The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-05-12


wrong. You may say TO some about .
merchant. ia. he honest 1.s"Oh. yea
TIE man says. he b HONEST. but hs
srinds the faces q his clerks. He u
honest. bat he exaggerates the vsius
Of his goods. He u honest. but he loan
money on sead and mortgage with ths
understanding that the mortgage can.
, not lie aaiet for ten years, but - soos
aas he sets the mortgage he records II
and begins forsclosure suit. and the
sheriR's WIZ comes down. and the das
Of sale arrives. and away goes the
homestead. and the creditor buys II IN
Nat half price" Honest? when he loan.
ed the money. he knew that he would
get the homestead at half price. Hon.
~! But he goes to the insurance Of.
nee to get policy on his life and tslla
the doctor that he 10 well when he
knows that for ten years ne has had
but'one lung. Honestf Though he
sells property by the map. forgetting
to tell the purchaser that the ground
II all under water, but It 10 generous In
him to do that. for he throws the wa
ter into the: bargain.
All. my friends. there 10 but one
standard Of the everlasting right and
of the everlasting wrong. and that
is the Bible. and when that princi.
pleple shall get its pry under our
commercial houses I believe that
one-half Of them will 90 over! The
ruin will begin at one end of the street,
and It will be crash crash! crash! all
the way down to the docks. What Is
the matter? Has there been a fall in
gold?" "Oh. no." HAS there been a
new tariff?". NO" HAS there been
an unaccountable panic?" No" This
is the secret: The Lord God has set
up his throne OF judgment in the ex-
change. He has summoned the right
eous and the wicked 70 come before
him. What was 1897? A day Of judg-
ment. What was 1857? A day Of judg-
ment. What was the extreme depres-
sion Of two years ago? A day Of judg-
ment. Do you think that God is going
to wait until ne has burned the world
up before he rights these wrongs?
tell you nay! Every Gay is a day Of
judgment.
The fraudulent man piles up his
gains. bond upon bond, United States
security above United States security,
emolument above emolument, until his
property has become a great pyramid.
and as he stands looking at 1t he thinks
1t can never be destroyed but the Lord
God comes and with his little finger
pushes It all voer.
Here Is your money safe. The manu-
facturer and yourself only know how
IT can be opened. You have the key.
You teach the lock and the ponderous
door swings back. But let me tell you
that, however firmly barred and bofted
your money safe may be, you cannot
keep God out. He will come some day
Into your counting room, and he will
demand: Where did that note of hand
come from? How do you account for
this security? Where did you get that
mortgage from? What does this
mean?" II 1t is all right. God will say:
"well, done. good and faithful servant.
BE prospered In this world. Be happy
in the world to come" II 1t is all
wrong, he will say: Depart, ye cursed.
Be miserable in your iniquities in this
life, and then go down and spend youi
eternity with thieves and horse Jockeys
and pickpockets."
The religion Of Jesus Christ will pro-
duce a revolution in our churches. THE
noncommittal, do nothing policy OF the
church of God will give way to spirit
OF bravest conquest. Plety in this day
seems to me to be salted down just 80
as to keep.
But" says some one, 1--WE are e3.
tablishing a great many missions, and
think they will save the masses" No:
they will not. Five h Indred thousand
Of them will not do It. They are doing
a magnificent work, but every mission
chapel Is a confession OF the disease
and weakness of the church. 1t is max.
ing a dividing line between the classes,
1t is saying to the rich and to the well
conditioned, "If you can pay your pew
rents, come to the main audit nee
ROOM" 1t is saying to the poor man:
Your coat is too bad and your f..Jes
are not good enough. II you want 10
get to heaven, you will have - go by
the way Of the mission chapel" Tle
mission chapel has become the kitchen
where the church does its sloppy work.
There are hundreds and thousands CT
churches in this country-gorgeousl
built and supported-that even on
bright sunshiny days are not half clll
Of worshipers, and yet they are build
ing mission chapels, because by some
expressed or implied regulation tie
great masses Of the people are kept
out Of the main audience room.
saw in some paper an accoun; Of
a church in Boston in which, 1t is said.
there were a great many plain people.
The next week the trustees OF tl.at
church came out in the paper and said
It was not so at all; they were e.9-
uapt peonla and hin rIv condit ION I'd