The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-05

INHVo Nu DuI [nItOu. anu Il nave
TO meet u, d Il come TO you and a ~,
settle hat o ligation. you rightly -,
votr own a bts."a II you and !, sh
down the sti sect-both hale, hearty ~
| Il ask yotl 90 carry me, YOU say ~,
"walk ON y,lur own feetv' But SUPP
\ and were I'm regiment. and I was u.
| cd in the tsttle. and j fell uncons
yorr feet with guBshot fractures IN =,
cations, whit would you do2 You ~
| call to your comrades, saying: "Co
help; this inan is helpless. Bring the "a
| lance. Lei us take him to the hospita ~ ~
| would bela dead lift in your arms, ~ ~
| would lift no from the ground where ~
fallen, and put me in the ambulanc a.
take me &c the hospital, and have all ic
bemeaning in my accepting that kin
Oh y. You would be mean not TO ""
That is what Christ does II we coul
our debts. then 1t would be better TO "a
and pay item, aging: "Here, Lord, ~
my Obligation. Here are the means ~
which mean to settle that obligation. w
give me re- sipt. Gross 1t all out"
debt is ptd.
But the fact Is we have fallen in the b
we have gone down under the hot fire
trnusgres,ions, we have been wounde
the saber, % sin. we ore helpless, we ar
done. Christ comes. The loud clang b
! inthe sky on that Christmas night was
tho bell The resounding bell OF the al
lance. Clear the way for the Son OF
, He come, down 10 bind up the wounds,
TO scatter the darkness, and to save the
Clear IN, way tor the Son OF God! CT
comes down to us, and we are dead
He does not lift us with the tips oil His
, gers. He does not lift us with one arm.
] comes djwn upon His knee, and then wit
s dead lift He rnisos us TO honor and glory
g immortality. "The Lord bath laid on ]
= tho iniouity of us ALL" Why, then. wi
T man carry his sins? Y01 cannot carry
: cessfully the smallest sin you ever G.
Q | mitted. You might as we'll put the Ap
= mines on one shoulder and the Alps on
: other. How much les' can you carry all
d sins of your lifetims2 Christ comes
1 looks down In your face aud says: II no
n come through all the decorations OF th'
g days. and through all the tempests OF the
h nights. have come to bear your burdei
q and to pardon your sins, and TO pay yo'
d debts. Put them on My shoulder, put tne.
q on NV heart" "Ou HIN the Lord hath la
!. the iniquity OF MS ALL" Sin has almost pcs
ID cred the life out OF some oi you AZ time
-e Ii has made you cross and unreasonable an
u IL has spoiled the brightness oil your dal
II and the peace OF your nights. Ihere ~
~ men who have been riddlod OF sin. Ih'
le world gives them no solace. GOss1mery an
IN volatile the world. while eternity, as they
lp look forward to il, is black rs Midnight
n They writhe under the stings ol q conscience
he which proposes to give no rest here and no
)u rest hereafter. and yet they DO not repen;.
he they do not pray. they do not weep 1hey
ry do not realize that just the position they oc-
% cupy Is the position occupied py scores
hundreds and thousands OF men VINO never
found any nope.
the peoplo who ARE here could giyo the'l
testimony, what thrilling experiences We
should hear on all sides! There is a mar
ay who would say: II had brilliant surround
iul inps. 1 mad the best elucaton that one o
,u. tho best collegiate institutions OF this coun
on try could give and I observed all the morall
ou ties OF life, and I was sell-righteous, ana
we thought was all right before God as ai
'ut all right before man, but the Holy Sprl
ed came TO me one day and said, you are
lg- sinne-;' the Holy Spirit persuaded me o, IN
lg, fact While ] had escaped the sins ngelhs
Cm the law of the land. had really committe
me the worst sin man ever commlts' III
ere driving back OF the Son OF God from
nd hearts affections. and saw that my hai
nd were red with the blood OF the Son OF G
I'm, and began TO pray, and peace came TO
'ne heart and know by experience that "
er- YOU say is true" ION Him the Lord
ant laid the iniquity OF us ail! ioho"r
ur- man WI 'ould sav, ~ was
I'D. Iukp %" went
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ee home; my children covered when l enter,
II the house; when they put up their lip to b
u kissed, struck them; when my wile pro
lex tested against the maltreatment, kicke
ieh her into the street know all the bruise
lut and all the terrors OF n drunkards woe.
'od went on farther and farther from God unit
II one day got letter, saying:
hat ''My Dear Husband-l have tried ever
1t way, done everything and prayed earnestl
Is and fervently for your reformation, nu
lie. IL seems Of no avail. Since our lttl
rec Henry died, with the exception OF those ley
les happy weeks when you remained sober, m
Inc life had been one OF sorrow Many oil III
i'm. nights have sat by the window, with IA
'ut- face bathed in tears, watching for yol
VIII coming. l am broken hearted, 1 am sicl
VIII Mother and father have been here irequeatI
on ! and begged me TO come home, out my IpN
tch for YOU and my hope Cor brighter days HAY
zee always made me refuse them. That hol
My seems now beyond realization, and have r
ON turned 10 them. 1t is hard and battle
long before doing it. May God bless al
preserve you, and take from You tnat u
cursed appetite and husten the day when V
snail be again living happily together. IN
will be my daily prayer, knowing that /
has said, Come unto me, all ye that laD
bet and are heavy laden, and l will give Y,
the rest From your loving wife. MARY.
ure "And so wandered on ana wandered on
rec says that man, "until one night | passed
the Methodist meeting house. and / said TO m
ten, self. IN 20 in and see what they are doinj
less and / got to the door, aud they were sIng!n
ling
nay GAN may come. whoever will
cial This man receives poor sinners still.
the
most "Aud dropped right there, where VI
God and sa,d, God have mercyn and He h
ros- mercy on me. My home is restored, my W
you sings all day long during WORK. my chldr
yged come out n long way 70 greet me home, q
vent my household Is Il little heaven. l will
* 10 YOU what did all this for me. II was
It OF truth that you this day proclaim, "On II
ray. the Lord hath laid the iniquity OF US al
you yonder is n woman who would say, iW'
ding dered oil from my fathers house, hel
Tres. the storm that pets on lost soul My +
ID TO were blistered on the hot rocks. went
nd q and on, thinking that no one cared Tor
you? soul. when one night Jesus met me and
jugh said. poor thing, go home! Your iathel
kill waiting for you, your mother is waiting
tand you. Go home poor thing" And, sir
that was too week 70 pray, and was too weaG
what repent, but l just cried out-I sobbed
and nv sins and my sorrows on the shoulders
! see Him Of whom II Is sal !, the Lord hhtn
God on Him the iniquity OF Us all.