The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-10-03

victory as the lamp. pitcher and trumpetY
Gods way Is different from mans wav.
nut II ~ always best fake, FOR instance.
the composition Of the Bible. IL we mad had
the writing Of the Bible. we would hav, aid ,
Let one man write IL. II you have twenty
| or rthirty men TO write n poem, or mako "A
statute. or write n history. or make nm arsu-
ment. there will be flaws aud contraiic-
tions. But God says: Let nor one man do
| u but forty men shall do IT," And theN.
did. differing enough TO show there had been
| no collusion between them. but not coptrp-
| dieting each other on any important point.
| whtle they all wrote from their own stand
| point and temperament. 80 that the matter
OF Tact man has his Moses. the romantic me-
| ture his Ezekiel. the epigrammatic his Solo-
| mon. the warrior his Joshua. tue sailor his
Jonah, the loving his Johp. tine logician his
| Paul. instead OF this Bible, which now
' can lift in my hand --nstead o. tho
Bible the child can carry to Sunday-school.
instead OF the little Bible the sailor can put
IN his jacket when he goes to sea-if it had
| been left 70 men TO write IT would have been
thousand volumes. Judging from ths
amount OF ecclesiastical controversy which
has arisen. Gods way Is different from
mans but 1t Is best. infinitely best
So It is in regard t. tho Christians life.
If We had had the Planning oi Christians
life. we would have said; "Le, him have
eighty years Ot sunshine. q fine house e. live.
in let his surroundings all ba agreeable.
Lot him have sound health. Let no chilt
shiNer through his limbs no paiu achn his
brow or trouble shadow his soul"
enjoy the prosperity of Others so much
would let every man have as much
money as he wants and roses for his
childrcns cheeks and fountains of glalneSy
glancing in their large round eyes. Bus
that T. not Gods way. IL seems ~ if mnn
must be cut, hit and pounded Just IN propor-
tion as he Is useIul. His child falls from
| aarl 4 4. a..
out. His most confident investment
tumbles him into bankruptcy. His friends,
on whom he depended. aid the natural
force of gravitation i'm taking him down.
His life is a Bull Run defeat. Instead ot
81. 600 advantages he has only 10000. Ave.
only 800 aye. none at all. How many good
people there are at their wits end about
their livelihood. about their repu,ationy But
they will find out it is the best way after
awhile. God will show them that He de-
pletes their advantages lust for the samo
reason He depleted the army of Gideon
that they may los induced to throw thcm-
selves on His mercy.
grapevine says in the early spring
GLOW glad am 10 get through the winter!
' shall have no moro trouble now. Summer
weather will come. and the garden will be
very beautiful But the gardener comes
aud cuts the vine hcrc aud there with his
knife. The twigs begin To- fail and the
4
YOU cutting me for?" "Ah." ." says the gardcr-
| ar. ~ don't mean To- kill you. if ! did
not do this, you would b. the laughing
stock of all the other vines before the season
| T. over" Months 60 on. and one day the
gardener comes under the trcllis, whore great
| clusters Of grapes hang, and the grape vino
! says; THANK you, sir You could not havo
| done anything so kind a. To have cut mo
| with that knife" "Whom the Lord loveth
! He chasteneth.' No pruning. no grapes; no
| grinding mill. no -four: no battle. no VIC
| tory; no cross, no crown.
SO Gods way, in the redemption of tho
| world, Is different from ours. Ii we had our
way, we would have had Jesus stand in tho
door OF heaven and beckon the Nations up
| 10 light, or we would have had angels flying
| around the earth proclaiming the unsearch-
able riches of Christ. Why Is II that the cause
goes on so slowly? Why is II that the chains
| stay on when God could knock them
of? Why do thrones OF despotlsm stand
| when God could So easily demolish them
| II is His way In order that all generations
may cooperate aud that all men may know
they cannot do the WORK themselves. just
| in proportion n these pyramids ot sin 80
! up in height will they come down in ghast-
1 illness Of ruin.
learn from this'subject that the overthrow
| OF Gods enemies will be sudden and terrific.
| There is the army Of the Midianites down In
| the valley OF JeZreel. j suppose their
! mignty men are dreaming OF victory, Mount
| Gilboa never stood sentinel for 50 large n
/! host. The spears and the shields OF the
: Midianites CLEAN in the moonlight and
! glance on the eye OF the Israelites. who
| hover like a battle OF eagles, ready 10 swoop
| from the cliff. Sleep on, q army Uf the
/ Midianites! With the night 10 hide them
and the mountain 60 guard them aud strong
arms to defend them, let ~ slumbering foe
! man dream Of disaster Peace to the cap
| tains and the spearmen.
Crash go the pitchers, Up fare the lemu,,
TO the mountains! Fly, ny' Troop running
| against troop, thousands trampllng upon
| thousands. HOrk 10 the scream and grOan
of the routed foe, with the Lord God A.
mighty after them! How sudden the onset,
| How wild the conservation. How utter the
| defeat! do not care So much what Is
against me IL God Is not. You want better
sword or carbine than have ever seen to go
| ont and fight against the Lord Omnipotent.
| Give me God for my ally, aud you may have
all the battlements aud battalions.
saw the defrauder in his splendid house.
| II seemed as il he had conquered God as hs
stood amid the blaze OF chandeliers and pier
| mirrors. In the diamonds of the wardrobe
] saw the tears OF the widows whom he had
| robbed and in the snowy satns the pallOr OF
the white checked orphans whom he had
wronged. The blood Of the oppressed
glowed in tho deep crimson Of tho i'm
|
the sorrow oi nnrequitted toll. But the
wave Of mirth dashed higher on reefs ot
coral aud pearl. The days and the nights
went merriy. M sick child dared pull tina.
silver doorbell. No beggar dared sit ON tina,
marble step. No voice Of prayer hoate1
amid that tapestry. No shadow OF a judgment
day darkened that fresco. No tear o, human
sympathy dropped upon that upholstery
Pomp strutted the hall. and dissipation
filled her cup. aud all seemed safe as the
| Midianites in the valley Of Jezreel But God
came. Calamity smote the money market.
The partridge left its eggs unmatched. Crash
went all the porcelain pitchers! Ruin. rout,
dismaY and woe In the valley oi Jezreel
Alas for those who fight against Gof, Only
| two sides. Man immortal, which side are
| you on2 Woman immortal. which side are
you on? Do you belong to the 800 that are
| going to win the day or 10 the great host OF
Midianites asleep in the valley, only to be
| reused up in CONSERVATION and ruin? SUD
denly the golden bowl of life will be- broken
and the trumpet blown that will startle ou'
| Cnnl into ,ltarntty frha Of ha Lord