Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-05-23

J day against the sepoys 1 want to see the
world from all sides. How much of it is in
darkness, how much of it is in light, what
the Bible means by the Sends Of the earth"
and get myself ready to appreciate the ex-
tent OF the present to be made to Christ as
spoken of in the Psalms, ASK OF me, and
snail give thee the heather for thine inheri-
tanrH and the uttermost parts OF the earth
Tor Thy possession" and SO / shall be ready
TO celebrate in heaven the victories of Christ
IN more rapturous song than / could have
rendered had l never seen the heather
| Nominations before they were conquered.
And so hope to come back refreshed, re-
enforced ar better equipped, and to do in
| ten years more effectual work than ! have
done in the last twenty-five.
And now, in this twenty-fifth anniversary
sermon, propose to do two things-hrst, to
put garland on the grave OF the genera
ton that has Just passed OF and then to put
palm branch in the hand of the generation
just now coming on the field of action, for
my text ia true, "One generation passeth
away. and another generation cometh." Oh,
now many we revere1 and honored and loved
In the last generation that quit tho earth!
Tears fell at the time OF their going, and
dirges were sounded, and signals OF MOURN
ing were put on, but neither tears nor dirge
nor somber veil told the half we felt. Their
going left a vacancy in our souls that has
never been filled up. We never get used to
NLtit IL 'lStucH. Inert are tunes Wlen Ino
sight OF something with which they were as
sociatei-a picture, or 4 book. or a garment,
or a staff-breaks US down with emotion, but
we bear it simply because We have to bear il.
Oh, how snow white their hair got, and how
tho wrinkles multipliet, and the sigLt grew
more din, AMI the hearing less alert, and the
step more frIii. and one day they were gone
out of the chair by the flreside, and from the
plate at the meal, and from the end OF the
church pew, where they worsiIipei with Us.
On, my soul, how we miss them But let
console each other with the thought that We
shall meet them again in the land OF saluata-
ton and reunion.
Aud now l twist a garland for that de-
parted generation. 1t need not be costly,
perhaps, just a handful OF clover blossoms
from the field through which they used to
walk, or as many violets as you could hold
between the thumb AMI the forefinger,
pluckei out Of the garden where they usei
to walk in the cool ofthe day. Pat these old
fashioned flowers right down over the heart
that never again will ache, an the feet that
will never again be weary, an the arm that
has forever ceased to toll. Peace, father!
Peace, mother! Everlasting peace! All that
for the generation gone
But what shall we DO with the palm
brlnch2 That we will put in the haad OF the
generation comm on. Yours Is to be tho
generation for victories. TIE last and the
present generation have been psrfectinc the
c,rctr.c forces. To thess Will be aided trans
portlIjon. 1t will be your mission to use
all tuss forces. Evrrythin : is re1 iy Tor you
to march T.-Lt up AMI take this world for
God and heaven Get your heart right by
repentance and the pIrioniag grace OF the
Lord Jesus, and your mini right by elevate
ing books an pictures. AMI your boly right
by gymnasium and field exercise, and
plenty of ozone and by looking as often rs
yoI cln upon the face OF mountain and OF
sea. Then start In Gods name, start And
here IS the palm branch. From conquest to
move right on and right up. You
Will soon have the wnoIe neII Ior yOGi-
SELF. Before another twenty-five years have
gone, We will be out of the pu'pts. and the
ofnces, and the stores, and the factories, and
the benevolent institutions, and you will
be at the front. Forward into the battle! II
God be for you, who can be against you?
'He that spared not His own Son, but deliv-
cred Him up for Us all, how shall He not
with Him also freely give US all things?'
And, as for US who are now ut the front,
having put the garland on the grave OF the
last generation, and having put the palm
branch in the hand OF the coming genera
;ion, we will cheer each other in the remain
ing onsets and go into the shining gate
somewhere about the same time, and greeted
by the generation that has preceded US we
will have to wait only little while to greet
the generation that will come after US. And
will not that be glorious? Three generations
in heaven together-the grandfather, the
son and the grandson the granimother, the
laughter and the granddaughter. And so
With wider range anl keener facuty we
Ihall rea,iz5 the fail significance OF the text,
"Ons generation pass SIN away. and another
yeRgrst.Ol cOmeth."