The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-03-10


thought of us by the sea, and agonized
.or US In the garden. and died for us
n horrible cruciaxien; to feel Of him,
to embrace him, to take his hand. t.
kiss his feet, to run our fingers along
the scars Of ancient suffering. to say:
This Is my Jesus! He gave himself
TOR me. I shall never leave his pres
ence. shall forever behold his glory.
[ shall eternally hear his voice. Lord
Jesus, now l see thee! l behold where
the blood started. where the tears
:oursed, where the face was distorted.
have waited for this hour. shall
never tdrn my back on thee. No moro
looking through imperfect glasses. No
more studying thee in the darkness.
But as long as this throne stands and
this everlasting river flows. and those
garlands bloom. and these arches OF
victory remain to greet home heavens
conquerors. SO long shall I see thee.
Jesus OF my choice. Jesus Of my song.
Jesus Of my triumph. forever and for
ever, face to facet"
The idea OF the text is Just as true
when applied to Gods providence. Who
has not come to some pass in life thor
oughly inexplicable? You say: WHAT
does this mean? What is God going to
do with me now? He tells me that all
things work together for good. This
doa, MT lool l;Ga ~ Won nptinua
to study the dispensation and after
awhile guess about what God means.
He means to teach me this. | think
he means to teach me that. Perhaps
1t is to humble my pride. Perhaps 1t
is to make me feel more dependent.
Perhaps to teach me the uncertainty o.
life." But after all 1t is only guess
looking through the glass, darkly.
The Bible assures us there shall be a
satisfactory unfolding. What do
thou knowest not now, but thou shalt
know hereafter" You will know WY
God took to himself that only cha.
Next door there was a household ot
seven children. Why not take cne
from that group instead Of your only
one? Why single out the dwelling IN
which there was only one heart beating
responsive to yours? Why did God
give you a child at all IL he meant to
take it away? Why fill the cup of yom
gladness brimming IL he meant to dash
Il 1t down? Why allow all the tendriis
Of your heart to wind around that o1-
ject and then, when every fibre of y0ar
own life seemed to be interlocked with
the child's life, with strong hand to
tear you apart, until you fall, bleeding
and crushed, your dwelling desolate,
your hopes blasted, your heart broken
Do you suppose that God will explain
that? Yea. He will make it palmer
than any mathematical problem-as
plain as that two and two make four.
In the light Of the throne you will see
that it was right-all right. Just and
true are all thy ways, thou King of
saints!"
Here is man who cannot get on in
the world. He always seems to buy at
the wrong time and to sell at the worst
disadvantage. He tries this enterprise
pointed. The man next door to him
has lucrative trade, Dut he lacks GUS
toners. A new prospect opens. His
income Is increased. But that year his
family are sick, and the profits are ex.
pended in trying to cure the ailments
He gets a discouraged look Becomes
faithless as to success. Begins to ex-
pect disasters. Others wait for some.
thing to turn up; he waits for it to
turn down. Others with only half as
much education and character get on
twice as well. He sometimes guesses
as to what it all means. He says:
Perhaps riches would spoil me. Per.
haps poverty is necessary to keep me
humble. Perhaps l might, II things
were otherwise, be tempted into dissi.
pations." But there is no complete So
luton OF the mystery. He sees through
glass darkly and must wait for g
higher unfolding. Will there be an ex
planation? Yes; God will take thai
man in the light of the throne ant
say: Child immortal, hear the expla
nation! You remember the falling o.
that great enterprise-your misfortun,
in 1857, your disaster in 1867. This Ii
the explanation" And you will an
swer, 1T Is all right"
see, every day. profound mysteries
Of Providence. There is no question
we ask oftener than Why? There ar,
hundreds Of graves in Oak Hill ant
Greenwood and Laurel Hill that meet
to be explained. Hospitals for tn,
blind and lame. asylums for the idioti'
and insane, almshouses for the desti
tute and a world Of pain and misfor
tune that demand more than human 80
luton. All, God will clear It all up
In the light that pours from the throne
no dark mystery can live. Things nov
utterly inscrutable will be illumined a
plainly as though the answer wer
written on the jasper wall or sounde'
In tho fomnIe anfhem parfimeus vviI