The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-05-30

suns rays or by the stopping ot tina
planetary system do not know ami sao''
care. / leave IL to the Christian ss...s
and the infldel scientists TO settle th,, 50
tion, while / tell you l have seen ths -
thing. "What." say You, mot the An, ~. ~
ing still2" Yes. The same miracle w
formed nowadays. The wicked do ~, ~
out half their day. and tho sun sets :, - y a''
But let man start out and battle n, NJ
and the truth, and against sin, aud n. ~
OF his usefulness is prolonged and pros,a
and prolonged.
But IL Is time for Joshua to 20 hon. :
Is ITO years old. Washington went do,. u u
Potomac. and at Mount Vernon clo'ols =
days. Wellington died peacefully a, - y
House. Now, where shall Joshn, -.
why. he is to have his greatest ba,,ls w w
After ITO years he has 20 meet kI,.sl
mas more subjects than all the presen, S...' =
lation Of the earth. his throne a pvra.ii : !.
skulls. his parterre the graveyards 80
cemeteries Of the world. his chat. Y.
worlds hearse--the king OF terror D..
this ts Joshua's greatest battle il Is p,iss, !,
be Joshua's greatest victory. He e,,1, 1
his friends around him and gives his r.'
dictory, and II is full OF reminls,...
Young men tell what they arc goine,, 4
Old men tell what they have done.
And as you have heard grandia,h,.
great-grandfather. seated by the ev,.t.
fire, tell OF Monmouth or YORKTOWN a,i.,
lit the crutch or stan ns though II -
musket to lght and show how the old 80
were won. 40 Joshua gathers his i,,s
around his dying couch. and he tell. -
the story of what he has been through -
as he lies there. his white locks 500.
down on his wrinkled forehead. wonls.
God has kept His promise all tbs y.
through--the promise ofthe text. A.6a ~
there he tells the story one. two orn,
times-you have heard old people tell a -
two or three times overland he answe,. I,
go the way ofall the earth. and not one Y n !
the promise has failed, not one word th',,
has failed. All has come TO pass: no, =,
word thereof has failed" And tbs, !.
turns TO his family, "a n dying parent m
and saws: Choose now whom ye will .s,,
the God Of Israel or the God Of tho Al !,
ties. Is for ma and my house, we will s-,
the Lord" A dying parent cannot be ~,
less or thoughtless In regard to his chill,-
Consent 10 part with them at the a.,
the tomb we cannot. by the cradle in !
their infancy was rocked, by tho bos,- !.
which they first lay, by the blood N !,
Covenant, by the God of Joshua, II shali =,
he. We will not part. We cannot ~.
Jehovah Jireh. we take Thee at Thy rr5-i. }.
Il will be a God to thee and thy seed IA.
thee"
Dead. the old chieftain must be laid q.
Handle him very gently. That sacred bSl
Is over 40 years OF age. Lay him out. S,,..- \
out those feet that walked dry shod ther,-1
Jordan. Close those lips which helpeiN \
the blast at which the walls OF Jerich, II
Fold the arm that lifted the spear towarlol
doomed city OF Al. Fold it right over
heart that exulted when the five kin., II
But whore shall we get the FURNISHED IN, !,
for the headstone and the footstoue, I i
think myself now. / imagine that 70, A
head 1t shall be tho sun that stood still d,
Gibeon, and for the foot the moon tha.
still in the valley OF AjaloD.