News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-22

coming, and am so sure of it that do not
propose to fret and worry because it has
not already come [ may jump to get
on boat that is going off, but do not pro
pose to jump for boat that is coming in.
The sharp attacks of infidelity and sin are a
good sign that especial blessing is coming in
showers over all the earth. Flies bits sharp
Just before rain.
If we do not see the full consummatiOn our
children will see it. in the time of the French
Revolution great procession of boys carried
through the streets banner with the in
scription: 'Tremble, tyrants; we shall grow
up! Though we may fail to do our duty there
is rising generation being gospelzed
and coming by hundreds of thousands from
our Sabbarh-schools and Christian homes
who might properly have on their banners:
'Tremble, ye powers of darkness and sin; for
we are growing upn We may not amount
to much in ourselves, but if we put our,
selves in the right place we can do great
exploits. Two put under two only make
four: but placed beside two make twenty
two. Yet what you and most neeo
power to drive back this Apollyon, TINS AS,
modeus this Ahrimanes from our near alth
butby divine power afforded, Tor here is q pas
sare emblaZoned with encouragement Wnlcn
saws: "Resist the devil and he will flee from
youn Remember it is no sin at all 20 Dc
tempted. The best and the mightlest nave
been tempted Milton describes a toad
snuat at the ear of eve. The sin IS In sur
rendering Do not feel SO secure in yourself
as to think you cannot lie overthrown.
How do YOU account for the fact that there
are so many Old men in Sing Sing and
Auburn and the other penitentiaries, serving
out their protracted sentences for frauds
committed in mid-life or advanced ages, al
though their early life had been cool, and
nothing had been suspected of them until at
fifty OF sixty years of age the land was
struck dumb at their forgery or embezzle-
ment! The clock in the steeple of old Trinity
Church striking the hours did not remind
the recreant Wall-streeter of the passage
of time that would soon bring to him
exposure and doom, The explanation is
that Mephstopheles, Apollyon, Satan got in
his work at that tina. Tho man was not
naturally bad. He was as good as any OF
YOU are, but Satan with whole battallons OF
INTERVALS swooped upon him uuawares. Look
out for the wiles of the devil, not only
those of you who are young but the middle
aged and the oil. Outside of God you are
not safe a moment. But yield not to dis
heartenmeut. If we put our trust in God
our best days are yet to cone-days OF VIC
tory, days of song, days of heaven, and
the best days OF the cause of
to come As the ten thousand men of
Xenophon's army when they came TO the top
of Mount Theches and saw the waters on
which they were to sail to their homes, the
soldiers with clapping hands and waving
banners altogether shouted: The sea; the
sear' So we to-day in our march toward
our heavenly home come up to the top OF the
mountain of holy anticipation and look off
upon oceans of light and oceans of glory AMI
oceans of joy; and thrilled as we have never
been thrilled before we clap our hands and
wave our gospel ensigns and cry one to an
other and shout up to the responding and re-
echoing heavens: THE sea: the sea-"