The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-04-16

together many happy years. ;sthe hsp-
piest time OF all our life. Yc we are to
be happy together forever. ave now.
he brave. will say Goo, NJ TO you.
| for we shall soon he in the N m OF our
Father together" Persecuti hows the
| heroes and heroines. I 20 In other de-
partment. and find that q great de-
nominations ~ Christians viii, avo been
mCst'abused have spread the apidly.
No good man was ever NJ violently
| naltreated than John wesle, lied aud
caricatured and slandored untne day he
| stood in pulpit in London,d "A n man
arose In the audience and saitYou were
drunk last night" and John lev said,
THANK God. the whole catalo is now
| complete. I have been charged h every
thing but thaiw His followers hooted
ut and malignei and called very de-
testabe name that Internal In ty could
invent, but the hotter the NJ tion the
moro rapidly they spread un gu know
what great host they have ,me and
what tremendous force for aud the
truth they are welding the wo Iver. Il
was persecution that gave Stand to
Presbyterianism. II was perse on that
gave our land first TO civil libert I'd after
ward to religious freedom. Yea. iight 90
farther back and any II was pars ion that
gospel. The ribald mockery. tho ngering
and thirsting. the unjust re. the
ignominious death. when ali tforce Of
helrs fury was hurled against the,ss, was
the Introduction OF that religiowhich Is
yet TO he the earth's deliveranand our
eternal salvation. The State somues said
to the church. "Come. take nv hai and
will help YOU" What was the reg The
church went lack. and II lost u Of
holiness. and II became inefYecti ther
times the State said to the chh 81 will
crush YOU" What has beenu result2
After the storms have spent tis ury the
church, so far from having l,;e OF its
force, has increased aud is wor se lnitely
more after the assault than b, 40 Read
all history and you will find tina The
church Is far more indebted 10 IN ,sosition
OF civil government than 20 II ,royal.
The fires of tho stake have OF { en the
torches which Christ held in n ic nd. by
the light of which tho church htparched
to her present glorious posti ain the
sound Of racks and impcmenfs rture
hear the rumbling Of the & - hariot.
The scafrolds OF martyrdom h zen the
stairs bywhich tho church mou
Learn also from our subject In will
come 10 exposure. Long, longR those
brothers sold Joseph into Egyp' ~ had
made the oil father believe thf .vorite
child was dead. They had 81 sd the
crime, and 1t was n profound So llkent
by the brothers. But suddenly cret Is
out. The old father hears that mis- in
Egypt, having been sold there b malice
OF his own brothers. How their smust
have burned and their hearts at tho
flaming out OF this long suppr ,rimc.
Tho smallest iniquity has usaud
tongues. and they will blah osure.
Saul was sent to destroy the mites.
their sheep and their oxen. but he got
down there among the pastures - some
fine sheep and oxen too fat 10 so he
thought he would steal then oboly
would know II. He drove stolen
sheer and oxen toward home,
TO report 20 the prophet how
cutcd hts mission. when in the
sheep began to bleut and the oxr
The secret was out. AMI Samuel
blushing aud confused Saul: "v
eth the bleating OF the sheen tina
tho believing of the cattir2" Ah,
you cannot keep an iniquity sti
the wrong time the sheep will b
oxen will below. Achnn cam
Bah" '"out J.