The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-06-16

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were long ago successful In the accum-
ulation Of property how few have not
met with rsverses! While manv Of
those who then were straitensd In cir
cumstances now hold the bonds and
the bank keys Of the nation. OF all
fickls things In the world fortune 10
the most fickis. Every day she chan
ges her mind and woe to the man who
puts any confidence In what she prom
ises or proposes! She cheers when
you 60 up. and abe laughs when you
come down. Oh, trust not q moment
your hearts affections to this change
full world! Anchor your soul In God.
From Christ's companionship gather
your satisfaction. Then. come s.ow
or sladness. success or defeat. riches or
poverty, honor or disgrace. health or
sickness. life or death. time or eternity.
all IL yours, and ye are Christs. and
Christ il Gods.
Again, this Haman's history shows
US that outward possessions and cir
cumstances cannot make a man happy.
While yet fully vested In authority and
the chief adviser OF the Persian mon-
arch and everything that eQuipage and
pomp and splendor OF residence could
do was his he is an object lesson Of
wretchedness. There are to-day more
aching sorrows under crowns of royal
ty than under the ragged caps Of the
houseless. Much Of the worlds sfflu-
ence and gaiety Is only misery In
colors Many a woman seated at her
apple stand IL happier than the great
bankers. The mountains OF worldly
honor are covered with perpetual snow.
Tanerlans conquered half the world
but could not subdue his own fears.
Ahab goes to bed sick because Naboth
will not sell him his vineyard. Herod
is In agony because little child is born
down in Bethlehem. Great Felix trem-
bles because a poor minister will
preach Righteousness, temperance and
Judgment TO come. From the time Of
Louis XII to Louis XVIII was there
a straw bottomed chair in France that
did not sit more solidly than the great
throne on which the French kings
reigned?
Were l called to sketch misery in its
worst form ! would not go up to the
dark alley Of the poor, but up the
highway over which prancing Bucep-
oil ri ka L..
and between statuary and parks Of
stalking deer. Wretchedness is more
bitter when swallowed from gemmed
goblets than from earthen pitcher or
pewter mug. II there are young peo-
pie here who are looking for this posi-
tion and that circumstance. thinking
that worloiv success will bring peace
OF the soul, let them shatter the delu-
sion. 1t is not what We get; It is what
we are. Daniel among the lions 10
happier than King Darius on his throne
and when life is closing brilliancy Of
worldly surroundings will be on solace.
Death is blind and sees no difference
between king and his clown, between
the Nazarene and the Athenian, be-
tween a bookless hut and a national
library The frivolities OF life cannot
with their giddv laugh. echoing from
heart to heart. entirely drown the voice
OF tremendous conscience which says:
Il am immortal. The stars shall die,
but ! am immortal. One wave OF eter-
nifty shall drown time in its depths, but
am immortal. The earth shall have
q shroud of fame, and the heavens fee
at the glance Of the Lord, but / am i'm
mortal. From all the heights and
depths Of my nature rings down and
rings up and rings out the word i'm
mortal" A good conscience and as
surance OF life eternal through the
Lord Jesus Christ are the only securi-
ties
The souls happiness 10 too large
craft to sail up the stream of worldly
pleasure. As ship carpenters say, 1t
draws too much water. This earth Is Q
bubble, and II will burst This life 10
a vision. and it will soon pass away.
Time! II is only a ripple. and it break
eth against the throne Of judgment
Our days, They fly swifter than q
shuttle, weaving for US a robe OF tri-
umph or a garment Of shame. Begin
your life with religion, and for it's
greatest trial you will be ready. Every
day will be a triumph, and death will
be only kings servant calling you to
royal banquet.
In olden time the man who was to
receive the honors OF knighthood was
required TO spend the previous night
fully armed and, with shield and lance,
TO walk up and down among the tombs
Of the dead. Through all the hours Of
that night his steady step was heard.
parade and the sound OF cornets the
honors OF knighthood were bestowed.
Thus 1t shall be with the good mans
and when morning dawned amid grand
soul In the night before heaven. Full
ly armed with shield and sword and
helmet. he shall watch and walt until
the darkness ny aud the morning
break, and amid the sound Of celestial
harpinss the soul shall take the hon
ors Of heaven amid the innumer raj BILE
throng with robes snowy white