The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-09-19

BEAUTIFUL SCENES.
Pictures Drawn From the CrueI
Mobbins of s ephen.

4 and the people could not stand II.
resolved TO do as men sometimes would
| ,o DO In this day. II they dared. with
I plain preacher OF righteousness
The only way 10 silence this man was
Ir5,k the breath out Of him. So they
II stephen out Of the gates Of the CITY.
with curses and whoop and below.
| brought him TO the cliff. as was the Gus
when they wanted to take away life by
Irr. Having brought him to the edge
Eeclif. they pushed him of. After he
| ALLEN they came and looked down. and
In that he was not yet dead thev began
|hop stones upon him, stone after stone.
! this horrible rain OF missiles Stephen
Irhers upon his knees and folds his hands.
| the blood drips from his temples, and
looking up, he makes two prayers
| ior himself and one for his murderers.
| ri Jesus, receive my spirit" That was
Shnsell. Lord. lay not this sin to their
Ike That was for his murderers. Then.
Z pain aud loss OF blood, he swooned
h and fell asleep.
unt 10 show YOU to-day Eve pictures .
,hsn gazing into heaven, Stephen look
N Christ, stephen stoned, stephen
diving prayer. stephen asleep.
hi, look at stephen gazing into heaven.
n YOU take a lenp'you want 10 know
n you are going to land. Before YOU
q ladder you want 90 know TO what
the ladder reaches. And ii was right
stephen. within few moments of
h.. should be gazing into IL. We would
well 20 be found in the same posture.
is enough in heaven 20 keep us gaz-
Aman of large wealth may have statu-
h the hall, and paintings in the sitting
and works OF art in all parts
house. but he has the chiefpictures i'm
Al gallery. and there hour after hour
walk with catalogue and glass and ever
rasing admiration. Well. heaven Is the
g where God has gathered the chief
s1fes ot His realm. The whole universe
palace. In this lower room where we
there are many adornments, tessellated
% amethyst, and on the winding cloud
:. are stretched out canvases on which
-ingle azure and purple and saffron and
But heaven Is the gallery in which
,hiei glories are gathered. There are
n;hte-t robes. There are the richest
~. There are the highest exhilarations.
bin says Of 1t, The kings OF the earth
tdng their honor and glory into II ."
see the procession forming. and in the
0ne all empires. and the stars spring
BIZ 40 arch for the hosts to march under.
keep step to the sound OF earthquake,
he pitch Of avalanche from the noun
and the flag they bear is the flame of a
aning world. and all heaven turns out
harp- and trumpets and myriad voiced
ination OF angelic dominions 20 well
them in, and so the kings Of the earth
their honor and glory into 1t. Do you
ler that good people often stand, like
Ben, looking into hcaven2 We have
friends there.
er is not nan here so isolated I'm life
there T. some one in heaven with whom
1,e shook hands. As man gets older
lumber of his celestial acauaintnnces
npdly multiplies. We have not had
glimpse Of them since the night we kissed
cJoiby, and they went away, but still
Fani gazing at heaven. As when some
Iiuends 90 across the sea. we stand on
iek, or on the steam tug. and watch
and alter awhile the hulk Of the YES
happears, aud then there Is only "A patch
" on the sky, ald soon that Is gone, and
are all out OF sight, and yet we stand
|hg IN the same direction. SO when our
d 90 away from US into the future
We keep looking down through the
'Ws and gazing and gazing as though
peeted that they would come out and
on some cloud and give us one glimpse
ef blissiul and transhgured faces.
hlle YOU long to join their companion-
and the years and the days go with
ledlum that they break your heart, and
pers OF pain and sorrow and bereaye-
Keep gnawing at your vitals, you will
IKE stephen, gazing into heaven.
wonder II they have changed since Won
ihem last You wonder IL they would
snze YOUR face now, so changed has il
win trouble. You wander II, amid the
tai delights they have, they care as
Tor you as they used TO when they
you a helping hand and put their
ler' under your burdens. You won.
they look any older. AID sometime,
evening tide, when the house is all
you wonder II you should call them
lst ilrst name If they would not an
Al perhaps sometimes YOU do make
pertinent, and when no one but God
yur'elI are there you distinctly call
names aud listen and sit gazing into
on now and see Stephen looking
VhHst My text says he saw the Sou
~ al the right hand OF God. Just how
looked IN this world. Just how He
u heaven. we cannot say. The paint.
y tle different ages have tried tc
ae lle features OF Christ and put them
canvas, but we will have 10 wait until
Olt own eyes we see Him and with our
.an We can hear Him. And yet there
way OF seeing Him and hearing Him
luaVe 10 tel YOU that unless you see
n uhrlst on earth you will never see
le@r Him in heaven.
a lhere He is Behold the Lamb of
Vah You not see Him? Then pray TO
,aSe the scales of your eyes. Look
T-'ry TO look that way. His voice
l1Wh TO you this day-comes down 10
Huuest 10 the deafest soul-sayinp
un'o Me, all ye ends of the earth. and
~Ned' Tor | am God, ard there is none
reclamation of universal emanci-
10, all slaves. Tell me. We who know
W Ms worlds history, what other king
avl lle abandoned, and the forlorn,
'Ie'ched, and the outcast to come
voeslde himy Oh. wonderful invita-
"a 'pI can take 1t to-day and stand at
W, ~ the darkest alley in all this clty
~, N'me' Clothes for your rags, salye
SDt"s, throne for your eternal
E A Christ that talks like that and
~ ,Ilt tlM and pardons like that-do you
Ha1 stephen stood looking at HimY
slrhl eternity doing the same
mu'' see Him. | must look upon
Dn'' 'louded with my sin, but now
s,d %'tn my pardon. | want TO touch
II 'uat Knocked OF my shackles. |
ue" me voice that pronounced nv
yau, anos Behold Him. little children.
M I'VE 70 threescore wears and ten
,a ses none so fair. Behold Him. va
l's, Tor He only can shine through the
earb '4nut failing eyesight. Behold
i, nh W. Behold Him. heaven. What n
palbe, lbn a a.l the Nations OF the saved
AM tboaitaouhi Christ! All faces that