The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-30
I saw last summer. neer tns beach. /.

| or going to pieces in the oiiing, the wreckers
shoot u rope out to the suffering men. They
! grasp IL. and the wreckcrs turn the cylinder,
| and the rope winds around the cylinder. and
| those who are shipwrecked are saved. So at
| your feet, to-day. there is an influence with
| n tremendous leverage. Tho rope attached
| TO IL swings far out into the billowy future.
/ Your children. your childrcn's children and
/ all the generations that are To- follow will
| grip that influence aud feel the long reach
| ing pull long after the figures on your tomb
stone are so near worn out that the visitor
| cannot tell whether II was 1896 or 1896 or
| 1896 that you died.
still further learn from this subject the
advantage Of concerted action. II Abme-
| lnth had merely gone out with n tire, branch,
the work would not have been accomplished,
or II ten, twenty or thirty men had gone,
| but when ali the axes are lifted and all the
| sharp edges fall and ali these men carry
each his tree branch down and threw II
about the temple. the victory Is gained the
| temple falls. NV friends where there Is one
man in the church Of God at this day shoul-
dering his whole duty there are great
! many who never lit an AK or swing n bUugh.
IL seems 60 me as " there we're ten drones In
! every hive To one busy bee; as though there
were twenty sailors sound asleep in the
| ships hammocks tO four men on the stormy
deck. IL seems ~ II there were 50.00J men
belonging to- the reserve corps, and oily 1000
| active comhatants. Oh. we all want our
| boats TO get over to the golden sands,
but the most OF Ms are seated either in
the Prov or In the stern. wrapped in
our striped shawl. holding u big handled
suushadc, while others are blistcrcd In the
heat aud Tull until the oarlocks groau and
the blades bend till they snap. on you ~
ligious slocpyhcads. wake mp! You have
lain So loag ia one place that the ants aud
catcrpillars have begun 20 crawl over YOU
What do YOU know, my brother, about a iiV-
ing gospel made to storm the wurld2 Now,
my idea ot u Christian j. a man on lire with
zeal for G'l. ana if your pulse ordinarily
beats -iNts tm'y % muut" when You think
Of other themes AMI talk about other themes,
u your pulse does not 70 up To- seNcuty-!ly"
or eighty when YOU come TO talk about
Christ aud hrayrn. IL l. because yOu do not
know the ouc. and have u poor chance Of
getting 90 IN" other.
lu % former charge ono sab ath ] took
into the pulpit the church records, ana
laii thrm on the pulpit ami opened them
ami suI. 'BrDthrcn hero are the church
| r''lrI4 | find % great muuN of You NhnS"
ulW.. are .lUwu here are uN duty Some
wcrr afraid would read the names. for lt
THAT tinr -uu' ui them were dc'p NJ the
worst kind OFF uil -iur,s and wcrr iltr u- to
Christian work. But ii ministers ot CHRIST
to-day should bring the church records into
the pulpit, aud read, ola. what % Nuttvr there
would U", There would not o." fans enough
In church to keep the checks cool. dp NOT
know hut It would hc good thing 90 the
minister once iu awhile should hriu. th"
church record, ~ the pulpit and cNl th"
roll. for thut i- what consider every rbur.l
record 90 hH-Wercly % muster r1U oi the
Lord aruy-lud the reading of it should
reveal whrsr every soldier IS am lat Dee is
doing.
Suppose m military circles ON tuH morning
oi battle tho roll was called, ami uut of 1000
. men only 100 men In tine regiment aus Nerod,
What excitement There would h. ia tho
raup' What would I'm, colonel slvy What
hi,h talking thrrc would DO, among the
captains guI majors AMI tho adutauts.
Supyo,r word came to headquarters that
these dClugucuts excused themselves ON the
. ground that they had uvcv-lrpt Themselves,
. or the morning WIS damp aud they wrrr
afraid OF getting their frat wet or that they
. were busy cooking ratiuu4 Nv friends tins
- the morning ot the duy of Got Almighty -
, battle. - YOU not ,rr the ,r.np-s Hear
, Np not all the trumuptS of heaven aud all
the drums ol heuy which siir ara yuu unp
, II ypu are ON thn right side tu what
cavalry tr,ou, e. what artillery service.
, to what garrison duty do Won hpluugy
, In other words. IN what Sabbath school
do you teach? In what PRAYER meeting
do yuu cNtOrt? 10 what peuitru'iury do yuu
declare eternal lihertvy TO what nlm-huu.e
, do YOU announce tho riches of heaven?
, what broken BON, ut sorrow have You ever
.ot? Are Won duing uu'hlugy !, it possible
tlnt o. mnu or woman sworn tl Ip A follower
/
, 90. jesus Christ ~ doing uu,hIugy Then hilo
the horrible secret from theang,Is. K..p II
, away FROM the book uf Judgment. n You
, ar, doing npthiu, 40 NOT let the world HuI
, 10 rut. lest they rlnrsc your religion with
b,m.u ia -e face. pouutlot ,,utrowarIir
ami treason h, hoard anon. the mHrtyr-
D about tine throne. lest they forget tho .uuc-
, t,ty uf tho r,uor ami d"ulIute y.ur BETRAYAL
. ufthpt cause fur which they uspni,rl uul
died.
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, IisN.-.,i,h. Ii hl. hrru going uu by tn,
auul, of men ami devils. Huti. mo- human en-.
o ,iur.riul can dem lIi.n II Inn II tIa 20 Onn
ministers of Christ I'm this rDuutr. .l.uUl
rurh taken branch ID. th, tro, nf lf, and mi
: tnrir rnnl,rr..,t,iou- .noull .lo tho .,,u.. and
we should mureh ON and throw th.s.
. branches arouui tuc.r,at t,npIe, of sim ami
worldIiur., ana tolly II ,yauli mood un
match ar roaI or t,r,1 of orlr- To- top,h niI
, tbe nile FOR. "A, in tho dnys of Ehinh. Nrr
, would fnII from heaven ami yindlr the b,u.
N!eo. Christian ylctoryuy,r demolished sin.
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