The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-07-18

ey "aAo W 70 ma themselves imprisoned
VA dastardly habit. No friends TO Others
island half way between England. Scotland
and Ireland, called the fsle OF Man, and the
seas dash against all sides of 1t, and am told
snat There Ii no more lovely place than thai
Isle OF Man, but when man becomes insnla;
" his disposition, and outs himself of from
the main land Of the worlds sy1npathies hs
Y despicable, and all around him Is an Allan
" ocean OF selfishness. Behold that Isle Of
Now, supposing that you have by a divine
Regeneration, got right toward God and hu-
manity. and you start out to practice nv
text: "a man that hath friends must show
himself friendly" Fulfil this by all forms Of
appropriate salutation. Have you noticed
chat the head is so poised that the easiest thing
ON earth IL to give a nod Of recognitions To
swing the head from side 10 stds, as when Il
Is wagged In derision, Is unnatural aud un.
pleasant; to throw it back, invites vertigo.
but TO drop the chin IN greeting Is accom-.
panied with SO little exertion that all day
long and every day you might practics 1t with.
out the least semblance of fatigue So also
che structure of the hand indicates hand shak-
ing; the knuckles non made so that the fingers
can turn out, but so made that the fingers
can turn In, as in clasping hands; and tho
IIi"ip "Niuou rum anu SCI alOO1 from Tho
dngers, SO that while the fingers take your
oeighbors hand ON ors sda the thumb takes
= on tia othe., sSsa pressed .osctaar, "a ohs
FACULTIES OF thS head give emphasis 10 tine
,alutation Five sermons In every healthy
haiid urge us to Misunderstanding.
Besides this, every day when you start out,
load yourself up with Efd tboughts, kind
words, kind expressions and kind grestings.
when man or woman does well, tell him 50,
tell her SO; II you meet some one who is Inn.
proved In health, and it is demonstrated in
firth and color, say. "How well you lookp'
But Il, on tile other hand, under the wear and
tear OF life he appears Pole and exhausted,
DO not introduce sanitary Subjects or say
anything at all about physical conditions.
IN the case of improved health, you have by
-FOUR words given another impulse toward
kie robust and the jocund; while in the
sase of the failing Health you have arrested
ne decline BY your silence, by which he con.
dudes: IF / were really so badly Off, he
would have said something about it.n We are
all, especially those of a nervous tempera-
nent, susceptible to kind words and discour-
aging words. Form conspiracy against us,
and let ten men meet us at certain points on
,ur way over to business, and let each one
say, blow sick you look;n though
~e should start out well, after meeting
The first and hearing bis depressing salute,
We would begin to examine your symptoms.
After meeting the second gloomy accosting.
we would conclude we did not feel quite as
veil as usual. After meeting the third our
sensations would be dreadful, and after meet
ing the fourth, unless we expected conspir-
acy, we would go home and 20 to bed, and
Che other six pessimists would be useless sur.
plus OF encouragement My dear sir, my dear
madam, what do you mean by going about
t "a world with disheartenmentsf Is not the
supply of gloom and trouble and misfortune
enough to meet the demand without your
running factory of pins and spikeaP Why
should you plant black and blue in the world
when God SO seldom plants them? Plenty
81 scarlet colors, plenty of yellow, plenty Of
green, plenty Of pink, hut very seldom a
plant black or blue ] never saw a black
lower, and there's only here and there blue
bell or violet; but the blue is for the most
part reserved for the sky, and we have to
ook up to see that, and when we look up no
, t, can 90 us harm. Why not plant along
5he giooms Do hot prephesy misfortune. If
you must be prophet at all be an Ezekiel
IND not Jeremiah. In ancient times propf.
IT'S who foretold evil were doing right, for
hey were divinely directed; but the proph-
,ts OF evil in our time are generally
alse prophets Some Of our weather wise
>eopie are prophesy1ng we shall have sum-
ner OF unparalleled scoIch 1t viii not be
hat at all. think we are going to have 9
ummer OF great harvest and universal
lealth; at any rate know as much about It |
IS they do. Last fall all the weather proph- |
It's agreed in saying we should have win-
or Of extraordinary severity, blizzard on the
leels OF blizzard 1t was the mildest winter
ever remember to have passed. Indeed,
he autumn and the spring almost showed
winter out of the procession Real troubles
ave no heralds running ahead of their som.
'er chariots, and no one has any authority
n our time to announce their coming. Load
Yourself up with helpful words and Deeds
The hymn once sung IN our churches is unfit
o be sung. for it says:
we should suspect some danger near
Where we possess delight
In other words, manage to keep miserable
III the time: The old song sung at Che pianos
quarter OF a century ago was right: "Kind
Words Can Never Die" Such Kind words
lave their nests in kind hearts, and when
hey are Matched out and take wing they cir.
le round III flights that never cease, and
portsman's gun catr1ot shoot them, and
forms cannot ruffie their wings, and when
hey cease fight in these lower skies Of earth
hey sweep around amid the higher attitudes
4 heaven.
Oh, what glorious state of things to have
ne friendship of Godl Why,we could afford
o have all the world against us and all other
worlds against us if we had God for us. He
ould In minute blot out this universe, and
q another minute make a better universe ]
ave no idea that God tried hard when He
made all things. The most brilliant thing
nown to us is light, and for the creation Of
hat He only used word Of comnafid. A.
ut OF flint the frontiersman strikes spark,
Q out of one word God struck the MONDAY
Nav,
do not read that God lifted 20 much as
niger. The Bible frequently speaks Of
tod's hand, and Gods arm, and Gods
boulder, and Gods foot; then sup
ose He should put hand and arm and
boulder and foot to utmost tension, what
ould He not maker That God, of such
demonstrated and undemonstrated strength,
or, may have for your present and everiast
"a friend. But stately and reticent friend,
ot1ntry mansion ON q summer day when all
he doors and windows are wide epep
;nT1su SAID: y am the door," And lie is q
tide door, a high door, q palace door, an
ways open door. NY four-year-old child
OF hurt. and did not cry until hours after
hen her mother came home and then she
urst into weeping, and some of the domes-
les not understanding human nature, said
her; Why did you not cry beforer She
WCl W. uclc WoS LIZ VIC W CIy TO-" |
low have to tell you that while human
7mpathy may be absent, divine sympathy
always accessible. Give God your
we and get His love; your service
nd secure His help; your repentance
I'd have His pardon. God friendP Why,
lat means all your wounds medicated, all
our sorrows soothed and If some sudden ca
strophe should hurl you outof earth it would
lly hurl you into heaven. II God is your
lend, you cannot get out of the world too
lickly or suddenly, SO far as your own hap
ness is concerned. There were two Chris
ans last Tuesday who entered heaven; the
le was standing at window in perfect
,alth watching the shower, and the light
ng instantly slew him; but the lightning
not fash down the sky as swiftly as his
irit flashed upward. The Christian man
ho died on the Sc ne day next door had
en- for year or two failing in health, and
r the last three months had suffered from a
sease that made the nights sleepless and the
Us an anguish. Do you not really think
at the case of the one who went instantly
rs more desirable than the one who entered
Q shining gate through long
le of insomnia and congestionP In
3 one case 1t was like your standing
,arily at a door, knocking and waiting. and
,ndering If it will ever open, and knocking
d waiting again; while in the other case.
was a swinging open of the door at the
Sc touch OF your knuckle. Give your
endship to God, and have Gods friendship
you, and even the worst accident win be