The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-07

/, strong for God. "He snail divfde the spoil
/ with the strong"
China and Africa, the two richest portions
| OF the earth by reason OF metals and rare
woods and inexhaustible productiveness. are
4 not yet divided up among the good because
! they are not ready to be divided. Wait until
all the doors that Livingstone opened In
| Africa shall be entered. and Bishop Taylor
with his band Of self supporting mission
aries. have done their work, and the Ashantis
aud Senegambians shall know Christ as well
as you know Him, and there shall be on the
| banks OF tho Nile and the Niger higher civ
| liization than Is now to be found on the
banks OF the Potomac or the Hudson, then
Christ will divide up that continent among
His friends. Wait until China, which Is halt
rs large rs all Europe. shall have developed
her capacities for rice and tea and sugar
among edibles, and her amethyst and sap.
| phiro and topaz and opal and jasper and
| porphyry among precious stones, and her
rosewood and ebony and camphor and var.
| nish trees among precious woods, and
turned up from her depths a half dozen
| Pennsylvania OF coal and iron. and twenty
Nevadas OF silver, and flftv CALIFORNIA; oi
| gold. and her 500 600. 900 of people shall be
evangelized. Then the Lord will divide II
up among tho good.
II my text be not deception. but tho
eternal truth. then the time Is coming when
| all the farms will be owned by Christian
farmers. and all the commerce controlled by
Christian merchants. and all the authority
| held by Christian officials, and all the ships
commanded by Christian captains, and all
the universities under the Instruction of
Christian professors; Christian kings, Chris
| tian presidents, Christian governors. Chris.
tian mayors. Christian common council. Yet.
| what securing outl What an upturningl
What n demolition! What a resurrection
must precede this new apportionment.
| / do not underrate the enemy. Julius
| CGsar got his greatest victories by fully csti-
mating the vastncss OF his foes and prepared
| his men for their greatest triumph BY saying
Tomorrow King Jubl will be hore with
$4,000 horses, COO skirmishers and 900
| elephants" | do not underrate the vast
forces of sin and death, hut do you know
| who commands us2 Johovahjlreh. And tho
| reserve corps behind us are all the armies OF
heaven aud earth. with hurricane and thun-
| derbolt. Tho good work OF tho wor as re-
demptlon is going on every minute. Never
so many splendid men aud glorious women
| on the side OF right as to-day. yer so
many good people as now. Dlog es has
| been spoken OF as u wise man bl use hs
went with a lantern ut MONDAY, s nc he
was looking for an honest man. 1 . had
! turned his lantern toward himself, h night
| have discovered crank. Honest N by
the 10000! Through the information cries
| OF Sunday lessons the next get ltion
| all through Christendom are goin o be
visor than any generation since th' 'orld
stood. The kingdom il coming. can
do IL. No housewife with u chamc 10th
| ever polished u silver teaspoon WI tore
| ease than Christ will rub oif from ~ orld
| the tarnish and brighten II up till = ows
| like heaven, and then tho gloriou) por-
| tlonment. for my text II re-enioro v a
score of other texts, when IL says ~ list.
"He shall divide the spoil with thsii e."
But" you say. "this IL pleasant ink
I Of for Othara hut hafnrn Tint h.I
have passed up into another existeni al
| shall get no advantage from that an
| pointment." All, you have only dr. mo
| to the other more exciting and trans ing
| consideration. and that is that Chris GO
ing to divide up heaven in the<lu ~
| There are old estates in tho cSScsiin cid
that have been in the possession OF In
habitants for thousands OF year,, ar .ey
| shall remain ~ they are. There I'D
family mansions In heaven filled with lle
generations of kindred, and they sha or
be driven out. Many OF the victor m
earth have already got their palace
] tho - nni-.ad out 10 thoaa ne'-lv
Soon after our getting there we iii ask to
be shown the apostolic residence, and ask
| where does Paul live and John. and shown
| the patriarchal residences, and shall say.
| "Where does Abraham live or jacob" aud
! shown the martyr residences and say,
| "Where does John Huss live aud Ridley?'
We VIII Wuut 10 $50 lDt DOuleNarlS. wnnrn
| the chariors OF conquerors roll. will want
| to see the garden where the princes walk.
We will want to see Music row, where Han
| del and Haydn and Mozart and Charles Tes.
! ley and Thomas Hastings and Bradbury
| have their homes. out OF their windows, ever
| and anon, rolling some snatch Of an earthly
| oratorio or hymn transported with tho COM
poser. We Will want to see Revival ter
| ace, where Whiteteld and Neuleton and
Payson and Rowland HUI aud Charles Fin =
ney ard other giants Of soul reGDing arc
| resting from their almost supernatural la
| oors. their doors thrOngod with converts
just arrived, coming to report themselves
But brilliant as tho sunset and like the
leaves for number arc the celestial homes
| yet to bo awarded when Christ 10 you and
millions of others shall divide the spoil.
| What do you want there? You shall have it,
An orchardp There Il is-twelve manner Of
| fruits, and fruit every month. Do you want
| river scenery? Take your choice on the
banks OF the river, in longer, wider deeper
roll than Danube or Amazon or Mississippi,
II mingled in one, and emptyinG into the sea
OF glass. mingled with fire. Do you want
| your kindred back ayainI 90 out and meet
! your father and mother, without the staff or
the stoop and your children In dance OF i'm
mortal glee. Doyou want u throne? Select
IL from the million FURNISHED elevations. Do
you want crown? Pick II out of that
mountain OF diamonded coronets. Do you
want your old church friends OF earth
| around you? Begin TO hum an old revival
| tune. and they will flock from all quarters TO
| revel with you In sacred "reminiscences All
the earth for those who are here on earth at
tho time Of continental and planetary dis
| tributon and all tho heavens for those who
| are there.
That heavenly distribution OF spoils will
be surprise to many. Here enters heaven
| the soul OF II man who took up "A great deal
OF room In the church on earth, bu, sacrificed
| little. and among his good works selhshnuss
was evident. Ho just crowds through tine
shining gate. but it's n vesY tight squeeze,
so that the doorkeeper has 10 pull hard to
| get him in, and this man expects half OF
| heaven for his share OF trophies, aud he
would like monopoly OF all its splendOr
and to purchase lots in the suburbs. so that
he could got advantage Of the growth OF the
city. Well, little by little he gets grace OF
heart, just enough to get him through, aud
| 10 him is given secondhand crown which
| one of the saints wore ut the start, but ex-
changed for "A brighter one rs he went on
from glory TO glory. Aud he Is put in an
| old house once occupied by an angel who