The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-03

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ness; there are adders eoilcd Up in
every cup uers nra vnltnres OF
despair strlkl"s thelf iron '@ak into his
heart! mefe are skeleton fingers OF grief
pnehlhS az the threat some IN amid tho
ehcklng OF me = asSes ana under the flashing
OF the ehahdenerS, anu cry wool wos'
Inc way OF inc nn Oily shall perish
a here ,Sn" rI,'',, sa,sn NY ."' 10 tne wickea'
iuo ""Y ~ W" u's, eNN"N 1" nnu; oh,
| NY niSnus .ne'e uo'o Joy IN one
utup OF snn,St,an N,t's,a'tinn tnan IN whole
'S,s o. s'", ~ ~, nu, n ut,er wlngs may
,ens, h, III ia aa n S,o, ,h anu spasned OF uhs
Wnpvs', uu' ,na u",u .nae ,ouies W through
o w,huow !" tnis usavan,y ark mas wings
, INV ,no uo ',' 'pnu,eu wv" ''iN''' anu "e'
feathers WIN ye,ow Soiu,
AGAIN ! ret,arN, RELIGION Is an anornmeh'
IN tne style OF usefulness mo wnien u IN
9 S q man, ne,o are two Young men
! Inc ono mas me culture, eNquiSite WARDROBE,
plenty OF ir'ends, great worldly success, hut
ne hVe' Tor hiinseii' MS ch'el care IS LOT
ms own comfort ie ives useiessiy, TIC
aies unrnesreueu Here Is anotner Young
man. his apparel may hoe 90 SO good' nis
euueaeioh may npe pe ~ tnorougn. no
l.HS .-r n.nsrs MS happiness Is 70 make
others happy. lie is as sclf'denying as That
dying soldier, falling in the ranks, when he
said; Colonel, there is no need Of those boys
| firing themselves by carrying me to the
hospital; let me die just where am" So
| shis youuk Hiai VI Nuoih 4 speak luNcS NVV,
wants all the world to love him, is not
ashamed 10 carry bundle OF clothes up that
| dark alley 10 the poor. Which of those
| young men do you admire the betterl The
one a sham, the other a prince imperial.
| Oh, do YOU know Of ANYTHING, nv henrer.
that is more beautiful than to see young
| man start out for Christ! Here is some one
ralling; he lifts him IN Hero Is a vagapona
| boy; he introduces him to a mission school,
| Here is family freezing to delth; he carries
them scutte of coal There are eight hun
| dred millions perishinr In midnight heather
| darkness; by all possible means he tries to
send to them the Gospel. He may be laughed
at, and he may be sneered at and he may be
| caricatured but he is not ashamed to 90
everywhere, saving; ~ am not ashamed Of
| the Gospel of Christ It is the power of God
and the wisdom of God unto salvation"
Such young man can go through every
thing. There is no force on earth or in hell
that can resist him.
| show you three spectaclps Spectacle the
first: Napoleon passes by with the host that
went down with him to Egypt, and up with
| him through Russia, and crossed the CONT
| nent on tho b,eeding heart of which he set
| his iron heel, and across the quivering flesh
| of which he went grinding the wheels of his
| gun carriages-in his diving moment asking
| his attendants to nut on his military boots
| for him.
Spectacle tho second: Noltaire, bright and
todtucu uliu WHY elDluCnb Win UDUHuc
and voice and stratagem Internal, warning
| against God and poisoning whole kingdoms
with his infdeity, yet applauded by the
ciappinG hands OF thrones and empires ana
continents his last words, in deirium sup
posing Christ standing by the bedside-his
last words: Crush that wretch"
spectacle the third: Paul-Paul insight.
meant IN person, thrust out from all refined
ASSOCIATION, scourged, spat on, bounded like
wilu peast from CITY TO clty, yet trying TO
make the world good and heaven full an.
nouncing resurrection to those who mourned
soe Garrea o the speaking
widowhood and orphanage and want with
glow of certain and eternal releases; un-
daunted before those who could take his life,
MS cheek flushed with transport, and his eye
on heaven, Win one hand shaking defiance
az az an she Toes OF EARN and al the principai
,oles OF nell, and WITH the other hand beckon-
Ing messenger angels to come and bear him
away, as ne says: II am now ready to be
hand have fought the good fight, I have
finished my course, ! have kept the faith;
hehcelorth tnere is laid up Tor me crown OF
Righteousness which the Lord, the righteous
Judge, will give me-"
d mnch o 2r tne tnree speetacles 40 you most
admlres When the wind OF death struck the
GS:onqueror and the lnildel they We're tossed
IKE sea-guils IN tempest, drenched OF the
wave ana torn OF the hurricane, their dismal
voices heard through the everlasting. storm;
but when the wave and the wind of death
STRUCK faui' ike an albatross, ne made
throne OF the tempest, and one day fioated
away lnto the CAIN ciear summer OF heaven,
orlghter IMAM thedove, It's wings covered with |
SILVER, ana lts feathers with yellow gold.
on' are you not IN love with such religion
- reilglon mat can 40 SO much LOT man
wnlle ne hves and SO much for man when !
ne comes TO dief l suppose you may have
nouced tne contrast between the departure OF
a Chrlstian ana the departure OF an infidel.
Oeouorui dylng IN chagrln because he
could not compose a joke equal
to the joke uttered at the other
end OF his table. Zeuxis,. dying in a
Ut OF iaugnter al the sketch or an aged
Wothan-a sKetch made by his own hand
Ma2arin: dying playing cards, his friend
holding his hands because he was unable to
nod them himself. All that on one side,
nGo1eh minister, who said to his friends
nave no interest as to whether
l live or die; if | die / shall
De WIN the LORD, and II live the Lord shall |
be with me- Or the last words of Wash
lnGton: III is we'll" Or the last words Of
sHJ,;; tne learned and the great
I'll VI tne iaso WORD OF Hannah
I Ino.e anousaNus OF CnTlstians who
. ..a,e guhe, saying: LORD jesus, tre-
seise my splrit: lone, Lord Jesus, come
9uichiy ~ DEAN! where IS thy sting!
,E ,ase' Wnere is my victory Behold the
s con! a behold the charm OF the one, be.
, ho,u we aarkness OF the other Now, l
s hn"w J. ~ very popular IN Ems day for
youms imem 10 MINK thcre Is something |
.,,U,o eha III m'llg IN skeptlclsm than IN J
!eng,oH. lhey are ASHAMED OF the old-fasl- |
t sunen ,ensioh OF inc cross. ana they pride |
.,,,asa.'eS on thelr Iree thlnklng on all these
suDJects NY young friends, want to tell
y9. wnaC | Know from observation that
start il is thn great s.i,arn naar t az t the
last. ~ '"'
Wars 400 n rninistor,s sor ,ro,+ ,p ,-
home TO college At colln~a he sor u thn
acquaintance of Young man whom / shall
cali Ellison. Ellison was an infidel Ellison
scotfed at religion, and the minister's Son
soon learned from him the tinfidelity. and
when he went home on his vacation
broke his fathers beart nv he
denunciation of Christianity. Time nassau
on and vacation came, and the ministers
son went off to spend the vacation and was
on a Journey and came 70 a hotel The hotsI.
keeper said: II am sorry that n. niobt +
shall have TO nut Won in n room ad ioininS one
Sbero t,ere 70 q VOW sio,, o,,J Wv