The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-05-02

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billions Of dollars In holy contribution
when you persuade the wealthy men
of the kingdom Of God that the speedy con;
version of the world Is possibility and that
Isaiah and Ezekiel and Daniel and st, john
viii DOT stand in the way Of II but help IL on.
have no sympathy with this bomhardment
OF rich men. We would each one be worth
five million dollars il we could, and by hard
persuasion might perhaps be induced TO take
fifteen million, Almost every paper take
up tells of some wealthy man who has endowed
a college or built church or q hospital
or q free library, aud that thing q going I'd
multiply until the treasury OF all our de-
will be overwhelmed with munihcence II we
can persuade our men Of wealth that the
worlds CHARACTERIZATION is possible and that
they may live TO see IL with their own eyes.
have always cherished the idea that when
the world is converted we would be allowed
to come out on the battlements of heaven
and SEQ tho hammered procession and
see the procession closer by and Just be per-
mitted myself TO throw on . fegot for t'r,
ger bonfires And II you persuade our men
OF wealth that there is possibility for them
to Join on earth In the universal glee Of re-
deemed planet instead of laborious beseech-
order to get contribution for Christian
objects our men of wealth will
stand in line as at postofice window or
railroad ticket office, but In this case waiting
for their turn TO make charitable daposit. Tbs
selves to be eclipsed BY Mr. Hhscft the jew,
who bas just given forty million dollars for
schools in France, Germany and Russia, Ire
joice that so much Of the wealth Of the world
Is coming into the possession OF Christian men
and women. And although the original
church was very poor, and its members were
Aehd aalar no apt IF f.alflaa and Ind
only such stock on hand as they could take In
their own net to.day in tho hands OF Chris
tian men and women there is enough money
to print Bibles and build churches and sup
port missionaries under God in ten years u
save the world,
Again, think that the worlds evangelical
ton can be achieved in the time specified be-
| cause we have already the theological instE
buttons necessary for this work We do not
have to build them; they are built and Troy
| are filled with ter,s Of thousands OF young men
| and there will be three sets of students
who will graduate into the ministry
before the close Of this century, and once have
them understand chat instead Of preaching
thirty or forty years and taking into the king
| dom of God few hundred souls, right before
them is the Sedan, Is tho Armageddor, and
| these young men, instead of entering the
ministry tifnid md with apologetic abr, will
feel LIKE David who CHINO up Just as
she armies nm, were set in array and
for the battle and cried: ''Who is this un-
circumcised Philistine that he should defy the
armies Of the living GodT and with five
gravel stones skiufnlly flung sent sprawling
the Dragging ten footer, his mouth into the
dust and his heels into the air.
My friends, what but such a consumma-
ton could be fit climax to this century?
You notice a tendency in history and all
about us to a climax, The creation week ris.
Ing from herbs t6 fsh and from fish to bird
and from to bird to quadruped and from
guadruped to immortal man, Tho New
Testament rising from qitiet gspeald,,
eical table III Matthew to apocalyptic
;oxology IN Revelation Now what can 90
an appropriate climax to this century, which
has heard the puff of the first steamer and the
throb of the first stethoscope and the click OF
the fret telegraph and the chatter of the first
sewing machine, end saw the flash of the first
electric light and the revolution OF the first
steam pillow, and the law of storms YVES written,
and the American Bible society and American
Tract society were born: and instead of an
audience laughing down DR.. Carey for advo-
eating foreign missions as was done at North.
ampton in England in the last century, now
all denominations vying with each other as to
who shall go the furtherest and the soonest
into the darkest of the New Hebridesi
and three hundred thousand souls have
!, Deen DOFn 10 OOu III Iie oUulil tccd
Islands, and Micronesia and Melanesia ard
Malayan Polynesia have been set in the
crown of Christ, and David Livingstone has
unveiled Africa and the last bolted gate OF
barbaric nations has swung wide open to let
the Gospel in. What, ask, with thousand
Interrogation points uplifted, can be fit an
appropriate and sufficient climax except 1t be
q world redserreds
,, Yes, believe it can be done if we get pre-;
pared for it, because the whole all. and the
whole heaven is full Of willing help. Are
they NOT u ministering snirits sent forthF'
\ we make an awful mistake If we calculate
only on the forces we can see. Inc
mightiest army is in the air. My breth-
, ern, so much of selfishness and pride
, and rivalry and bad motives of all kinds get
Q into our work here that we are hindered
h But the mighty souls that have gone up to
the flying armies Of the sky have left al
: Imperfectian behind; and theee sG,ts ers
!. with Us and without fault and with per.
. feet natures are ON our side. You cannot
= make me believe that after toiing
n here for long years for the redemp-
: ton of the world until from exhaustion some
t of them fell into their graves they have ceased
their interest in the stupendous conflict now
raging, or that they are going to decline tbelr
4 helm. nepsus Prime Hcnorcd on earthD
] but now glorified id heaven have you forgot
! ten the work toward which you gave for more
" than half century your gracious life, your
q loving voice and your matchless pen? mo-
y Then come down and help. Alexander Dun
d Have you forgotten the millions OF lndla for
g whose salvation you suffered in Hindoo Jun.
S gle and Numbered on missionary platform
9 mol Thsn come down and lelp. David Brain
I ard! Have you forgotten the aborlglnes te
|, wnom you preacned ana Tor wuom yot
; prayed until you could preach and pray ne
9 more, lying down delirious amid the miasnaa
+ OF the swamp Mol Then come down an q,
$ help. Moncrieff and Freeman and Campbell
I Have YOU forgotten Lucknow and Gavin
l pore? MOI Then come down and help.
Q rub out Of my eyes the stupidity and unbe
Y lief, and /, the servant of these great Elisha
n in the Gospel see the mountains all rount
IS about are full of horses of fire and chariots
g Are: and they head this way. lowered owe
by great clouds 81 II fss ana AIR nep
r on by PAUL Clouds of martyrs in the air ! Lex
IS ON BY Stephenl Clouds of prophets in th
e air led on by ISAIAH Clouds of patriarohs
# the air led on by Abraham! Clouds OF an
Gent warriors in the air led on by Joshua
10 and that Bible warrior at whose prayers a.
70 tronomy once halted over Avalon and Glbeo
e seems now to lift one hand toward the descend
N ing sun Of this century and the other han
d toward the neon of the last decade, saying
7, "Stand thou still till the church OF TOD gel
10 the final victory"
j. Then let us take what remains of this dc
u Cade TO SeU Tedtly loT tlle iidi uc1eeio Va Va
/, Nineteenth century. You and | may nc
IS live to see that decade or may not live to Sc
e its close but that shall not hinder me fror
# declaring the magnificent possibility. cor
l. fess that the mistake of my life has been, nc
l. that did not work hard-for could ne
/ have worked harder and lived. IS
% knows and my family I1now-but that
!, not worked under the realization that
!, walton of this world was nearby posi-
IL But whether we see it, the beginning
D closing of that decade, is of no impor
= if only that decade can get the coron
q and then ali decades shall kneel !
~ this enthroned decade, and even
h gray grown centuries will cast
o. Crowns before il and it will be the mos 70
,e ored decade between the time whe
D. morning stars sang together as the NJ
s. of worlds was opened and the time VINE
Is mighty angel, robed i'll cloud and garl, POI
b, la rainbow, shall, with one foot on q
s. and the other on the land swear by Inn
g, liveth forever and ever, that time snan
le Iorger. Alleluial AInenl
II CIDER An INToxIcANT.
D. An interesting liquor case has just
IN decided at Mt. Pleasant Iowa. The def
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