The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-08-12

magnificent generosity through which he
Tell. That attorney ut the bar for weeks has
)een standing in a poorly ventilated court
'oom, listening to the testimony and contest
ing in the dry technicalities Of the law, and
low the time has come for him TO wind up,
md he must plead for the life of his client.
and his nervous system is all gone, IL
ae fails in that speech then his client
oerishes, II he can have eloquence
enough in that hour his client is saved He
stimulates, He must keepup, Ilo says" II
must keep up" Having large practice you
zee how he is inthralled, You may criticise
ais Judgment, but remember the process, DO
lot 10 hard. That journalist has had ex-
lausting midnight work. He has had to
report speeches aud .orations that keep
nim up till very late hour He has
gone with much exposure working up
;ome case of crimo In company with a
iete tive. He sits down at midnight
20 write out his notes from memorandum
,crawled on pad under unfavorahle circum-
stances. His strength is gone Fidelity to
tho public intelligence, fidelity to his OWL
must keep up. He stimulates. Again and
lsa n he does that, and he goes down. You
nay critcse his Judgment in the matter, but
nave mercy. Remember the process, Do
aot DO hard
NV friends, this text will come to fulfill
ueut in some cases in this world. Tho
aantSmau in Farmstesn was shot by some
unknown pers son. Twenty years after the
son of the huntsmau was in the same forest,
md he ,Cideutally shot man, and the man
n diving said: "God is just. ! shot your
,ath n just here twenty years ago. bishop
| aid to Louis XII, of France: Make an iron
| age for all those who do not think as we
loan iron cage in which the captive can
neither lie down nor stand straight up" 1t
vas fashioned-the awful instrument of pun
| shmcnt After awhile the Bishop offended
| Louis XI., and for fourteen years he was in
| hat same cage, and could neither lie down
| lor stand up. 1t is a poor rule that will not
| work both ways "With what measure ye
| nete, it shall be measured to you again."
"Oh, my friends, let us be resolved toscold
less and pray more! That which in the Bible
IS used as the symbol of all gracious inhu-
,nces is the dove, not the porcupine, We may
| 80 unskillfully manage the life-boat that we
! shall run down those whom we want to res
cue Tho first preparation for Christian uss-
,ulness is warm-hearted common sense, prac-
| ;ical sympathy for those whom we want to
ave What Roadway will we make in the
| Judgment if in this world we have been hard
IN those who have gone astray' What head
way will you and make in the last Great
Judgment, when we must havemer or per-
shs The Bible says; "They shall have judg-
nent without mercy that showeth no mercy"
1 see tho scribes of Heaven looking up into
The face of such man, saying: "What!
| you plead for mercy, you who in all your
| life never had any mercy on your fellowsa
Don't you remember how hard you were in
| POUR opinions of those who were astrays Don't
you remember when you ought to have given
| helping hand you employed hard heel.
| Mercy You must misspeak yourself
when you plead for mercy here.
1 = oAlx e.
Look" says the scribes of heaven, "look at
| that inscription over the Throne of judy
ment, the Throne of Gods Judgment" See
| it coming out letter by letter, word by word,
sentence by sentence, until your startled WIS.,
lon reads it and your remorseful spirit APP
propriates it: "With what measure ye mete,
It shall be measured to you again. Depart,
We cursedv"