The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-02-04

iSHo1kionS, uuu NuUt - tuS OrtulOI nluSolI.
And they have all been lovingly christeued,
each one n name as distinct as the names OF
your children. He telleth the number oil
tho starr. He calleth them all by their
names" The seven Pleiades had names
given TO them. and they are Alcyone, Merope,
Celeno. Electra, S.erope, Taygetc and Maia.
But think OF the billions and ~trillions OF
daughters OF starry light hat God calls by
name as they sweep by Him with beamlng
light-natural light, moral light, spiritual
light, Again aud again Is light harneSsed
for OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. the bright and
morning star; evancelization, the daybreak;
the redemption Of Nations, sun OF righteous
ness rising with healing in His wings. Oh.
men and women. with SO many sorrows and
sins and perplexitics, IL You want light Of
comfort, light OF pardon, light OF goodness,
in earnest prayer through Christ, ''Sesk Him
that maketh the seven stars and Orion"
Again, Amos saw, as We must sec. that the
God who made these two archipelacoes OF
stars must be an unchanclng God. There
had been no change In the stellar appearance
In this her isman's lifetime, and his father. n
shepherd, reported to him that there had
been no change In his lifetime. And these two
clusters hang over the celestial arbor now
just rs they were the first night that they
shOne on tho Il ienic bowers; the same as
when the Egyptians built the pyramids FROM
the top OF which to watch them; the same
as when tho Chaldeans calculated the
eclipses; tho same us when Elihu, according
to tho book OF Job. went out 10 study tho
aurora borealls; the same undor Ptolemalc
system and CopernicRn system; the same
from Callsthenes to Pythagoras and from
Pythagoras to Hsrschel. Surely n change
iess God must have fashioned the Pleiades
and Orionl Oh, what an anodvne amid the
nnS nuI down pf Ifn md fbN nux md r,n -
OF the tides OF prosperity to know that WE
have n c~hangeless God, 'thc same yesterday,
to-day and foreyer."
NerXes Gnrlanded and knightei the steers.
man OF his boat In the morning aul hangel
him In the evening Of the sNmo day. Fifty
thousand people stood around tho columns
OF tho National Capitol shouting themselves
hoarse at the Presidential inaugural. and in
four months so great were the antiquities
that n r%uflan's pistol ina Washington depot
expressed the sentiment OF mnny a disap.
pointed office seeker. The world sits in It's
chariot and drives tandem, aud the horse
ahead Is HuzIa, aud the horse behind Is Ana
thema. Lor Gotham, IN King Jamns's time,
was appIaudcd and had $50. 900 u year, but
was aitorwart cXecratei aud lived on scraps
stolen from the royat kitchen. Alexander
the Great after death remained unburied for
thirty days because no ono would do tho
''i'A ~ 1ilNN'AAlIN ulIll uh'lfl. llN iNht
OF Wellington refused TO have his iron fencN
mended because 1t hat been broken by an in
iuriatet populace in some hour OF political
excitement, and no left II in ruins that men
might learn what n lcklO thing is human
favor. "But the mercy OF the Lord Is from
everlasting to everlasting to them that fear
Him, and His righteousness unto .hC chill
drcn's children Of such NJ keep His cocen-
ant, and to those who remember His COM
IN nd pNnnfa 10 IL ,ln,, ~ rtG, .A.....
seek Him that maketh the seven stars and
Orion"
Again, Amos saw, as We must soc, that tho
God who made these two boacons OF the ORR
entail night sky must he Il Go | Of loyn and
kindly warning. The Pleiades rising In mid
sky said to all tho herdsmen and Shepherds
and husbandmen. Come oct and enjoy tho
mild weather and cultivate your gartens and
ilelds." Orion. coming in winter. warned
them to prepare for tempest. All navigation
was regulated by these two consultations
The one said TO shipmastcr aud crow,
Hoist sail for tho sea aud gather mcrchpn-
disc from other lands" But Orion was the
storm signal and said, 'Reef sail, make
things snug or put into harbor. for the hu,ri-
canes are getting their wings out" A. the
P,elades were the sweet evangels OF the sprlng,
Orion was the warning prophet ofthe winter.
Oh. now | get the best view Of God | over
uuu! lutEc dre TWO SerHlOuS L never want
10 p~reach-the one that presents God 80
kind, so indulgent. so l%enient, so imbecilc
that men may do what they will against
Him, and fracture His every law, and put
the pry OF their impertinence and rebellion
under His throne. and while they ara splitting
10 His face and stabb ng Mt His heart He takes
them up in His arms and kisses their iniurl-
ated brow and check, saying, "Of such is tho
Kingdom of heaven" The other kind OF
l never want to preach ~ tho ono
that represents Col rs all fro and torture
and thundercloud. and with rcdhot pitchfork
tossing tho human race into parOXysms Of
Infinite agony. The sermon that | am now
preaching believes in n God Df loving. kindly
warning, tho God OF spring and winter. the
God OF tho Pleiades aud Orion.
You must remember that the winter il
just as important rs the spring. Lot one
winter pass without frost to kill vegetation
and Ice to bin the rivers AMI snow to enrich
our fields, and then you will have to enlarge
your hospitals and your Gene cries. "A
green Christmas makes u fat graveyard"
was the old proverb. Storms to purify the
air. Thermometer at three degrees below
zero TO tone up the system. December and
January Just rs important Us May and June,
1 tell you we noe the storms Of life as much
rs we do the sunshine. There ara more men
ruined by prosperity thnn by adversely. il
nal our own way IN HE, before this We
woul have benn representations of selfish
ness aud wOrllliucss uui disgusting sin and
pulled up Until we would have been liyeJulius
CDsar, who was made by sycophants to be-.
liev' that he was divine, IN | tho freckios on
his face were said to be as the stars OF the
lrmament.
One ofthe swiftest Transatlantic voyages
made one summer by the Etruria was be-
cause sho had n stormy wind abaft, chasing
her from New York to Liverpool. But 10
hose going Ia the opposite direction the
storm WINS II Dlfleting ant a hindrance. II
Il Ia | thing TO have a storm ahead, push
NJ us back. but II we be Gods children and
aiming toward heaven the storms OF life will
)nly chase us tho sooner into tho harbor.
so glad 10 believe that the monsoons.
yphoons aud mistrals and ~siroccos of the ,
ana and sen aro not uuchainul man acs let ,
ooso upon he earth. but are under Divine '
supervision! mn 50 glai that the God of |
hc seven stars Is also the Got Of Oroni 1t Z
vas out OF Dante's suffering came tho sub g.
lme "Dlvina Com u0iia," an ont OF john J
lillonS blinineSs came ''para lisc Lost" "
n out OF miserable inildel attack came the "
'Dridgewn or Treatise" ia favor OF Christi y
nity, and out OF David's exile came the songs u
I cUnsOlutiL O., and our of the pu rerinya nr .