The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-11-04


and sorrow should be suddenly broken
up by a presentation Of an emperor's
castle surrounded by parks, with
springing fountains and paths up and
down which the angels of God walk
two and two. We are like persons
standing on the cold steps Of the Ma
tional picture gallery in London. under
umbrella in the rain. afraid to go in
amid the Turner's and the Titians and
the Raphaels. come to them and say,
why don't you go inside the gallery?"
"Oh," they say, 1--WE don't know wheth-
er we can get in" l say, Don't you
see the door is open?" Yes" they say.
"but We have been so long on these
cold steps we are so attached to them
we don't like to leave" But" say,
"it is so much brighter and more beau
tiful in the gallery; you had better go
in" NO" they say, I'VE know eX-
actly how it is out here, but We don't
know exactly how it is inside"
So we stick to this world as though
we preferred cold drizzle to warm
habitation, discord to cantata, sack
cloth to royal purple, as though we
preferred a piano with four or five of
the keys out of tune to an instrument
fully attuned, as though earth and
heaven had exchanged apparel, and
earth had taken on bridal array and
heaven had gone into deep mourning
all its waters stagnant, all its harps
wells, all the lawns sloping to the riv-
er plowed with graves, with dead an
gels under the furrow. Oh, | want &c
break up my own infatuation and
want to break up your infatuation with
this world.
If the spirit of this sermon is true
we ought not to so around signing ant
sroaning when another year is going
but we ought to so down on one kne,
by the milestone and see the letter.
and thank God that we are 365 mile!
nearer home. We ought not to g
around with morbid feelings about on,
health or about anticipated demise. W.
ought to be living not according to tina
old maxim which | used to hear in nj,
, boyhood that you must live as thougl
every day were the last; you must liv,
as though you were to live forever, TO
you will Do not be nervous If yol
have to move out of a shanty into al
Alhambra.
One Christmas day witnessed some
. thing very thrilling. We had just dis
, tributed the family presents Christ
mas morning when | heard a great or,
, of distress in the hallway. A chill
, from a neighbor's house came in t
i, say her father was dead. 1t was onl
, three doors off, and think in tw
minutes we were there. There lay tn
old Christian sea captain, his face up
, turned toward the window. as thoug
. he had suddenly seen the headland
, and with an illuminated countenanct
) as though he were just going into har
, got through the Narrows. In the ad
Joining room were the Christmas pres
=, ents waiting for his distribution. Lon
:, ago, one night when he had narrowl
: escaped with his ship from being ru
), down by great ocean steamer, he ha
y, made his peace with God, and u kinde
neghbor or a better man than Captai
. PendletOn you would not find this sid
- q q
= ing the pilot of the heavenly harbC
, had met him just off the lightship
q He had often talked to me of tn
p goodness of God, and especially of
4 time when he was about to enter Ne
, York harbor with his ship from Liver
D.. pool, and he was suddenly impresse
4 that he ought to put back to sea tr
Z der the protest of the crew and undc
their very threat he put back to sei
G fearing at the same time he was 10!
ing his mind, for it did seem so III
reasonable that when they could -
, into the harbor that night they shoul
put back to sea. But they put back
1 sea, and Captain Pentleton said to HI
. mate, you call me ut 10 O'Clock tt
night" At 12 o'clock at night the cal
, tain was aroused and said: What doe
. this mean? | thought | told you
. call me at 10 o'clock, and here it is II.
a why" said the mate, 81 did call yo
at 10 o'clock, and you got up, locke
around and told me to keep right o
o the same course for two hours and the
. to call you at 12 o'clock" Said tn
1 captain: "Is it possible? have no re
! membrance of that"
q At IL o'clock the captain went o
g deck and through the rift OF clou
9 the moonlight fell upon the sea an
I showed him shipwreck with lO
Q struggling passengers. He helped thel
off. Had he been any earlier or an
, later at that point OF the sea he woul
, have been of no service to thos
. drowning people. On board the CAP
tain's vessel they began to band to
gether as to what they should pay TO
: the rescue and what they should pa
: for the provisions. "Ah,' says tn