The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-07-28

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X sermon Dr. Talmage
&H speaks to those who
gAAk. would live their life
kilN - second time II il
-. were possible. The
S/T text is, Jobu,4:"All
VI that . man hath
~<>0 will he give for his
life"
That Is untrue. The Lord did not
saw II, but satan said 1t to the Lord
when the evil one wanted Job still
more afflicted. The record 10, "Sc
went satan forth from the presence
OF the Lord and smote Job with sore
boils." And satan has been the au'
thor OF all eruptlve diseases since
then. and he hopes by poisoning the
blood to poison The soul. But the re-
suit OF the dlabohcai experiment which
left Job victor proved the falsity OF
the sata1ic remark, "All that mar
hath will he give for his life" Many
q captain who has stood on the bridge
OF the steamer till his passengers got
of and he dN,wned, many an engineer
who has kept hts hand Oh the throttle
valve or his foot on the brake until
the most OF the train was saved while
he went down to death through the
open drawbridge, many n fireman who
plunged into a blazing house TO get
sleeping child out, the fireman sacrl.
ficing his life In the attempt. and the
| thousands of martyrs who subisittei
to fiery stake and knife OF massacre
and headman's AK and guillotinl
rather than surrender principle, prov
ing that in many a case my text was
not true when 1t says, "All that n man
hath will he give for his life"
But satan's falsehcod was built on q
truth. Life is very precious, and II
we would not give up all there are
many things we would surrender
rather than surrender 1t. We see how
precious life is from the fact thu. we
do everything to prolong it, Hence
all sanitary regulations. all study Of
hygiene, all fear OF drafts, all water.
proofs, oil doctors, all medicines, all
struggle in crisis or accident. An ad.
miral Of the British navy was court
martlaled for turning his ship around
In time Of danger. and so damaging
the ship. 1t was proved against him,
hut when his time came 10 be heard
he said: Gentlemen, l did turn my
ship around and admit that II was
damaged, but do you want TO know
why l turned Il? There was a man
overheard. and wanted to save HIM
and did save him, and l consider the
life Of one sailor worth all the vessels
! In the British navy" No wonder he
was vindicated. Life Is indeed very
precious. Yea, there are those who
deem life so precious they would like
to repeat it. They would like to try
It over again. They would like to &c
back from 20 to 60. from GO to 30
from 80 TO 40, from 40 to 80 and from
80 to 20. propose for very practica
and useful purposes. as will appear
before l get through, to discuss the
question we have all asked Of Others
and others have again and again asket
Of us, Would you like to live your life
over again?
We have all made so many mistakes
stumbled into so many blunders. sad
so many things that ought not to hav,
been said and done so many thing.
that ought not TO have been done tha
we can suggest at least 95 per cent. o
improvement. Now. would it not h'
grand if the good Lord would say Il
you: You can go back and try it Owe
again. will by word turn you
hair black or brown or golden, ant
O smooth all the wrinkles out OF you
temple or cheek, and take the bend on
b OF your shoulders, and extirpate th'
stiffness from the joint, and the rheu
matte twinge from the foot, and yol
D shall be 81 years OF age and just wha
\ you were when you reached that poin
, before II the proposition wer,
S made, I think many thousands woul,
. accept II.
Some Of you would have to go bacl
S further than to 81 years Of age to max
d a fair start, for there are many VIII
, manage to get all wrong before tha
period, but, II you took life over agai
: you would have 10 take It's deep sad
I ness over again. Would you want 4
try again the griefs, and the hear,
I breaks, and the bereavements throug
} which you have gone? What mere
I that We shall never be called to sufYp
I them again. We may have others la
enough, but those old ones neve
I again. Would you want to go throug
the process Of losing your fathe
4 again, or your mother again, or you
Z companion In life again, or your chill
) agaIni II you were permitted to sto
I At the sixtieth milestone, or the fiftiet
! milestone. or the fortIeth milestone an
! retrace your steps to the twentieth
I your experience would be somethln
like mine one November day In Ital,
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