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

many inhabitants the world has The
statistics of the words population are
carefully taken in civilized lands, and every
few years officers ot government go through
the land and count how many people there
are in tho United States or England and great
accuracy is reached, But when people tell us
how many inhabitants there are in Asia or
Africa, at best it must he wild guess Yet
God knows the exact number of people on
our planet and he has made enough apparel
for each, and il there be fifteen hundred mil
lion, fifteen thousand, fifteen hundred and
Il teen people, then there Is enough apparel
for fifteen hundred million, fifteen thousand,
fifteen hundred and fifteen. Not sloueh ap-
parel, not ragged apparel, net insufficient
appsre', but appropriate apparel Al
least two suits Tor every being on the
earth, summer suit and winter
suit good pair OF shoes for every living
mortal a good coat good hat or a good
bonnet and good shawl, and complete
masculine or feminine outfit Of apparel A |
wardrobe for all nations adapted to all |
clinics, and not string or button, or a pin |
or hook or an eye wanting, But, alas |
where are the good clothes for three fourths |
fourth have appropriated them. The fact
is there needs to be and will be a redistri-
button Not by an6rchistic violence. Jt |
outlawry had Its way, it would rend and
tear and diminish until instead of three
fourths of the world not properly attired.
know now the REDISTRIBUTION will take
place, By generosity on the part OF
those who have surplus and Increased in
dustry on the part OF those suffering from
deficit. Not ALL but the large majority ct
cases Of poverty in this country ere a result
of idleness or drunkenness either on the part
of the present sN lererS or their ancestors.
In most cases the rum jug is the mael
stroasl that has swallowed down the liveli-
hood Of those who are in rags. But things
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of the crowded wardrobes, and industry
and sohriety on the part of the empty ward
robes there will be enough for all to wear
| God has done His part toward the dressing
| of the human race. He grows sur
plus of wool on the sleeps back,
| and flocks roam the mountains and
valleys with burden of warmth intended
| for transference to human comfort when the
shuttes of the factories reaching all the way
from the Chattahoochee to the Merrimac
shall have spun and woven IT, And here come
| forth the Rocky Mountain goat and the cash
| mere and the beaver. Here are the merino
sheep, their origin traced back to the focks
| of Abrahamic and Davidic times In white let
| tiers OF snowy fleece, God has be n writing for
thousand years His visa tnat there migat be
| warmth for all nations. While others are
| discussing the effect of high or low tariff or
no tariff at all on wool, you and had better
see ii in our warirobes we have nothing that
we can spare FOR the shiveriug, or pick
| out some poor lad of the street and
| take HIM down to a clothing store and
| fit him out for the winter. Don't
| think that God has forgotten to send ice and
snow because of this wonderfully mild Janu-
| airy and February. We shall yet have deep
SHOWS and so much frost on the window pane
that in the morning you cannot see through
it: and whole aocks of billiards, for God
long ago declared that winter as well as sum-
mer shall not cease, and between this and the
EDripU all have REASON to
out with the psalmist: "Who can stand be-
fore this cold"
Again, let Us look around and see how we
may serve our generation What short
sighted mortals we would be If we were
anxious to clothe and feed only the most in
significant part of a man, namely, his body,
while we put forth no effort to cothe
and feed and save his soul. Time IS
little piece broken off a great eternity.
What are we doing for the souls of
} this present generation! Let me say
} it is a generation worth saving. Most
magnificent men and women are in it. We
make great ado about the improvements in
navigation, and in, loccmotion and in art
and machinery. We remark what woniers
of telegraph, and telephone, and stethoscope'
| What Improvement is electric light over a
! tallow canle But all these improvements
. are Insignificant compared with the Improve
| ment in the human race, IN olden times
, once in a while, q great and good man OF
| "--.-a would come up and the warld
e has mao d sre,.. fuss ah7S: T. ever sac, blu
: now they are so numerous we scarcely speak
: about them. We put halo about the PEG
S pie OF the past, bnt think if the times de
n manded them it would be found we have nov
d living in this year Is g dlty Martin Luthers
o fifty George Washngtons fifty Lady Hunt
/ ingtons, fifty Elizabeth Frys. During ON
Q civil war more splendid warriors IN North AM
s South were develQpe II four years than tn
9 whole world he+eioped in the previous TWEEN
d ty yeees l challenge the four thousan
e years before the food and the eighteen Ger
turtles after the food, to show me tho equal c
n charity on large scale nj George Peabody
k This generation Of lien and women is NOR
o worth easing than any of the one hundre
A. and eighty generations that have passed OIL
" But where shall we begin: With ON
d selves That is the Pillar from which W
Z must start Prescott, the blind historian
IT tells us how PlZarro saved his army for tn
Il right when they were about deserving hin
lf With his sword he made long mark o
1t the ground. He said: "My men, o
"a the north eide are desertion and death, on tn
re- south side is victory On the north side fanf
IS ma and poverty, on the sout side Peru VIII
or all its riches Choose for yourselves; for IN
le part | 90 to the south" Stepping acro'
10 the line one by one, his troops TO
m lowed and finally his whole army
h The sword of Gods truth draws, tn
d dividing line to-day. On one side of it al
id Sill anu rum anu tedtii, INC SNio al
\. pardon and usefulness and happiness an
~ heaven. You cross from the wrong side
It. the right side and your family will Gro:
g. with you and your friends and you
K associates The way you go they WI
Il, go. If we are not saved, we VIII neve
d, save any one else. How to get saved! /
IS willing to accept Christ, and then accel
nj Him instantaneously and forever. Get G
lie the Rock first and then you will be able
k. hep others upon the same Rock. Men an
SIS women have been saved quicker than ma
We been talking about it. What, without
rr prayer? Yes What, without tin
ba deliberately to think it over! 4e
w What without tearl Yes, believe! That
III all. Believe WHAT That Jesus died to say
ot you from sin and death and hell. VIII yco
re- Do youl You have. Something max
~ me think you have. New light b
at come! Welcomed Hail! Hail! Saw
1is yourselves how are you going to sa'
in others Ky testimony. Tell it to yoGi .ai
IN. lily. Tell it to your business associates. II
OIL it everywhere. We will successfully prea
IRE no more religion and will successfully ia
no more religion than we ourselves have.
j,s The most of that which you do to bene
Ia the souls OF this generation, you Will ef1t
on through your own behavior. Go wrong, a
a that will induce others to go wrong.
me right, and that viii induce others TO
nd right. When the great centennial exhibit
Ter was being held in Philadelphia. the gu
1m ton came up among the directors
om to whether they could keep the {
err, position open on Sundays, when direct
nd who was a man of the world from Nevat
,u- arose and said, his voice trembling W
x emotion and tears running down his chez
md 81 feel like returned prodigal Twe1
ere years ago | went West and into reg
md where we had no Sabbath, but to-day
aid memories come back to me. and
md member what my glorified mot
IN taught me about keeping Sunday, ant
his seem to hear her voice again {
Ter. feel as l did when every evening ! knelt
ye her side in prayer. Gentlemen, l vote
IS the observance of the Christian Sabbat
asy And he carried everything by storm, {
the when the question was put shall we o.
uli. the exhibition, on Sabbath" it was aim
uld unanimous, NO" mo" What one man
and do if he does right, boldly right, empha
ally right.
tie What IL we could get this whole GEM
and ton saved These people who are liv
NH with us the same year and amid the So
md stupendous events and flying toward the
ada ture swifter than eagles to their prey.
~ cannot stop. They cannot stop. We tn
IL we can stop, We say, Come now,