The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-01-21

and SEA II glow with all the splendors az tbo
uoanead. and see that in His arm is the al
m,ghtiness tina, flung out all the worlds that
xm'.er IN the midnight heavens. and that TO
NV the Himnlayas would cost Him no moro
enort than Tor me TO lift an ounce. my cons.
age begins TO rally. ani my faith begins To
mount, and my enthusiasm Is all afinme.
auu 'ns words OF my text this moment iust
III my hps aud express the triumph of my
soui. and cry out: ''Who art thou. O great
mountain! Before Z4rubbabel thou shalt
become u plain?" ~
4 tel you the mountain is coming down.
~ Is coming down rapidly. 1t will all come
uoWh' There arc those who hear or real
tnese words who will gaze upon its COM
pete prnstration, for wha, is the use OF nv
Seepins back any longer the full statement
OF the iaet, which have somewhat DELAYED
through lawful sermonic strategy. the fact
mat tho Lord rod Almighty, in tho full
pay OF His omuipo,ence, will accomplish
thlS supernal work. II God can build a
mountain, l guess He can remove n noun
IAN. After God has given full opportunity
for the shovels He Will come in with His
thunderbolts. We have anplinel the iden
oltne htno OF God. tell you now otthe
non Here l. u thought that | have never
seen projected, and yet Il is the most chrer-
ing OF all considerations and plainly Scrip-
tural. the thought that a. at the opening of
Tue gospel desperation in tho Christ, V and
Johanlan and Pauline lays the machinery OF
tue natural world was brought Into service
tue shadow OF eclipSes and tho agitation oi
earthquakes, tempcsts put to sleep under the
voice of divine Lullaby, IRON bolts of prisons
showed back by invisible muscle. kinlilnr
OF Hlmo on heads Of wOrshipnrs. bv luslan.
taneous pharmacy blastcl vision given fuil
eyeslSnt, and tho dead rclurnel from the
eternal world, mIuglinS amid earthly scenes.
SO II Will b. again.
AS rcIl my Bible. these supernaturnis
are 10 return. Again the c]rlipscs. "a nj tho
~eSitu't'o OF JeruSllen, will put red wing
unler the moon AMI black wins under the
sun, ani tho mountain witt shake with acur
OF excitement and hospital cots ba cmmirl
as thrir pltIentS hounl into sudden health
anu tho gospel OF mercy %emphpsi2nI by most
rehsn iouSs pectac'cS, And bphell when
no hal openel the sixth seal. and. 10 thor,
was "A great earthquakes, and tho sun bcolmc
plhcS IA sacEcloth OF hair. AMI the moon be.
came as blood "~r and every mountain
anu island were moved out of their plncps,N
Ihero You have it. Tho shovels now digging
nway at the mountains to DO rc.rnrorred by
thunderboltS. Tho gospel il oa,y partially
successful because we preach 1t amid ali
placidities, the hearers having heard the in
Ntation Il thousand limos before and eynrct
10 near 1t u thousand times moro, but IN
coming umeS to be preached amid pulyer.
iaoi rocks and stellar panics AMI shattered
masonry OF cemeteries, from which the pal.
iil deaf will spring into rosante life. saw
then the gospel will be- universally acccptoi.
There Is tho programme. First the shoyrls.
then the thunderbolts. Ours tho shoyels'
ODDS the thnndcrbolts. Tho text. which
before Wa uttered with something of trcpldn.
tion, now We utter In laugh of triumph.
VINO art thou, o great mountain? Before
Anruobabel h shalt become u plain"
sometimes 4 general begins Il battle before
no Is ready, because tho enemy forcas il ON
him. The general says. 'rhe enemy ara
pushing US, and so | open battle. Wa ara
not Sufficient to cope with them, but | hope
inc reserve forces will como up in time"
The battle RACES and the general looks
through his ileldglas5 ut tho %troous, bur ever
and anon he sweep, his neldSlass hack ward
ana upward toward tho Hill TO SEQ II tho re-
serve forces are coming. Hard pushed nrS
we, says tho general. II do wish thos, re-
endorsements would come up" After awhile
the piunes OF the advancing cavairy arc
seen tossing on the ridge Of the hill, and then
the nash OF swords ani then the long line of
mounted troops, their horses In full gallon.
and toe general says: "All il well. Hold
out. my men,. u littla longer. Lot tho ser.
geants ride along tho lines and cheer the
men ana tell thom re-enforcements nre COM
'ng.' And now the rumbling of tho batteries
and gun carriages Is distinctly heard, and
soon they are In line, aud ut tho first roar of
the newiy-arrivei artillery tn" enemy, n lit
tie while before so j~ubilant, fall back in wild
retreat. thor way strewn with cantccns and
knapsacks and ammunition, that tho defeated
may be unhlndered In their flight.
Tint Is just the way now. In this grpat
battle against sin and crime aud moral death
ms enemy Snnm foo mupb FOR ~ Ma.
grogshopS than churches. Moro bad mon
than Sooi men, and they como up with bra
Nado ana tho force OF great numbers. They
have openei battle upon us before we are in
our strength reany TO meet them, and great
arc the isc)uragements. But steady thprci
Holt on! endorsements arc comingl
Through tho gluss OF inspiration | look and
500 the Hash OF the sword OF Him who hath
on His vesture and on His thigh n name
written, King OF Kings and Lord of Lord"
All heaven is on our side and is comingto tho |
rescue. | hear the rumbling of tho Kings
artillery, louder than any thunder that over
shook tho earth, and with every roll Of tho
pond'rouS wheels our cOurag, augments. |
ana when these re-enfOrcpmantS from heoycn
got into line with the forces of God already
IN earth all the armies OF uprightcousuess |
VA see that their hour OF doom has coms
md will waver and fall back and take flight
iud nothing be loft of them save hero and
here. strewn by the waysidc, an agnostic's
'cn, or n broken decanter, or Il torn play5ill
II ~drbhSin; amusement. or n blnsphcmous
paragraph. or q lcpcr's scale. or a dragons
Doth, to show they ever existed. Let there
10 cheering all along the lines OF Christian
workers over tho fact that what the shov,ls
all to do viii he accomplished by tho thun-
"Who art thou. o great mountain?
'eIor" Zerubbabcl thou shalt become II
,luin ~