The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-29

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Christ came TO s'destroy him that had the
power Of death Is the devil" And
Prom tho way Christ drove the devi, out 81
those nossessed by him until he was Glad To
hide under the bristles of Tho swine of IA.
dora and from other violent eiectnents Wa
know that there is In existence n nower
n million fold mjgbtier than tho diaholic
The old lion of death shall 90 down under The
stroke and roar OF the aIion OF ,Judah's
triben Yea, nv text shows that Satan was
compelled to report to tho Almighty and give
account of himself When God said to him:
"Whence CONTEST thou" he was forced to
answer What means that scripture
which saws that Christ shall bruise the
serpent's 6eadl If Won have ever killed n
snake the passage ought TO he plain 10 Won.
You SEQ this old serpont the deyil. has
crawled across the nations, poisoning whole
generations and leaving his trail on
everything; hut after a while it will he cor.
nered and hissino and writhing in rage and
with crest lifted and forked tongue Shot ont
il will make final attack on Christ. and
Christ will advance upon it, and lifting his
omnipotent foot that foot strong enough to
crush world. lifting that foot right
over the head of the reptile, will nut
down his heel with crushing power
that shall leave the monster nleeiiut and
mashed never to hiss or bite or shake
his old rattle again. Thank God he has al.
ready received stunning blow. Hear YOU
NOT The rumbinp of the Christian mi nting
nrrsses and tbe whirling of the Gosnel
chariot wheel, As MANY souls have
been odded 10 tho Christian Church in the
last eighty wears az in the previous eiohtean
centuries and that il n ratio of increase
ncclamntorv with pIa,psss The kigdom !.
coni,,y and / am 90 sura ~ n Nm, ! do ~,
hot ALREADY coma nav "o ;nr,,, -, ~ mas
on boat that is "ong or hit do no ~ p SoS
yosa 10 ;un,,, fnr 80 49, !. $500 "Gs p
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good SION that asnoc;.i hiass;pe, IL nnnn;nr -,
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If we do NOT co. ibo s,i c,,s,,,,o,,o,
cbijdren viii Soc II In tho t;mo Of tha Erano,
Ravolution a greet nrocoss;nm Of ho,,S narr;ad
tbrongh the sfreets a honnar viii tha ;n
scrintion s.Tre,nh,a tyramtS NO shall nrn,v
unrt Though wa nav fo; 20 d. onr d"tu oro
IL rising ge,arotion be;ng aoSIaI;,aS
and comins nv hundreds If thnnsaSnii frnr,
who might pronerlv have on their bo s
'.Trembia w npwers of darLnoSs . and GIN. TO- o.
we are growing un,n We nav not a,no,,,t
TO much in ourselves Init II yya mt omr.
selves in the right Mace we can 10 do great
exploits Two mt undar two onIv nS'aIa
four; but placed beside two make twenty
two Vet what Won and / most need Is
mower to drive back this Apollyon, this As
modeus This Ahrimanes from our hearts and
lives And we can do it not by our own strength
butbv divine mower afforded, for here is pas
SAGE emblaSoned with encouragement which
saws. "Resist the devil and he will flee from
Won y Rememher n is no sin at all to be
tempted The best and the mightest have
haen temnted Milton describes a toad
sonat at the ear of eve. The sin is in sur
rendering. DO not feel SO secure in yourself
as to think Won cannot be 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 good, and
nothing had been Suspected of them until at
fifty or sixty wears of age the land was
strucx dumb at their forgery or embezzle-