The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-16

swered to the print in the soil, sme false
| Keys found in their possession, son9 bloody
knife that whispered OF the death and the
public Indignation and the annhena Of
outraged law hurled them into th dungeon
or hois.ed them on the gallows.
Francis J., king OF France st,d counsel
ing with his officers how he cc-id take his
| army into Italy. when Amerip.he fool OF
the court. leaped out from a orner OF the
room and said; "You had bett be consult
ing how you will get your afU back" And
1t was found that Francis l.. "a not Ameril.
was the fool. Instead Of insulting as to
he best way of getting ip sin, you had
better consult as to whethett Pu will be able
pose you, you will tell it yhrself. There Is
an awful power in an asLsed conscience.
highwayman plungeIout upon White
field as he rode along oE Ehorseback, a sack
OF money on the horse7- -noney that he had
raised for orphan asylphs and the high
wayman put his hand'on the gold, and
Whiteheld turned TO hin and said; "Touch
that II you dare that belongs 10 the Lord
Jesus Christ" And tle ru,Ilan skunk into
the forest. COnscietee. Conscience. The
rufiian had pistol nut Whiteneld shook at
him the finger Of doom. Do not think you
can hide any great tnd protracted sin In your
heart, my brother. In an unguarded mo-
ment it will slip III the lip, or some slight
action may for the moment set aar this door
that you wanted to keep closed, But sun
pose that in this life YOU hide II, and you get
along with this transgrcssion burning in
your heart, as ship on fire within for days
hindeis the flames from bursting out by
keeping down the hatches yet at last in the
Judgment that niquity will blaze out before
God and the univere.
Learn also from this subject that there Is
an inseparable connection between oil
IN Hl...
only one thought of God. Those things
which seemed fragmentary and isolated are
only different parts Of that great thought.
How far apart seemed these two events-Jo-
seph sold to the Arabian merchants and his
ruership of Egypt-yet you see in what a
mysterious way God connected the two into
one plan. SO the events are linked together.
You who are aged men look back and group
together thousand things in your life that
occe seemed isolated. One undivided chain
OF events reaches from the garden OF Eden
10 the cross OF Calvary, and thus up 10 the
Of heaven. There is relation be-
tween the smallest insect that huns In the
summer air and the archangel on his throne
God can trace direct ancestral line
from the blue jay that this spring will
build its nest in the tree behind the
house to some one Of the flock OF birds
which, when Noah hoisted the ark's window,
with whir and a dash OF bright wings
went out 10 sing over Mount Ararat. The
tulips that bloom in the garden this spring
were nursed by the snowliakes. The farthest
star on one side of the universe could not
look toward the farthest star on the other
side OF the universe and say, 'YOu are no
relation 10 me-" for from that bright orb n
voice OF light would ring across the heavens
responding, ''ies, yes, we are sisters" Moth
ing in Gods universe swings mt loose ends
Accidents are only Gods way Of turning "A
eaf In the book OF His eternal DEGREES. From
our cradeto our grave thore is path all
marked out. Each event in our life is con-
lected with every other event In our life.
Dur losses may be the most direct road 10
our gain. Our defeat and our victory are
win brothers.
The whole direction OF your life was
changed by something which at the time
seemed TO you triaing. while some occur
-ence which seemed tremendous affected you
)ut little. Gods plans are magnificent he
1ond ali comprehension. He molds us and
urns aud directs US, and we know II not.
Thousands OF years are TO Him as the flight
II shuttle. The most terrific occurrence
ioes not make God tremble. The most trium-
phant achievement does not lift Him into
rapture. That one great thought OF God goes
)ut through the centuries, and Nations rise
and fall, and eras pass, and the world
but God still keeps the undivided
linking event 10 event and century
10 century To God they are all one event.
one history. one plan. one development. one