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

psalms 10 all eternity. No. no, "I saw n
great multitude that no man could number
standing before the throne. He that talked
with me had golden reed 20 measure tho
c,ty, ana II was $4,000 furiongs"--that is.
| lDVv miles-in circumference. All heaven
Is not q little colony at one corner of Gods
! dominion. whore mans entrance depends
/ upon what kind Of clothes he has on HIS back
nnu now much money he has in his purse
but vast empire. God grant that the light
OF tnat blessed world may shine upon US in
| our last moment.
The first time / crossed the Atlantic tho
rouRhest time we had was nj the mouth of
| Liverpool hnrbor. We arrived nj uightfall
and were obliged 20 lie there till the morn
ing. waiting for the rising Of tho tide. before
we could go up 10 the city. How the vessel
pitched and wrthed in the water, So some
times the last illness Of the Christian is n
struggle. He is almost through the voyage.
Ihe waves ot temptation toss his soul. but
ne waits Tor the morning. At last the light
dawns, and the tides OF Joy rise in his soul.
and he sails up and casts anchor within the
vale.
Is thy heart right? What question cop
compare with this in Importance? 1t is Il
business question. DO YOU not realize that
YOU viii soon have to 90 out Of that store.
that You will soon have to resign that
partnership. that soon among ALI the
millions OF dollars worth Of goods thut arc
sold you will not have tho handling OF n
yard OF cloth. or n pound of sugar or n
penny worth OF anything. that soon. II n
conflagration should start at Central Park
ard sweep everything TO the Battery. 1t
would not disturb you: that soon, IL every
cashier should abscond and every insurance
company should fail Il would not affect
you? What are the questions that -top this
side the grave, compared with the questions
that reach beyond IL? Are YOU making
lossns that are to he everlasting? Are Won
making purchases for eternity Arr YOU
jobbing for time when YOU might lo whole.
sailing Tor etcrnily2 What question of the
store Is so broad NJ the base and so ati-
tudinous. and so overwhelming a. the auee-
tion, sis thy heart right?"
Or Is It n domestic question: l. II some
thing about father o. mother or companion
or son or daughter. that YOU think T. COM
parable with this question in Importance? Do
you no. realize that by universal aud mex
ornble law all these relations will be- broken
uR Your father will ho gone. Your mother
will be gone. your companions will toe gone.
your child will be gone. vou will b. gone.
and then this supernal question will begin 20
harvest its chief gains. or deplorc iis worst
losses roll up into it, mighticst magnitude
or sweep its vast circles
What difference now docs it make to Na-
poleon III. whether hr triumphrd or sur.
rendered at Sedan. whether lie livcd at the
Tuilcric, or at Chiselhursi. whether hr was
Emueror or exile? They laid him out in his
coflin IN the dress of a field marshal Did
that give HIM any better chance for the ncX,
world than II he had been laid out in plain
shroud? And soon to ~ what will br the
difference whether in this world we rode or
walked. were bowed 10 or maltreatcl wcro
applauded or hissed at. were welcomed In or
kicked out. while laying hold OF every mo-
ment ol the great future and burning in all
the splendor or grief. aud oycrar'hiuc and
undergoing all tim" and all eternity. T. th'
plain. simple. practical. thrilling,
Rgonizing, overwhelming question. rs
thy heart richty' Have YOU within
YOU n ropenting heart. an cxpcctnnt heart
II NOT, / must write upon your soul what
GeOrse Whitehcld wrote upon the window
pane with his diamond ring. Ic tarriod in
au elegant house over night hut found
that there was no God recognized in that
house. Before he loft hi, room In the morn
ing, with his ring hc wrote upon the window
pane, "Onc thing thou larSest . After tho
GUEST was gone tn" housewife cam' and
looked at the window. and saw the in,criu-
ton, and called her husband and her emil
dren. and God. through that ministry OF tho
window glass. brought them all 90 Jesus.
Though you may to-day be surrounded by
comforts aud luxuries and feel that You
have need Of nothing. IL you are not tho
children OF God, with the. signet ring ot
t,hrist's love. z yinscribe upon your souls.
zone thing thou 1ackust''