The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-11-11

on the same track against him at the rate OF
Il ty miles the hour, Standing at his post hs
says "What shall | dol" for how much Q
man can think in a second. "Shall l jump
and save my lie and be the sup 9ort OF
my helpless family, or shall | .stani
sengers, oh God, heln," He comes toquick
decision, and he submits to tho awful bap.
tism of fire and scalding AMI whirwind and
goes up to take his place among thu martyrs
before the throne. There is ono book that
needs to no written, and it needs to be en-
titled: "The Martyr locomotive Engineers
of America" am glad they ara
quitting into roam ,.sautiful scene enacted
on one Of the Western pra ries. An engin er
passing along day after day saw n Ii tie girl
come out in front of her fathers cabin and
wave to him and he waved ba *, and every
day that was the Joy Of the old engineers
heart, as passing along in his locomotive over
the praiiies the little child anne and waved to
him and he waved back. But one evening the
train was belated and it was belated until
the dar tness came on, and by the headi hit
Of the locomotive, the old en- ,ineor saw that
little child on the track She had come out
looking for the old engineer. She won.
derel why so long he tarred Shs
knew not her pe'l When tho old
great horror froze his soIl. He reverse the
engine AMI leaoed over on the cowcatcher,
and though the train was slowing aud
slowing up very muchs it did seem to this
old engineer as If it were gaining in
velocity. But s.auiin, there and wait
ing for the right moment, WITH al most
supernatural clu5h be sci ed her and fell
back on the cowcatcher The train halted,
the passengers came around to seq what was
the matter, and the lay tho old engineer
tainted dead away, with the little child all
unhurt in his ms He had saved her.
Bravoi you say, bravol for the cd engineer.
But behold my Christ the son Of God.
When long trains Of disaster were C ming
down on the nations-long trains of ever
lasting woe and darkness and DOOM He
went out in his own Almighty strength and
snat he'd us out of the doom, and snatchei
us ont Of darkness, Himself peri h ng in tho
sacrifioe. Oh, the grandeur of the vicari US
su fering of the Son of God who laid down
His for you aid for me. Oh, His g ace
it is so high it is 81 Deep it is so long it is so
br al. Yes, yes. We have svmoathizer
in this Christ. 1 know that You cannot
tell, my brother you cannot tell, my sister,
you cannot tell Christ anything about
su fering. He has ben through it ALL
You will never have lad as
heavy to carry as the load He carried up tn,
bloody mount. You will never have any
suffering worse than that which C!::i-t felt
when, with tongue hot AMI rarchsd and
era ked and swollen, he criel ont: II
thirst" All, you viii never have any
w>rse en- ames than Christ had.
They hailed down His prayers and they
snu fed uo with glee the smell of His blood
This day lay His crushed heart at yolr feet.
Oh, He must have been tremendo lsly in
earnest, or all the obstacles would have
d iven Him bacl. B 1t, no, M. H comes
right on. and He is here mora ,ertai1ly than
You and are here, for He fills all the place
with His presence, an 1 nut His crushed
heart at your feet Oh, let it not be told in
Heaven that after all your opportunities of
a 'cepting this Christ, and after all that
Christ has done for you, you despised His
6 ace and put of this opportunity Many Of
you SEQ for the fist time AMI the last time.
1t is so every Sabbath morning and it
is so every Sabbath night l see you
once and then never again until the great
throne Of judgment is lifted and they shall
come from the North and the South and tho
Fast aid the West We will al be there
H 'wever deep down in the earth we may
be buried we will hear the blast OF the great
trumpet, and we shall co ne uo we shall
come ~. And yet have to tell YOU this
morning-a1d it breaks my he,rt to
tell you-that Notwithstanding all that
Christ has done because of His re ection
all his magnificent WORK an all the ,tJry OF
cross aud crown and th)rns are for 50 M
people deal failure Helena, the Empress,
Wen6 OUT 70 Enu III the doiy Lanu cross,
the particular cross on which Christ was
crucifed, and tradition say:-o, colrse tier,
was superstition mingled with the ira ltion
tradition says three crosses wer3 eXhume 4.
They did not know which of the three was
the cross of Christ, so they took dea DO ly
and put it upon one cross AM the body
moved not. Then they took the dead body
and put it upon tho second cross but tho
body moved not. Then they t)ol ths
dead body anl they put it upon the
third cross and it sprang into life-it
sprang into life. it may have been-thaJ
story may have been mere tradition Or super
stition; but it is not slperstition that in tn )
cross of the Son of God there is a life giving
power for your dead soul and mins. Awake,
thou that sleeDest, and arise from the deai /
, and Christ shall give thne life"