The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-08


names OF 1000 baftleneIds He won Tor you
and for me. He rides past all our homes OF
bereavement-by the door bell swathsd in
sorrow. by the wardrobe black with woe. by
the dismantled fortress OF our strength.
Come out and greet Him to-day. o ye peo-
pie See the names OF all the battle passes
| on His flag. Ye who are poor. read on this
ensign the story OF Christ's hard crusts and
pillowiess head. Ye who nrc prosecuted.
read here OF the ruflans who chased Him
from His first breath 20 His last. Mighty to
soothe your troubles. mighty 90 balk your
calamities, mighty to tread down your foes.
travelling in the greatness OF His strength. v
Though His horse be brown with the dust OF
the march. and the fetocks bs wet with the
carnage. and the bit he red with the blood OF
your spiritual foes. He comes up now, not
exhausted from the battle. but fresh as when
He went into it--coming up from Bozrab.
travelling in the greatness OF His strength.
You know that when Augustus and Con-
stantine and Ira jan and Titus came back
from the wars what u time there was, You
know they came on horseback or I'm cha.'iots.
and there were trophies before. and there
were captiyes behind. and there were people
shouting on all sides. and there were gar
lands flung from the window. aud over the
highway triumphal arch was sprung. The
solid masonry TO-DAY at Bsnevento. Rimini
and Rome still tell their admiration for those
heroes. And shall we let our conqueror go
without lifting any acclaim Have we not
flowers red enough to depict the caanage.
white enough TO celebrate tho victory. fra
grant enough TO breathe the ioy2
Those men OF whom ! Just spoke dragged
their victims nj the chariot wheels but
Christ. our Lord. taxes those who once were
captives and invites them into His chariot 10
ride. while He puts around them the arm of
strength, saying, II have loved thee with an
everlasting love. and the waters shalt not
drown II. and the fires shall not burn It, and
eterDiiy shall not exhaust IL.
IL this be true. | cannot see how any man
can carry his sorrows n great while. II this
conqueror from Bozrah IL going 10 beat back
all your grleis. why not trust Him2 Oh do
you not feel under this gospel your griefs
falling back and your tears drying up rs you
hear the tramp OF "A thousand illustrious
promises led on by the conquerer from
Bozrah. "traveling. travelling in the great
ness OF His strength
On that Friday which the Episcopal
church rightly celebrates. calling it Good
Friday" your soul and mine were contended
for. On that day Jesus proved Himself
mightier than earth and hell. aud when the
lsnces struck Him He gathered them up into
sneaf as reaper gathers the grain. and He
stacked them. Mounting the horse OF the
Apocalypse. He rode down through the ages
travelling In the greatness Of His strength. q"
On that day your sin and mine perished. II
we will only believe IL.
There may be some one here who may say
al don't like the color OF this conqueror' :
garments. You tell me that His garments
were not only spattered with the blood OF
conflict. but also they were soaked that
they were saturated tnat they were dyed in
/ it, admit IL. You say you do not like
that. Then | quote you two passages OF
Scripture; without the shedding of blood
there is no remission" ''In the blood IL the
,l. tenement But II was not your blood. II
! MI is 70 a ap
| HH garments and to redden His horse. but
enough TO wash away the sins of the world.
| OH, the blood on His brow, the bio ID on His
hands, the blooi on His feet. tho blood ON
II side! IL seems as il AN artery must have
bekn cut.
| There is a fountain flled with blood
Drawn from lmmanucIs vel ~,
| Aud sinners PLUNGED beneath that hOOi
| Lose All their guiity stains.
At o'clock tomorrow aftern oou GO among
the places OF business or toll. IL will be no
dihcult thing for you TO find men who by
their looks show you that they are over
worked. They are prematurely old. They
are fastening rapidly toward their decease.
They have gone through crises In business
that shattered their nervous system and
lied on the brain. Thoy have a shortness
-. 'th. and n pain in the back the head.
and at night an insoml lat ala ,in.
Why are they drudging at business early and
| iute TUT Iuns NO W WOulu Do dlfucut 10
extract any amusement out OF that exhaus-
tion. Because they are avaricious? In many
cases, no. Because their own personal OK
penses are lavishp No n few hundred dollars
would meet all their wants.
The simple fact is the man Is enduring all
thar fatigue and evaporation and wear and
tear TO keep his homs prosperous. There is
an invisible line reaching from that store
from that bank, from that SHOP. from that
scafolding, to quiet scene u few blocks. a
! lew miles away, ami there Is the secret OF
| that business eniurance. He is simply the
champion OF "A homestead, for which he wins
/ bread and war iroOe and education and pros
/ perty. and In such battle 1O,O00 men fall. Ot
ten business men whom | bury nine die OF
overworS for Others. Some sudden diseasa
| finds them with no power OF resistance, and
they are gone. Life for life. Blood for blood.
| Substitution
At o'clock tomorrow morning. tho hour
when sumber Is most uninterrupted and
! most profound, walk amid the dwelling
| houses OF the city. Here and there you will
| una q dim light because L. is the household
custom 10 Keep a subduel light burning but
most Of the houses from base 10 top are ~
dark as though uninhahitei. A merciiul
/ G od has sent forth the archangel of sleep,
! and he puts his wings over the city. Bur
youder IL a clear lignt burning aud outside
on the window easement II glass or pitcher
| containing food for u sick chlld-the food set
| in the fresh air.
This is the sixth night that mother hRs sat
| up with that sufferer. She has 10 the last
point obeyed the physicians prescription.
not giving a drop too much or too little. or
"A moment too soon or too late. She is very
anxious, for she has buried three children
with the same disease, and she prays aud
weeps, each prayer aud SOB ending with a
kiss on the pale cheek. By dint OF kindness
she gets the little one through the ordeal
After IL is all over the mother Is taken
down. Brain or nervous fever sets in, and
one day she leaves the conyalescent child
with Il mothers blessing and goes up 10 join
the three in the kingdom oil heaven. Life
/ for life. Substitution The fact is that
there are an uncounted number Of mothers
who, after they have nuyigatei a large
| family OF children through all the diseases
OF infancy and got them fairly started up the
nowering slope OF boyhooi and girlhoo 4,
have only strength enough lett to die. They
fadeaway. Some call It consumption some
call II nervous prostration some call II inter
mittent or malaral disposition, but call II
mar,yrdom OF the domestic circle. Life for
life, Blood for blood. Substitution
Or perhaps the mother fingers long
u. go Al.