The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-07

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hundred men OF the text we're veterans Let
! that man bare his arm and show how the
| muscles were torn. Let him pull aside the
turban and see the mark OF n battleax. Pull
aside the coat and see where the spear thrust
him. Would IL have been fair for those men,
crippled. weak and old by tho brook Besor.
20 have no share In the spols OF triumph
| i was in the Soldiers hospital in Paris and
/ saw there some Of the men OF tue first
Napoleon. and asked them where they had
fought under their great commander. One
man said. "I was nj AusterlitZ." Another
man said. az was at the Pyramids" Another
man said, "I was in the awful retreat from
J Moscow" Another man said al was at the
| bridge OF Lodi" Some OF them were lame.
they were all aved Did the French Gov.
ernment turn OF those old soldiers to die IN
| wantp No. Their last days were spent like
princes. Do you think my Lord Is going to
turn OFT His old soldiers because they are
| weak and worn aud because they tainted bv
the brook Besor? Are they going to get no
part OF the spoils otthe victory Just look
at them. Do YOU think those crevices In the
face are wrinklesp No. They are battle
scars. They fought against sickness. thew
fought against trouble. they fought
against sin. they fought for God.
they fought for the church. thev
fought for the truth. they fought fot
heaven. When they had plenty OF money
their names were always on the subscription
i
done for God they were ready 10 take tho
| heaviest part OF Il. When there came n
| great revival they were raady to pray all
night for the anxious and the sin struck.
| They were ready to do any work, endure any
/ sacrifice, do the most unpopular thing that
/ God demanded OF them. But now they can
not go further. Now they have pnvsical
infrmities. Now their head troubles thar.
They are weak aud faint by the brook
Besor. Are they TO have no share "a the
triumph? Are they to get none OF the treqs-
ures. none Of the spoils OF conuuest2 You
must think that Christ has a very short
memory II you think He has forgotten their
services.
Fret not. We aged ones Just tarry bv tn,
! stun aud wait for your share OF the spoils.
Yonder they are coming 7 hear the beat.
| ing Of the tat lambs. and I see the Jewel.
CLINT In the sun. II makes me laugh tothink
how you will be surprised when they throw
| n chain OF gold over vOur neck aud tell YOU
| TO go In and dine with the king I SEQ Won
| backing out because YOU feel unworthy The
shining ones comes up on the one side and
the shining ones come mp on the other side
You UP, aud they say. "Hera Is
an old soldier Of Jesus Christ" and
| the shining ones will rush out toward Won
and saw. eyes; that man saved my soul" ." or
they will rush out and saw. con. yea: she
was with me In the last sickness" Aud then
/ come in. come in. come un, We saw You
away down there. OLD and sick aud decrepit
and discouraged because yOu could not 20
| TO the front. but As his par, Il that goeth
down TO the battle. go shall his part bo that
tarrieth by the stu0.''
There IL high consolation also In this for
aged ministers. see some Of them here to-
day. They sit IN paws in our churches.
| They used to stand In pupits. Their hair
is white with the blossoms Of the tree OF
life. their names marked on the roll Of the
general assembly. or OF the consolation
emeritus. They sometimes hear n text an
| nounced which brings to mind asermon they
| preached fifty years ago on the same sub
iect. They preached more gospel on 800
wear than some Of their Successors preach on
$1,000. Some Sunday the old minister is in
church, and near by in another pew
there are n husband and u wife and
row OF children. And after the benedic-
tion The lady comes uu and says. Doctor,
you don't know mo. do you?" "Well," he
saws. 'your face is fgmiliar. but ! cannot
Lcall vou by pane" "Why." sha says, "you
baptized me and you married me. aud you
buried my. father and mother and sisters"
'oh. yes he says. ''Mv eyasight isn't "a
good ms 1t used to be-" They are in all our
churches-.he heroes Of 1920. the heroes OF
1882. the heroes Of 1857. Bv the long grave
trench that cut through half n century they
have stood sounding the resurrection. They
nave been in more Balaklavas and have taken
more Sevastopols than YOU ever heard Of
Sometimes they ge. u little iretful because
they cauuot be at the front. They hear tho
sound OF the battle AMI the old war horsn
cnamps his bit. But the $1,000 minister, OF
religion this day standing Ia the brunt OF the
FRAY shall have no moro reward than those
ratired vetcraus. "My father my father.
the chariots of Israel aud the horsemcn
thereof" "As his part Is thai goath down to
tne battle. 81 shall his part be that tarreth
by the stuff"
Cheer Jpn aud women OF unappre,ia
services. You viii get your reward. if not
here. hereafter When Charles Wesley comes
IN to judgment. and tho thousands OF souls
which were waited into glory through hi
songs snall ba enumer rlte1 he will take his
chrome. Tien John Wesley will coma up To
Judgment, aud after his name has been mon.
toned in connection with the salvation OF
the millions OF souls brou ght God through
the Methoiism which he founded he will
take his throne. But between the two
thrones OF Charles Wesley and John Wesley
there will baa throne higher than either on
which shall sit Susauuah Wesley, who.
with maternal conservation in Epworth rec
tory, Lincolnshire. started those two souls
on their triumphant mission OF sermon and
song through all the following ages. Oh
what day that will be for many who
rocked Christian cradles with weary foot /
and who patched worn ont garments and
darned socks, and out OF small income |
made the children comfortable for the win
ter. What day that will he for those 10
whom the world gave the cold shoulder and
called them nobodies and begrudged them |
the least recognition. and who, weary aud |
worn and sick. tainted by the brook Besor. |
Oh, that will be a mighty day when the |
Son of David shall distribute among |
them the garlands, the crowns. the scepters,
the chariots, the thrones And then It shall |
be found that all who on earth served God |
In inconspicuous sphepes receive Just as
much reward as those who filled the earth
with uproar OF achievement. Thea they
shall understand the height. the depth, tho
length. the breadth, the pilared aud domei
masnihcence OF my text, "As his purt is that
goeth down to the battle. so shall his par. be
that tarrieth by the stuff"
DEATH IN GOLDEN ROD.