The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-10-08

ever is elected TO tho Presidency, the wheels
OF Government turn so slowly, and n caucus
In yonder white building on the hill NAV
tie the hands OF any President. Now,
though we who live In tho District OF Column
bia cannot vote, we can pray, and my prayer
day and night shall be, "Oh God, hear
the cry OF the souls from under the altar!
Thou who hast brought tho wheat
and corn OF this season 10 such magni-
tude OF supply, give food TO man and beast
Thou who hadst not whore 10 lay Thy head,
pity the sheterless Thou who hast brought
TO perfection the cotton OF the South and the
FAX OF tho North, clothe tho naked Thou
who hast filed the mine with coal. give
fuel TO the shivering. Bring bread to the
body, intelligence to the mind, and saliva
tion to the soul of all the people! God save
tho Nation"
But we must admit II is a hard gntc to
push back. Millions OF thin hands have
pushed at It without making It swing on It's
hard hinges. II is u gate made out Of empty
Hour barrels, and cold fire. grntes, and worn
out apparel, aud cheerless homes, and un-
medicated sickness. and ghastlincss and
horror. II is gate Of struggle. cato Of
penury. A gate OF want, A gate of disap-
pointment. A red gate. or what Isaiah would
have called a gate OF carbuncles.
Now, as | have already suggested as
there are obstacles In all our paths. we will
DO happier III wa consent 60 have our life n
struggle. | do not know anyone 90 whom
1t Is not struggle Louis the Fourteenth
thought he had everything fixed Just right
and fixed to stay. and so he had the great
clock at Bordeaux made. Tho hours Of that
clock were struck by figures In bronze rep.
resenting the kings OF Europe. and at n cer-
tain time Of day william the Third Of Eng
land and other kings were made to come ont
and bow TO Louis the Fourteenth. But the
clock got ont Of order on, day and lust the
nnpnattn a tytut tt-ua
the clock struck certain hour Louis tho
Fourteenth WIS thrown To- the feet Of Will
lam the Third And 50 the clock Of destiny
brings many surprises and those go down
that you expected to stand, and at the foot
OF disaster most regal conditions tumble In
all styles Of life there come disapuointmcnt
and struggle. God has Tor somc good rcn-
son arranged Il SO. ii II l. not poverty It f.
sickness. IL IL j. not sickness. II Is porsncu-
ton. II IL Is not persecution. 1t Is contest
with somo evil appetite. II il Is not some
evil appetite. 1t i bereavement II 1t is not
one thing, II Is another. DO not get sourcl
and cross and think yout case J. . peculiar.
You are Just like tho rest Of ~. You will
have 20 take the bitter draught whether It
bo handed TO you I'm golden chalicc or pewter
mug. man who has u thousand dollars q
year income sleeps soundcr and has better
appetite than the man who has
five millions II our lfp ycro
not struggle We would never consent TO
get out OF this world. and we would want to
stay hero. and SO block up the way Of the
advancing generations. By tho timc that q
man gets to be seventy years of age. and
sometimes by the time hc gets 90 hc hfty
yenrs of age, he says; IL have had enough
OF this. and when tho Lord Wills il ! am
ready to emicrate TO country wherc there
are no taxes and the silver OF tho trumpet
put 20 ones lips has no quarrel with tho
gold OF tho pavement under his feet We
have in this world moro opportunity 60 cul-
tivatc patience than TO cultivate any other
grace. Let that grace be strengthened I'm
the Royal Gymnasium of obstacle and OPP
position, and 10y the hclp of God. having
overcome our own hindrnnces and worri-
mcnts, let us 90 forth 90 help others whose
struggle is greater than our own.