The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-11-05

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faitAfulnsss Of Gods promises. A ilte-
boat b sometimes used ~ q pleasure
craft along the shores Of Massachusetts
and Long Island. You can see the
fishermen hke and rig In It small
sail and 70 spinning 'Sver the waters.
while they lnugh and joke as they
draw In the bluehsh or the shnd. SO
people sometimes use the gospel life
boat merely for pleasure craft. When
the sky Is clear and the sea smooth they
set sail for frolic. But, oh. my
friends. the hfeboat Ia fur different
craft when on stormy night the life
saving men launch II into the surf to
fight their way out to tNe ship aground
In the ofiing, where II is being shat
tered to pieces by the ceaseless bonn.
bardments OF the mighty seas. And
the promises OF God. out OF which the
gospel lifeboat is made, mean FAR niorr
to widowed mariner sailing the sens
OF life alone than they do TO the
young daughter who has always been
shielded from every storm. And yet.
mother, would ask you n pertinent
question. which I know you viii an
swcr well Though you may have
buried your husband many years ago.
was there ever time when II you
trusted in God his love aud protection
and caw failed your Was there ever
n time when Christ wns not willing to
stand Ivy the cradle Of your living child.
NJ In olden times he onCp stood by the
bier of one who was the only son OF
his mother, aud she wns a widow.
oh, the blessed enjoyment OF having
had the opportunity Of fully testing
the love and care and the gcntlcutss
of protecting God. Many years ago
at large intidcl meeting In England.
at which Charles Bradiaugh. the noted
English ugnostic. was speaking, nm
old, gray hatred woman arose. As she
looked about her she slowly said to the
speaker; "Sir, II il very easy for you
TO attack the Rest Friead | ever Ind.
You do not know him as | know him.
He came into my life many years ngo.
| once knew him merely M nm ac-
luaintancc, but after my husband died
he was more to me than nm acuunlnt.
ance-hc was friend, n blood friend.
Sir, that friend helped me TO feed and
clothS my babies. That friend gave
me physical strength to go on when
thought must die. That FREUD, sir. "
my dear Saviour. That Is what my
rtsth hn fnr L. hnt
has your inhdelity been able To do for
your u mother, bcreft Of your hus.
band. II has been blessed oppOrtu-
nifty for you to test the greatness and
goodness Of God. DO not tell mo you
are poor. You are rich; rich hemi-
spherically and Nclestially rich: rich as
God Is rich.
Rut though In n divine sense the con.
secrated widow is richt yet she shall
be far richer in the next world Wom-
an whom have you loved Of all hu.
man beings the best on earthl
Well" you say. that is hard
question to answer. l loved my
mother and father in one way and my
children in another way and my SIS
ters and brothers in another way
But, taking II all In all. think I loved
my husband best. truly best. We were
one in thought. one in life and one In
everything. My one ambition in life
was TO please HIM" Yes, think your
answer is correct. The relations be-
tween a husband and a wife are so
close that you were one. and your one
desire was TO live for him and to please
him. Now. my sister bereft of her
husband. when you reach heaven and
meet the long separated father of your
babies. do you not feel he will be pleas
ed 10 know how you have worked and
slaved for his flesh and blood? When
you reach heaven. will you not be rich
in the knowledge that he appreciates
all you have done for your children
and his: When one of my aunts-a
widow-was dying. she looked up at
those gathered about her bedside and
said, Now, hope your father, Steven,
will be satisfied with what have done
for his children" Yes, yes. woman,
your husband will truly be satisfied.
/ You have done your task well. 1t has
been a hard Journey to travel alone, but
al the end Of the journey you will be
rich In his blessing as well as that Of
your Saviour, the dear Christ.
/ Most Of us know what the rapture OF
an earthly reunion means, but such
welcome will pale into insignificance
before the heavenly embrace Of risen
father and u long separated wife. After
the famous battle of Five Forks General
George j.. Pickett Of Gettysburg fame
WAS reported 10 have been killed. Day
after day his wife sat with her baby
IN her arms IN the silence Of despair
But one day there rode up the lane Of
the Virginia home familiar figure
He cried 10 his horse: Whoa, Lucy.
Whoa" With that the mother, with IL
wild cry Of joy, arose and said
George. George. ~ that your II
do not know how 10 describe IT," wrote
Mrs Pickett, the pence, the bliss Of
that moment. II was tpp deep and too
sacred " be translated into words"