The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-19

ing more respect for a man than to the
King Of kings. We ask not for genunex-
ions or circumfeNlons or prostrations. but
when prayer is offered let us either bow
the head or bend the knee or let ns in
some way prove that we are not indiffer.
cnb.
No one has come tn midlife who has not
been stung Of ingratitudc. On the battle
field OF Alma in 1854 wounded Russian
was crying in anguish of thirst for water
Captain Eddington. OF the English Army,
ran to him and gave him drink As the
captain was running bv to Join his reg-
ment the wounded soldier shot him. AL.
most all languages have proverbs setting
forth this perversity. English proverb,
Bring up a raven and it will picll out
your eyes" Arabic proverb Eat the
present and break the dish" Italian pfo.
verb, "The ass. after having drunk. gives
kick to the bucket" An old proverb
says, "1f God were to be so compliment
as to carry us on His bacl, to Rome we
would not thank Him for His pains If He
did not also set us down in an easy chair"
You will never be happy in this world il
you do not do all the good you can and
look for no responsive gratitude. All the
damage did man who is my enemy was
to take him from n position where he re.
ceived 500 year salary into a position
where he has ever since received S2500
year. He never forgave me. but has pur-
sued me with pen vitriolic ever since.
The worst enemy you ever had is the man
YOU introduced and favored and helped
But be not disturbed or even irritatel
You are no better than your Lord.
II the world had had any thankful APP
probation OF His coming it would have
filled that Bethlehem caravansary with
flowers. which bloom there clear on into
the December month. and Herod, instead
OF attempting His death. would have sent
oh - -. f.fa1 Il. A..
and the oyer and terminer of Pilates
courtroom would have pronounced Him
not guilty. and instead Of cross and a
crown of thorns it would have been coro-
nation. with all the mighty ones of the
earth kneeling at the foot Of His throne.
But close.y allied is the other fact which
we limited at in the opennc--that VIC will
not pass this way again. This is our only
opportunity for doing certain things that
ought to be done. On oil sides there are
griefs we ought to solace. hunger we ought
TO feed. cold that we ought to warm. kind
words that we ought to speak. generous
deeds we ought to perform. All that you
and ] do toward making this world better
and happier we must do very soon or
never do at all. Joshua and his troops
never came back over the way they were
\ marching toward the crossing Of the Jor-
, dan. The impress of the sandal or the
| bare feet of each soldier showed in what
| direction he was going, but never did the
| impress of the sandal of any one of them
| show that he had returned. We are all
! facing eternity to come There is no re-
treat. Aertness and fidelity would not be
50 important if we could truthfully say
| 81 will be back here again The things |
neglect ROW ] win do the next time / conc.
| | will be reincarnated, and | will resume
| my earthly obligations Having then more
knowledge than | have now. | win dis
Oh, ~
ca1 now discharge them. | do not give
solemn farewell to these obligations and
opportunities, but smiling and CHEEKY
goodbye until | see them AGAIN." No,
we cannot say that. There will be no new
| and corrected edition OF the volume of our
earthly life. After we make exit from the
stage at the close of the fifth act We can
not re-enter.
How many millions of people have lived
and died | know not, but Of all the human
race who have gone only seven persons
that l now think Of have returned, the son
of the widow at Zarephath, the young man
cf Main, the rulers daughter, Tabitha
Eutychus, Lazarus and Christ. Among all
the ages TO come / do not suppose there
viii be one more who will return to this
life, having once left it.
At this point l ask You to notice the
fact that my text does not call attention
to the crossing of the Jordan, but to the
way leading thereto. We all think much
Of our crossing Of the Jordan when the
march of our life is ended. but put too lit
tie emphasis on the way that leads to the
crossing. What you and | need most ia
care about is the direction of the road we
are travelling. We need have no fear OF
the crossing if we come to it in the right
way. In other words, we need not care
about death if our life has been what it
ought to be. We will die right if we live
right.
What an absurdity it would have hecn
for Joshua and his men to have asked
each other questions like these: GLOW can
we cross the Jordan if we get there? viii
not the water be too deep to allow us to
wade? Will we not all be SO saturated
that we may lose our lives by exposure ?
How many of us can swim? Had we bet
ter not wait until the annual freshet has
subsidedW No such folly did they com
NIT. They were chiefly anxious about the
way that they had mot passed before"
and were ignorant of and to keep their
eyes on the golden. covered acacia box.
wing mounted, which was the ark of the
covenant.
O hearer, stop bothering aboat your exit
from sublunary scenes! BY the grace of
God get your heart right and then so
ahead. II the Lord takes care of you clear
on to the bank on this side of the river, |
think you can trust Him to take you from
bank to bank, from the willows on this
side the stream to the palms on the other
side. from the last kiss of sorrowing ones
on this side to the welcome. sanity, cheru
bic. seraphic, deiiic on the other side
One Easter morning Massena, the Mar.
shall Of France, appeared with 1900
armed men on the heights above the town
of Feldkirch. There were no arms to de-
fend the town, and the inhabitants were
wild with terror. Then the old dean of
the church cried out: My brothers, this
is Easter day! We have been depending
on our own strength, and that fails. Let
us turn to God. Ring the bells and have
service as usual" Then the bells rang
out sweetly and nightly from the churSh
towers of Feldlirch, and the people
thronged to the houses of prayer for WOE
ship. The sound of the bells made tho on.
emy think that the Austrian army hal
come in to save the place. and Massena
and his $4,000 soldiers retrcated. BY the
time the bells had stopped ringing there
was not one soldier in sight. So put your
trust in God. and when hosts OF troubles
and temptations march for your over
throw ring all the bells of hope and faith
and Christian triumph, and the threaten
ing perils of your life will hll back, and
your deliverance will be celebrated all up
and down the skies. The God who led you
through the way you never passed before
will be with you at all the crossings.