Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-02-05
NO. 8.

| ShiP tudt iuuuenc0 ana Ieel tne long roacn
Ing pull long after the figures on your tomt
stone are so near worn out that the visito
cannot tell whether 1t was 1896 or 1885 O
1886 that you died.
| Still further learn from this subject thu
| advantage Of concerted action. II Abime
| 10 n mad merely gone out with q tree branch
the work would not have been complished
or II ten. twenty or thirty men had gone
, but when ali the axes are lifted and all tn
sharp edges fall, and all these men carr
| each his tree branch down and threw
about the temple, the victory is gained-th,
temple falls. My friends. where there is on,
man in the church OF God at this day shoul
dering his whole duty there are grea
many who never lift an AK or swing a bough
II seems to me as il there were ten drones IL
every hive to one busy bee; rs though Their
were twenty sailors sound asleep in tn,
ships hammocks to four men on the stormy
aeck. 1t seems as il there were 5d.00J meI
belonging to the reserve corps. an' lily 1000
active combatants. Oh, We all want our
boats to get over to the golden sands,
but the most OF us are seated either In
the Prov or in the stern, wrapped in
our striped shawl. holding big handled
sunshade, while others are blistered in the
heat and rull until the oarlocks groan and
the blades bend till they snap. Oh, you re-.
ligious sleepyheads. wake up! You have
lain so long in one place that the ants and
What do you know, my brother, about liv-
ng gospel made to storm the world? Now,
ny idea OF Christian is man on fire with
.-at for God, and If your pulse ordinarily
beats sixty times minute when YOU think
,f other themes AMI talk about other themes,
u your pulse does not go up to seventy-hve
lr eighty when you come to talk about
jhrist and heaven. 1t is because you do not
fnow the one, and have a poor chance Of
getting to the other.
In II former charge one Sabbath / took
nto the pulpit the church records. AMI I
AID them on the pulpit AMI opened them
md said: Brethren here are the church
ecords. l find a great many of you whose
lam"s are down here are of duty" Soma
we're afraid would read the names, for at
hat time some of them We're deep in the
worst kind of oil stocks and were Idle rs 10
christian work. But II ministers of Christ
o-day should bring the church records into
he pulpit aud read. oh, what :, fiutter there
vould bel There would not he fans enough
church to keep the cheeks cool. | do not
now but II would be a good thing if the
minister once in awhile should bring the
hurch records i'll the pulpit aud call the
oil, for that is what | consider every church
ecord to be-mer-ly a muster roll Of the
.ord's a-my-and the r-ahing of it should
rveai where every soldier is and what he IL
ioing.
Suppose IN military circles on the mornins
I battle the roll was called, and out of 1000
len only 100 men in The regiment answered.
what excitement there would be in the
amp! What would the colonel say? What
Ugh talking there would be among the
apains aud majors AMI the adjutants
uopoSe word came to headquarters that
hese delinquentS excused themselves on the
round that they had oversight themselves,
the morning was damp and they were
1raid OF getting their feet wet. or that they
Tere busy cooking rations. My friends this
the morning OF the day of God Almighty's
attic. Do you not see the troopsp Hear
q not all the trumpets of heaven and all
he drums of he'll? Which side are you on?
you are on the right side. TO what
avalry troop, to what artillery service,
o what garrison duty do you belong?
II other words, in what Sabbath school
10 you teach? In what prayer meeting
10 You eXtort? To what penitentiary do you
ieclare eternal liberty? To what almshouse
10 you announce the riches OF heaven2
What broken bone of sorrow have YOU ever
etP Are You doing nothing2 Is it possible
hat man or woman sworn TO be follower
II Jesus Christ is doing nothing? Then hide
he horrible secret from the angels. Keep it
way from the book of Judgment. II you
ire doing nothing. do not let the world find
out, lest they charge your religion with
'eing fase face. Do not let your cowariice
mi treason be heard f1ong the martyrs
bout the throne, lest they forget the sane
ity of the place and denounce your betrayal
II that cause for which they agonized and
led.
The temple of Berth Is very broad. and il
8 very high. 1t has been going I'D by the
lands of men and devils, and no human en-
;ineerinS can demolish it, but IL the 10000
ministers of Christ in this country should
zach take branch Of the tree Of life, and all
heir congregations should do the same and
SO should march on and throw these
ranches around the great temples of sin and
Sorldliness and folly, 1t would need no
match or coal or torch Of ours to touch off
he pile, for, as in the days of Elijah, fire
would fall from heaven and kindle the bon
Ire of Christian victory over demolished sin.
Still further, learn from this subject the
LANCER Of false refugees. As soon as these
,chechemites got into the temple they
hought they were safe. They said: BERTH
will take care OF US. Abimeiech smay batter
lown everything else. He cannot batter
own this temple where we are now hid"
sut very soon they heard the timbers craok-
ing, and they were smothered with smoke,
nd they miserably died. 1 suppose every
erson in this audience this moment is step
ing into some kind Of refuge. Here you
tep in the tower Of good works. You say,
1 shall be safe in this refuge" The battle.
lents are adorned; the steps are vanished:
n the wall are pictures of all the suffering
ou have alleviated, an 4 all the schools you
ave established, and all the fine things you
ave ever done. Up in that tower you feel
ou are safe But hear You not the tramp OF
our unpardonei sins all aroun the towerf
hey each have a match. You are kndlin9
he combustible material. You fe-l the heat
nd the suffocation. Oh, may you leap in
me, the gospel declaring. "By the leeds o.
be law snail no flesh living bs Untitled"
well" you say. II have been driven out
{ that tower. Where shall go?' Sreu
,fo thia fa War nf indifrarapoa Won o,v sci,
mis- tower is attacked. it will be great
Ihile before it is taken" You feel Mt ease.
'ut there is an Abmelech with ruthless as
ault coming en-. Death and his forces are
around, and they demand that you
everything. and they clamor fol
on arms in the window, and with their iroI
SITS they beat against the door, and whil
ou are trying to keep them out you see tn,
orches Of Judgment kindling, and every for
st Is a torch and every noun ain torct
nd every sea a torch, and while the Alp,
nd Pyrenees and Himalayas turn into liv,
oal, blown redder aud redier by the whir.
7ind breath Of God omnipotent, what VIII
ecome of your refuge of lies?
'But," says some one. "you are engage,
q very mean business. driving us from
over to tower" Oh, no. l want to tel
ou of a Gibraltar that never has been an,
ever will be taken, Of wall that no satani
ssauW can scale, OF DulWark thdt tn
Judgment earthquakes cannot bulge
me Bible refers to it when i. says, "In Cos
8 thy refuge, and underneath thee are tn
arms Oh, fling yourself in,
/. Tread down unceremoniouslye everythin,
hat intercepts you. Wedge your way there
There are enough hounds of death and pert
.fter you to make you hurry. Many MAJ
Ias perished just outside the tower with hi
DOT on the step, with his hand on the latch
>ar get inside. Not one surplus secou,
ave you to spare. Quick! Quick. Quick
The total ordinary expenditures OF tb
in 1895 were s35S, ,l95, 1898.
A Rochester IN. W barber is
'eiu2 sue d for S5CO0 f. shaving off