The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-03-24

don could not keep his son In that,
business, for. God had decided that
Hawley was to be one Of the greatest
astronomers OF England.
|. On the other hand we may be born
in . sphere little higher than that for
which God intends US. We may be
born in a castle. and play in . costly
conservatory, and feed high bred
pointers. and angle for goldfish in arti-
fetal ponds. and be familiar with prin-
css. yet God may better have fitted W
for Q carpenters shop. or dentists for
ceps. or . weaver's shuttle. or black.
smiths. forge. The great thing 10 to
find Just the sphere for wich God in
tended us and then to occupy that
sphere and occupy II forever. Here 10
. man God fashioned to make plow.
There 10 Q man God fashioned to make
Q constitution. The man who makes
the plow 10 just ~ honorable - the
man who makes the constitution.
There 10 . woman who was made to
fashion . robe. ana yonder II one in
tended to be . queen and wear 1t. 1t
seems to me that in the one case ~ In
the other God appoints the sphere. and
the needle 10 joust a. respectable In his
sight a. the scepter. do not know
but the world would long ago have
been saved II some Of the men out Of
the ministry were In It and some Of
those who are in 1t out Of 1t. really
think that one-half Of the world may
be divided into two Quarters-those
who have not found their sphere. and
those who. having found 1t. are not
willing to stay there. How many are
struggling for position little higher
than that which God intended them!
The bondswoman wants to be mistress.
Hagar keeps crowding Sarah.
In the Lords army we all want to
be brigadier generals! The sloop says:
More mast, more tonnage. more can
vas. Oh. that were topsail schooner.
or full rigged brig. or Cunard
steamer" And so the world Is filled
with cries Of discontentment because
we are not willing to stay in the place
where God put US and intended US to
be. My friends. be not too proud to
do anything God tells you to do; for the
lack OF a right disposition in this re-
spect the world is strewn with wander
ing Hagars and Ishmaels. God has
carry scuttle Of coal up that dark
alley. You distribute that Christian
tract. You give $4,000 to the mission
airy cause. You for Is years sit with
chronic rheumatism. displaying the
beauty OF Christian submission. What
ever God calls you to. whether 1t win
kissing or huzza; whether to walk un-
der triumphal arch or lift the sot out
OF the ditch; whether II be to preach on
Pentecost or tell some wanderer OF
the street Of the mercy Of the Christ Of
Mary Magdelene; whether 1t be to
weave a garland for a laughing child
on a spring morning and call her May
queen or to comb out the tangled locks
Of waif Of the street and cut up one Of
your old dresses to fit her out for the
sanctuary-do it, and do II right away.
Whether 1t be q crown or yoke, do not
fidget. Everlasting honors upon those
who do their work. and do their whole
work, and are contented in the sphere
in which God has put them. while
there IL wandering and exile and desc
lation and wilderness for discontented
Hagar and Ishmael.
Again. I find in this oriental scene
scene a lesson sympathy with woman
when she goes forth trudging in the
desert. What a great change it was
for this Hagar! There was the tent.
and all the surroundings OF Ahraham's
house. beautiful and luxurious, no
doubt. Now she is going out into the
hot sands Of the desert. oh, what a
change 1t was! And in our da. ye
often see the wheel OF fortu... urn.
bright home Of her father. She had
everything possible to administer to
her happiness-plenty at the table.
music in the drawing room. welcome
at the door. She Is led forth into life
by some one who cannot appreciate
her. A dissipated soul comes and
takes her out In the desert. Cruelties
blot out all the lights Of that home
circle. Harsh words wear out her
spirits. The high hope that shone out
over the marriage altar while the ring
was being set, and the vows given.
and the benediction pronounced. have
all faded with the orange blossoms.
and there she Is to-day broken heart
ed, thinking Of past joys and present
desolation and coming anguish. Ha-
gar in the wilderness!
Here is a beautiful home. You can
not think Of anything that can be add
ed to It, For years there has not been
the suggestion Of a single trouble.
Bright and happy children AL the
house with laughter and song. Books
to read. Pictures to look at. Lounges
to rest on. Cup Of domestic Joy full
and running over. Dark night drops.
Pillow hot. Pulses fiutter. Eyes
close. And the foot whose well known
steps on the doorsill brought the