The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-02-13
!. TalMAGES SUNDAY SERMON
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE.
subject; "The Place to Begin

'"u catch the first glimpse OF Jerusalem \
ing the Joy OF the whole earth. That affl
&c promoted with temples and palaces n. |
AHA adinnt. whether looked up NJ from the al |
ey OF Jehoshaphnt or gazed at from adpy |
nor nc hills was the capital OF great Naf |
ant ouds ofincenso had hovered over it. Qk
pts OF kings had rolled through IL. B.t
,rs ne rams OF enemies had thundered ag.{ !
esds There Isaiah prophesied, and JerebT |
,et nmen;ed. and David reigned, aud bll |
reached, and Christ was martyred. plll
Interesting city ever built since mg"rt
prov hung its first trOw i or plumb line meitlly
~ ts first wall or royalty swung its It1 |
usl1 cepter WHAT Jerusalem was to the .sSS :
nedom Washington Is 10 our own c, sn
ru the capital. the place TO which iIE
sfse ribas come up. the groat National.,yne
~ whose throb sends life or death thrOtt',nTt
body polite, clear out to the seosris stnG mo
luce - xtremities. III '"'
mira ~ What the resurrected Christ said 10
n n Il ext TO His disciple when lie ordered ~ my
start on the work Of gosplizatlon. MO
Ito, ming at Jerusalem" II seems TO me q t,lh-
urg now iD HIS providence 20 tens OF IN, ffays
80 hi Christians In this city. Start 91nus
ms M decentralization Of America. "bcgin ~ tne
Rwashington." America Is going to re NJ
Ihor God. II you DO not believe II. I'd thR'h
an that now aud leave and give room fCour
WI <bnnn or woman who does believe !sohe
aN' Aurelv rs God lives and He IS able tc'~'. As
i'fA 4ays lie will this country will be ev ~ ne
f5rom the mouth OF the potom, fu1ed
The -1.mouth OF the Oregon. from the Hig 10 the
apc- f,lNayesnk 20 the Golden Horn, froi' mos OF
The 3lIay 10 the Gulf Of Mexico, and c ann
'ota walk every lake, whether best ~ VIII
4irlacid, and be trausngurei on ey' eieu OF
, III, a., .,i ,L. ,,i,.bt akInI ,rrcthcr q. lmoun-
lc, Mover groves OF magnolia or ovcrf mover
AK Ngacier, shall be filled with the an,rrIashah
We'd Hure OF "glory to God and goHlic. .,g oyer r.
+tmen." WIN W
n Again and agair does tho ol,
'l M nounce that all the earth shall sesi )oK an
'A tion OF God, and "a the grenter isrle saliva
w ~ lesser that takes America glorious Fdes ths
"a you not see that IL America ia NOT m can
God by His consecrated peopl, pNrn Ior
u r taken TOR 'pollyOn2 The forces 'N Wilt pe
ic both sides are SO tremendous thnHy yageu on
'pt be a drawn battle. IL IL comingiif cannot
coa M geldon. Either the American IN le hrma,
M perish aud this Nation be hal uoa'h VIII
NM M Haro's aud Hilehrands aud lwd over to
Io, and N'ros Of balcful power, and dlIioclouans
oft W will reign seated upon piled ul lcohousn
W beer barrels. his mouth foumibs throne oi
I'M nestle and National curse audll with 40,
M lit it, unhiudcrei knife OF ;1frlme Wlll
,,", ~ and rattle keys Of worst burg, ,tasslhttloh
- W torch OF widest conilagratiOfE ana wave
M iMnu cities be turned INTO Sodoms. ana our
NV M mighty tempest Of FIRE andWhulhg Tor
'h' and one tidal wave Of birthstone
W will surge across the conttbomlnatinn
lrs W Sabbaths will take on ment, or our
In W ty, and the newspapers will bdr5 sahcti-
Ing R yptic wings OF b,neiiction. and )me Hpocal-
ler III will be abandoned for lack of OF hdntentiares
nd X holiness and happiness, twin sOtIfahts' anu
ter OF heaven, snail walk thro 3iaid dauSh-
,,. M ana Christ reign over this NaEol the Iand
-, M person or by agency glorhq ether IN
~ M whole country will be one cleaI'uh that the
y y W echo OF heaven. II will be one fesoundinS
- nn9 X BY the throne OF Him who liveth the other.
ever declare II will be the Ia ireVer ana
M Lord will help me, as He aldF' ~ the
ne bleseed be HE glorious name-t tys does
SSu SSlb nw oSye %CsS Tc begun V at
thz{3the wh0l ntinen' to Cod andMiFiffo bring RIM
Il. k3cent.lEX = 49, -S-es--v5..- ~ 'ni'
~ hhuan Hhe Conqueror orderefhe curfcw,
-. ne custom OF ringing the bell a midnight,
.s " mhch T., @ the % %lires on the hed tbs were to
", bSDankedl ana al the lights ,xtinguished.
~ and all ei1eople retire to Their pillows /
~ pray God trat the curfew Of this century
iN may not be sounded. and the fires be banked.
)h and the Lights eEtingushed as the clock
strikes the midnight hour that divides the
nineteenth century from the twentieth CEN
ury until this beloved land. which was 90
most Of us a cradle and which will be to most
ri Of us grave shall come into tho full pos
session Of Him who is so glorious that Will
pam the Couqucror could not be compared to
Of Him. even the One who rdoth forth "con-
T. llerlng ana to conquer"
Why should II be especially advantageous
J" mighty work OF grace started here ''bp-
" Fnningat Washngt0nt' First. because thi,
80 Is on the border between the North an!
" 8he South II isneither Northern nor South
10 frn. II commmglcs the two climates II
m brings together the two styles of population.
IL t Is not only right, but beautiful that peo-
10 should have especial love for the latitude
! Nhtre they were born and brought up With
o Nhat loving acceutuatOn the Alabaminn
g kpeGks Of his orange groves. And the man
rom Massachusetts Is sure 10 let you know
hat he comes from the innd Of the AdGuscs
q samuel and John and John Quincy Did
s You ever know Virginian or Ohioun whose
n ACE did not brighten when he announced
himself from the Southern or Northern
!, State OF Presidents2 II n man does not like
y Us native cline, II is because while he lived
I here he did not behave well. This capital
flands whore, by lis locality and its political
: pnnuence, II stretches forth one hand toward
Fhe North aud the other toward the South,
ihd mighty work OF grace starting here
a would probably be National awakening
ieorgia would clasp the hand Of New Hamp-
ehire, and Maine tho hand OF Louisiana, and
Caltfornia the hand of New York, and say,
ECome, let MS 90 up and worship the God
1oi Nations tho Christ OF Golgotha, the Holy
n Ghost OF the pentecostal thousands" Ii has
often been said that the only way the
North and the South will be brought into
complete accord IL to have O war with
some foreign Nation in which both sections.
marching sideby side, would forget every
thing but the foe 10 be overcome. Well, il
you wait for such foreign conflict. you
, VIII wait until all this generation Is dead
and perhaps walt forever. Tho war that
Will make the sections forget past contro-
versies Is war against unrlghteousness
such as universal religious awakening
would declare. What we want Is n battle
for souls In which about 40 900 900 Northern-
ers and Southerners shall be on the same
side and shoulder to shoulder. In no other
city on the continent can such n war be de-
clared so appropriately, for all the other
great cities arc either Northern or Southern
n Thists neither, or rather II Is both.
~ Again. itwould be especially advantageous
IL II mighty work OF grace started here. be-
\ cause more representative men are In Wash
fngton than in any other city between the
ceans. OF course there are accidents In
iitics, aud occasionally there arc men who
into the Senate and House OF Represen-
ives and other important places who arc
ted for the positions In neither head nor
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