The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-19

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religious bsefing. the temp srature Drops
from dighti above to ten degrees below zero.
rhcrel Rrel icicles hanging from their eye
browst They foat into religious meeting
aud tfey chill everything with their jere-
miadf c4d prayers, cold songs. cold greet
lngs. \ cold sermons. Christianity on Ice.
The NhurlA u great rcfrigcrntor. Christians
gone Iptoi finter quarters Hlbernationl On
the III lerI Ihand, there are people who go
thro1h tle world like the breath OF spring
morhA Axng. Warm greetings, warm prayers,
warnX sdfles, warm Christian influence
Therla arei such persons. We bless God for
thenT W. rejoice In their compaulonship.
AQ fuenl In the English army the army
| havil \ hated Tor the nj yht. having lost his
beggi We, ay down tired and sick without
any Sanlei. An oGlcer came up and said;
"wh Il yu have no blanket. I'll go and
get \ N ablanket." He departed for u few
nom ApisdGd then came back and covered
| the fGdnral up with n very warm blanket.
| The Ctemral said: Whose BLANKETS Is thls?"
The o lhlcr replied: III got that from a pri-
vatf 4oler in the Scotch regiment. Ralph
| MaiDbnid." "Now," said the General,
''yoIu ta,e this blanket right back TO that
| solV idr. He can no more do without IL than
| cad n Idowithout IL. Never bring to me the
| blathklet u a private soldier" How many
mer Ilic that General would II take to
wartui tie world up2 The vast majority OF
| us tlrb aiNious TO get more blankets, whether
| ansbbd' else is blankctei or not. Look
at the fellow feeling displayed In the
| rocky deHle between Jerusalem and
Jerfchoin Scripture times. Here Is man
! wh(b has been get upon by the bandits. and
in the struggle to Keep his property he has
gou wounded and mauled and stabbed, and
he lies there half dead. priest rides along.
He sees him and says. "Why, what's the
matter with that man2 Why, ho must be
hurt. lying on the fiat OF his back. Isn't IL
strange that he should lie therel But can't
stop. am on my way to temple services.
Go along, you beast. Carry me up TO my
temple duties" After awhile n Leylte comes
up He looks over and says: "why, that
man must be very much hurt. Gashed on
the forehead. What u pity. Stabbed under
his arm, WHAT pity. Tut, tut! What u
pity! Why, they have taken his clothes
| nearly away from him. But haven't time
to stop lead the choir up In the temple
service. Go along. YOU beast. Garry me up
TO MY temple duties"
Alter awhile Samaritan comes along
one who you might suppose through Ma
tional grudge might have rejected this poor
wounded lsraclite. Coming along he sees
this man aud says; "Why, that man must
be terribly hurt. | see by his features he is
nm lsraclite, but he is n man and he IL Il
brother. 'Whoa!" says the Samaritan, and
he gets down OF the beast and comes up to
this wounded mun. gets down on Que knee,
listens to see whether the heart OF the un-
fortunate man is still beating, makes up his
mind there Is u chance for resuscitation.
goes TO work at him, takes out of his sack
bottle of oil aud bottle of wine, cleanses
the wound with somO wine, then pOurs
some OF the restorative in the wounded
mans lips. then takes some oil AMI with
II sooths tho wound. After awhile he
takes of n part Of his garment for
"a bandage. Now the sick and wounded
man sits up, pale and exhausted, but
very thankful Now the good Samaritan
says, "lou must get on my saddle, and !
will walk The Samaritan helps aud ten
derly steadies this wounded man until he
, gets him on toward the tavern. the wounded
man holding ON with the little strength he
, has LEFT, ever and anon looking down at the
coed Samaritan and saying: "You are very
kind. had no right 10 expect this thing Of
a Samaritan when | am an Israelite. You
are very kind to walk and let me ride"
Now they have come mp 10 the tavern. The
Samaritan, with the help OF the landlord,
assists the sick and wounded man to dis
mount and puts him 10 bed. The Bible says
the samaritan staid all night. 1n the
morning, l suppose, the Samaritan went in
to look how his patient was aud ask him
how he passed tho night. Then he comes ont
the Samaritan comes out and says TO- the
II aaH645i33. 33.'>~olIefe- is-hrls sy to pN that
mans board. and Il MS convalesconce
is not as rapid AS l hope for. chasee ths
whole thing TO me. Good-morntng, all. lie
beast, but go slowly for those bandits sweep
ing through the land may havo left some
body else wounded and half dead" Sym
pathy! Christian sympathy How muny
such men rs that would IL tax" 60 warm the
cold world up2 Famine I'm Xlrepthath.
Everything dried up. There is a widow with
sou and no food except II handful Of meal.
. She is gathering sticks 10 kindle fire 10
, cook tho handful of meal. Then she Is 20.
: ING to wrap her arms around her boy and
! die. Here comes Elijah. His two bln'N
servants, the ravens. have got tired waiting
on him lie asks that woman for food. Now,
! that handful OF meal Is to be divided into
, three parts. Before. II was to be divided
, into two parts Now, she says TO El,jnh
: "Como in and sit down at this solemn table
, aud take third Of the last morscl." How
: many women like that would II take to warm
, the cold world up?
Recently an engineer in the Southwest, on
/ Il locomotive. saw n train coming with wnicl
he must collide lie resolved 10 stand nj his
4 post and slow up the train until the last min
ute for there were passengers behind. The
' ! engineer said TO the fireman: "Jump! One
/ man is enough on this engine! Jump" Th'
:. | fireman Jumped and was saved. The crJlsl
: | came. Tho engineer died at his post How
:, | many men like that engineer would Il taxi
A to warm this cold world up! vessel sirucl
: on rocky island. The passengers and tn
- crew were without food, aud q sailor had
SutllllSn HnltF MS cont. h' WIS HtNluN ]
!, | for his last moisel. He heard little chtl,
= cry to her mother; "Oh, mother, / am 5,
!, hungry: give mo something to eat. ] am ~
2 hungry!' The sailor took the shellilsh from
- under his coat aud said "H9re! Take that.
=, How many men like that sailor would II TAX
10 warm the cold world upp XerXes
a fleeing from his enemy, got on board
: boat. A great many Perslans leaped int
l. the same boat and tie boat was sinking
Some one said, "Are you not willing 10 max
II Il sacrifice for your Nng?" AMI the maiorit,
=, OF those who were in the boat leaped over
4 board and drowned TO save their king. Hoy
10 many men like that would II take 10 warn
~ up this cold world2 Elizabeth Fry went int
~ the horrors OF Newgate prison, and sh
la turned the imprecation and tho obsionit
y and the illth into prayer aud repentance an
I, reformed life. The sisters of charity, l
~ 1868, on Northern aud Southern BATH fields
!. came TO BOYS in blue und gray while the
a were bleeding to death. The black bonne
~ with the sides pinned back and the whit
bandnge on the brow may not have answere
N all the demands Of elegant taste, but 20