The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-11-24

GOLDEN TEAI.-Ay son. IL s,np,,,
tice thee. consent thou not.-Proy "a =
A FATHERS COUNSEL TO HIS g.
The fourth Sunday in Novenbs. s !
observed as Temperance Sunday
Great Britain.-Int. Com. :
10. "Hear, o my son, and recel,.
sayings:" This is one way Of ke,n:r
the Fifth Commandment, "IIopo, -
father and thy mother" and i, W..
the blessing Of this First Comm,as
ment with promise" Disobedjsns.
to parents quickly leads TO disobeS
ence to the laws Of God and of count.
which, more than all other thip,,
shortens life and destroys prosper,,r
"And the years of thy life shall (
many" In accordance with the pro-
ise in the Fifth Commandment ava
Eph. 0:l-3. Obedience to parent, +
connected with virtuous habits .h,,
are conducive to long life. 1t win
make q child industrious, temper,,.
sober.
I. The WY Of wisdom.-vs. III,
All that is true Of the earthly parents
infinitely more true of our Heavens
Father and Divine Wisdom as me-,
sonified in the Proverbs. II. ~ b,,.
taught thee:" All that He saws ana
every commandment lie gives ha,.
for their purpose to lead His childr,,
Sin the way of wisdom" and "in II,
right paths:" No one ever FOLLOWED
the Bible into evil ways.
l2. THY steps shall not be strsI.
cned," Narrowed, confined, as vii,
fetters. On the contrary, he shall h.
as Stree rs the wind wherever It blows.
because he is going in the right way
13. Take fast hold Of instruction.
etc: Instruction Is U) the material
with which wisdom works; t2) itis.,
food Of wisdom, by which /, growr
| (3) Il is the guide of wisdom, direc,irr
it's energies; (D II makes the work q,
wisdom permanent. "For she is ,Ar
,, life:" 1t is essential to well.orderd
and successful life.
II. The Way Of Folly.-Vs. l4-lI "A
ENTER not into the path Of u,
wicked" He that does not enter will
never walk therein, or reach It's tern.
BILE end.
1t is almost universally acknOv.
edged that strong drink is one OF IL,
greatest incentives and encourage.
ments to all kinds Of Sin and wicked.
ness. One Of the easiest and moy
tempting ways Of entering the path 0.
the wicked is through the gate o, 1,
moderate use Of Intoxicating drink.
They are so pleasant and seem SO harm.
less. But every drunkard in the word
entered through this gate. All who
travel on the Black Valley railroM
took the train in the beautiful waller
Of the Crystal river.
is. "Apoid it:" For you canno, s.
the end Of the way. No one il sal.
who enters the plaoe Of temptation.
16. They sleep not" etc. Crime b
wrought into their very natures Il
becomes a part Of their life as th.
poison tooth is a part of the serpent,
II. "For they cat the bread d
wickedness:" They get their livingt
wickedness, and irjuring others. This
Is the true meaning rather than SchuL
tens rendering: For wickedneM Do
they eat as bread, and violence do they
drink as wine" No one who ent.,
the pa tn OF the wicked realizes to wha.
it will lead, or he imagines that he will
turn away from that path before be
comes to its end.
III. The Contrast.-Vs. 1s, 10. H.
:"The path of the just is as the shining
light:" Not like the sun going from
dawn 70 midday, since Christ is that
light, but like the coming of the dawn,
from the first ray of light on the cloud,
in the east, through struggle k'
tween the darkness and the dawn
growing brighter and brighter, light
ing the hilltops, scattering the tors
and shades Of the valleys, till at las.
the eternal day Of life and ligh: has
fully dawned.
10. THE way of the wicked is as
darkness" where men stumble, and
"know not Mt what they stumble i.
Is the darkness of ignorance, of sorrow,
Of sin, of punishment. of hopelessnes,
Of despair.
The result Of observation by Hon.
Chauncey N. Depew, president Of the
New York Central Railroad company
in = talk to railroad men: Twenty
five years ago I knew every man, won'
an and child In Peekskill. And It has
been a study with me to mark boys
who started in every grade Of life with
myself, to see what has become o'
them. was up last fall and began to
count them over, and 1t was an 10
structive exhibit. Some Of them BE-
game clerks, merchants, manufactu''
ers, lawyers, doctors. II Is remark
able that every one Of those that drapk
is dead; not one living OF my age
Barring Il few who were taken of oy
sickness, everyone that proved wreck
and wrecked his family did 1t from
rum and no other cause. OF those VINO
nre chureh-going people, who we've
steady, industrious and hnrd-workns
men, who were frugal and thirty
every single one OF them, without h
exception. owns the house In which m