The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-08-25

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rock on the other side"
The cruel army Of the Philistines
must be taken and scattered. There is
Just one man accompanied by this body
guard to do that thing. Jonathan is
the hero OF the scene. I know that
David cracked the skull Of the giant
with few pebbles well slung. and that
800 Gldeonites scattered 10000 Amale-
kites by the crash OF broken crockery.
but here Is a more wonderful conflict.
Yonder are the Philistlnes on the rocks.
Here ls Jonathan with his body Ruard
in the valley. On the other side 10 a
rock called Bosez: on the other side Ii
Q rock called Seneh. These two were
as famous in olden times as dn modern
times are Plymouth rock and 0fbral-
tar. They were precipitous, unscalable
and sharp. Between these two rocks
Jonathan must make his ascent. The
day comes for the scaling Of the height.
Jonathan, on his hands and feet. begins
the ascent With strain and slip and
bruise. I suppose. but still on and up.
first goes Jonathan and then goes his
body guard. Bozez on one side. Seneh
on the other. After q sharp tug and
push and clinging. I see the head Of
Jonathan above the hole In the noun
tain. and there is challenge and a
fight and @ supernatural CONSERVATION.
These two men, Jonathan and his body
guard drive back and drive down the
Phlistines over the rocks and open a
campaign which demolishes the enemies
OF Israel. I suppose that the over
hanging and overshadowing rocks on
either side did not balk or dishearten
Jonathan or his body guard, but only
reused and filed them with enthusiasm
as they went up. There was sharp
rock on the one side and q sharp rock
on the other side."
My friends. you have been. or are
now. some Of you. In this crisis Of the
text. II man meets one trouble ne
can go through with It. He gathers Ill
his energies, concentrates them on one
point and In the strength Of God or
by his own natural determination goes
through It. But the man who has trou-
BILE to the right Of him and trouble TO
the left Of him Is to be pitied. Did eth
er trouble come alone he might endure
It. but two troubles. two disasters. two
overshadowing misfortunss, are Bozez
and Seneh. God pity him! "There Is
sharp rock on the one side and q
sharp rock on the other side"
In this crisis Of the text Is that man
whose fortune and health fail him At
the same time. Nine-tenths Of all our
merchants capslze in business before
they come to IS years OF age There
Is some collision In commercial circles
and they stop payment. 1t seems As
II every man must put his name on the
back OF note before he learns what
a fool a man Is who risks all his own
property on the prospect that some
man will tell the truth. II seems as II
a man must have large amount Of
unstable goods on his own shelf be-
fore he learns how much easier II Is
to buy than to sell. It seems as II ev-
cry man must be completely burned
out before he learns the Importance Of
always keeping fully insured. It seems
as II every man must be wrecked in q
financial tempest before ne learns to
keep things snug In case Of a sud isn
curoclydon.
When the calamity does come It is
awful. The man goes home In despair
and he tells his family well. have to
90 to the poor house." He takes a do
lorous view OF everything. II seems as
II he never could rise. But a little time
passes and he says: why. l am not
so badly on after all. I have my fam
lily left"
Before the Lord turned Adam out Of
Paradise he gave him Eve. 80 that
when he lost Paradise he could stand
It, Permit one who has never read but
"a hc" III iiic ohu WHo IdS
not a great deal Of romance in his COM
position, to say that II when a mans
fortunes fall he has a good wife-a good
Christian wife-he ought not to be de-
spondent. "Oh," you say, that only
increases the embarrassment. since yo,,
have her also to take care Of" You
are an migrate, for the woman as often
supports the man as the man supports
the woman. The man may bring all
the dollars. but the woman generally
brings the courage and the faith In
God.
Well, this man OF whom I am speak,
Ing looks around. and he finds his fam
lily IL left, and he rallies. and the light
comes to his eyes. and the smile to his
face. and the courage to his heart. In
two years ne Ii quite over II. He makes
his financial calamity the first chapter
In new era Of prosperity. He met that
one trouble-conquered II. He sat down
for a little while under the grim shadow
OF the rock Bozez. yet he soon rose and
began like Jonathan to climb. But how
often is 1t that physical ailment comes
with financial embarrassment. When