The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-05
BElECT RELIGIOUS READING.
oup VIEW POINT.

|ooming 20 the truth of the Bible. every
derends on our point OF view. The
f,l0r student of nature has first OF all
,n how to observe: he has not only TO
n ewes open. but TO put himself IN a.
Fan 10 see. lie must get the correct
| or the great book Of nature will fail 10
20 him. on visiting the White Hills
we had great desire TO see the
Man of the Mountain As the
was near our hotel. We visited II
tho tea hour. but to our surprise
,w no "Old Man'--nothing but mass
o. and rugged rocks. On reporting
m success. one Of the guests gave us
n directions as TO the single place whore
S,arycl could be seen; hut oven then we
,,dcd no better. The fcllOw-guoSt then
kpranied us. indicating the precise spot
T. W, must stand 60 obtain n view, when
,c, tho proportions Of the great stone
Iramc into the field Of vision The feat
wrrc all there before, but our eye
| 10 see because not placed ut the right
jnrc thcrc phases Of divine truth which
| bc understood only when viewed at
|propcr angle. liy little variation
Iur position the whole Is lost.
nrr indeed. some divine truths
like the great mountain ranges, ever
f,rc Ms and can bc seen from all sides.
and far Int they have phases which,
~ tho eve of the artist. And even the
ri ~ eve Is In vain without the skill OF
ktmpnt. Some get more out of the Bible
Iothprs. not because they have better
ID or knowledge. but better adjustment.
lr.-u ;o come iu th" temper and mental
da In which alOn" II is possible to real
4 excellence and beauty of Gods truth.
4 -5ul Is taken on thr book, and we see,
tycrr. the great things Of God.
rrranr nRiSdg TOErm NOBLE WORK.
~. .yprr-sion Of sclf In work reacts on
y ap. ana makes him larger. Tho hum
u work give, dignity to the worker who
k vt himself inlU II. Such an architect
great Richardson OF our own time
bpys g,lt this enlarged selfhood. IA he
ideas soaring skyward. like birds on
.f stone. Such poet "a our own
mi,t have felt this enlarged sclfhood.
wrote the "CommcmDratiOn Ode or
II cathedral" Such u rumanccr n our
|Inwthorue must have felt this magni-
r,,,r of himself ~ he created the inn
Is. IL seems 90 M that this Is some
the ne..--ng Of the words written AT
e. ~ beginning of the Bible, In which II
In. God saw everything that lie
ErTadc, and. behold, II was very
This scli-satisfGction ot God with
wn work helps TO prove how good and
llr Himself was. The necessity of
carrics alcngwith Itself enlargement Of
bod. And thiscniarged sclfhood means
sor humanity. aud If "a larger humanity.
cr and stronger one. Work magniiir~.
Nance minimizcs. The person of the
pr becomes 50 great that his own per-
i iiy goes out into othcrpersoIalities. Hc
=. them by his own cnlarging self
ry Work IL thus both cause and a
IN this self-mastcry Of man. q my
l.. thank God that you are put in a
of work. Thank God that you are put
4 age that calls for work. As you love
own self aud wish to have for yourself
argcst sclfhood, ever ana everywhere be
kvr.-Rev. Chas. +. Thwing.
T. THINGS woRK TOGErHER FOR GOOD.
.'Ti- better to have loved and lost.
Than never TO have loved at all. ~
o does not feel this? We must be
and happier for having been loved, If
true wealth of man Is i'm the heart.
! we have enjoyed already may be dis
"a and interrupted. yet nothing can rob
~ Il of its JOY. Nothing can make US
, the happy gol Zen years, whom we
bd sipe by side wits 'those who are now
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