The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-16


swered TO the print in the soil, sme false
keys found in their possession, som bloody
knife that whispered OF the deathand the
public indignation and the anrnemn OF
outraged law hurled them into th, dungeon
or hoisted them on the gallows
Francis j., king of France. stt 4 counsel
ing with his officers how he COIL take his
army into Italy. when Ameri-he fool OF
the court. leaped out from n )rner Of the
room and said: "You bad bet be consult
ing how You will get your al back" And
II was found that Francis l.. "a not Ameril,
was the fool. Instead Of insulting as TO
the best way of getting " sin, you had
better consult rs to whetht bu will be able
to get out of it. II tho vt1d does not eX-
pose you, you will tell II yhrself. There Is
an awful power in an afllsed conscience.
highwayman plungeIout upon White
field as he rode along n horseback. sack
OF money on the horse- money that no had
raised for orphan asylfns and the high
wayman put his hanton the gold, and
Whiteheld turned TO lbn and said: "Touch
that IL you dare; that belongs 10 the Lord
Jesus Christ" And ytc ru!llan skunk into
the forest. ConsriFce, Conscience, The
ruiilan had pistol ,but WhiteGeld shook at
him the finger of ,fom. Do not think you
can hide any great tnd protracted sin In your
heart, my brOthcg In an unguarded mo-
ment it will slip 81 the lip or some slight
action may for the moment set ajar this door
that you wantedfto keep closed. But sup
pose that in thislife YOU hide IL, and you got
along with this transgression burning in
your heart, a. ship on fire within for days
hindels the flames from bursting out by
keeping down the matches, yet nj last in the
Judgment that iniquity will blaze out before
God and tho univere
Learn also from this subject that there Is
an inseparable connection between all
hAn NaNn HIaA NIL l.
only one thought of God. Those things
which seemed fragmentary and isolated are
only different parts of that great thought.
How far apart seemed these two events-Jo-
seph sold to the Arabian merchants and his
ruership Of Egypt-yet you see in what a
mysterious way God connected the two into
one plan. SO the events are linked together.
You who are aged men look back and group
together Il thousand things In your life that
occe seemed isolated. One undivided chain
of events reaches from the garden OF Eden
TO the cross of Calvary, and thus up TO the
kingdom of heaven. There Is a relation be-
tween the smallest insect that huns In the
summer air and the archangel on his throne.
God can trace a direct ancestral line
from the blue jay that this spring will
build its nest in the tree behind the
house TO some one Of the flock OF birds
which, when Noah hoisted the arks window,
with "a whir and a dash OF bright wings,
went out TO sing over Mount Ararat. The
tulips that bloom In the garden this spring
were nursed by the snowilakes. The fartnest
star on one side OF the universe could not
look toward the farthest star on the other
side Of the universe and say, "You are no
relation to me" for from that bright orb u
voice Of light would ring across the heavens
responding, Eyes, yes, we are sisters" Moth
ing in Gods universe swings ut loose ends.
Accidents are only Gods way Of turning "A
leaf in the book OF His eternal DEGREES. From
our cradle to our grave thcre is path all
marked out. Each event in our life is con-
nected with every other event in our life.
Our losses may bs the most direct road 10
our gain. Our defeat and our victory are
twin brothers.
The whole direction OF your life was
changed by something which at the time
seemed TO you trihing. while some occur
renee which seemed tremendous affected you
but little. Gods plans are magnificent be-
yond all comprehension. He molds us and
turns and directs US, and we know II not.
Thousands OF years are TO Him as the flight
OF a shuttle. The most terrific occurrence
does not make God tremble. The most trum
phant achievement does not lift Him into
rapture. That one great thought OF God goel
out through the centuries and Nations rls'
and fall, and eras pass, and the worlc
changes, but God still keeps the undiyides
mastery. linking event to event and eentur,
10 century. To God they are all one event
one history. one plan. one development, on