The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-02-28


niiah did not worry H. Prosecuting saul
did not harrow it, Exile did not iill II with |
nightmare Since red headed boy amid
his fathers nocks at night, he had not had
such good sleep, Al seventy years
of age he lay down to it. He has had
of Adulam or in the palace at
the time his enemies were attempting his
capture But this was a peaceful sleep, a
calm sleep, restful sleep, glorious sleep
''After he served his generation by the VIII
of God, he tell on sleep" oh, wtAt good
takes all the aching out of the heaa s..,l an
the WEAKNESS out of the limbs and all the
smarting out of the eyes, From il we rise in
the morning and It is new world. And II
we, like David, serve our genera;
ton, we will at lifes close have
most Desirable and refreshing sleep; Ia it
win vanish our last fatigue of body, our
Last worriment of mind, our last sorrow OF
soul. To the Christians body that was hot
with raging fevers SO that the attendants
must by sheer force keep on the blankets,
1t will be the cool sleep. To those who
are thin booded and shivering with
agues, 1t will be the warm sleep, To
those who, because of physical disorders,
were terrified with night visions, it
will DO the dreamless sleep. TO nurses and
DOCTORS and mothers who We're Weakened al
most every hour of the night by those TO
whom they niinlstered, or over whom they
watched, Il will be tho undisturbed Sleep
To those who could not get TO bed till late at
night and must rise early ia the morning
ana before getting rested, it will be the long
sleep.
Away with all your gloomy talk about de-
parture from this world II we have served
our generation 1t will not be putting out INTO
the breakers, it will not be the fight with the
| King OF rerrors; 1t will be going to sleep.
A friend writing me from Illinois says
that Rev. Dr. Wingate, President OF
Wake Forest College, North Carolina,
after most useful life, found his last
day on earth his happiest day, and
that in his last moments he seemed to be per-
sonally talking with Christ, as friend with
friend, saving: ooh, how delightful it is.
knew You would DO with me when the tims
came, and | knew it would he aw7et, but
did not kucw it would he rs sweet a. / -
| ; 90 "a Z was he had served his generation in
| the gospel ministry and by the will OF God he
fell on Sleep When in Africa Majwara, the
servant looked into the tent of David Liv-
ingstons and found him on his knees, he
stepped back, not wishing to disturb him in
prayer, and some time after went in and
found him in the same posture, and stepped
back again. but after while went in and
touched him, and To-! the great traveller had
finished his last journey and he had
died in the grandest and mightieSt
posture man ever takes-on his knees. lie
had served his generation by unrolling the
scroll of continent and by the will of Goi
fell on sleep. Grimshaw, the evangelist,
when asked ow he felt in his last moments,
responded: las happy as can he on earth
and as sure of glory as if were in it; have
nothing to do but to step out of this bed into
heaven Having served his generation IN
successful evangelism by the will of God he
fel on sleep
In the museum of Greenwich Hospital
i = Foo, At q IAf
was found in the Arctic regions am d tht
relics of Sr John franklin, who had per
ished amid the snow and ice, ami the leai
OF that piece of book was turned down a
the words: "When thou passest through ths
waters will be with thee Having served
his generation in the cause of science ano
discovery by the will of God, he fell OIL
sleep.
Why will you keep us all so nervous talk
Ing about that which is only dormitory ant
a pillowed slumber, canopled by angels
wings Sleep Transporting sleep Ant
what glorious awakening on and hav
sometimes been thoroughly bewildered afte
a long and fatiguIng Journey we nav
stopped at a friends house for the night an
after hours of complete Inconsistencies W
have opened our eyes, the high risen sun flu
in our faces, and, before we could fully col
lect our faculties, have said: 'Where am
whose house is this and whose are these gar
dens!' And then it has flashed upon us ]
: glad reality. And l should not wonder il
!. the will of God, have fallen on sleep, tn
deer Sleep, the restful ss,.cco1p, W
,, should awake a. al ollssfuI bewildermer
8 az. Ior little while sa': Whel
: am n What palace is thisl Who hun
: this upholsteryi What fountain
!. are these tossing in the light Why this looi
i like heaven 1t is, 1t is. Why, there is
!, building grander than all the castles OF cart
: heaved into mountain of splendor th'
Z must be the palace Of Jesus. And, loo
:, there, these walks lined with foliage mo-
:, beautiful than anything l ever saw betor
! and see those who are walking GOWN mo
> alsles of verdurH. From what | nay
= heard 81 them, those two arm IN ar
a must be Moses and Joshua, him OF Mou
"a Sinai and him of the hating sun ever A alo
\. And those two walking arm in arm must
"a John and Paul, the one 50 gentle and t
H. other SO mighty. And those two with t
of robes as brilliant as though made out of t
y. cooled off flames of martyrdom, must
re John Huss and Hugh Latimer.
ID But | must not look any longer at the
T. gardens of beauty, but examine this build
r. in which have Just awakened. look o
We of the window this way and that and up a
n, down, and find it is a mansion OF immer
ne size in which | am stopping. All
n. windows of agate and its colonnades
IN porphyry ana alaDaSter. why "o
IN der if this is not the house
ne "many mansions" of which | used
a read! 1t is, it is. There must be many
tn my kindred and friends in this very ma
~ sion. Hark whose are those voices who
IS are those bounding feet? open the door a
D. see, and 10! they are coming through all t
V. corridors and up and down | the stairs, q
he long absent kindred. Why, there is faith
re there is mother, there are the children.
re well aEain. An Young again. Al of lis toget
nd er again. And as we embrace each oil
to with the cry: "Never more to partl ne'
SIS more to part!" the arches the alcoves,
lr Railways echo and re-echo the wor
i'll Never more to part. Never more to par
er Ttcn car ,!c"ife1 friends say: "Co",a
DO with us and see hesvc-. At,,, sonie
pit them bounding ahead of us and some
on them skipping beside us, we st
TO down the ivory stairway. And
nd meet, coming up, one of the Kings
We ancient Israel, somewhat small of statu
but having countenance radiant will
ne thousand victories. And as all are max
IS obeisance to this great one of heaven l
is out: "Who is hen' and the answer CON
We ''This is the greatest of all the Kings
us Israel. 1t is David who after he had SER
res his generation by the will of God, fell
las sleep.o