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

Of the fingers Of the right hand, He shall wipe
away all tears from your eyes, have no
ticed when the children get hurt and their
mother is away from home, they come to me
for comfort and sympathy; but ! have no.
/ ticed that when the children get hurt and
their mother Is at home, they 50 right past
me and 10 her, am OF no account,
! So, when the soul comes up into heaven out
of the wounds of this life il viii not stop to
look for Paul, or Moses, or David or John:
These did very well once, but now the soul
shall rush past crying; where Is Jesusy
| Where Is JesusN Dear Lord, what q magni'
| ncent thing to die IL Thou shalt thus wipe
away our tears, Methinll 1t will take us
some time TO get used TO heaven; the fruits
/ Of God without one speck; the fresh pastures
without Que nettle; the orchestra without
! one snapped string; the river OF gladness
without one torn bank; the solferinos aud the
saffron of sunrise and sunset swallowed up in
the eternal day that beams from Gods
countenancel
Why should wish to finger In the Wild,
when Thou art waiting, Father to receive Thy
| ehildl
II we could get rny appreciation of what
God has in reserve for us, IL would make us
SO homesick we would be unfit for every day
work. Professor Leonard, formerly of Iowa
University, put in my hand u meteoric stone,
a stone thrown off from some other world to
| this. How suggestive X was to me. And
| have to tell you the best representations we
have OF heaven are only aerolites flung of
| from that world which rolls ON, bearing the
multitudes II the redeemed. We analyze
these aerolites, and find them crystalizations
of tears. No wonder, flung off FROM heaven,
God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes!n
Have you any appreciation OF the good aud
glorious times your friends are having in
heaven? How different it is vixen they get
news there of a Christians death from what
| it is here. 1t is the difference between EN-
barkation and coming into port Everything
| depends upon which side of the river you
stand when you hear Of a Chri-,ian's death.
| II YOU stand ON this side Of the river you
| mourn that they go. II you stand on the
ether eide of the river you rejoice that they
come. Oh; the difference between funeral
on earth and jubilee In heaven-betweep
| REQUIEM here and triumphial march there
parting here and reunion there. Togetherl
| Have YOU thought of itp They are together.
| Not one of your departed friends in one land
| aid smother in another land; but together,
| in different rooms of the same house--the
house of many mausions Together!
| never appreciated that thought 90 much
| as when we laid away in her last slumoer
my sister Sarah. Standing there in the vii
lags cemetery, l looked around and said;
There is father, there is mother, there Is
grandfather, there il grandmother, there are
whole circles of kindred" and thought to
myself: Together in the graVe-toge in
glory" l am so impressed with the thought
that do not think it is any fanaticism when
some one is going from this world to the
next if you make them the bearer OF dis
| patches to your friends who ar gone, say
ing: "Give my love to ny parents, give my
love to my children, give my love to my old
comrades who are in glory, and tell them
am trying to fight the good fight of faith,
and will join them after awhile"
l believs the message will be delivered; and
believe it will increase the gladness of those
who are before the throne Together are
good society for them. All Kings, Queens,
| Princes, and Princesses In 1851 there was q
| bill offered in the English parliament pro
posing TO change the almanac so that the Isl
| of March should come Immediately after the
18th of February. But, OH, what glorious
change in the calendar when all the years OF
your earthly existence are swallowed up II
| the eternal year of Cod
NY friends take this good cheer home
with you, These tears of bereavement thai
course your cheek, and of persecution, ane
! of trial are not always to be there. III,
motherly hand of God will wipe them al
away What is the use, on the way to suci
| d Observation-Disclosures is the use of frettus
about anything Oh, what an exhilaratioi
| III OuSLb " We III NJlii ouikih "SiN
See you the pinnacles against tn,
sky? 1t is the city of our God
and we are approaching it, Oh
let us be busy in the few days that shall re
main for us. The Saxons and the Briton
went out to battle. The Saxons were al
armed. The Britons had no weapons at all
! and yet history tells us the Britons got tn
( victory. Why? They went into battl'
shouting three times, "HallelujahW and a
I the third shout of "Halielujah," their enc
I mics fed panic struck; and so the Bfitons go
/ the victory.
And, my friends, if we could only appre
/ ciate the glories that are to come, we woul
be so filled with enthusiasm that no power o
/ earth or hell could stand before us; and a
our first shout the opposing forces would be
gin to tremble and at our second shout the
would begin to fall back. and at our thir
| ihout they would be routed forever There
| no power On earth Or in he'll that could
stand before three such volleys of halle
| luiah.
put this balsam on the wounds of your
heart. Rejoice at the thought Of what your
| departed friends have got rid of, and that
4 you have prospect of so soon making your
| own escape. Bear cheerfully the ministry Of
tears, and exult at the thought that soon it is
to be ended.
! There we shall march up the heavenly street,
And ground our arms at Jesuss feet.