The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-01-24

how 10 sing Dundee, so that they will no,
have often to be invited 70 ac,ept the God OF
John Knox and Boutwell, Bridge.
Tnen there ara among these foreigners 90
many OF the English. They inherited the
same language as we inherted-the English
In which Shakespeare dramatized. and Nil.
ton chimed his crntos, and Henry MelviIle
gospelizsd. and Oliver Cromwell prorosued
parliament, ani Wellington commandad his
eager hosts. Among these foreigners are
the Swiss. aud they were rocked In n cradle
under tho shadow OF the Alps, that cathedral
ofthe Almighty In which all tho elements.
snow and hail and tempest and hurricane,
worship. Among these foreigners are n vast
most OF Germans. and thev feel centuries
afterward the power OF that unparalleled
spirit who shook the earth when he irol a..
and the heavens when he prayci-Mnrtin
Luther From all Nations our foreign pop
ulations have come. and they are homosick,
far away from the p,acs OF their childhood
and the graves OF their ancestors, aui oar
glorious religion presented 10 them Alright
will meet their nee1s and nll their souls md
kindle their enthusiasm. They shall coma
from amid the wheat sheaves OF Dakota. AMI
from the ore beds OF Wyoming and IRON
the silver mines Of Nevada, ami from the
golden gulchPs OF Colorado. AMI froi, tho
banks of the Platte, and the oregon, ant tho
Sacramento. and tho Columbia. "TAay
shall come from the West"
But what will they do after they comes
Here Is something cloriously consolatory
that you have never no;icsl. "raey shall
come from tho East. and the wesf. ani thu
North, and the Sodth. and shall sit down"
Oh, tnis is tIrai world Tho mos. a. pao.
ple aro kept on tho run all their lifetime.
business Keeps them on tho run. Trouble
Keeps them on the run. Eivilries ol life
keep them on the run. They aro running
from disaster They ara running for rc.
ward. Aud those who run tho fastest aud
run the longest seem best TO succeed. But
my text suggests rostful posture Tor NIL
Gods children. for Nil those who 'or "a life.
time have heen on the run. "rhey SHALL sit
down :" Why run anv longer! Whom n man
gets heaven, what moro can he cet? "rhey
shall sit down" Not alone. but plcicl com.
panionship of the universe: not eirhar.
rasscd though n seraph should sit down on
one side OF you and an arcnangel on the
other.
There is TINT mother who. through all tho
years OF infancy and childhood, was Kept
running amid sick trunilc hels. now io
shake up tho pillow for thlt nqxen head,
and now TO give drink to those parchcl
lps, and now 20 hush tho frightened dream
OF a little ore. and when there was ono less
OF the children, hccausl the great lover OF
children had litei one on, o, thu croup into
the easy breathing OF celestial atmo.phorr.
care on those who were left. so weary OF
arm and foot and back nni head. SO often
crying out 81 am so tired | am so tlrrd -
Her work donc. she shall sit GowI, AMI That
business man for thirty, forty. atty v"ars
has eept on tho run, not urged hv self sh.
ness, but Tor tho purpose ot achieving
livelihood for tho household. On tap run
from store TO store. or from factory 10 tao.
tory, meeting this loss aud discovering ;hat
inacruracy and suffering betrayal or dislp.
pointmcnt, n"vermorr to be cheated or per.
pleSed or eXlsperltc1. he shall sit down,
not IN great armchair OF helvan. for ths
rockers OF such chair would imply ones
need OF soothing, OF changing TO easy pos.
ture or semt-invaliiisn, but atnroar, solid
as eternity and radiant "a tho mornin: after
night OF storm. "rhcy shal sit down "
L notice that the most OF the STYLES of toll
require an erect attitlic. Their, are the
thousands OF girls beniui counters, many
such persons through ,he inhlmanity OF
employers compelled 10 stand, cvrn when
because "A lack OF customers there is no nc-i
that they stand. Then there are aii the eur.
peniers, aud the stonemasons. AMI the
b,acssmiths, AMI the farmers, and tho ensl-
neers, and the ticket agents. anl the con-
ductors. In most trades, In most ocrupa-
tions, they must stanl. But aheal OF all
those who love and servo tho Lord is rest
Ing place, complete relaxation of fatlIusd
tuuStit, cubulOutl nnl uluOlAs
tered aud embroidered, with the worry ease
OF heaven. "Thgy shall sit down" Rasi
from toll. rest from pain. rest from psrsrcu-
tion, rest from uncertainty. Beautiful, 10y
ouS, Transporting. everlasting rest
On, men AMI women OF tae froz n North
ami the blooming South. an! from tho
realms OF ths rising or setting sun, through
Christ got yonr sins forgiven gui start tor
ths place where you may NJ las, st down In
blissiul recovery from tue fatlgu.s OF elrth
while there roll over you the rlpiares OF
heaven. Many Of you have Sal such rough
tussle in this world that Il your faculties
were not perfect IN heaven you would soma
timo to-get yourself AM say, 1T Is time for
mo 10 start ON that Journey" or at must ba
tlme for me 10 count out the drops ot that
medicine" or IL wonder what new attack
there is on m9 through the newsplpers2' or
$40 you think | Will save auythin: Of those
crops from the crasshop ppnrs. or the lo.Gsts
or the droughts?" or II wonder row much
have lost In that lust barsainY or II must
hurry lest | miss the train No. no! Tao
last volume OF dreiul, earthly experience,
will be finished. Yea, tho last chapter the
last paragraph, tho last sentence, tho last
wori. Finis!
Ere lerick the Gr1at. not vths,ln ling tho
mighty dOmlniou over which he reignci,
WAS so depressed at times he could not speal
without crying, ani carried n small bottle OF
quick poison with which 70 eni his misery
waen no could stnni il no longer. But /
give you ;his small vial OF cospsl aroIyno.
one drop Of which, not hurting either body
or soul, ought To soothe all unrest and put
your pulses into an eternal calm. "rhey
shall come from the Eas. An from .he West,
AMI from the North, and the South, and shall
sit down"
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