The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-07-25
HARVEST TIME HERE
A Sermon Of Congratulation for
Christian Eudeavorers.
or Talmagc Finds a Mighty suyxes-
H,encss in His Text-The Growth
and Perfection OF Chris
tianlty.
,copyright, 1901. by Louis Klopsch, N. IL
Washing ton. July7.

copyright. 1901. BY Louis Klopsch. N. FL
Washing ton, July7.
Although DR.. Talmage was hindered
from attending the great annual meet
ing of the Christian Erdeavor society
AZ Cincinnati, his sermon shows him to
be in sympathy with the great move
ment: text, Amos 9:13: Behold the
days come, saith the Lord, that the
plowman shall overtake the reaper
Unable because Of other important
duties to accept the invitation to take
part in the great convention of Chris
tian EndeaSorers at Cincinnati, begun
last week, / preach q sermon of CON
sra.ula ton for all the members of tina;
magnificent association, whether now
gathered in vast assemblage or busy III
their places of usefulness, transatlan-
tic and isatlantic, and ii is now har-
vest time in the fields and sickles are
flashing in the gathering of great
crop. l find mighty suggestiveness in
my text.
IT'S a picture of tropical cline,
with a season SO prosperous that the
harvest reaches clear over to the plant
ing time, and the swarthy husba nd
man busy cuttibg the grain, almos.
feels the breath Of the horses on his
shoulders, the horses hitched to the
plow, preparing for a new crop. BE
hold the days come, saith the Lord,
that Me plowman shall overtake the
reaper" When is that? That is now.
That is this day, when hardly have you
done reaping one harvest OF religious
result than the plowman 10 getting
ready for another.
In phraseology charged with all ven-
ON and abuse and caricature l know
that infidels and agnostics have de-
clarsd that Christia nifty has collapsed; ;
that the Bible is an obsolete book that
tho Christian church is on the retreat.
/ shall answer that wholesale charge
to-dsy.
BAween 5000. 900 and 1000, 600 En-
deavsrers sworn before high heaven
that they will do all they can to take
America for God, Europe for God, Asia
and Africa for God-are not the signs
most cheering? Or, to return 70 the
agricultural figure Of my text, more
than million reapers are overtaksn
BY more than . million plowmen. Be
sides this. there are more people who
believe In the Bible than ct any time
10 the worlds existence. An Arab
guide was leading . French inhdsl
across the desert, and ever and anoR
the Arab guide would get down IN the
sand and pray to the Lord. II disgust
ed toe French inAdel, and After awhile,
as the Arab got up from one Of Xis
prayers, the inAdel said: "Hsw do
you know there Is any God?" And The
Arab guide said: "How do know that
man and . camel passed by our tent
last aight? Iknow n by the footprist
in tbs sand. And you want to, know
how know whether there ID any God?
Look at the sunset. Is that the foot
step OF . man?" And by tho same
procsAs you and have come to under
na<& that this book is the footstep
Of God.
But now let US see whether the book
ha last years almanac. Let US see
whether the church OF God Is q Bull
Kunt retrest, muskets, canteens and
haversacks strewing all the way. The
great English historian Sharon Tus-
her, q man Of vast learning and great
accuracy, not . clergyman. but an at
'orney as we'll as Q historian, gives this
overwhelming statistic in regard to
christianity and In regard to the nom
DER of Christians in the different sen-
.uf'@ In the first century 100000
.afstians, In the second cen ntury 2, ,0o0,-
ooo Christians, in the third century
''oooSoo Christians, in the fourth cen
Jury 100000 Christians. in the 8fth
century $4,000, 900 Christians, in The
n1'h century 2o,oo0, 900 Christians, IN
.ae seventh century 100000 Chris
osn', IN the eighth century 10000, 900
~. Christians, in the ninth century ~, ,o0o.-
WV WV Chastians, in the tenth cen tury 5O,-
v'0'ooo Christians, in the eleventh ono-
ur!1o'aoo, 900 Christians, in the twelfth
.ea.ery so,ooo,ooo Christians, in the
.a'r'eenth century $4,000, 900 Chris
.ian., in the fourteenth century 80 ,ooo,-
wv Chsistians, in the fifteenth century
OO'Voo'ooo Christians, in the sixteenth
.n'sty $4,000. 900 Christians, in the
e,eneenh century $4,000, 600 Chris
,sns. in the eighteenth century 2Oo,-
~'0O Christians-a decadence, az you
0Sefve, IN only one century and more
ua YOU made up in the following CEN
uf'ea whde It is the usual computa-
ol mat there were at the close OF the
1uetenth century 100000, 900 Chris
~, making US to believe that before
wv ;m century is closed the mile mum
~ aave started it's boom and lifted
"hosanna.
.'ot christianity! What a pity it
w 10 friend! How lonesome it must
VINO will take it out OF the poor
user ,.s Poor Christianity! Four hun
ted millions in one century. In few
sexs OF this year 2,sOO,OoO copies of
ss Nsw Testament distributed. Why,
:. earth is like an old castle with 20
s sUs and park of artillery ready to