The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-08-01

that very day he buried hts child. They came
to him and said ut Is indecent for you to
you buried your chidn And the fisherman
looked up and said; "Sir II Is very easy for
you gentlefollrs to stay In the house with your
handkerchiefs 10 your eyes in grief; but, SIR,
ought to lot the other five children starve
because one of them Is drownedf No, SIR, We
mann work, we maun work, though cur
hearts beat like this hammer"
You may have had accumulation Of sorrow |
and misfortune. They come In iiocks, they |
come in herds upon your soul; and yet have
10 tell you that this religion can console you,
that II can help you, that it can deliver you
II nothing else will Do you tell me that the |
riches and tho gain Of this world can console
your How was II with tho man who had
such fondness for money that when he was
brought to him, and he put his equity Lands
down among the gold pieces, cooling
his hands or in them, and the rattle and
rolling of these gold pieces were his amuse-
ment and entertainment. All, the gold and
silver tho honors, the emoluments of this
world are poor solace for perturbed spirit.
You want something better than this
children came around to play with him, re-
fused to play. He said: ! will play only
with Kings And it might be supposed that
YOU would throw away all other solace before
this regal satisfaction, this imperial joy. Ye
who are sons and daughters of tho Lord Al.
mighty ought to play only with Kings.
The hill of Zion yields
thousand sacred sweets,
Before we reach the heavenly fields
Or walk the golden streets.
But my text takes further step and IL
says: go into the mountain, and fetch olive
branches, and pine branches, and palm
branches" Now, the palm tree was very
l1xrth .,a ,sa,,ts ha1
hundred and sixty different uses. The fruit
was conserved; the sap was beverage; the
stems were ground up for food for camels;
the base of tho leaves was turned into hats,
and mats, and baskets; and the leaves were
carried in victorious professions; and from
the root to the top of the highest leaf there
was usefulness. The tree grew eighty-tive
feet in height sometimes, and it spread broad
leaves four and five yards long; it meant
usefulness, and it meant victory; usefulness
for what it produced, victory because it was
brought into celebrations OF triumph. And
oh, how much we want the palm branches in
the churches of Jesus Christ at this time!
A great many Christians don't amount to
ANYTHING You have to shove them out OF
the way when the Lords chariots come along:
| We don't want any more OF that kind OF
Christians in the church.
The old maxim says "Do not put all your
eggs into one basket but have to tell you
In this matter OF religion you had better give
your all to God, and then get in yourself
"Oh,n says some one, my business is to sell
silks and cloths" Well, then, my brother,
sell silks and cloths to the glory of God. And
some one says: my business is to raise corn
and carrots" Then, my brother, raise corn
and carrots to the glory of God. And some
one says: "My business is to manufacture
horse shoe nails" Then manufacture horse
shoe nails to the glory of God. There isnoth.
ing for you to do that you ought to do but
Cor the glory of God =,
Usefulness is typifed by the palm tree All,
we don't want in the church any more PEG
pie that are merely weeping pillows signing
into the water standing and admiring their
long lashes in the CLASSY spring. No wild
cherry, dropping bitter fruit we want pam
trees, holding something for God, something
fer angels, something for man. l am tired
and sick of this flat, tame, insipid, satin sup
pered, namby-pamby, highty-tighty religion
1t Is worth nothing for this world, and 1t Ii
destruction for eternity.
Give me five hundred men and Wonel
fully consecrated to Christ, and we Will tax
, any city for God in three years. Give m
ten thousand men and women fully up to til
, Christian standard; in ten years ten thousan,
of them would take the whole earth Tor God
But when are we going to begin?
; Ledyard, the great Traveller, was brongh
before the Geographical Society of Great Brit
ain, and they wanted him to make some ex
plorations in Africa, and they showed nun az az
the perils and all the hard work, and al
the exposure, and after they had told hin
, what they wanted him to do in Africa, they
said to him; "Now, Ledyard when are yoJ
, ready to starty' He said: Tomorrow
, morning" The learned men were aston
ished; they thought be would take weeks o.
, months to get ready. Well, now, you TEL
me Heu u Ta u W ~ q. .. sar1icn
When are you going to begin2 Oh, that yol
have the decision to say: To-day, nowv
Go now into the mount and gather thu
; palm branches. But the pam
D branch also meant victory. III
l all ages, in all lands the palm branch mean.
s victory. We are by nature the servants Of
l Satan. He stole us, he has his eye on us, hi
/. wants to keep us. The word comes from oul
Q Father that if we will try to break loose from
Q this doing of wrong our Father will help us
o black tyrant in the face, and we fly at him
/. and we wrestle him down, and we put oul
heel ON his neck, and we grind him in th,
t dust, and we say, Victory, victory, through
our Lord Jesus Christi Oh what
grand thing it is to have sin unde
1 foot and a. wasted life behint
9 our backs. blessed is he whose trans
: erosion is forgiven, and whose sin i
3 covered Butt says the man. II fee
. life." You are going to be more thai
conqueror ''But,n says the man, I"
: am so tempted, am so pursued il
g life.n You are going to be more thai
Z conqueror. 81, who have so many ailment
= and heartaches, going to be more thai
! conqueror?" Yes, unless you are so self-con
ceited that you want to manage all tn
affairs of your life yourself, instead Q
9 letting God manage them. Do you wan
to drive and have God take back seat
Oh, no, you say; l want God to be my leader
9 Well, then, you will be more than conquerol
I Your last sickness will come, and the phys
clans in the next room will be talking abou
!, what they will do for you. What differene
will it make what they do for you? You ar
going to be well. everlasingly well. An
/, when the spirit has fled the body your FRIEND
, will be talking as to where they shall bur
a you. What difference does it make to 20
J. where they bury you? The angel {
t the resurrection can pick you OF
4 OF the dust anywhere an
all the cemeteries of the earth are In God
+ care Oh you are going to be more tina
a conqueror Don't you think we had bette
: begin now to celebrate the coming victory
= In the old Westinghouse at Summervill'
my father used to lead the singing and b
: had the old-fashoned tuning-fork, and b
7 would strike. itupon his knee, and then pl
y the tunihg-fork to his ear to catch th
Z right pitch and start the hymn. Bu
!. friend, don't you think we had bette
!, be catching the pitch of the evel
lasting song, the song of vii
tory when we shall be more than conquerers
Had we not better begin the rehearsal o
earth? "They shall hunger no more, neiths
thirst any more; neither shall the sun ligf
on them, nor any heat. For the lamb whic
is in the midst OF the throne shall feed then
and shall lead them to living fountains
water; and God shall wipe away all tea
. . from their eyes"
= City Of Eternity, to thy bridal halls
y From this prison would fee;
IS All, gloryi that's for you and me-
= My text brings up one step further.
q says 60 forth into the mount and fetch div
. branches, and pine branches, and myrt
. branches, and palm branches, and branches
z thick trees. Now, you know very well tia
}, booth or arbor made of slight branchs
Q would not stand. The first blast of the ten
9 pest would PROSTATE it. So then the boot
or arbor must have four stout poles to hol
i up the arbor or booth and hence for til
/, building of the arbor for this worl
y we must have stout branches of thick tree
. And so it is in the Gospel arbor. Blessed
God that we have brawny Christianit,
: not one easily upset. The storms of life wi
: come upon us, and we want strong doctrine
!, not only love, but justice not only invits
-. a IL r. Il.