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

Here Is where We all make our mistake
and shat is in regard to the color OF Gods
providence. white providence comes ia
US. and We say, "0h, 1t is merNyl" Then 4
black Providence comes toward us. and Wa
say, "Oh that is disasterl'' The white pro.
videncs comes to you, and you have great
business success, aud you have Sl00. 900, and
you get proud, and you get independent of
God, and you begin to feel that the prayer
olive me this day my daily bread. y is in.
appropriate for YOU, for you have made
provision Tor 100 years. Then black
providence comes, and it sweeps everything
away, aud then you begin to pray, and Won
begin to feel your dependence, and begin
to be humble before God, and YOU cry out
Tor treasures in heaven. The black proyi-
dence brought you salvation. The white
providence brought you ruin. That which
seemed to be harsh and fierce and disson-
ant wasyour greatest mercy. 1t was raven
| lhere was child born in your house, All
your friends congratulated you. The other
children OF the family stood amazed, look
ing at the newcomer and asked a great
many questions. genealogical and chrome
| logical. You said-and you said truthfully
that white angel few through the room
ana left the little one there That little
one stood with its two feet in the very sane
tuary or your affection, and with its two
hands ii took hold Of the altar of your soul.
! bnt one day there came one Of the three
| scourges Of children-scarlet fever or
! Group. or diphtheria and all that bright
scene vanished. The chattering, the strange
luestions, the pulling al the dresses as you
crossed the floor-all ceased
| As the grea friend OF children stooped
down and leaned toward that cradle, and
TOOK the little one in His arms AMI walked
! away with 1t into the bower of eternal shu,-
mer, your eye began to follow Him, and YOU
followed the treasure He carried. and Won
nave ben following them ever since, and
instead of thinking of heaven only once n
week, as formerly, you arc thinking of II
ah the time, and you are more pure and
tender hearted than You used to be, and
You are patiently waiting for the daybreak
IL Is not self righteousness In ynl to ac-
knowledge that you are n better man than
you used TO be--you are u better woman
than You used to be- What was il that
brought you the sanctifying blessing? Oh.
II was the dark shadow on the nursery, it
was the dark shadow on the soft gravp, It
was the dark shadow on your broken heart.
It was the brooding of a great black trouble,
II was n raven it was a raven, Dear Lord,
teach this people that white providences do
not always mean advancement and that
black providences do not always mean
rctrogression.
Children Of God get up out of your de-
spondency. The Lord never had so many
ravens ~ he has to-day. Fling your fret
and worry to the winds. Sometimes under
the VeXations Of life YOU feel like my little
Siri OF four years. who said under some
childish vcxation, "Oh, I wish could 30 10
heaven aud see God and pick tlOwers." He
VIII let you go when the right time comes
to pick flowers. uptil then, whatever you
wnnt ,n pray for; ! suppose Elijah prayed
pretty much all the ti%.,ss Tfsm snd6iS
MSsA Ni%s efpsAa I ,n nun; !Ts4$Aa2gs w2; 4ii2Ss
psepa sSa NJ VIZ SP1 NJ bFsytSss for pnt as /
b an4 lhe rsSs s ~ . ss VA M; S4 SS4
You shat aave It ifIt Is 6sst iar you. :.>'ss
Ms; jane Pithey, Of Cl!sag9, WILL
kl5Tn Christian Woman, ~d5 left by her
husband widow with one half dollar and
cottage. She was palsici and had "a
mother ninety years OF ago to support
The widowed soul every day asked God for
all that was needed in the household, and
the servant even was astonished mt the
precision with which God answered the
prayers Of that woman, item by item, item
by Item. One day, rising from the family
altar, tho servant said, "You have not
asked for coal, and the coal is out"
Then they stood and prayed for the coal.
One hour after that the servant threw open
tho door and said: THE coal has come"
generous man, whose name could give
you, has sent-as never before and never
slnce-a supply OF coal. You cannot under
stand it. do. Ravens! Ravensl
My friend, you have q right to argue
from precedent that God Is going to take
care OF you. Has he not done It two or
three times every dayp That is most mar
velous. l look back and wonder that God
has given me food three times II day rcgu-
larly all my lifetime never missing but
once, and then was lost in the mountains.
but that every morning and that very night
| met the ravens.
Oh, the Lord Is so good that | wish all
His people would trust Him with the two
liveS-the life you arc living and that which
every tick ofthe watch and every stroke OF
the clock informs you il approaching.
Bread for your immortal soul comes to-day.
See. They alight on the platform. They
alight on tho backs of all the pews. They
swing among the arches. Ravens,
after Righteousness, for they shall bo
llllcd. To all the SHINING, and the sorrow
ing and the tempted, delivcrance comes
this hour. Look down, and you see moth
ing but your spiritual dcrormitles. Look
back, aud you see nothing but wasted op-
portunity. Cast your eye forward, and
you have fearful looking for judgment
anu Hcry lhulSnatloh Wnlcn snail ueVOur
the adversary. But look up, and you be-
hold the whipped shoulders Of an inter-
rnding Christ, and the face of II pardoning
God, and the irradiation of an opening
heaven. | hear the whir Of their wings
Do you not feel the rush OF mir on your
cheek? Ravens Rayensl
There is only one question | want to ask
How many Of this audience are willing to
trust God for the supply Of their bodies
and trust the Lord Jesus Christ for tho re-
dcmption OF their immortal souls2 Amid
the clatter Of the hoofs and tho clang OF the
wheels of the Judgment chariot the whole
matter will be demonstrated.
LIONS IN THE CELLAR.