The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-02-17

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his garments In fsaming dsmsstia
clothed him again. body anA mind,
and who lifted up the woman who for
10 years had been bent almost double
with the rheumatism into graceful
stature. and who turned the scabs Of
leprosy into rubicunf complexion, and
who rubbed the numbness out Of par
alysis. and who swung wide open the
closed windows Of hereditary OF acci-
dental blindness until the morning
light came streaming through the
neshy easements, and who knows all
the dieases and all the remedies and
all the herbs and al the cathoaicons
and Is monarch Of pharmacy and ther-
speutics. and who has sent cut 10000
doctors Of whom the world makes no
record. but to prove that they are
angels Of mercy I invoke the thou
sands Of men whose ailments they
have asuaged and the thousapds Of
women to whom In cries Of pain they
have been next to God In benefaction.
Come, now. let ~ have religion for
ordinary people in professions In oc-
:upations, In agriculture. in the house
hold. In merchandise. In everything. I
,alute across the centuries Asyncritus,
Phlegon. Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes,
Philologus and Julia.
First Of all. II you feel that yoa
are ordinary, thank God that you are
lot extraordinary. am tired and sick
and bored almost to death with ex.
traordinary people. They take all their
time to tell us how very extraordinary
they really are. You know rs we.. a.
do, my brother and sister, tnal the
most Of the useful work Of the world
Is done by unpretentious people who
toll right on-by people who do not
get much approval and no one seems
to say, "That IL well DONE" Phen0.
uena are Of but little use. Things that
ire exceptional cannot be depended on.
Better trust the smallest planet that
swings In its orbit than ten comets
shooting this way and that, imperil-
ing the longevity Of worlds attending
to their own business. For steady IL
Elimination better IL lamp than
rocket.
Then, II you feel that you are ordl.
nary, remember that your position In
vites the less attack. Conspicuous peo-
ple-hOw they have to take It! How
they are misrepresented and abused
and shot at! The higher the horns of
rOebusk the easier to strike him
down. What delicious thing 1t must
be to be candidate for governor Of
State or President Of the United
States! 1t must be 80 soothing to the
nerves. 1t must pour into the soul of
candidate such a sense Of serenity
when he reads the blessed newspapers.
The weather of life Is not 80 severe
On the plain as 1t Is on the high peaks.
The world never forglves man who
knows or gains or does more than 1t
can know or gain or do. sa...
Then remember II you have only
what Is called an ordinary home that
the great believers Of the world have
all come from such home. And there
may be seated, reading at your even
ing stand, child who shall be potent
FOR the ages. Just unrOll the screll Of
men might in church and state, and you
will find they nearly all came from
Og cabin or poor homes Genius al
most always runs ont m the third or
'Ourth generation. You cannot find In
all history an instance where the
fourth generation of extraordinary
people amounts to anything. In this
county we had two great meR,a father
and son, both presidents OF the United
States. but from present prospects
there never will be in that genealOgi-
.al lien another president for d thou
sand years. Columbus from weav-
sr's hut, Demosthenes from, cutters
,eller, Bloomfield and Missionary
Carey from a shoemaker's bench. Ark
wright from BARRIERS shop and he
whose name Is high over all In earth
and air and sky from manger.
Let us be content with such things
as we have. God Is just rs good in
what He keeps away from us rs in
what he gives us. Even knot may
be useful II IT 10 at the end Of
thread.
At an anniversary Of q deaf and
dumb asylum one Of the children
wrote upon the blackboard words as
sublime MS the "Iliad," the odyssey"
and the "Divina Commedia" all COM
pressed In one paragraph. The exam.
liner, in the signs Of the mute Ian
zuage. asked her, "Who made the
worIdT The deaf and dumb girl
wrote upon the blackboard, "In the be-
ginning God created the heaven and
the earth" The examiner asked her.
For what purpose did ChrisA come
into the worldr The deaf and dumb
girl wrote upon the blackboard. '"This
ls faithful saying. and worthy Of all
acceptation that Christ Jesus came
Into the world to save sinner" The
examiner said to her, "Why were you
born deaf and dumb, whils hear and
speakT' She wrote upon the black.
board. Even 10, Father. for 70 II
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