The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-07-12
50, LONDONDERRY VT. THURSDAY, JULY H. 1888.

not DO nKe taper set in sick MANS WIN.
dow, or a bundle of sticks kindied on the
beach to warm shivering crew; but you
must take the diameter and the circumfer-
ence OF the world IL you will get any idea
of the greatness Of our estate when we shall
shine as tSa stars forever and ever.
Lastiy-and coming to this point my mind
almost breaks down under the contemplation
like the stars, all Christian workers shall
shine in duration, The same stars that look
down upon us looked down upon the Chal.
dean Shepherds. The meteor that / saw flash
ing across the sky the other night, wonder
IL it was not the same one that pointed down
to where Jesus lay IN the Munger, and II,
having pointed out his birthplace, 1t has ever
since been wandering through the heavens,
watching to see how the world would treat
him. When Adam awole IN the garden in
the cool of the day he saw coming out
through the dusk of the evening the same,
worlds that greeted us on our way to church
tonight.
In Independence Hall is an old cracked bell
that sounded the signature of the Declara-
ton of Independence. You cannot ring it
now; but this great chime of silver bells that
strike in the dome Of night ring out with as
sweet a tone as when God swung them at the
creation. Look up at night, and know that
the white lilies that bloom in all the hanging
gardens of our King are century plants-not
OuCo Ill u DuuuT6u years, Uut
through all the centuries
The star at which the mariner looks to-
night was the light by which the ships Of
Tarshish were guided across the Mediterra-
mean and the Venetian fotilla found its way
into Lepanto. Their armor is as bright to-
night as when, in ancient battle, the stars in
their courses fought against Sisera. To the
ancents the stars were symbols of eternity.
But here the figure of my text breaks
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the Judgment. The stars shall not shine for
ever. The Bible says they shall fall like
autumnal leaves. 1t is almost impossb BILE for
man to take in courser going a mile in
three minutes; but God shall take in the
worlds, flying hundred thousand miles an
hour, by one pull of his little finger. As,
when the factory band slips at nightfall
slar ken their speed, and with slower and
slower motion they turn until thew
some to a full stop. 50 this great
machinery of the universe, wheel within
wheel, making revolution of appalling speed,
shall by the touch OF Gods hand slip the band
Of present law and slacken and stop. That
Is what will be the matter with the mount
tains. The chariot in which they ride shall
halt so suddenly that the Kings shall be
thrown out. Star after star shall be carried
out to burial amid funeral torches and burn
ing worlds. Consultations shall throw ashes
on their heads, and ali up and down the
highways of space there shall be mourning,
mourning, because the worlds are
dead. But the Christian workers shall
never quit their thrones-they shall reign
forever and ever. If, by some invasion
from hell, the attempt were made to carry
them off into captivity from heaven, the
souls they have saved would rally for
their defense, and all the angels Of God
would strike with their scepters, and the re-
deemed, on white horses of victory, would
ride down the foe, and all the steep of the
sky would resound with the crash OF the
overwhe med cohorts tumbled head,ong out
Of heaven.