The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-07-02

fnachinery. 80 90 into your life and see
strange things. Here Is one providence pull
ing you ono way aud another In another
way. But these are different parts OF one
machinery by which lie will advance your
everlasting and present we'll being.
Now you know that second mortgage,
ana third and fourth mortgage are often
worth nothing. II IL the first mortgage that
IS a good investment. / have TO tell you
that every Christian man has first mort
gage on every trial. and on every disaster.
and II must make payment OF eternal ad-
vantage TO his soul. How many worriments
1t would take out of your heart n you be-
lieved that fully. You buy goods and hope
the price will 90 up, but you ara in fre.
aud a frown for tear the price will go down.
You do not buy the goods using your best
discretion In the matter, and then say. "Oh,
Lord, have done the best / could. I COM
NIT this whole transaction into Thy hands,"
Ihnt is what religion is good tor or II Is
good for nothing.
There are two things, says an old proverb.
YOU ought not TO fret ahout--flrst. things
that you can help, and second. things which
You cannot help. II YOU can help them.
why do you not apply the remedy II you
cannot help them. you might rs well surren-
der first rs last. My dear brethren, do not
SIT any longer moping about your ledger.
DO not sit looking so despondingly upon
your stock OF unstable goods. Do you
think that God is going to allow YOU. 4
Christian mau, 60 do business alone2 God
Is the controlling partner In every firm. and
although your debtors may abscond. al
though your securities may fail. although
your store may burn, Goi will. out OF an
inhnity OF results, choose for you tho very
best results.
DO not have any idea that you can over
step the limit that God has laid down for
your prosperity You will never get one
inch beyond Il. God has decided how much
prosperity you can stand honorably and em-
ploy usefully and control righteouslv; aud
NJ the end OF the year you will have Just so
many dollars and cents. Just go much ward
robe. just so much furniture, Just so many
bonds and mortgages. aud nothing more. I
VIII give you 500 for every penny YOU get
beyond that. God has looked over your life.
He knows what Is best for you. and he is go-
lnE TO bless You in time, and bless YOU for
eternity; and Ho will do It I'm tho best way.
Your little child says. "Pap1, ] wish YOU
would let mo have that knife" mo"
you say, "it Is sharp knife and you
viii cut yourself" H. says, IT must have
u. But you caunot have IL" you reply.
Tie gets angry and red in the face. and saws
ne VIII nave II: but you say he snail not have
~ Are You not kind in keeping it from him2
50 God treats His children, say, III wish,
Heavenly Father, to get that" God says, mo,
my child say."l must have it," God saws,
You cannot have it, get angry and saw
81 will have It," God saws, "You shall not
have It; y and DO not get It. Is He not kind
and loving and the best OF Fathers? Do YOU
toll me there Is no rule and re. ulation In
these things2 Tell that to the men who be-
lieve In no God aud no Dib!e. Tell 1t not to
mel
man OF large business concludes 10 co
our OF his store. leaving much OF his invest
mcnts In tho business, and he SAYS TO his
sons Now, | am going to leave this busi-
ness IN your hands. Perhaps l may come
back IN little while. and perhaps not.
While am gone you will please to look after
affairs. After awhile the father comcs back
ana nnds everything ut loose ends, and the
who.e business seems 10 be going wrong. He
says II am going to take possession of this
business-you know | never fully surrcn.
dercd it-and henceforth consider yourselves
snbordinates. Is he not right in doing III
He saves the business. The Lord seems 10
let US 60 on In life. guided by our own skill.
ana we make miserable work OF II. God
comes down TO our shop, or our store, and
says Things are going wrong come TO
take Charge. am Iastcraud know whnt
is tS', and proclaim my authority" We.
are merely subordinates. Ii Is like boy at
school with long sum that he cannot do
He has been working Il II for hours, making
figures hnre and rubbing out figures there
ana IL Is all mixed up, ana the teacher, look
ing over the boys shoulder knows that he
"""not get out of It. and cleaning the slate,
say. Begin again" just so God does to
Us. Our affairs get into an incrtrlcable on
tanglement and lIc rubs everything out and
says, begin again" Is He not wise and
loving In so doing?
| think the trouble is that there is 80 large
a difference between the divine and tn, hui
man estimate Is 70 what is enough. have
heard Of people striving for that which Is
enough, but / never heard Of any ono who
lp1 apPnrb What .,,I O.
man man call too little. What man calls
enough God says is too much. Tho differ
encc between poor man aud rich man is
only the difference in banks. The rich man
puts his money In the Washington bank, or
the Central bank, or the Metropolitan bank
or some other bank OF that character. while
the poor man comes up and makes his in
yestments in the bank OF Him who runs all
the quarries, all the mines. all the gold all
the earth, all heaven. Do you think u man
can fail when he is backed up like that?
You may have seen n map on which Is
described, with red ink, the travels OF the
children OF Israel through the desert TO the
promised land. You see how they took this
ana that direction, crossed tha. river and
went through the sea- DO you know God
has made map OF your life with paths lend
ing up 10 this river and across that sen?
But, blessed be God, the path always comes
out at the promised land. Mark that! Mark
that!
There is man who says, THAT doctrine
cannot be true. because things do 20 so very
wrong" l reply It is no Inconsistency on
the part OF God, but lack OF understanding
on our part. l hear that mon are making
very fine shawls IN some factory. 20 in
on the first floor and see only the raw ma
terials, and i ask, "Are these tho shawls |
have heard abouty' mo-" says the manu-
iacturer. "Go up 10 the next floor" aud
go up, and there begin TO see the design.
But the man says; "Do not stop here Go
up TO the top floor of the factory and you
will see the idea fully carried out" do 80,
and having come TO tho top, see the COM
plete pattern Of m exquisite shawl. SO in
our life, standing down on n low level OF
Christian experience we do not understand
Gods dealings. He tells us TO 20 up higher
and higher until we begin TO understand
the divine meaning with respect to us, and
we advance until we stand ut the very gate
OF heaven, and there see Gods iiea all
wrought out-a perfect idea OF mercy, OF
love, OF kindness. And we say, "Just nnd
true are all my ways" II Is all right at tho
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