10 death he carries
them = scuttle OF coal. There are 500 900. =
900 perishing in midnight heathen darkness.
By ~ possible means he tries TO send them
Hs IVA" - '"""ha' ~ and
where saying, Ia. not ashamed o; IN,
! gospel OF Christ. II is the power OF God
and the wis ION OF Goi unto salvation"
| Such a young man can 20 through every
I thing. Tdere ~ no force on earth or in hell
that can resist MIN. | SHOW you three spec-
/ tacles
| Spectacle the Firs,-Napoleon passed by
| with the hos. that went down with him 10
! Egypt and up with him through Russia and
! crossed the continent on the bleeding heart
/ OF which he SET his iron heel, and across the
/ quivsrins llesh OF which he went grindn:
/ the wheels OF his gun carriages--in hts dying
/ moment asking his attendants TO put on h,s
/ military boots for min.
Spectacle the Second--voltaira. briCht
/ and learned and witty and eloquent with
/ tongue AMI voice and strltegsm internal.
/ warning against Col ami poisoning wnola
/ kingdoms with his inf lielty. yst applaudei
| by tue clappnG hands OF thrones and em-
| pircs and contin ents his last words. In
deIirium supposiny Christ standing by the
bedside -hls last words, "trusn that
/ wretch "
! Spectacle the Thirl-Piul-Pau'. insigni-
/ ilcant In person, thrust out from all relned
association. scoursei, spat on, hounisd like
Wild beast FRO n city to city, yet trying 20
make the world good and heaven full an
nouncing resurrection to those who mourned
nc the barred gates OF the dead speaking
consultations which light up the eyes cf
wdowhood and orphanage and want with
glow OF certain aui eternal release ; un-
daunted before those who could take his
| life, his cheek flushed with transport and
his eye on heaven with one hand shaking
defiance at all the foes OF earth and al the
| principaiities of hell, and with ths other
hand becSoning mess singer angels TO come
aud bear him away as he says II am now
rsady TO be offered, and the time OF my de-
parturr Is at hani. | have fought thu good
| dght | have finished my course l have
kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up
| Tor me u crown OF rigiteolsn sss, which the
| Lori, the righteous Judge, will give me"
Which OF the three spectacies do you most
admire? When the wind OF death struck the
conqueror aud the inide. they were tossed
| like sea gulls in a tempest, drenched OF the
wave and torn OF the hurricane their dismal
voices heard through the everlasting storm,
| hnt Wnan the MlNn nnI InR wind Of hnnfh