The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-06-18

on the limits and whncked and cuffed and
ear pulled and senselessly called to order
and answer sharp and suppressed until II is n
wonder that under such processes they do
p, not all turn ont ModOcs and Mana Sahibs.
What is your influence upon the neighbor-
| hood, the town or the city OF your residence?
| | viii suppose that you are n star OF wit.
What Kind OF rays do you shoot forth2 Do
you use that splendid faculty to irradiate
the world or to rankle IL? 1 bless all the
, apostolic college OF humorists. The man
that makes me laugh is my benefnctor. do
not thank anybody TO make me crv? can
| do that without any assistance. We all cry
| enough. and have enough to cry about. God
| bless all sklllful punsterS. all reparieeists,
all propoundcrs OF ingenious conumdrums,
all those who mirthfully surprise us with un.
/ usual JuNtaposition OF words. Thomas Hood
and Charles Lamb and Sidney Smith had a
| divine mission, and so have their SUCCESSORS
| in these times. They stir into the acid bcv-
erage OF life the saccharinc. They make tho
cup OF earthly existence. which IL sometimes
stale, enervesce and bubble. They placate
antmositics. They foster longevity They
slay follies and absurdities which ali the SER
mons OF all the pulpits cannot reach
Ihey have for examples Elijah. who madc
| fun OF the Baaltps when they called down
fire. and II did not come. suggesting that
| their heather god hal gone hunting or was
| on on journey. or was asleep. and nothing
'uN N'Nil'lNNlpH NOull WUkt MN, SuNtnx,
/ Cry aloud for he is a god. Either ho is
talking or pursuing or perndventure he
| sleepeth and must be Rwaked." They have
| ah example in Christ. who with healthful
sarcasm showed up the lying. hypocrtical
Phnrlsees by suggesting that such perfect
| people like thom Selvcs needed no improve.
ments. saying. ono whole need not a phy-
stefan but they that are sick"
But what use are YOU making OF your wit?
Is II besmirchod with profanity and unclcah-
ness DO You employ II in amusement az
| physical defects for which the victims are
not responsibeS Are your powers OF mm-
icry used to put rcligion In contcmpt2 l. IL
bunch Of ncttlcsomo invcctivr2 Isita holt
ot unjust scorn2 Is u fun at Others misfor-
tuner Is II glee NJ their disappointment and
deieaU Is II bitterness put drop 10y drop
into cupy is It like the squeezing Of Ar
temisia absinthium into a draught al
ready pungant? Then YOU are tho star
| Wormwoud. Yours Is the fun OF rattle
snake trying how well II can sting. Itis the
iun oi a hawk trying how quickly 1t can
strike out the eye OF q dove.
But will change this and suppose YOU are
star of Worldly Prosperity. Then YOU
nave large opportunity. You can encourage
that artist bv buying his picture You can
improve the fields. the stables the highway
by Introducing higher style Of fowl ami
morse aud cow and sheep. Yu, can bless the
world with pomOlogical achievement in the
orchards. You can advance hrbJriculturr
and arrest this dcathfu iconocasm of tho
American forests. loC can pat piece of
sculpture into tho niche of that public
academy. You can cndow college. You
can stocking thousand bare feet from the
winter frost. You can build u church. You
can put missionary of Christ on that
foreign shore. You can help ransom u world.
rich man with his heart right-can YOU
tr'l me how much good n James LcnoN or u
q IN Ia NHH
William T.. Dodge did while living, or is
doing now that he is dead? There is not
city, town or ncighlorhOod that has not
glorious specimen o' consocratnl wealth
But suppose y0u grind the face OF tho
poor. suppose when mans wages are due
you make him wait for them because he can.
not help himself. SUPPOSE that. because his
family is sick and he has had extra expcnscs.
he should politely ask yoa 10 raise his wages
lor thls year ali You roughly tell him Il he
wants better place TO 20 and get H. Sup
pose ny your manner you act a. though he
were nothing anl YOU were everything Sup
pose You ARE selfish aud overheHring aud ar
roSant. Your first namo ought TO be- Attlla
and your last name Attila, because YOU are
ihS star Wormwood. and you have imblttered
r.rrettntfti n N,iin,...,t,os ,. -. = 7,
that roll past your employees aud operatives !
and dependents and associates, and the long
line OF carriages which the undertaken orders
Tor your funeral, IN order to make the occa-
sion respectable. will br iillpd with twice as
many dry learirs- eyes n there arc persons
occupying them.
There is au erroneous idna abroad that
There arc only few gcuiu,rs. There are
millions ol thcm-that l.. mon and women
VINO maze especial adaptation and uuickur--
Tor some pne thing. II may br great: IL may
pe small. The circle may bee like the circum-
ference o! the earth or no larger than thiw-
tft, . d,
IN some one thing YOU nrr Il star. What
klut oi a star are YOU? You will ho i'm this
world but few minutes. Ascomuurrl with
eternity the stay OF the longest lifa on earth
- not NOR" than minute What are wc
doing with tina: minute? Are we imbiiteriug
the domestic or social or political fountains.
or are we Ike Moses, who, when the Israeli,..
in the wilderness complained that tho water.
OF Lake Marah were bitter and they could
not drink them. cut on the branch OF "a GER
tam tree ana threw that branch into the
water, ana II became sweet and slakei tho
thlrst OF the suffering host? Arc We with a
nrahch ol the Tree OF Life sweetening ali the
brackish fountains that we can tuuchy
Dear Lord, send Us all out ON that mission.
All around us imbittered livcs-imbit-
tered by prosecution. imbittered by hyper
criticism, imbittcred hy poverty, IN !
blt;ered by pain, imhittcred by Injustice. |
imblttered by sin. Why not 20 forth and /
NNo't'h thcHl by smile, by Inspiring words, !
by beneiactions. by hearty counsel, by PRAYER. /
by Rospelized behavior Let lis remember /
that II we are wormwoOd to others we are |
wormwood to ourselves. and our life will be |
bitter ana our eternity bitt-rer. Tho gospel |
OF Jesus Christ is the only swretening power
that Is sufficient. II sweetens the dsposl.
ton. u sweetens the manners. l. sweetens
life. II sweetens mysterious providences.
II sweeiens Affections. II sweetens dQath.
Il sweetens everything. have heard peo-
pie asked In social company, III you could
have three wishes gratiied what would your
three wishes be?' If 4 could nays three
wishes met this morning. tell you what
they would be: !. More OF the grace Of God.
2. More Of the grace OF God. 3. More OF the
grace OF God. In the dooryard of nv
brother John. missionary In Annoy. China
there was tree called the emperor tree, the
TWO characteristics OF which are that II al-
ways grows higher than its surround
ngs, and its leaves take the form of n
crown. II this emperor tree tn planted
by rosebush ii grows "A little higher
han the bush and spreads out above IL "A
crown. II II be planted by the side of an.
other tree, II grows little higher than that