The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-05-23

There IL also in my subject the susres,,.
OF rewardes work for God and righteouspss'a
When the wing went the hand went. WI
the wing assembled the hand ascended, 49,
for every useful and Christian hand ,hsu
will be elevation celestial and eternal. ri
pect no human gratitude. for II will
come. That was a wise thing Fenelon vrs.
TO his friend; ~ am very glad, my De-,
good fellow. that you are pleased with =, /
of my letters which has been shown 10 ~
You are right In saying and believing ~.
ask little OF men in general. I trybn
much for them and TO expect nothing n =
turn. find decided advantage In ~.
terms. On these terms l defy them 10 n
appoint me-" But, my hearers, the 4
cometh when your work, which perhars,'
one has noticed or rewarded or hono.5
will rise TO heavenly recognition. Will
have been telling you that the hand was !,
der the wing Of the cherubim I want y5ss
realize that the wing was over theh
Perhaps reward may not come to you y.
away. Washington lost more battles thms
won, but he triumpned at the last. Va.
Scott. in boyhood. was called "the G,,
blockhead." but what height OF renoSs
he not afterward tread2
And promise you victory farther We =
| higher up, II not in this world then II
next. Oh, the heavenly rest when
lifted hand shall be gloved with what ht,
its finger onringed with what jewe
wrists clasped with what splendors
up and take IL you Christian womp
served Mt the washtub! Come up and
| it, you Christian shoemaker. who pol
the shoe lastl Come up and take L
| professional nurse whose compg.
never fully paid for broken nights
| whims aud struggles OF dclrious sich
Come up and take IL, you flremcn, besv
far down amid the greasy machinery /,
steamers, and ye conductors and ens
on railroads, that knew no Sundr.
whose ringing bells and loud whistle
warned of your own anxieties!
Come up and take t.. you mo,hes.
rocked and lullabied the family br,Y
they took wing for other nests and ueg,
prociated what you had done and a,
FOR them. Your hand was well n,
when YOU were'young. and IL was ah
ful hand, 80 well rounded, so graoch
many admired and eulogized 1t. lg
work callouscd II and twisted II. al
sacrificing toll for others paled II. a1is
household griefs thinned il. and u.
which went on only with push at u.
riage altar now is too large and falls d.
again and again you have lost It. p1rh
Weary hand! Wornout hand! But Gtt
reconstruct II, reanimate II, rcalomt
| dAi l'dN'h wiz hllbN Nll' SUI
that hand. What fallen ones IL liht
What tears il wiped away! What vlu
handGged! What lighthouses Il h,
, What storm tossed ships II brought t
r pearl beached harDor! oh, lam So SO,
! In the vision of my text Ezekiel ~
: wing above the hand. Roll on that ey:
, ing rest for all the toiling and mi'uulss
! aud suffering and weary children OF cd
: know right well that TO join your Li
last emancipated from the struggle z
| the soft hand. the gentle hand. The d
I phant hand. of Him who wipcth ava
). tears from all faces. That will Boz th'u
q OF the King Of which the poet sang ID
: what Scotch dialect;
y It's "a bonnie, bonnie warl that ver
i in the moo,
An sunny IL the Ian we aftcn traiy'l 1
o But in vain we look ior something o.
5 oor hearts can cling.
b For its beauty is as naething TO the pas
IS the King.
n We see oor friens await us over You'd
k His gate.
$ Then let us a be ready, for, ye ken, ti
10 tin late.
IS Let oor lamps be brichily burnin lai
n oor voice and sing.
Il Soon We'll meet, to part nae mair, d
II ace OF the King.