The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-01-26

et heaven and earth, and this day voice
from the skies soun Is forth: "As the bride
groom rejoiceth over the bride SO shall thy
Col rejoice over thee Let Him put upon
thee the ring OF his royal marriage. Hre is
In honor worth reaching after. BY repent
ancS qrd faith y6u may tonte intd a. tierriaHS
With the emperor OF universal dominion, afh
you may be an empress Unto Sod forever,
and reign with him in palaces that the CEN
turtles cannot crumble nor cannonades de-
tdSlish, a -. =, y. ann
hsppns pr Gsoaeg egy aS
by the best being that over lived and ms
greatest apostle, Christ and Paul. Whns
higher honor could single life on earth have!
But what you need, oh woman, is to be am.
hticed forever and forever and the bands OF
that marriage ! am thie fnofnens mere geis ap9 y,
now ready to publish. Let the angels OF
heaven bend from their galleries of light to
witness while I pronounce you one-a loving
God and forgiven soul. One OF the most
stirring passages in history with which am
acquainted tells us how Cleopatra, the exi!ed
u,ieen Of Egypt, won the SYM athies OF julius
esar, the coa1u,ror udsI ne nsiann p.Sam' fro .ng
her throns; she sailed away on the Mediter-
tanean sea iii d, storni, and when the large
shin anchored she put out with one wonanly
friend in a small boat until shc arrived az
Alexandria. where was Caesar, the great gem
SraL Knowing that she would not be per-
hiitted to land Or pass the guards on the way
to Cesar's palace, she laid upon the bottom
of the boat some shawls and searfs and rich
ly dyed upholstery, and then lay down upon
them, and her friend wrapped her in them
and she was admitted ashore in this wrap
ping of goods which was announced as q
present for Cesar. This bundle was permit
ted to pass the guards Of the gates OF the
= IL, Al tl,af faaf Of
Roman General. When the bundle was un.
rolled there rose before Caesar one whose
courage and beauty and brilliancy are the
astonishmert of the ages This exied queen
of Egypt told the story Of her sorrows. and
no promised her that she should get back her
throne in Egypt and take the throne OF witely
dominion In his own heart. Afterward they
made triumphal tour In barge that the
pictures of many art galleries nave canea
tCleopatras Barge" and that barge was COW
cred with silken awning, and It's deck was
soft with luxuriant, carpets, and the oars
Were silver tipped, and the prov was gold
mounted, and the air was redolent Win lhe
spicery of tropical gard ems and resonant
with the mu nc that made the night glad as
the day You may rejoice, oh woman, that you
are not Cleopatra, and that the one TO
whom yoti may be atfianced had none OF the
sins of Caesar, the conqucror. But IT suggests
to me how you, soul exiled from happiness
and peace, may find your way to the teet OF
the conoueror of earth and sky. Though IL
NAV be a dark night of spiritual agitationiin
which you put out into the harbor OF peace.
YOU may sail, ami when oil the wrappings Of
fear and douI,t and sin shall be removed you
will be found at the feet Of Him who will put
YOU on throne to be acknowledged as His
in the day when all the silver trumpets OF
the sky shall proclaim horra Of 'ne gbt S you
Sail with him the river whose source is the
foot of the throne and whose mouth is at the
tea of glass mingled with fire.