The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-01-20

W. begging; beg Ssr,s, sur'ins; %sG
been exhausted by years OF NAL
treatment. Pillowless. poorly led,
nogged-as bent over and tied to low
post. His bare back was infiamed
with the scourges, intensified with
pieces Of lead and bone-and now for
whole hours the weight Of his body
hung on delicate tendOns, and, accord
ing to custom, a violent stroke under
the armpits had been given by the ex-
ecutoncr. Dizzy, swoonng, nause-
ated, feverish--a world of agony Is
compressed in two words.
Il thirst"
o skies of Judea. let n drop Of rain
strike His burning tongue! o world,
with rolling rivers and placid lakes
and sparkling fountains, give Jesus
something to drink! II there Is
any pity in earth or heaven or
hell. let it now be demonstrated in
behalf of this royal sufferer. The
wealthy women Of Jerusalem used
to have fund Of money with which
they provided wine for those people
who died in crucitxion-apowerful OPT
ate to doaden the pain: but Christ
would not take it. He wanted to die
sober, and so He refused the wine. But
afterward they soak IL sponge in cup
Of vinegar and put 1t on stick OF hys-
SOP. and then press it against the hot
lips of Christ. You say the wine was
An anaesthetic, and intended to relieve
or deaden the pain. But the vinegar
was an insult.
lam disposed to adopt the theory OF
the old English commentators, who be-
ueved that, instead Of Its being an opi-
ate to soothe, 1t was vinegar to insult.
Malaga and Burgundy for grand
dukes and duchesses, and costly wines
from royal vats for bloated imperial
ists; but stinging acids for q dying
Christ.
In some lives the saccharine seems
p predominnte. Life is sunshine on q
bank Of flowers. A thousand hands to
clap approval! In December or In Jan.
uary, looking across their table, they
see all their family present. Health
Subicund. Skies hamboyant. Days res
Aent. But in great many cases there
are not 30 many sugars as acids. The
annoyances, and the vexations, and the
dfsappointments Of life 0verp0wer the
snccess. There 10 . gravel In almost
every shoe. An Arabian legend says
that there was q worm In SolOm0n's
stan, gnawing Its strength away; and
there is a weak spot In every earthly
support that a man leans on. King
George Of England forgot all the gran
Aeurs Of his throne, because one day.
IN an interview, Beau Brummel called
him by his first name, and addressed
him as a servant. crying:
George, ring the bell!'
Miss Landon. honored all the world
seer for her poetical genius. was SO
worried over the evil reports set afloat
regarding her that she was found dead.
with an empty bottle Of prussic acid
Ia her hand. Goldsmith said that his
NE was a wretched being. and all that
want and contempt could bring to it
had been brought, and cries out:
What. then, is there formidable in
JAIL
Correcgio's fine painting was hung
IN for a tavern sign. HOgarth could
not sell his best painting, except
urongh Il rattle. Andrew Delsart made
the great fresco in the Church of the
hnnunciation. at Florence, and got for
pay sack Of corn. There are annoy
anres ard vexations in high places. as
vail rs in low places showing that in
= great many lives the sOurs are
greater than the sweets.
II is absurd to suppose that man
Vho has always been well. can SYM
pat.ize with those who are sick: or
that one who has always been honored
ran appreciate the sorrows Of those
who are despised; or that one who has
I~ru born TO n great fortune can un-
Gtr%aEd the distress and the straits of
thCsr who are destitute. The fact that
CAriSt Himself took the vinegar makes
II m able to sympathize to-day and for
ever with all those whose cup is filed
Cith sharp acids Of this ife.
IL the first pace there is the sour.
Tess Of betrayal. The treachery OF
JudaS hurt Christs feelings more than
al the friendship Of His disciples did
linn good.
lou have had many friends. but
there was one friend upon whom you
put especial stress. You feasted him.
fvu loaned him money. You befriend.
si him in the dark passes Of life, when
he especially needed a friend. After
ward. he turned upon you, and he took
-hva ntage OF your former intimacies.
He wrote against you. He talked
against you. He miscroscopized your
faults. He flung contempt at you when
you ought TO have received nothing but
sa.iiiude. At first you could not sleep
II nights Then you went about with
~ ease Of having been stung. That
ofitNiy5ty will never be healed. for
~crgh mutual friends may arbitrate
tB the matter until you shall shake
lslGs, the old cordiality will never
I.u back.
-,.w, commend to all such the sym
p......y of betrayed Christ. Why, they