The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-09-15

luAl kSOSSSoSsOu VI urs 0uo We WVuso
all turn into barbarians and cannibals
and fends. Suppose that some Of the
energy we are expending In useless
and unavailing talk about the bread
question should be expended In meici-
full alterations. I have read that the
battlefield on which more troops met
than on any other In the worlds his.
tory was the battlefield OF Leipsic +
100000 men under Napoleon $1,000
men under Schwarzeberg. No. nd!
the greatest and most terrific battle
is now being fought all the world oven
1t Is the battle for bread. The ground
tone Of the finest passage in one Of the
great musical masterpieces. the artist
says, was suggested to him by the cry
OF the hungry populace of Vienna as
the king rode through and they shout.
ed: Bread! Give us bread!' And all
through the grest harmonies OF musi-
cal academy and cathedral l hear the
pathos. the ground tone, the tragedy,
of uncOunted multltudes, who with
streaming eyes and wan cheeks ami
broken hearts in behalf Of themselves
and their families are pleading for
bread.
God has done his part toward the
dressing Of the human race. He grows
n surplus Of wool on the Sleeps back
and nocks roam the mountains and
valleys with burden of warmth in
tended for trnnsfercnce to human com
fort. when the shuttles of the facto-
ries. reaching all the way from Chat.
tahoochee to the Merrimac. shall have
spun and woven it. In white letters
Of snowy fleece God has been writing
for 1000 years his wish that there
might he warmth for all nations.
While others are discussing the effect
Of high or low tariff or no tariff at all
on wool you and had better see If
in our wardrObes We have nothing that
we can spare for TIE suffering or pick
ont some poor lad of the street and
take him down to n clothing store and
ft him out for the season. Gospel Of
shoes! Gospel Of hats! Gospel Of
clothes for the naked!
Again. let us look around and sec
how many serve our generation. What
short sighted mortais we would be II
we were anxious 10 clothe and feed
only the most insignificant part of Il
man-namely, his body-whlle we put
forth no effort to clothe and feed and
save his soul. Time Is a little piece
broken or great enternity. What
are we doing for the souls Of iais pres
ent generation? Let me say it is Il
generation worth saving.
Prescott, the blind historian, tells US
how Pizarro saved his army for the
right when they were about desert
ing him. With his sword he made n
long mark on the ground. He said:
"My men. on the north side are deser-
ton and death; on the south side Is
victory; on the north side Panama and
poverty; on the south side Peru with
all its riches. Choose for yourselves.
For my part. 90 20 the south" Step
ping across the line one by one his
troops followed, and finally his whole
army.
The sword of Gods truth draws the
dividing line to-day. On one side of 1t
are sin and ruin and death: on the 9TH
er side of it are pardon and usefulness
and happiness and heaven. You
,ross from this wrong side to the right
side, ana your faIally will cross with
you, and your friends and your asso.
ciatcs. The way you go they Will 20.
If we are not saved, we will never
save any one else.
How 10 get saved? BE willing to &C.
ccpt Christ and then accept him in
simultaneously and forever. Get on the
rock first, and then you will be able
to help others upon the same rock.
Men and women have been saved
quicker than lave been talking about
It. What! Without prayer? Yes
What! Without time TO deliberately
think It over? Yes. What. Without Il
tear? Yes. Believe; that Is all. Be
leve what? That Jesus died to save
you from sin and death and hell. VIII
you? Do you? You have. Something
makes me think you have. New light
has come into your countenances
Welcomed! Welcome, Hail! Hail! Saved
yourselves, how are you to save 9th.
ers? BY testimony. Tell Il to your
family. Tell 1t to your business asso.
ciates. Tell it everywhere. We will
successfully preach no more religion
land will successfully talk no more re-
|ligion than we ourselves have. The
most of that which you do to benefit
the souls OF the generation you will
effect through your own behavior. Go
wrong and that will induce others. To
90 wrong. Go right and that will In.
duce others TO go right. When the
great Centennial exhibition was being
held in Philadelphia, the question
came up among the directors as to
whether they should keep the exposi
ton open on Sundays, when director
who was man Of the world from Ne
vada, arose and said, his voice trtlnb
ling with emotion and tears running
down lbs cheeks: II feel like n return
Oh prodipol Twenty years ago went