The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-05-13

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Il have commanded the ravens that .h.
feed thee, (" We find God saving In an nd
Joining passage. They did not come ont !
some other cave. They did not lust har
pen TO aiiSht there. God freighted then
uod launched them'and God told them h
wnat cave to swoop. That is the same Go
that Is going to supply you. He is you
rather. You would have to make sn alah
orate calculation befors you could tell m
now many pounds Of food and how man
yarus OF clothing would be necessary 70
you anu your family, but God knows with
out any calculation. You have a plate n
his table. and you I'VE going to be waite,
on unless you act like naughty child an,
KICK and scramble and pound saucily tn
plate and try to upset things.
oioo mas vast family, and everything |,
incthouized. and you are going to be served
| II you will only wait your turn. God ha
already ordered all the suits OF clothes yo,
| VIII ever need, down TO the last suit il
which you will be laid out. God has alread,
ordered all the food you will ever eat, dowii
70 tne iast crumb that will ba put in YOU
mouth In the dying sacrament, II NAV moi
be Just the kind Of food or apparel we wo,Nf
prefer. The sensible parent depends or
nus own Judgment rs to what ought to bs
the apparel and the food of the minor IN
the tAmtfy. The child would say, Give m,
sugars and CONNECTIONS" "Oh, nor, saws
tina parent. You must have sometime
palmer first" The child would saw. "Oh
give me these great blotches OF color in tho
garment! NO" says tho parent; that
wouldn't he suitable"
Now, God is our Father, and we are min
ors, and lie is going to clothe us and fe,,d
us, although Hs may not always Weld 10
our infanttlc wish for the sweet and glitter
These ravens of .he text did not brinr
pOmeSranates from the glitteriny platter
of King Ahab. They brought bread and
milk. God had oil the heavens and tho
earth before Him and under Him. and vet
he sends this plain food, because II was brst
for Elijah to have it, oh, be- strong INV
hearer, In the fact thatthe same God Is 20
ing to supply you. 1t Is never hard times
with Him. His ships never break on the
rocks. His banks never fan. He has the
supply Tor YOU. and He has thu means for
sending 1t. He has not only the cargo, but
the ship. II it were necessary. He would
swing out from the heavens flock of
ravens reaching from His cato to yours un-
I'll tho food would be flung down the sky
from beak to beak and from talon to talon
Notice again in this story " the text that
the ravens dill not allow Elijah to hoard mn
a surplus. They did not bring enough on
Mondayto last all the week. They did not
bring enough ono morning to last until the
brought inst ennnyh for avn .m,'. ,, u"y % Wnu
knoWn as we'll ne th,t n, mo I'M. ,pu
world ia that WA want n Snrri'' .un' iiuV VI .lle
thn ravens to hrin, an,,,,,,' ,p -. we witt
You have m ~ ,d1ops tLusn tol NY Sehrs'
ington bnnls 6r p A. - 49, ~ }uS ~, MaslA
hd%n /, tha ToiaiIt Ditn ~ ~ iahu ,r .iiah v.u
r ~ ~ D',n u ~ ~. - iou
have tbn h,anr laES Pfsiittio, put YOU may
oa,l,s ;, W. hat h,. WV my w S2l1
inst rnop,h TT IN ,hn , Do SoI.1n1 Nll-9 -9
ilv eot mn Mi tha fnaJ ~ n'ulHlnS y2uT iY4.
do not Sit Jnn,n V ~" 49, = @ ,n @sle QQuse,
- =. 80 ~. wv wv .srty ~ say, u don't
NM" wncre 'he neAy 49,. y 20 come from" j"
nooI. i,o ., Ut o. OF . go; IN the m0rnlng
JUS. iooh W ana you VIII see two black
spo.s On .ile SKY, ana You VIII hearth flap
pihS vi wing "u' insteau OF Edgar a. Foes
.esuhe .t raven ahSht on the chamber door,
an ohiy y,,,. tiis alu hothlhS more, you will
.ihu Eillan > TWO ravens, or two ravens OF
tne L0rG, tne one bringing bread and the
o.her bringing meat-plumea butcher and
o"her'
God Is Infinite In resource. When the city
OF Rochelle was besieged ana the inhabi-
tants were dying of the famine. the tides
washed up ON the beach rs never before
and rs never since, enough shellfish TO feed
the whole city. God is good. There Is no
mistake about that. History tells us that
In 1865 in England thore was great
drought. The crops failed, but in Essex.
on the rocks, in a place where they had
neither sown nor cultured, great crop of
peas grew until th& filed 100 measures
and there were blossoming vines enough
promising as much more.
But why go so far? | can give Won n
family incident. Some generations back
there was a great drought in Connecticut
New England The water disappeared from
the hills, and the farmers living on the hills
uro'e tnelr cattle down toward the valleys
auu nau tneni suppiied at the wells and
lounIaihs OF the neiShbors. But these after
aWGiie peSah To iail, and the ncighbors said
70 Mr. DirnSeye, OF whom shall speak:
, LOU ,ius' hol sehu your locks and herds
"oWn mere any more. Our wells are giving
out; Mr; Blruseye, the old Christian man,
Sa'hereu MS iahliy at the altar, and with
nus iathily ne gathered tho slaves of the
nousehoid d-ior bondage was then In vogue
III connecticut anu on their knees before
uou tnoy crieu ior water, and the family
story Is that there was weeping and great
soDpihg at that altar that the family might
not perlsh Tor lack OF water, and that the
heras ana nocRs might not perish.
me family rose from the altar. Mr..
Blrdscye, the old man, took his stair and
WalKeu out over the hills, and in place
Wnerc ne had seen scores oi times, without
noticing anything particular, he saw the
ground was very dark, aud he took his
stati ana turned up the ground, tho water
ana no nppkDnr1 to his