The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-02-28

bolts OF colltdtng stOrmclouds. and with jaws
like the crush Of avalanches, and with re-
sounding voice that makes the Himalayas
tremble, and with pull and tear and clutch
and trample and shaking Of the head from
side to side until II is too much for human
endurance to witness, and, though one lion
| may be left dead. the one which has con-
quered crawls away lacerated and
gashed and lame and eyeless to bleed TO
death In an adjoining Jungle. But II you
and feel enough our weakness In this bat
tie OF temptation and ask for the divine help
against that old lion Of hell. described In SC.
Peter, will go TO the stronger lion described in
Revelation. and 1t will be no uncertain grnp-
| pie. but under ono omn!potcnt stroke the de-
vouring monster that would slay our soul
shall 90 reellng back into pit 900 times
deeper than that In which Denaiah slew the
lion on snowy day.
A word to all who arc in n snowy day. Oh,
fathers and mothers who have lost children
that Is tho weather that cuts through body
and soul. But drive back tho lion %
bereavement with tho thought which David
Rae, OF Edinburgh, got from the Scotch
gravedigger, who was always planting white
clover and tho sweetest flowers on tho
childrcn's graves in the cemetery, and when
asked why he did 10 replied; "Surely. sir,
| Gamma make over fine the bed coverin o
a little innocent sleeper that's wnitin
thore till it's Gods timc to wakcn 1t.
aud cover IL with the white robe. and watt IL
away TO glory. When sic grandeur is waitln
Il yonder, it's IL II should he deckcd oot
here. | think the Saviour that counts its
dust sae precious will like to sec the white
clover sheet spread over II. Do yc moo think
so, too, sir?' Cheer up all, disconsolates.
The best work for God and humanity has
been dono on the snowy day. At gloomy
Marine Terrace, island of Jersey, the exile,
Victor Hugo, wrought the mightic3t
achievements Of hts pen. Ezekiel banished
and bereft and an invalid at Corn
hill, on the banks OF Chebar had his
momentous vision OF the cherubim and
wheels within wheels. BY the dim light OF
dungeon window ut Bedford. John Bunyan
sketches the "Delectahlo Mountains" Mil
ton writes the greatest poem of all time
without eyes. Michael Angelo carved
statue out OF snow, and all Florence gazed In
raptures at Its eNquisiteness, and many Of
Gods servants have out Of the cold cut their
immortality. Prosecutions were tho dark
background that made more impressive the
courage and conservation Of Sayonarola,
who, when threatened with denial OF burial,
, said, "Throw mo into the Arno II you choose;
the resurrection day will find me, and that IL
enough. Benainh on q cold damp, cutting,
snowy day gained leonlne triumph. Hard
! ship and trouble have again and again ex-
allied and inspired and gloriAed their sub
jccts.
! The bush itself has mounted higher
And nourished uncOnsumed in IRE.
Well, we have hal many snowy days within
| "
weather was the chilling dlsmay at the
nonarrival OF the ocean steamer GascoGne
Overdue for eight days, many had given her
up cs lost, and the most hopeful were
very anxious. The cyclones, whose play
is shipwrecks. had been reported being in
widest romp all up and down the At
lantic. The ocean a few days before had
swallowed the Elbe and with unap-
! peased appetite seemed saying, "Give
! US more Of the best shipping" The Norman
die came in on the same track the Gascogne
was TO travel, and II had not seen her. The
: Teutonic. saved almost by the superhumun
;; efforts Of captain and crow, came in and had
heard no gun Of distress from that missing
steamer. There were pale faces and wiring
: ing hands on both continents, and t,ars
! rolled down cold cheeks on those snowy
days. We all feared that the worst had
i. happened and talked Of the City OF
! Boston as never heard Of after sailing and
the steamship President, on which the BRILL
liant Goodman sailed, never reported and
never 70 be heard OF again until the time
when tho sea gives up its dead. But at last,
; under most powerful glass at Fire Island, q
! ship ,vas seon limping this way over tho
! wate-s Then we all began 90 h0po that it
! might be the missing French liner. Three
hours oftedious and agoniZing waiting aud
two continents In suspense. When will the
I eyeglasses at Fire Island make revelation OF
: this awful mystery OF the sea? There 1t Isl
2 Ha, hal The Gascognel Quickl Wire the
u news to the ethyl Swing the flags out on tho
towersl Ring the bells! Sound the whistles
OF the shipping oil the way up from Sandy
: Hook to New York Battery! 'Shos safel
She's safcl' are the words caught up and
0 passed on from street 10 street. ''It Is
: the Gascogne!" is the cry sounding
y through all our delighted homes and thrill.
i ing all the telegraphic wires OF the continent
. and all the cables under the sea- and the
! huzza on the wharf rs the gangplanks were
: swung out for Decentralization was a small
part OF tho huz2n that lifted both hcmi.
> spheres into exuta,ion. Tho flakes of snow
I, fell on the "eXtrG" rs we opened II on the
street TO get tho latest particulars.
. Well. II will be better than that when some
u OF you arc seen entering tho harbor OF
a heaven. You have had II rough voyage. No
/ mistake about that. Snowy day after snowy
Il day. Again and ngain the machinery OF
y health and courage broke down, and the
> waves OF temptation have swept clear over the
n hurricane deck, so that you were often com
!. PEELED TO say, "All Thy waves and Thy billows
, have COVE over me, and you were down In
y the trough OF that sea ana down In the trough
!, Of the other sea. and many desDared Of your
u safe arrival. But tho great Pilot, not one
e who must come OF from some other craft
n but the one who walked storm swept Galilec
u and now walks the wlntry Atlantic, comes
on board and heals you for the haven
: when no sooner have you passed thl
y narrows OF death than you find all the banks
% lined with immOrtals celebrating your arrival
Z and while some break OF palm branch 9,
y from tho banks and wave them those stan l.
n ing on ono side will chant, "There shall be
n no more sea-" aud those standing on tho
= other side will chant, These are they which
l. came out OF great tribulation and had thei
!. robes washed and made white In tn,
e blood OF the Lamb" on Of the stormy
u sea into the smooth harbor Out of lconin,
, ! struggle in the pit 10 guidance by the Lamb
I ! who shall lead you 10 living fountens O
!; water. Out Of this snowy DAY Of earthly
q seventies into the gardens Of everlasting
n fora and into orchards of eternal fruitage
n the fall Of their whlto blossoms the only
: snow in heaven.
Insanity In Conrec:lcut.
: The report Of tho Connecticut Hospital fo>
!, the Insane Just issued contains memoranda