The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-02-21

limestone about "a high rs this house, about
seven minutes walk from the wall Of Jer,isa-
lem. where with an agony that with one
hand tore down the rocks. and with the other
drew midnight blackness over the heavens,
our Lord set US forever free. Making no
apology for any one OF the million sins OF our
life, but confessing all Of them, we can point
TO that cliff Of limestone and cay, There was
paid our indobtedness, and God never col
lects bill twice" Glad am that all the
Christian poets have exerted their pen In ex-
tolling the matchless one OF this gospel.
Isaac Watts, how do You feel concerning
Him2 And he writes. ~ an not
ashamed to own my Lord" Newton,
what do you think OF this gospel2
And he writes. Amazing grace, how
10 you think OF Iim2 And the answer comes,
There Is fountain filled with blood
Charles Wesley, what do you think OF Himf
And he answers, "Jesus. lover Of my soul"
Horatius Donar, what do you think OF Himf
Aud he responds, II lay my sins on Jesus"
Ray Palmer. what do you think Of Him? And
he writes, "My faith looks IN TO Thee"
Fannie Crosby, what do you think OF Him?
And she writes, "Blessed assurance. Jesus is
mine But take higher testimony; Solo
mon, what do you think OF Him? Aud the
answer IA, LILLY Of tho valley" Ezekiel.
whnt do you think Of iim2 And the answer
is. plant Of rcnown." David. what do you
think Of Him? And the answer "a, "AIy shop
herd" st. John. what do you think OF Him?
And the answer IL. bright and morning
star St. Paul, what do you think OF Hlmi
And the answer comes, Christ Is all in all"
30 you think as we'll Of Him, . man. o wo-
man Of the blood bought immortal spirit?
Yes. Paul was right when he styled II "the
glorious gospel
And then rs n druggist, whilc you nre
waiting FOR him to make up the doctors
prescription. puts into bottle so many
frro ~ thtg a,I 81 hof
and so many drops OF this, and 80 many
drops of that and the intermixturc taken,
though sour or bitter. restores 10 health.
So Christ. the Divine Physician. prepares
this trouble OF our lifetime. and that disap-
pointment, and this persecution, and that
har lship, and that tear. and we must take
the intermixturc, yet though 1t bo bitter
draft Under the divine prescription Il nd
ministers to our restoration and spiritual
health, ''all things working together for
God" Glorious gospel
And then the royal castle into which we
step out OF this life without so much as soil
ing our foot with the upturned earth OF the
grave. "Ihey shall reign forever" Does
not that mean that you are. IL saved, 10 be
kings and queens. and do not kings and
queens have castlcsl But the one that you
arc offered was for thlrty-three years IN
abandoned castle, though now gloriously in
nabited. There Is nm abandoned royal castle
at Amber, India. one hundred and seventy
years ago n king moved out Of II never 10
return. But the castle still stands in indc-
scribabc grandeur, and you 20 through
brazcn doorway after brazen doorway
and carved room after carved room.
and under embellishcl ceiling az
tor cmbclished ceiling, and through
halls precious stoned into wider halls prec-
lous stoned. and on that hill are pavillons
deeply dyed and tasscled and archcd, the fire
Of cclorei gardens cooled by the snow Of
white architecture; birds in the arabesque so
| natural TO life that while you cannot hear
their voices you imagine you see the iluttet
ol their wings white you are passing; walls
pictured with triumphal procession; rooms
THAI were called "Alcovc OF Light" and
! Hall OF Vctory;" marble white and black,
, Ike mixture Of morn and night; alnbaster,
and mother Of pearl. and lacquer work.
Standing before 1t the eye climbs from step
90 latticed balcony, and from latticed bal
cony to oriel, and from oriel TO arch. and
from arch to roof, and then desccnds on lad
der OF all colors, and by stairs OF perfect
lines to. tropical gardens Of pomegranate and
pineapple. Seven stories OF rcsplendent
| architecture But the royal castle provided
for YOU, II YOU will only take II on the pre-.
scribed terms. is grand9r than all that; and,
though an abandoned castle while Christ was
here, achieving your redemption. is again oc-
cupied by the "rhief among ten thousand ~
ana some OF your own kindred who have
goneup aud waiting for you are leaning
| from the balcony. Tho windows of that
castle look of on tha Kings gardens where
! immortals walk linked in eternal friend.
ship, and the banguer!ng hall OF that castle
mas princes and princcsscs AT the table, and
the wine Is ''the new wine Of the kingdom"
! and the supper is the marriage supper OF the
Lamb, and there arp fountains into which no
! tenr ever fell. and there Ia music that trcm.
| hos with no grici, and the light that falls
upon that scene Is never bnclJuded, and there
Is the kiss Of these reunited Uftcr long sepa.
ration. More nerve will we have there than
now, or ", would swoon away under the
raptures. Stronger vision will We have there
than now. or Cuy oycslght would be blinded
| by the trilliance. Stronger ear will we have
! there than now, or under the roll OF that
| minstrelsy, and tho claypinS Of that accla.
| nation, and the boom Of that Ealleluieh we
ouli b. defeated.
Glorious gospel You thought religion
was a strait esket that it put you on the
limits; that thereafter YOU must 60 cowel
down. No, No, no! IL IL 20 DO cas:ellated.
by the cleansing power Of tho shed blood Of
GolgOtha set your faces toward the shining
pinnacles. On, IL does not matter much
what becomes Of Us here--!Or nj the longest
our stay Is snUrt-!f we can only land there.
You see there are 50 many | do want to
meet there. Joshua, my fayorte prophet
and John among the cyancelists. and Paul
among the apostles, and Wyclif among the
martyrs, and Bourdaloue among the preach
ers, and Dante among tho poets, and
Havelock among the heroes, and
our loved ones whom we have SO much
missed since they left US so many darlings OF
the heart, their absence sometimes almost
unbearablc, and, mentioned Ia this sentence
last OF all because Iwant the thought cllmac-
teric, our blessed Lord. without whom we
could never reach tho old castle az all. lie
took our place. le purchased our ransom.
lie wept our woes. He suffered our stripes.
He died our death. lie assured our resurrec-
tion. Blessed be His glorious name foreyerl
Snrging T. His eGr be all the anthems! Facing
Him be all the thrones
oh, want % SEQ it, and will see 1.-THE
day OF His coronation. on q throne already.
Methinks the day will com" when IN some
great hell OF eternity all the Nations OF earth
whom He had conquered by His grace will
assemble again 10 crown Him. Wide aud
nigh and immense and upholstered rs with
the sunrise and sunsets Of 1909 years, great
audience room of heaven. Like tho leaves
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