The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-06-21

lhts W Tue ntXt WDrlu, NUer tue righteous
have passed up and on. will be u THOUSAND
per Get. more crowded OF temptation.
The Count OF ChateaubrIand made his lit
tls son sleep at night Mt the top OF castle
turret. where the winds howled, and where
specters were said TO haunt the place, and
while the mother and sisters almost died
with fright the son tells us that the process
gave him nerves that could not tremble ani
courage that never faltered. But don't
think that towers OF darkness aud the spec
trail world swept by sirocco and euroclydon
will ever fit one for the land OF eternal sun
shine. l wonder what Is the curriculum OF
that college OF inferno. where. after proper
preparation By the sins OF this life, the can
dtdate enters, passing on from freshman
class OF depravity TO sophomore OF abandon
ment. and from sophomore to junior, and
from junior to senior. and day OF gradua-
ton comes. nni with diploma signed by
satan. the president. and other professorlal
demoniacs. attesting that the candidate has
been long enough under their drill. he
passes up TO enter heaven Pindemonium
prpparative course for heavenly admis-
sion Alb, my friends. satan and his coherts
have fitted uncounted millions for ruin. but
never itte. one soul for happiness
Furthermore, II would not be safe for this
world II men had another chance In the
next. II II had been announced that. how
ever wickedly man might act in this world
III.
society would be terribly demorallzed. and
the human race demolished in few years.
The fear that N we are bad aud uuforyivpn
here Il will not be well for us in the next ex-
istence is the chief influence that keeps civil
ization from rushing back to semibarbar-
ism. and ssmibarbarsm from rushing into
mighty savagery, and midnight savagery
from extinction. for it is the as,ringent i'm
preston OF all nations. Christian ami
heather, that there is no future chance for
those who have wasted this.
Multtudes OF men who are kept within
bounds would say go TO, now Let me-
get all out OF this life there is in H. Come
eIu'ony anu lheDria'Ion anu uncleanne,S
ano @ reVenss Hnu aII sehsualtles, anu wat
upon nie my IIe may De somewnat snort
ny" M III ,n's "oi'u ny "'sso'u'shsss' pu' thHt
VIII only make heavenly indulgence on
.a,get sca'o tue soohpr possible. 1 VIII over
,aao , ,ue sa's ut Inst anu WI, enter the
noaNenE .n' 'en,p.e ony iN.Ie lIer tnan
tuose VINO oenaveu themselves mere: VIII
on NY WY 70 heaNen .oNH iI.''e wider eN-
eud sham ,aa" W .nVso ~, h VINO we,g on esr,u p'ou,
yia shaoi Ano,her ohor"a ,n ,nn IN, "n
wa sheol. hhotuer chuuse ia the next
woriu means iree license ana wild aoandon-
uieh' in thls'
ouPPVso Sou were Phr'y IN an importnW
case AZ Jaw, anu you knew from consultation
VIZ !uuses anu u.,ornpys .hat II wou,d pe
,ai1u ,i..1a smiee, unu ,nr urs, trIa wou,u ne o,
i,lle , lmportahce, uut tnN tue seeohu wou'u
ueviuo e'ery'n'n Ior Whlcn 'rlal WUulu you
,h. ,han. ,no i.os, PlrPaf'Iion, ior Whlch retaIh
iuo ao.es. attorneys' Ior wnicn pe hio., ni'A
,ous aoou, 'nv "tehuahce oI WITNESSES 1ou
wGr" pu. ~" 'ue sfess upon tue secohu
.r,a,, a'' ,re anxiety, al tne expehilturf'
sayInx, "o ntst ~ hotnlhS, tns last Is
e'orynihg. uNe inc race IN assurance Oh
spconu anu more Important IRA, IN the
suosequeht n's, anu aI tue preparation ior
e'ern'y Woulu oe POST tnortem, posi- iu-
nera,, Pos. stpucnraa: anu tns worm win
, vne JerA oo PNe'eu OH in'o iuiP'ety anu goa
'o,sness'
Furthermore, let me ask why a chance
should be given in the next world II we have
refused innumeraoie chances in this? Sup
pose you give banquet, and you invite u
vast number OF friends. but one man de-
ciines TO come or treats your invitation with
Indifference. You In the course Of twenty
years give twenty banquets, and the same
man Is invited TO them all and treats them all
Ia the same obnoxious way. After u while
y"r remove to another house larger and bet
ter, and You a. vie yonr friends. Z.
send no invitation TO the man who declined
or neglected the other invitations.
Are you TO blame! Has he right
TO expect to he invited after all
the indignlties he has done youP God in
thls world mas invited us all TO the banquet
of HIS grace. He jnvited us by His proyi-
dence ana HIS spirit 800 days OF every year
since we knew our right hand from our left.
III we declined II every time or treated the
inVtatlon with indifference and gave twenty
or iorty or ntty years OF indignity on our
part toward mo banqueter, and at last He
spreads the banquet In "a more luxurious AMI
kingly place, amid the heavenly gardens,
nave we right 10 expect Hin to invite u
again ana nave we u right 10 blame Hin II
lie does not invite us|
Ii twelve gates OF salvation stool open
twenty years or nity years for our aims-
sion, and at the end oil that time they are
closed, can we complain OF 1t and say
These gates ought to be open again. Give
us another chance| lfthesteamer is to snii
Tor Hamburg, and we want to get to Ger
many by thar line, ami wa read in every
evening AMI every morning newspaper that
II VIII san on certain day, Tor two weeks
we have that advertisement before our eyes,
ana then we so down TO the docks fifteen
minutes after II mas showed OF into the
stream and say Come back Give mo
another chance. II Is not fair TO treat me
In this way! swing up 10 the do,k again
ana throw out planks and let me come on
board ]! Such behavior would invite arrest
rs madman.