The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-06-02

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The man es Us had . great many tr'
ais the loss Of his family. the toss o.
his property. thefloss Of HE hea'th-bo
the most exasperaiint thing that lcam'
upon him was the antalisinE ta'k O.
those who ought to have sympathiset
with him. And looktns ground upo'
them. and weighing what they had said
he utters the words Of my text.
Why did God let sin come into th'
world? 1t 10 q question l often heal
discussed, but never satisfactorily an
swered. God made the world fair ane
beautiful at the start. II our first par
ents had not sinned in Eden. they NIGH
have gone out OF that garden anc
found fifty paradises all around tn,
earth-Europe. Asia, Africa. North ane
South America-so many flower gar
dens or orchards OF fruit. redolent anc
luSClOuS. i SuppOSt "hcH NfOd PooiSN
out the Gihon and the Hiddekel ht
poured out at the same time the Hud
son and the Susquehanna. The Who'll,
earth was very fair and beautiful u,
look upon. Why did It not stay so.
God had the power to Keep back siI
and woe. Why did ne not keep then
back? Why not every cloud roseate
and every step a Joy. and every soune
music, and all the ages . long Jubile,
Of sinless men and sinless women? Goo
can make q rose as easilv a. he cas-
make q thorn. Why. then. the pre-.
dominance OF thorns? He can max,
good. fair, ripe fruit as well as gnarlec
and sour fruit. Why 70 much then
that 10 gnarled and sour? He can max,
men robust in health. Why. then. arr
there 80 many invalids? Why not hav,
for our whole race perpetual leisure in
stead of this tug and toll and tussle fol
a livelihood? 1 will tell you why Goo
let sin come into the worid-when I ge
on the other side OF the river Of death
tions will be answered and such myste
ries solved He who this side that rivel
attempts to answer the question only
illustrates his own ignorance and in
fact. and that is, that herd Of woei
has come in upon us. trampling dowI
everything fair and beautiful. A
sword at the gate of Eden and a swort
at every gate.
More people under the ground thar
on 1t. The graveyards in vast major
ity The 5000 winters have made more
scars than the 5000 summers can cove
up. Trouble has taken the tender hear
of this world into its two rough hand,
and pinched IT until the nations wal
with the agony. II all the mounds o
graveyards that have been raised wer
put side by side, you might step OF
them and nothing else. going all arount
the world and around again and arount
again. These are the facts. And nov
have to say that In world like thi!
the grandest occupation Is that Of Civ
ing coincidence. The holy science Of i'm
parting comfort to the troubled W.,
ought all of us to study. There arr
many of you who could look arount
upon some OF your very best friends
who wish you well and are very intell
gent, and yet be able truthfully to sa,
to them in yeur days ot trouble, Mis-
cradle comforters are ye ALL
l remark in the first place, that yer,
voluble people are incompetent for the
work Of giving comfort Bildad ant
Eliphaz had the gift OF language, ant
with their words almost bother Jobs
life out. Alas for these voluble people
that go among the houses OF the af
ti!cted and talk and talk and talk ant
talk. They rehearse their own sorrow,
and then they tell the poor sufferer,
that they feel badly now. but they will
feel worse after a while. Silence! D,
you expect with thin court plaster O
words to heal wound deep as the soul
heart Talk very softly around thos'
whom God has bereft. Then go you:
way. Deep sympathy has not much t.
say A firm grasp of the hand, a com
passionate look, just one word tina
means as much as a whole dictionary
and you have given perhaps all thu
comfort that a soul needs. A man ha,
a terrible wound in his arm. The sur
geon comes and binds 1t up. Now
he says, carry that arm in a sling ant
be very careful Of it. Let no one toucl
it," But the neighbors have heard o
the accident and they come in and the!
say Let US see it," And the bandag,
Is pulled off and this one and that on,
must feel it, and see how much it i,
swollen, and there are irritation ant
Inflammation and evaporation where
there ought to be healing and cooling
The surgeon comes in and says: 'Wha'