The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-07-11

Docs his successive Journeys run.
And the firearms, with which the infldel
traveller brought down the Arab horseman
and the iackals Of the desert have been sur
rendered 10 the church, and We reach forth
our our hands y crying THERE'S none like that;
SO it has also been with tho learning aud
the eloquence Of tho world. People sayi
Religion Is very good for women, II Ia very
good for children, but not for men, But we
havein the roll Of Christ's host Mozart and
Handel in music; Canova and Angelo in
sculpture; Raphael and Reynolds In
painting; Harvey and Boerhaaye in
medicine Cowper and Scott In
poetry.i Crotius and Burke, In states
Thomas Chalmers and John Mason In theoio-
gy The most brilliant writings Of worldly
nature are all aglow with scriptural illusions
Through senatorial speech and through essay
lists discourse Sinai thunders and Calvary
pleads and Sloan sparkles.
Samuel l.. Southland was mighty In tho
court room and In the senate chamber, but
he reserved his strongest eloquence for that
day when he stood before tho literary So
pleaded for the grandeur Of our Bible. Daniel
Webster won not his chief garlands while he
was consuming Hayne, nor when he
opened the batteries Of his eloquence on
Bunker Hill that rocking Sinai Of tho Ameri-
can Revolution, but on that day when, in the
famous Girard will case, he showed his
affection for the Christian religion and
eulogized the Bible. The eldqumce and the
learning that have boon on tho other side
camo over to our side. Where ia Glib
bonss historical pom? Where Is Robespierres
swordF Captured for God. "There Is none
like that; give it mer'
So, also, has 1t been with the picture max
ing Of the world. We are very anxious on
this day to have the printing press and the
platform on the side of Christianity; but we
overlook the engravcrs knife and the
painters pencil The antiquarian goes and
looks at pictured ruins, or examines
the chiseled pillars Of Thebos, and Ninevah
and Pompeii, and then comes back to tell us
of the beastliness of ancient art; and it is a
fact now, that many of tho finest speci-
mens-merely artistically considered-oi
sculpture and painting that are to be
found amidst those ruins are not I'll
to be looked at and they are locked up
How Paul must have felt, when standing
amidst those impurities that stared on him
from the walls and the pavements and the
bazars of Corinth, he preached Of the pure
and holy Jesus. The art of the world on
the side of obscurity and crime and death.
In later days the palaces Of Kings were
adorned with pictures. But what to UNI
clean Henry VIII was a beautiful picture OF
the Madonna? What to Lord Jeffries, the
unjust Judge, the picture of the Last Judg-
mentT What to Nero, the unwashed, q
picture of the baptism in the Jordanp The
art of the world still on the side of super.
sSn and ndw death Inc But ut that + a bna
goes across the water, looks at the
pictures, and brings back to his American
studio much of the power of those old mas
tiers. The Christian minister goes over to
Venice looks ut tho "Crucifixion Of Christ"
and comes hack to his American pulpit to
talk as never )cfore of the sufferings Of the
Saviour. The private tourist goes to Rome
and looks at Raphaers picture of the Last
Judgment" The tears start, and he goes
back to his room in the hotel, and prays God
for preparation for that day when,
Shriveling like parched scroll,
The flaming heavens together roll.
Our Sunday-school newspapers and walls
are adorned with pictures of Joseph in the
court Daniel in the den, Shadrach in the
fire, Paul in the shipwrcck, Christ on tho
cross. Oh, that we might, in our families,
think more of the power of Christian pic
tures One little sketch of Samuel kneeling
in prayer will mean more to your children
than twenty sermons on devotion. One pa
tient face of Christ by the hand Of the artist
will be more to your child than fifty sermons
on forbearance. The art of the world is to
be taken for Christ. What has become of
Thorwaldsen's chiscl and Ghirlandajos cray
on ? Captured for the truth. "There isnone
like that; give it mol"
So remark, it is with business acumen
and tact. When Christ was upon earth, the
people that followed Him, for the most part,
had no social position. There was but one
man naturally brilliant In all the apostle.
ship. Joseph, of Arimathea, the rich
man, risked nothing when he offered hole in
the rock for the dead Christ. How many
of the merchants in Asia Minor
befriended JesusS I think Of only one, Lydia.
How many Of the castles on the beach Of
Galilee entertained Christ? Not one. When
Peter came to Jopga, he stopped with I'll one '
name on the Roman exchange, or in the
bazars Of Corinth2 None. The prominent
men of the day did not want to
risk their reputation for sanity by pre-
tending to be oneof His followers. Now that
sail changed. Among the mightiest men in
our great cities to-day are the Christian mer-
chants and the Christian bankers; and if to-
morrow, at the Board Of Trade, any man
should get up and malign the name of Jesus
he would be quickly silenced or put out. In
the front rank of all our Christian
workers to-day are the Christian merchants;
on the right side There was farm willed
away some years ago, oil the proceeds OF
that farm to go for spreading ilfdel books.
Somehow matters have changed and now
all the proceeds of that farm &C
toward the missionary cause.s Ono OF
the finest printing presses over built
was built for the express purpose of publish
ing infidel tracts and books. Now it does
nothing but print Holy Bibles. Ibelieve that
xxyha in fsiaI cir
cles, the voice of Christ will be the mightiest
of all voices, and the ships OF
Tarshish will bring presents and the
Queen of Sheba her glory and the
wise men of the East their myrrh and franklin
cense. look off upon the business men Of
our cities and rejoice at the prospect that
their tact, and ingenuity, and talent will
after while, all be brought into the service
of Christ. 1t will be one of the mightiest
of weapons ''There is none like that; give
timer
Now, if what have said be true, away
with all downheartedness! If science is t.
be on the right side, and the travelling dispo
siton of the world on the right side. and the
learning of theworld on the right side, ant
the picture making on the right side
and the business acumen and tact o
the world on the right side-Thine, {
Lord, is tho kingdomS Oh, fall int
NV oh JS pSopAc4 Ioto u 81 thIu lhiiS5 W ~
in such an army, and led by such com
mander, and on the way to sucha victory. L
what have said is true, then Christ is going
to gather up for Himself out of this world
everything that is worth anything, and
there will be nothing but the scum left
A proclamation of amnesty goes
forth now from the throne Of God, saying:
whatsoever will, let him come" However
long you may have wandered however great
your sins may have been, whatsoever will
let him come" Oh, that could marshall
all this audience on the side of Christ. He is
the best friend man ever had. Ho II
SO kind-He is SO lovely, so sym
pathetic. I cannot see how you can stay
away from Him. Come now and accept Hi
mercy. Behold Him as He stretches out the
arms of His salvation, saying: Look unto
Me, oil ye ends of the earth, and be ye saved
for l am God" Make final choice now
You Will either be willows planted by the
water courses or the chaf which the wine
Jriveth away.