Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-01-29

| elig.on there needs to be and will be a
| sreat day when. amid the solemniiies and
sraudeurs Of a listening universe. God will
say So" No statistics can state how many
mothers have rocked cradles and hovered
lver 1Efantile sicknesses and brought up
heir families to manhood and womanhood
| md launched them upon useful and success
| ul lives, and yet never received one Thank
.ou' that amounted to anything. The
q, daughters became queens in social life oi
vere ah1anced in highest realms of pros
| ,ertty; the sons took the first honors OF
| he university and became ra liant In mone-
| ary or professional spheres. Now the secret
u all that uplifted maternal influence must
'ome out. Society did not say so, the
ihurch did not say so. the world did not saw
| so.but on that day of all other days, the last
lay, God will say 50.
| There are men to whom life Is a grind
nd q conflict, hereditary tendencies to be
'vercome. accidental environments 10 be
'ndured. appalling opposition to be met and
conquered, and they never so much as had
| rose pinned to their coat lapel in admira.
ION. They never had "A song dedicated to
heir name. They never had book pre-.
ented to them with complimentary word
! N the dy-leaf. All they have to show fol
heir lifetime battle is scars. But in the last
| lay the story will come out, and that life
vill be put in holy and transcendent
hythm, and their courage and persistencs
md faith and victory will not only be an.
bounced but rewarded. "These are they
hat came out OF great trbulation and had
heir robes washed and made white in the
Hood OF the Lamb" God will saw so,
We miss one Of the chief ideas OF las;
alignment. We put into the picture the fire,
md the smoke, and the earthquake. aud the
descending angels, and the uprising dead,
>ut we omit to put into the picture that
which makes the last judgment a magnificent
opportunity. We omit the fact that it ia to
~ day OF glorious explanation and com.
nendation. The first justice that millions
u unrewarded and unrecognizei and uuap-
,rec1ated men and women get will be on
hat day. when services that never called
orth SO much as a newspaper line OF finest
oeari or diamond type, as the printers term
I, shall be called up for coronation. That
will be the day OF enthronement for those
whom the world called ''nohodies." Joshua,
Who con9anded the SUN and moon to stand
till. leeds no last judgment to get Justice
lone him, but those men do need a last
Judgment who at times in all armies, under
he most violent assault. in obedience TO COM
nand themselves stood still. Deborah who
encouraged Barak to bravery in battle against
he oppressors of Israel, needs no last iudg-
nent to get justice done her, for thou
lands of years have clapped her applause.
But the wives who in all ages have encour-
lged their husbands in the battles OF life,
women whose names were hardly known be-
Tond the next street or the next farmh ouse,
HuSt nave oOu say 10 tneln: 1Ou Ul1 we'll.
You did gioriously. / saw you down in thar
larry. watched you in tbe old farmhouse
nending those children's clothes. I heard
What you said In the way OF cheer when the
,readwinner Of the household was in des-
,air. I remember all the sick cradles YOU
rave sung to. / remember the backaches,
he headaches. the heartaches. know the
tory OF your knitting needle as we'll as l
tnow the story of a queens scepter. Your
astle on the heavenly hill is all ready for
| rou. Go up and take IT." And turning to
he surprised multitudes of heaven He will
| ay. "She did what she could" God will
| ay so.
And now close with giving my own per-
onaltestimony. for I must not enjon upon
| ,thers that which 1 decline mysel. to do.
Born at Bound Brook, N. j., of parenta6e
| IS pious rs the world ever saw, l attest be-
ore earth and heaven that l have always
| elt the elevating and restraining influence
u having had a good father and a good
mother, and II an able to do half as well
| or my children as the old folks did for me I
gill be thankful forever. The years OF nv
ife passed on until, at about eighteen years
II age. felt tho pressure OF eternal rea tiles
| md after prayer and religious counsel ]
] passed into what took TO be
| aved state and joined the church,
md I attest before earth and heaven
| hat l have found it a most helpful and
| Inspiring association. l like the com.
,anionship so well that l cannot be sat
SIZED il have a day less of it than all eter-
atty. After graduating at collegiate and
theological institutions had the hands OF
en- or twelve good men put upon my head
n solemn ordination, at Belleviile, N j..
nd attest before earth and heaven that the
work Of the gospel ministry has been de-
ightful. and l expect to preach until my
asst hour. Many times 1 have passed
through deep water of bereavement and but
or the divine promise OF heavenly reunion
would have gone under but / attest before
'arth and heaven that the comfort OF the
gospel Is high, deep, glorious, eternal. Many
lines have l been maiigned and my work
nisrepresented, but all such falsehood and
persecution have turned out for my adyan-
age and enlarged my work, and 1 attest be-
ore earth and heaven that God has fulfilled
me the promises, "Lo! I am with you al
yays," and ''The gates of hell shall not pre-
'ail against you"
,. ,Ouhscr men IN all de-
iartments let me say YOU will come out all
light IL you mind your own business and are
,atient. The assault of the world is only be-
r = rubbed down by a rough Turkish towel,
md 1t improves the circulation and makes
me more vigorous. While the future holds
or me many mysteries which l do not pre-
end to solve, am living in expectation that
vhen my poor work is done, 1 shall 20
through the gates and meet my Lord and all
ny kindred who have preceded NE.