The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-12

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then closes upon them with many tortures,
and then lets them drop forever down. The
highest honor the world could confer was To-
make man Roman emperor, but out of
sNty-three emperors il allowed only six TO
die peacefully in their beds.
The dominion oi this world over multi
tudes is illustrated by the nnmps of coins of
many countries. They have their pieces OF
money which they call sovereigns, crowns
and half crowns. Napoleons and half Ma
poleons. Frederlcks and double Fredericks
and ducats and lsnbellnos, all of which
names mean not so much usefulness rs
dominion. The most of our windows omen
toward the exchange, toward the salon of
ilshion. toward the god OF this world In
olden times the length Of the English ward
was hxed by the length of the arm of king
Henry l.. and we are apt to measure things
Dy variable standard and by tue human
arm that in the great crises of life can give
us no help. We need. like Daniel, to open
our windows toward God and religion.
But. mark you, that good lion tanner l. not
standing at the window, hut knecling while
he looks out. Most photographs are taken
OF those In standing or sitting posture.
now remember but one picture of n man
kneeling, and that was David Livingstone.
who in the cause of God and civilization
sacrificed himself. and in the heart of Africa
his servant, Majwara, found him in the tent
q box. his head in his hands upon the pil-
low and dead on his knees. But here Is a
great ilion tamcr living under the
dash OF the light and his hair
dishevelcd by the breeze, praying. The fact
Is that man can see farther on his knees
than standing tiptoe. Jerusalem was about
$50 statute miles from Babylon. and the vast
Arabian desert shifted its sands between
them. Yet through that open window Dan
lel saw Jerusalem, saw all between IL, saw
beyond, saw time, saw eternity, saw earth
and saw heaven.
Would you like 20 see the way through
your sins to pardon. through your troubles
TO comfort, through temptation TO rescue.
through dire sickness 20 immortal health
through night to day, through things terres.
trial to things celestial-yOu will not sec
them till YOU take Daniels posture. No cap
OF bone to the joints of the fingers no cap OF
bone to the joints OF the elbow. but cap Of
bone TO the knees. made so because the God
Of the body was the God Of the soul, and
especial provision for those who want 10
pray and physiological structure Joins with
spiritual necessity in bidding US pray and
prny and pray.
In olden timc the Earl Of wcstmorelnnd
said he had no need To pray because he had
enough pious tenants on his estate TO pray
for him, but all the prayers Of the church
universal amount 10 nothing unless, like
i'tthl'is W. pray lpI DuTNflNfS. " men anu
women, bounded on one side by Shadrach's
redhot furnace and the other side by de
vouring lions, learn the secret Of courage
ana dcliYerancc by looking at that Baby
lonish window open toward the southwest
"Oh, you say, THAT is the direction Of the
Arabian desert Yes, but ON the other side
of the desert is God, is Christ is Jerusalem,
Is heaven.
Homcr's heaven was an clysium which he
.laass tla.aa .1a.V q 4
or beneath, with no snow nor rainfall, and
the sun never goes down. and Rhadofnan-
thus. the justest Of men. rules. Hesiod's
heaven Is what he calls the islands of the
blessed. In the midst of the ocean, thrce
times u year blooming with most exquisite
flowers, and the air is tinted with purple,
while games and music and horse races oc-
cupy the time The Scandinavian's heaven
was the hall Of Walhalla, where the god
Odin gave unending wine suppers to earthly
heros and heroines. The Mohammedan's
heaven passes its disciples in over the bridge
Al-Sirat, which Is finer than II hair and
sharper than sword, and then they are let
loose into riot of everlasting sensuality.
The American aborigines look forward to
n heaven OF illimitable hunting ground,
partridge and deer and wild duck more than
plentiful. and the hounds never of the scent
aid the guns never missing fire. But the
has followed the earth round
and found no HOmer's elysum. VOya-
gers have traversed the deep ia all direc-
tions and found no Hesiod's islands of
the blessed. The Mohammedan's celes-
tial debauchery and the Indians eternal
hunting ground for vast multitudes
have no charm. But here rolls in the Bible
heaven. No more sea-that Is. no wide sep-
aration. No more night-that IL, no insom-
MIA. No more tears-that Is, no more heart
break. No more pain-that is, dismissal of
lancet and bitter draft and miasma and ban
ishment OF neuralgias and ca,alepsies and
All colors in the wall except
gloomy black. All the music in the major
key because ceebrative and jubilant.
River. crystalline, gate' crystalline and
skies crystalline because everything Is clear
and without doubt White robes, and that
means sinlssness. yials full of odors, and
that means pure requirement OF the senses.
Rainbow, and that means the storm Is over.
supper, and that means gladdest
festiyity. Twelve manner OF fruits, and that
means luscious and unending variety
Harp, Trumpet, grand march, anthem,
amen and halleluiah in the same orches-
ira. Choral meeting solo, and overture
meeting antiphon. and strophe joining dithv-
rarnb, as they roll into the ocean OF doxolo-
gies. And you and have all that, and have
II forever through Christ ifw will let Him
with the blood OF one wounded hand rub
out our sin, and with the other wounded
hand swing open the shining portals.
Day and night keep your window open to-
ward that Jerusalem. Sing about 1t. Pray
about 1t. Think about II. Talk about 1t.
Dream about it. Do not be inconsolable
about your friends who have gone into 1t.
Do not worry ii something in your heart in
dicates that you are not far off from its
ecstasies. Do not think that when a Chris
tian dies he stops, for he goes on.
An ingenious man has taken the heavenly
furlongs as mentioned in Revelation and has
calculated that there will be in heaven 100
rooms sixteen feet square for each ascending
soul, though this world should lose 100 ,000,-
900 yearly. But all the rooms of heaven will
be ours, for they are family rooms. and as
no room in your house Is too good for your
so all the rooms Of all the palaces
OF the heavenly Jerusalem will be free TO
Gods children, and even the throneroom
will not be denied, and you may run up the
steps OF the throne, and put your hand on
the side of the throne, and sit down beside
the King according TO the promise. "To him
that overcometh will grant to sit with Ne
in My throne"
But you cannot go in except as conquerors.
Many years ago the Turks and Christians
We're In battle. and the Christians were de-
fpntal. and with thnir comnnudar Stauhpn