The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22


who took my hand in both OF his and said:
"God bless you, my brother. You have en-.
tered q glorious profession. Be faithful to
God, and He will see you through"
Why, feel this minute the thrill
Of that handshaking. though the man
who gave me the Christian grip
has been IN heaven twenty years. There
are old men here to-day who can look back
to forty years ago when some one said q
kind word to them. Now. old men, pay
back what you got then. II is great art
for old men to be able to encourage the
young. There are many young people In
our cities who have come from inland
counties, from the granite hills Of the
north, from the savannas OF the south, from
the prairies OF the west. They are here to
get their fortune. They are In boarding
houses where everybody seems to be think
ing Of himself. They want companiopship,
and they want Christian encouragement.
Give II to them.
My word is to all clerks, Be mightier
than your temptations. A Sandwich
Islander used to think when he slew an
enemy all the strength OF that enemy came
into his own right arm. And have to tell
you that every misfortune you conquer is
so much added to your own moral power.
With omnipotence for a lever and the
throne Of God for fulcrum you can move
earth and heaven. While there are other
young men putting the cup OF sin to their
lips you stoop down and drink out OF the
fountains Of God, and you will rise up
strong to thrash the mountains. The
ancients used to think that pearls were
fallen raindrops. which. touching the
surface OF the sea, hardened into gems,
then dropped to the bottom. l have to
tell you to-day that storms OF trial have
showered imperishable pearls into many
young mans lap. Oh, young man, while
you have goods to sell, remember you have
soul to save. In q hospital Christian
captain, wronged a few days before, get
delirious, and in the midnight hour he
sprang out on the floor of the hospital,
thinking he was in the battle, crying:
"Come on. boysl Forward! Chargel' All,
he was only battling the specters of his
own brain! But 1t Is no imaginary conflict
into which call you, young man, to-day.
There are 10000 spiritual foes that would
capture you. In the name Of God, up and
at them!,
After the last store has been closed, after
the last bank has gone down, after the
shufie OF the quick feet on the custom
house steps has stopped, after the long
line OF merchantmen on the sea has taken
sail OF flame, after Washington and New
York and London and Vienna have gone
down into the grave where Thebes and
Babylon and Tyre lie buried, after the great
fire bells Of the judgment day have tolled
at the burning OF world-on that day all
the affairs OF banking houses and stores will
come up for inspection. oh, what an open
ing OF account books Side by side tho
clerks and the men who employ them.
Every invoice made out, all tho
labels OF goods. all certificates
OF stock-all lists OF prices-all private
marks of the firm now explained so every
body can understand them. All tho maps
OF cities that were never built, but in which
lots were sold-all bargains. all gougngs,
all snap judgments, all false entries, all
OF liquors with coppers and
strychnine. All mixing OF teas and sugars
and cotrees and srups, with cheaper mate
rial, all embezZlements Of trust f,:nds.
All swindlers in coal and iron and oil and
silver and stocks. On that day when the
cities of this world are smoking In the last
the trial will go on, and down
in an avalanche OF destruction will go those
who wronged man or woman, insultcd God
and delled the judgment. Oh, that will bo
Il great day for you, honest Christian
clerk. No getting up early, or retiring
late no walking around with weary limbs,
hut n mansion in which to live and realm
of light and love and Joy over which to
hold everlasting dominion. Hoist him up
from glory to glory and from song to song
and from throne to throne, for while others
go down into the sea with their gold like Il
milestone hanging to their neck, this one
shall come up the heights OF amethyst and
holding In his right hand the
pearl Of great price in n sparkling, glitter
ng, flaming casket.