The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-08-13
TlINAG'S SUNDAY SERMON
ELOQUENT DISCOURSE
+. ol.cformation or Habits"

.when shall 1 awake? I will seek
aeain."
an insight into human nature such
{0,her man ever reached, Solomon. in
4, sketches the mental operations OF
H. having stepped aside from the
,eciltude. desires TO return. With
20, something better he says; "when
awake? When shall como out OF
lo,rid nightmare Of iniquityf" But
mon bv uueradicated habit, and
down hill by his passions. he cries
|I will seek IL yet again. 1 will try IL
I,,braries are adorned with an elegant
ne po,nting out all the dangers and
IN uie-complete maps OF the voyage.
IL ali the rocks, the quicksands. the
put supposea man has already made
yeck. suppose he Is already OF the
tuppose he has already gone astray,
Ihe 10 get back2 That Is n field COM
Eely untouched. Ipropose TO address
this evening 10 such. There arethose
|auiience who, with every passion OF
kropizei soul. are ready 10 hear this
Ian. They compare themselves with
hey we're ten years ago, and cry out
bondage In which they are incar-
is n task master. As long as wo
4, does not chastise us; but let US re-
4 We find we are TO be lashed with
\ whips and bound with ship cable.
Iown into the track OF bone-breaking
bauts. During the war OF 1912 there
ship set on flre just above Niagara
nj then. cut loose from its moorings,
on down through the night, and
yer tho falls. II was said 60 have
scene brilliant beyond all descrlp-
We'll. there are thousands OF men on
yil habit. coming down through the
and through the awful night OF
non toward the eternal plunge. Oh,
III Il is TO arrest theml God only can
hem.
pse man. after five. or ten, or twenty
evil doing resolves TO do right.
the forces OF darkness Rre allied
him. He cannot sleep nights. He
wn on his knees In the midnight, and
bod help mel" He bitas his lip; no
his teeth; he clenches his fist In
nation TO keep his purpose. He dare
at the bottles in the windows OF n
re-. II Is one long. bitter, exhaus-
nd.to-hand fight with an infiamed,
ng and merciless habit. When he
- entirely free the old inclinations
) him likea pack OF hounds, with
a tearing away at the hanks of
hdeer. In Paris there IL n sculp-
presentation OF Bacchus. the god OF
He is riding on n panther at full
h how Siggestive! Let every one
peeding on bad ways understand he
Ding a docile and well broken steed.
riding a monster, wild and blood
going at death leap.
hany there are who resolve on n bet
and say. "When shall awaken" but,
bn by their old habits. cry, ~ will
ce more. l will seek Il vet again"
b there were sous Princeton stu
ho were skating and the fee was
and some one warned the COM
fk from the air hole, and finally
hem entirely 10 leave the place.
young man, with bravado, after all
bad stopped, cried out. zone rourd
He swept around and went down,
brought out n corpse. NY friends,
thousands aud tens OF thousands
psing their souls in that way. IL is
round more"
ln wants TO return from evil prac-
iety repulses him. Desiring 10 re-
pays, Now L will shake off my old
and / will find Christian COM
ip.' And he appears at the church
e Sabbath day and the usher greets
look as much as to say, "Why,
You are the last man ever ex-
see at church! Come, take this
down by the door," instead OF say
POD morning! am glad you are
pme, will give you "A first-rate seat
bythe pulpit" Well, the prodigal,
'scouraged, enters prayer meeting,
christian man, with more zealthan
sense, says, "Glad to SEQ You; the
~ was saved and l suppose there IS
you. The young man, disgusted,
lows himself on his dignity. re-
II never enter the house OF God
not quite fully discouraged about
on, he sidles up by some highly re-
man he used TO know. going down
and Immediately the respectable
Ah errand down some other street
prodigal. wishing 10 return, takes
piber OF a Christian association by
OF tries to. The Christian young
AZ MIN, looks at the faded apparel
atHs OF dissipation; instead OF CIV
warm grip OF the hand, he offers
ENDS OF the long fingers OF the
Whlch is equal TO striking a man
Ch. how few Christian people
now much force and GOSPEL
IN good honest handshaRing.
;, When you have felt the need OF
heht, aud some Christian man has
heartily by the hand, have YOU
ruling through every fibre OF your
q and soul an encouragement that
nat you needed You do not know
m ai about this unless you know
ln tries 10 return from evil courses
saihst repulsions innumerable.
some man. he lives n block or
ne church, or half a mile from the
uere are people In our crowded
hNeathonsand miles from church.
ol Indifference between them
use OF God. The fact Is, we must
Iespectabllity, though Thousands
thousands perish. Christ sat
rahs and sinners. But II there
~ mouse OF God man with marks
on upon him, the people almost
helr hands In horror, rs much as
lsht 1t shocking" How these
sudlous Christians in all our
re gong to get into heaven | don't
~ they have an especial train of
oned a', and upholstered, each one a
MI. e,'. Ihey cannot so with publi-
no curl your lip of scorn at the
your plainly. II you had been
~ the same influences, instead
,qhay ,hy amid the cultured. and the
ah, ,ne Christian, You would have
enlhg wretch, covered with liltb
h'ioh. hu,. II Is not because YOU are
"" ou' because the mercy of God has
w. Wv, Who are you that, brought
aml siah circles and watched by Chris.
'se' you should be SO hard on the