The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-04-15

fS''h'ta IIdNtE~. LOT tlere wen
lust as devout prayers ans werei south OF
Mason and DiNon's line rs north OF il. and
uos gave what was asked for, or something
Us much more valuable rs n house and LOT
are worth more than u sheet of music. There
Is hotn good an intelligent man between the
uuu OF Mexico and the St. Lawrence River
Wno does not believe that God did the best
tuinS possible when He s,ood this Nation
Town In 1860 a glorious unity. meyer 10 be
rent until the waters of the Ohio and the s,-
Vanhah. the Hudson and the Alabama. are
licked up by the long, red tongues of n world
on hre. Yea. God sometimes answers pray-
ers on n large scale.
IN worse predicement nation never was
than the Israelitish nation on the banks of
rue l'ed Sea, the rafting shields and The
cia,tering hootS OF an overwhelming host
close a'ter them. An army could Just rs
easily wade through The Atlantic Ocean from
New York to Liverpool rs tho Israelites
could have waded through the Red Sen. You
neeu 10 sail on its water to realize how big
II Is. How was the crossing effected? Bv
trayer. Exodus xiv. IL: "Ani the Lord
said unto Moses: Wherefore cries, thou
unto Me? Speak unto the children OF Israel,
mat they go forward'-that is. "Stop pray
ing and take the answer" And then the
water began TO be acitatei ana swung this
way and that way, and the ripple became n
49, 49, 'sAt NllANAff'l lllt hlllAlNS.
and now they rise into walls of sapphire, and
invisible trowels mason them into ilrmncss,
ana the walls become ike mountains, toppei
anu turreted and domed with cragS Of crys-
'al. and God throws an invisible chain
around tho feet OF those mountains. so that
they are obliged to stand still, and there.
rlCht before tho lNrsciiti~h army. l. turn
pike road, with all the emerald gates swung
wide open. Tho passing host did not even
Epf tnu,r lntf wat Inbtr Vrga,l V.,..ha
the bottom OF the sea IL hard as the plve-
meAt OF Pennsylvania avenue to New York's
broadway or LOndon'S Strand. Oh, what n
God they had. Or | think | will change that
and say, WHAT God wc havr"
what power puts II hands upon as,ron-
omy IN joshua tinIo AMI made the sun ami
moon stand still! Joshua v, II, "riien spoke
Joshua unto the Lord" Prayer? As Il giant
VIII taketwo or four great globes. an 1 in nS-
founding way swing them this way or that,
or mold two Of them Mt arms length. so the
Omnipotent does AZ He will with the great
orns OF worlds. with wheeling onsteliations
ana ctrciinS SalaNieS. swinging easily star
around star. star tossed after star, or sun
and moon held ont at arms length and per-
iectly still. as in answer to Joshua's prayer.
10 God the largest world Is n pebble.
Another reason wny we should obey the
Pauline injunction OF tho teyt nnl pray for
'' 'h"N NV W dNNllbIllN Is tVlI SO very
much OF our W prosperity nnl happiness
nrc involved in their doinGs. A selfish rea-
son. you say. Yes, but "A righteous selfish.
ness, like that which leads. YOU TO take care
OF your W health and preserve your
own life. Prosperous government means n
prosperous people. Damaged government
means Il damaged peosle. We all 90 up
together, or w all 80 down together.
"hen we pray for our rulers. we pray for
ourselves. for our homes, for the easier gain
ing OF n livelihood. for better prospects tor
our children. for the hurting OF these hard
times so far down the emhanknent they can
never climb up again. DO not look at any,
thing that pertains to public interest rs hay.
ing no relation to yourself. We arc touched
by all the events in our national history. by
the signing OF the compac in tho cabin OF
the Mayflower. by the small ship. the Hnls
sailing up the Hudson: 10y the" Treaty
OF William Penn, by the hand that made tho
Liberty bell" sound its first stroke, by Old
lronsides plowing the high seas. aud. "
touched by all the events Of past Americn. GER
tainly by all the events of the present dav.
Every prayer you make for our rulcrs, il tho
prayer be OF the right stamp md worth any
thing. mas q rebound Of benedictloa for your
W body, mind and soul.
Another reason for Obcdipnce 10 my tcyt
IL that the prosperity of this country Is COM
ing, and we want "a hand in helping on its
coming. At any rate | do. 1t Is Il matter Of
honest satisfaction TO Il soldier, after some
great battle has been fought md some great
victory won, to be able t. say: yes, | was
there. ! was in the brigade that stormcd
those heights. l was in that bavonpt charge
that put the enemy to Night" We.l,the day
VIII come when all the financial. political
ana moral foes OF this republic will be driven
back and driven down bv the prosperities
that are now on their way. but which cone
with slow tread and in "lutigue dress when
want them to take ''the double quick"
by our prayers we may stand on the noun
tain top and beckonthcm on and show them
n shorter cut. Yea. in answer to our pray
ers the Lord God of Hosts may from the high
heavens command them forward. swilter
than mounted troops ever took the field at
Eylau or Aus,erlitz.
That was beautiful ana appropriate at the
laying OF the cornerstone of the extension OF
The Capitol tlfty-eight years after the corner
OF the old Capitol had been laid. Yet
he cornerstone o! our Republic was first
aid in l776 and at the re-es,ah!ishment OF
our National Government was laid again in
lo6o. But are we not ready for the laying
II tho cornerstone Of a broader and higher
National life! We have ms q Nation received
20 much from God. Do we not owe new
'onsecratiOnP Are VIZ not really to become
/ better Sabbath keeping, peace.lovlng vir-
~ue-honoring, God-wcrshiping Nation? Are
We not ready for such n cornerstone laying?
now let 1t take place? With long
OF prayers, moving romthe north
md the south, the eat and the west, lot the
be made august beyond comparison.
The God of nations. who hath dealt with
is as with no other people, will preside at the
BY the square and the level
nd the plumb OF the everlasting right let
he corner stone be adjusted. Let that cor
lorstone ba tho masoning together OF the
granite tables on which tho law was
written when Sinai shook with the earth
and inside that cornerstone put the
ermon on the noun aud a scroll containing
no names OF all the men aud women who
ave fought and prayed All toilet for the
cod OF this nation, from the first martyr of
he American Revolution down to the last
who bound up Il soldiers wounds in
he field hospital. And let some one worthy
o do so strikethe stone three times with the
hammer in the name OF God the
'ather, God the Son and God tho Holy
inost. Then let the building rise. one wall
wed by the Pacific ocean and the other
'ashed o; the Atlantic, until its cap1tone
hail be laid amid the shouting OF
II nations. by that time rs Tree ~ our wi
ivinely founded. ~divinely constructed, and
ivinely protecte | republic, the last throne
I oppression having fallen fiat into the dust
nd the last shackle oftyranny been hung ND