Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-01-10

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- ..--.o me. The story
ar life, however Insignificant it may
seem to be, will win the applause or his:
of q great multitude that no man can mum.
ber. As a "tale that is told" among ad.
mirers or antagonists, celestia1s or pande-
moniacs, the universe Is full of listening
ears as we'll as of cleaning eyes. II
II we say or do the wrong thing. that 1,
known. I suppose the population Of the
fntelligences in tine air is more numerous
than the population Of intelligences on the
earth. Oh, that the story of our life might
be fit for such an audience in such An au
ditorium! God grant that wisdom anc
fidelity and earnestness and truth may
characterize the "tale that is told"
Through medical science the worlds
longevity may be greatly improved in the
future, as 1t has been in the past, but 1t
would not be we'll for the people to live toe
skill at acquisitiveness, gather too much
and some multimillionaires would become
billionaires and trillionaires, and some
would after awhile pocket a hemisphere
No. Death is useful In its financial limita.
tions, and then all have enough SORROWS
they become nonagenarians or centenar
fans to make 1t desirable to quit. Besides
that, 1t would not be fair so long to keep SC
many good old people out Of heaven. Sc
It is we'll arranged that those who stand By
the deathbed Of the nineteenth century
will not be called to stand by the deathbec
Of the twentieth century.
oh, crowd this last year with prayers,
with hosannas, with kind words, with help
fulness. Make the peroratfon of the cen.
tury the climax Of Christlike deeds. Close
up the ranks of God, and during this re.
against the host Of Abaddon. Have nc
reserve corps. Let swiftest gosI ell cavalry
gallop, and heaviest moral artillery roll.
and mightiest evangelistic batteries thun-
der on the scene. Let ministers OF the
gospel quit all controversy with each
other and in solid phalanx march out
for the worlds disenthrallment. Let
printing presses, secular and religious,
make combined movement to instruct and
emancipate the world. On all the hills let
there be Eliiahs praying for "a great rain,"
and on every contested field Joshuas to
see that final victory is gained before the
sun goes down, and every mountain be-
come TRANSPORTATION, and every Gaiilee
q walking place OF Him who can hush a
tempest. Let US be jealous of every month,
Of every week, Of every day that passes
without something significant and
cursed world. Let our churches be
thronged with devout assemblages. Let
the chorals be more like grand marches
than requiems. Let the coming year see
the last wound Of Transvaal and Philippine
conflict, and the earth quake with the
grounding arms OF the last regiment ever
to be marshaled, and the furnaces OF the
foundries blaze with the fires that shall
turn the last swords into plowshares.
And may all those whose lives shall go
out In this last year Of Il century, as many
will, meet in the heavenly world those who
In the morning and MONDAY of this hun-
dred years toiled and suffered for the
worlds salvation to tell them how much
has been accomplished for the glory OF
Him whose march through all the coming
centuries the Scriptures describe as going
forth "conquering and to conquer" Oh,
the contrast between that uplifted spec
tacls OF eternal triumph in the presence OF
God and the Lamb and these earthly
scenes, where "we spend our years as tale
that u told"