Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-07-31

Oats ripens unevenly this year.
A number Of farmers in this county
have their oats in their barns. 9th
srs are not through with the cutting.
Mrs. Capt Irwin. of the Soldiers'
Home in Washington, d. c., and
Miss. Eta Kelton. daughter of Gen-
eral Kelton, are guests Of the Misses
Irwin.
The dsfunct Newport Deposit
bank will soon pay . portion of mon.
ey to depositors, say ten per cent.
from money now in the hands Of As
signees.
A water melon, weighing 81 pounds
was sent from Georgia to Governor
Mckinley last week. The melon was
three feet long. The freight on it
was $3.50.
Victor Auman Of Harrisburg visit.
ed his parents Mr. and Mrs. w. E.
Auman on 9Th street last week. He
has since returned to his home in
Harrisburg.
Nellie Crawford, aged three years,
daughter of VIM. Crawford, in Pat
terson, died Inst Friday, of lockjaw,
caused by running q hemlock splin-
ter in her foot.
Quay is like Lincoln in this. He
trusts the mate honesty of the people
to do what is right, and like the
great martyr to human liberty, ia
vors submitting great questions of
public interest to q vote of the poo.
pie.
An open air vesper praise service
on the Court House lawn, next Sun
day evening at 6.3O, under the aus
pices of the United Young Peoples
Socities of the churches. Every body
in the community come. Bring your
camp chairs with you. The thrilling
songs will stir your soul 80"
DIR. B. F. Ackley has in his posses
sion, apparently one of the oldest
glass bottles in this place. It is
branded: e'On to Pixies Peak" and
has an eagle on one side and a man
walking on the other. Some people
are inclined to believe that it was
manufactured before railroad times.
Rev. Mr. Raven of Phillipsburg, N.
j., preached two acceptable sermons
for the Prssbyterians last Sunday.
The evening sermon was on the sub.
ject of ''the heart power, born of
Faith in Christ" Mr.. Raven OPEN
ed his sermon by stating the trouble
in one of the first Christian churches
in Asia over the question of circum-
cision. A number of the congrega.
ton were of the GENTLE population.
A number Of the congregation were
Of the Jew population, raised under
the Mosaic Law. believing in circum-
cision. The Jew Christians desired
to have everyone circumcised who
joined the new church and the Gen
tiles insisted that circumcision was
not necessary. When the factional
fight was at its heigth Paul, who
himself was Jew. having been cir
cumcised according to the Mosaic
dispensation, appeared among them
and interpreted the true meaning of
Christianity. That it was not cir
cumcision or uneircumcision, but
faith in Christ. It was a new doc
trine Of great power that was work
ing its way among men and infuenc
ing their every day life. From this
brief historical statement of the trou-
BILE that had sprung up in the early
Christian church over the admins.
tration of the Mosaic Law and the
true meaning and power of the new
church. MIR. Raven proceeded to
consider the powers that up to that
time influenced the minds of men.
A great power among men in the
early history of people was the phys
ical power. Classical story abounds
with narratives of the physical pow
er of individuals who became great
and powerful in influencing the
masses. A long line of ancestry was
a power in those days to influence
men, illustrious deeds or capability
for accomplishing distinguished
achievements, enobled men, and rails
ed their families to influential power
among men. Wealth was q great
power to influence men to almost un
limited degree. The power Of the
intellect Influenced men to a great
degree. The orator and the writer
or scribe had an influence among
men that was felt almost beyond
comprehension. Such were the
great powers that influenced men up
to the coming of the babe in the
manger, but with that child came q
new power. The heart power. faith
and love in Christ. It is greater
than physical power, greater than
tho power of a long line Of ancestry
Of noble deeds, greater than the pow
of wealth, greater than the power OF
intellect to influence and lift men ur
into the way of correct living, and
prepares them for the world beyond
the grave. Physical power, the pow
er Of ancestry, the power of wealth
tho power of intellect all end with q
man, but the new power that Christ
taught, the heart power, lifts to O
higher and better life when death
comes to claim us all.
TuscarOra Valley Railroad.
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