The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-03-24


III his bare foot comes upon . piece Of
glass and he lifts It. bleeding and
pain stTucAa. That wound In the foot
lecidet that he 6euedsnsary In his life-
decides that he 10 to be . student.
That wound BY the glass 'iu--the foot
decides that he shall ,be John Kitto.-
who shalt provide the best religious
encyclopedias the wJHsd has ever had
provided. and with his other writings
- well throwing light upon the word
II God such an has come from no other
man In this century. o mother.
mother. that little hand that wanders
over your face may yet be lifted to
huri thunderbolts Of war or drop bene-
dictions! That little voice may bias
pheme God IN the grogshop or CRY
Forward" to the Lords hosts a.
they 20 out for their last victory.
A Christian mother . good many
years ago sat teaching lessons Of re-
ligion to her child, and he drank In
those lessons. She never knew that
Lamphier would come forth and estab-
Iish the Fulton street prayer meeting.
and by one meeting revolutioniss the
devotions Of the whole earth and
thrill the eternities with his Christian
influence. Lamphier said 1t was his
mother who brought him to Jesus
Christ. She never had an idea that
she was leading forth such destinies
But. oh, when see = mother reckless
Of her influence. rattling on toward
destruction, garlanded for the sacrifice
with unseemly mirth and godlessness.
lancins on down to perdition. taking
her children in the same direction,
preparing them for life Of frivolity.
q death Of shame and an eternity Of
disaster, I cannot help but say.
There they go. there they go-Hagar
and Ishmael!"
/ learn one more lesson from this
oriental scene. and that IL that every
wilderness has well in 1t. Hagar and
Ishmael gave up to die. Hagar's heart
sank within her a. she heard her child
crying: Water! Water! Water!"
"Ah." she says. my darling. there Is
hen Gods angel said from the cloud.
What aileth thee. Hagar" And
she looked up and saw him pointing
to a we'll of water. where she filled the
bottle for the lad. Blessed be God
that there Is in every wilderness q
we'll, IL you only know how to find it
fountains for all these thirsty souls!
On that last day. on that great day
Of the feast, Jesus stood and cried.
III any man thirst let him come to me
you find are mere mirages Of the des-
ert.
Look up, where Hagar looked. She
never would have found the fountain
at all, but when she heard the voice
II the angel she looked up and she saw
he finger pointing to the supply. And.
o soul, II to-day with one earnest, In
tense prayer you would only look up
to Christ. he would point you down to
the supply in the wilderness. Look
unto me, all ye ends of the earth. and
be ye saved; for I am God. and there
Is none elses" Look! Look, as Hagar
looked!
Yes, there is q well for every desert
of bereavement. Looking over any
audience l notice signs Of mourning
and woe. Have you found consola-
tion? Oh, man bereft, Oh, woman
bereft have you found consolation?
Hearse after hearse. We step from
one grave hillock to another grave
hillock We follow corpses, ourselves
son to be like them. The world Is in
mourning for it's dead. Every heart
has become the sepulcher Of some
buried Joy But sing ye to God; every
wilderness has a well in 1t. and come
to that we'll to-day. and I begin to
draw water for you from that well.
The old astrologers used to cheat the
people with the idea that they could
tell from the position Of the stars
what would occur In the future, and IL
a cluster Of stars stood in one re-
lation, why. that would be a proph-
,cy OF evil; II . cluster Of stars stood in
another relation. that would be
prophecy of good. What superstition
But here Is q new astrology In which
put all my faith. BY looking up to
the star Of Jacob. the morning star Of
the Redeemer, 1 can make this proph
ecy in regard to those who put their
trust in God: "All things work to-
gether for good to those who love
God" Do you love him?
Have you seen the nyctanthes? 1t
Is a beautiful flower. but It gives very
little fragrance until after sunset.
Then 1t pours its richness on the a!r.
And this grace Of the gospel that
commend to you now. while 1t may be
very sweet during the day Of prosper
ity, It pours forth its richest aroma
after sundown. And 1t will be sun
down with you and me after a while.
When you come to 20 out Of this world
will II be q desert march, or will 1t be
drinking at fountain?
A converted Hindoo was dying. and
his heather comrades came around
him and tried to comfort him by read
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