The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-01-02
a.AAGE'S SUNDAY SERMON
THE GREAT QUESTION.
II Concerns Everyone. Is, sirs, Wha
Must Do to Be Saved

TExr "sirs, what must DO to be sayed?"
Acts xvi, 80
Incarceratol in Philippian penitcntiarv.
place cold AMI dark and damp and loqth-
some and hidenus, unilluminsi save by the
torch Of the official who comes to see II they
nre alive yet, are two ministers of Christ,
their feet fast In instruments Of torture, their
shoulders dripping from the stroke oi
leatuern thongs, their mouths hot with In
Illumination OF thirst, their heads faint be-
cause they may not lie down. In COM
iorable room Of that same building and
amid pleasant surroundings Is paid officer
or the Government whose business II IS to
supervise the prison. Il is night. and all l.
still in the corridors OF the dungeon save ~
some murderer struggles with hurrii
dream. or rufilnn turns over in his chains
or tnorn is the cough OF dying c1nsumutiye
amid the jampness. hut suddenly, crushl 20
the walls. The two c.crcymen pass out
free The jail keeper. although familiar with
the darknnss and the horrors lowering
around tns dungeon. h. startled beyond nii
bounds. aud hGnne1u iu hand ne ru-ho-
through. amid the falling walls. sh1utiu, at
the top ihis voice, 'Sirs. VIVA; must / do 90
b'savedt"
stand now among those who are asking
the same question with more or loss oarncsl-
," g. and / 8"'.-t You lB Tbs crisis of your
sHui with n .--ugH from l.Iysn. Thst. urc
ln tNi- audience WHO might Doe moro
inarumeut than J avn; there ar,
a'r who can dive ius1 deeper depths
science ar have larger Eu1WIrI.p: hare
nrn iH t".s audience those u.tlr, whom
would willingly bow 20. Cine inferior o. the
eIu.I."r. nut y riDI t.u1 one foe tnI# g-.rw.
l. sH'l 10 d.s.r" t' hnv' uil the p.1pIe saved
Fl"'t Ol uu uUuIr.'aGt gospel
. Wr1.HHt ~ HHtrHtHriaH trp Vun4-
fuatItol ig., keep r.. Ana ur-' |
fHH question - Huurtu.N4. lin
u-h'i In ana -ljd; "pml and
"., Nuu vu-gnJud4, ur' YOU tearing down
.a Ue'-.uy Aren't y1u satisfied with dis
.-us the peace off the city by your i'm
.uW.ls d1.IriuH3 And u~' vnl now going
O. destroy puuir urIlrrH BIoI. with You
t1 y .ur IIt'.F, you vHguu1u is'' lIH said mo-
such thing. The word OF four letters. "sir-.
sIu.w'uuJ 10 "loris.' recognized tho mni-
H-ty ami the honor of their mission. Sir., 10
uuu witlg captiDU- spirit tries 60 fni the
|s 90 heaven, he will miss It. " q muu
W"s out uni pronouncn- all Christians us
rIcries and tue religion ofJp.us Christ co..
H.u and u-ks irritating questions G.out
mysterious and iu.'ruluhlc. SAVING,
ONO. my wise wau, explain this and eS-
"H that; if this be irur, how can that be
t' mo- such man finds the way 10 heayou.
question of ,le text was decent. c1ur-
Is, g'uu manly, defereatial. Sirs.
.,ylih, characterize this question OF the
agitatci jail keeper hy saying TINT il was
practical question. lie did not ask why
God lrt san come into tho world: h, ala not
nsf how Christ could be- God aud man in the
same person; he did not ask the doctrine OF
ae decreas explained or want % know whom
}ain married or what was the cause Of tho
earthquake. HIS present aud everlasting
yolIare was involved IN the question. AMI
'as not that practical2 But | know multi
'deE ~ people who are b0thcring tht m
Ives about the noncsseutials Of religion.
hat would you think ola nun who should.
~ s'us,ingt 4 question OF the light
he -r pcud his time down in
' might come out AMI
'her2 Yet tnnreare
discussing the
pend their time
unbcliei when
'u to come
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