The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-01-31

around the Nore or of1lce and SAYS 10 the
clerks, "Gf cd evening"" and starts for
home. stopping on the way ut door to ask
how his old friend, n deacon In tho same
church, Is getting on since his last bal at
tack OF vertigo. He enters his own home,
and that Is his last evening on earth. lie
does not say much. No last words IRE
necessary HIS whole liio has beon
u testimony for God AMI righteous.
ness. More people would like to attend
his obseques than any house or church
would hold. The officiating clergyman be.
gins his romnrks byquoting from the psalm.
ist. "Hcp. Lord. for the goliy man ccaseth,
for the faithful fail from among the children
OF men," Every hour in heaven for all the
million years OF eternity that old merchant
will see the result OF his earthly bcnenccnce
and fidelity, while on the street whcr1 hc did
business, aud in tho orphan asylum In which
he was q director, and IN tho church Of
which he was an officer. whenever his geu.
illity and benciccncs and goodness ars rH.
fcrred TO. bank director will say to bank d..
rector. and merchant to merchant, api
ncighbor TO uuishbor. Hnl C1ristllu TO
Christian "rhat IS religion. Yes. that Is
religion
There is u man seated or standing very
near YOU. Do uOt look az him, Tor IL ui.nt
ba unnecessary embarrassment Oaly q
low minutes ago he came down or the steps
OF as happy homo as there Is In this OF any
other city. Fifteen years ago, ly reason 90
u sdissipltei habits. his homo wusa horr1rto
wife and cnilirrn. What that womyu went
throuZh with m orlcr 90 preserve ro-Y.r,t-
ii,y aud hide her husbluls djserlot sa
tragedy wli,h 10 would require % ~ll'. s-
pAorc or Victor Hugo 90 writ' cut iu Ny,
Tremendous acts Shalt it.i. Co. Hasfruss
her. Yes the one who 90 tho altar lo hli
taken with vows 80 solemn thoy made the
orange blossoms tr,mulDi H. struck hort
lIa made the Ic1u,i.ul holiday, cal rsi-u OF
terror" Instead of his supporting h,r. -Io
supported bin. IJu chttrpu bad often
heard him speak the nImoof God, but never
iH prayer only in profanity II WAS thu
slllest thing on cIrtl that can thin. Ut-
q destroyed homo, Walking along tho
street ono DAY an impnrsou,tiou of all
wre,cheiness, h' saw s.cn 40 the door ot
q Young Mems CHri.thn Association.
| "Maetng Fer Mon Onlv"
llr went Tn hardly knowing why IN dil
! so, and sat down by th' door. aud young
man was iE broken vo!'' AMI poor grammar
| telling how the Lord had saved him from "A
| dis3ipItei life, AMI thu man back hy tho
door said to hiMsHlt "Nhy cannot | have
| the Losl do the SlWr thing for wu.' ami hs
pat his han Is. all A;r'wblr. over his blJaiel
lace AMI said 60 God. want that must
have that go uud Got said. "loI shall have
| it, AMI you have it now '' Aal the ulan
came out aud went home "a changed man,
AMI though the children nt first shrauS back
aud lookot to the mother and begin to cry
with fright they soon saw that tho father
was q cGuu gel mai. That HON Inns turn fl
trou "parai.so Lost 20 "rarlli-o r..
gaucl. Tho wife sings all day lole no her
wOrN. Tor sAs IS 50 happy. aul the cui,lrrn
rush out into the uyll 90 On" Hrs, rN'ir0l the
I iIturr'S key "a the door latch 90 we'comt
him with cary>-'s ual questions of, "Whtt
have you brought meg" Iuoy have family
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