The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-07-08

egotistical for you TO say Ii; you are better.
What brought that blssslngl 1t was trouble
that cast its shadow on your heart; trouble
that cast its shadow ON a short grave, aud
trouble that cast its shadow on your home
black-winged trouble. II was raven; twas
raven. Dear Lord. teach my people that it
4 not the dark Providence that is so
destructive as tbs white Providence, and
that "whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth,
and scourgeth every one whom He rec,iy-
eth; and that when trouble comes, ii is not
because God has grudge against you, but
because he lovesyou and wants to bring you
nearer to Him, and lift you up to higher ra-
diation and on grander platform, Ga, chill
dren of God, get out of your despondencies;
fling your sorrows to the winds. God never
had so many ravens as He has now, Some
times. perhaps, under the cares of life you
feel like my little child Of four years, who
under childish peroleSity said one day; y!
wish could go to Heaven and see God aud
pick flowers" All! my dear, at the right
time you will go and pick the flowers. Until
that time, pray. suppose Elijah prayed
all the time. Tremendous work ahead of him.
tremendous work behind him. Aud what you
want ask for | put it in the bolleSt shape,
and l risk my eternity on the truth OF ~,
when say, ask of God in the right way for
what you want and you will get it-if its
best for you. o, the mercies Of Cod Some
times we cannot understand them. They
come this morning; they alight on tho plat
form: they alight on the edges of tho CALLER
les; they aight on the back of the pews,
bringing food from Col for all your souls.
Ravensl ravensl Mrs. Pithy, well known
woman in Chicago, was left by her
husband widow with half
dollar and cottage. She was palsied,
and had a mother ninety years Of age to take
care of. 1t was marvellous how that woman
got of God in the way of temporal supply,
everything she asked for, so that the servant;
the hired servant in the house, notice it and
used to speak of it, One morning they arose
from PRAYER aud the servant said to her:
"Why, you have forgotten to ask for coal,
and the coal is out" They stood thsre and
asked God for coal, and in an hour tbs door
swung open and the hired servant said: Goals
come" A man who had never done that thing
before, and never did it again, hearing that
that woman was in straitened circumstan ,es
thought it would be good thing to send
coal. You do not understand it, l do.
Ravensl Ravens! You have right, my
brother, my sister, to take Gods care OF
Won in the past as evidence that He is going
to take care of you in the future, Is 1t not q
wonderful thing that all your life, for two or
three times a day, God has given you fooit
look upon it as a wonder that oil my life,
thre, times day, God has given
me food, save once, ana then l
was lost on the mountainsat noo1 But that
very morning, luiU Wei IA ~ Wv
ravens Oh that You might feel so mach the
goodness of God thai YOU could trust Him
for the two lives, the life you arc now living,
and the life which every tick of the watch
and every stroke of the clock informs you is
approaching. Look down and yol see moth
ing but your own spiritual defornite'; LOOK
back and you see nothing but wasted oppor-
tunity; look forward and Won sea nothing
but fearful Judgment and fiery indisna
tion. but look up and You sea the
whipt shoulders of an intercadiny Chi stan
the face of pardoning God, and the irradia
ton of an opening Heaven Take this food
for your soul to-day. 1t CONES now into al
your hearts, and the only question | want t.
ask is, how many of these people are going t
take God for their portion here and thei
norton hereafter, going to trus5 Him now
for the food of the body, aad trust him ais
! for the food of the soul! Amid the CHATTER
| the hoofs and amid the clang of the wheels o
the Judgment chariot, the whole subject vii
! be demonstrated.