Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-11-04

scattering the winter grain. ami tnougn fne
snow may come. the next year there will be
| q great crop. Now. that is what we are do
ing when we are preaching the Gospes we
scattering the seed. II is the foolisnness
Of preaching, but 1t is the " nter grain; and
| though the SHOWS OF worl Illness may come
| down upon It, 1t will yield a ter awhile 9iori-
Gus harvest. Let Us be sure We SOW tho
right kind OF seed. Sow mullen stalk and
! mul On stalk will come up. S wv Cannda
! thistles and Canal la thsite5 will cone up.
| Sow wheat and wheat will come up. Let US
| distinguish between truth AM error. Let
US know the 4 .f.reGce between wlsat AMI
| he lebore, oat aud hsubane.
Again, / remark. in grace as In tho farm
/ there must he a harro wing. l refer nov not
/ to a harrow that goes over the fiel in order
/ to prepare the ground for the seed. but har
row which goes over after the seed IS sown,
lest the birds pick up the seed, sinking 1t
down into the earth SO that 1t caI take root,
You know a harrow. 1t Is made OF bars OF
I wool nails 1 across each other, aud the un-
derstde of each bar Is furnished with sharp
teeth, and the horses are hitched 10 1t. fr
goes tearing and lelpinS across tle field,
driving the seed down into the earlh until II
! springs up in the harvest. Bereavement,
sorrow persecution are the Lords harrows
/ to sink the Gospel truth in your heart.
These were truths that you heard thirty
! years ago; they have not affected you until
/ recently. Some grelt trouble came over you,
: and the truth was narrowed in. and IL has
+ come up What did God mean in this coun-
/ try in 15572 Fora century there was the Cos
pei preached, but great deal of it produced
no result. Then God harnesss1 wild
/ panic to harrow of commercial disaster,
and that harrow went down Wall street, and
I up Wall street, down Third street, AMI W
/ Third street, down state street. and up State
/ street, down Pennsylvania avenue, and up
. Pennsylvania avenue. until the whole land
. was torn to pieces as ii hal never beop be-
I fore. What followed the harrowi A great
awakening in which there were 100000
sous brought into the Kingdom Of
our Lord. No harrow. no crop.
Again, remark, IN yracs as IN the farm
| there must be q reaping. Many Christians
speak OF religion as though il were matter
OF economies or insurance. They expect to
reap in the next world. Oh no. Now i5 the
I limo to reap. Gather up the Joy OF the
Christian religion this morning, this after
noon, this night. Ity2u have not as much
grace az you would like TO have, thank God
for what you have, and prav Tor more. You
are no worse snssved than jos ph. no worse
troubled than was David, no worse scourget
than WAS Paul Yet, amid the rafting OF
fetters and amid the gloom OF dungeons, and
amid the horror OF shipwreck, they
| iriumphed in the gracs OF Sot. The weakest
man in the house to-day has 800 acres OF
! spiritual Joy all ripe. Why do you not go
/ and reap it2 You have been groaDing over
+ your infrnlties for thirty yeats. Now give
ons roSni shout over YOUR emancipation.
You say you have II so hardi you might have
| 1t worsr. You won er why this great cold
/ trouble keeps revolving through your soul.
! turning and turning with e blask nand On
the crank. All, that trouble is the grind
stone on which you are 10 sHRrpen your
sickle. To the felis! Wake up' Take on
your green spectacles. your blue sRsctarlss,
/ your black spectaces. Pull UP the corners
/ Of your mouth AS far rs you pull them down,
/ TO the felds, Reap. reap.
Again, I remark. iu grace as IL farming,
/ there Is time for threshin2, tell you
| blUutly that Is death. Just as the farmer
with fail bests tbs wheat out OF the straw.
so death beats the soul out OF the body.
/ Every sickness is a stoke OF III, fail, 6ntthe
/ sick-bsd ID tho thresbing foor. What, say
| you, is death to good man only taxing the
/ wheat out of the straw? That is all. An
aged man has fallen aslssp. Only yesterday
! you saw him in the sunny porch playing
/ with his grandchildren. Calmly NJ received
4 the message to leave this world. He bade
! pleasant goodbye to his old frien IS. The
telegraph carries the tidings, au ON swift
| rail trains the kinirst come. wanting once
more to look on tn. facs OF dear old grand
! father, Brush back the gray hairs from bis
brow, 1t will never ache again. Put him
away In the s!unber OF the tomb. He will
| not be afraid OF that night. Grand father was
I
| the morning OF the resurrection. Grandfath-
| er was always the first 70 rise. His voice has
already minslei in the doxo!ogy OF Heaven.
| Grandfather always did s;uk in church.
Anything ghastlY iu that No. The thresh-
/ ing of the wheat out OF the straw. That Is
all.
The Saviour folds a lamb in His bosom.
| The little child filed all the house with her
| music, and her toys are scattered all up and
| down the stairs just as she left them. What
| II the hand that pluoked four-o'oiocks out
| OF the meadow is still? II will wave in the
eternal triumph. What IL the voice that
| made music in the home Is stiil2 II will sing
the eternal hosanna. Put white rose in one
hand, q red rose in the otuet hand, and a
! wreath OF orange blossoms on the brow; the
white flower for the victory, the red flower
for the Saviours sacrifice, the orange olos-
! SONS for her marriage day. Anything gbast-
ly about that' Oh, no! The sun went down
and the flower shut The wheat threshed
| out of the straw. "peRr Lord give me
Sleep" said dying boy, the son of one OF
my elders, "dear Lord, give me siesp.'
And he closed his eyes and awoke in glory.
Henry ". Longfellow, writing a letter Of
coincidence to those parents, said. Those
last words were beautifully poetic" And
Mr.. Lonyfellow knew what Is poetic. Dear
Lord, give me sleep.
Twas not in cruelty, not IN wrath
That the reaper came that day;
Twas an angel that visited the earth
And took the flower away
So 1t may be with US when our work is all
done. Dear Lord, give me sleep"
| have ono more thought to present. /
have spoken Of the plowing of the wing.
I Of the narrowing, of the reaping, Of the
thresbing. 1 must now speak mon 1T OF
the gernering.
Where is che garner Nee tell your
Oh, no. So many have 9one out fro n your
, own circles-yea, from YOUR own family
! thot-- huva q -sszn On rhaf
| for many q year. What hard time some
| OF them hadl In Gethsemanes OF suffering,
they sweat great drops OF blood. They
took the "cup OF trembling and they put
il TO their hot lips and they cred, "If il be
possible, let this cup pass from me-" With
tongues OF burning agony they cried, 20
Lord, deliver my souln' But they got over
II. They all got over it. Garnered! Their
tears wiped away; their battles all ended;
their burdens lifted. Garneredl The Lord
of the harvest will not allow those sheave7
| to perish in the equinox. Garneredl Some
OF US remember, on the farm, that the
! sheaves were put on the top OF the rack
: which surmountei the wagon, and these
sheaves were piled higher and higher, and
after a while the horses started Tor the barn,
and these sheaves 5waye1 TO and fro in the
wind. and the old wagon creaked, and the
horses made strug Sle. and pulled so hard
the harness came up in loops OF leather
on their backs. and when the front wheel
struck the elevated door OF the barn IL
seemed as II the load would go no father,
until the workmen gave great shout, and
then with one last tremendous ST. ain, the
horses pulled in the load; they were unhar-
messed, and forkful after forkfrl of grain
fell into the now Oh, my friends, our get
ting to heaven may be pull. hard pull, a
very hard pull; but these shsaves are bound
to 20 in. The Lord Of the harvest has prom
ised ii. I see tho load at last coming to
the door of the heavenly garner. The
sheaves of the Christian soul sway TO and fro
in the wind Of death, and the old body creaks
under the load, aud as the load strikes the
floor of the celestial garner. it seems as II It
can 20 no further. II is the last struggle,
until the voices Of angels and the voices OF
our departed kindred aud the welcoming
voice of God shall send the harvest rolling
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