The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-04-11


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whale swallows1 JONAH AMI sssI hru
IN on the dry ground Ia tara tiaFs ~ Vns
win 90 TO the museum a. Nansl ,;,l w.,
YOU will find the skeleton OF a wla, l4rsS
enough TO swallow MAJ, silt
the ianitor, whlia was s.hliuy ~
the museum: why /. does pV s,sW
from the looks OF khis skeleton taaJ
that story in the Boo OF JoaSd - 50
very improbable, dosS ~" oh, no h,Ts
piled, sit does no." Tnsrs IS c'yty "a , -
mouth OF thu common whale laTs~ snnnSe
for man 70 live in Ihsrs naV' Pc"
sharks found again and again with ~ so
tire human body IN them Beside t9t, -.
Bible says nothing about 4 was's y says
The Lord prepared great hS1S, anl
thsre are socialists who rsl a.
that there ware ssa monsters in osh'' dtv'
that made tha mods'n waaie seem very "a
significant. ! know IN one place IN th'
New Testament 1t speaks Of the walls a'ap'
psarins in tbs occurrences have Just 'n@i-
toned, but the worl ny ju't "a wall u,
translated sea monster'-anY kml o
sea monster Procopious says IN tht
which had for fifty years dsst"gysd
ships. suppose this sea monster that t'oS
care of Jonah may have bean one OF tnS
great sea monsters that could have easily
taken down a prophet, AMI he uld have
lived there thrse days If he mad kept in
taking hold OF him sui destroying hiIn,
and at the end of three DAYS the monster
would naturally To SEX enough 3"
regurgitate Jonah, Beside that, nv
friends there is one word which explains the
whole thing II says, The Lord prsparsi
vessel to carry Texan besves TO glasgow,
suppose it can carry Texan beeyes fasliu
carpenter peepare A yssssl to carry coal To-
one of the northern ports, suppose it can
carry coal; il a Ship carpenter pre-
mare vessel to carry messengers to
Liverpool suppose it can carry passengers
no Iiyerpool: and if the Lord prepared a isb
10 carry one passenger, / suppose it could
carry passenger and the ventilation have
been ali right
so ali the strange things in the Bible
can he exp!ainei if You wish to
have than sxpIain.d And YOU can
bui,d them into A beautiful and heaish-
ful fire. for your hearth. or your can witt
them nut your immortal interests into con
fiagration But you had better decide about
the veracity Of the Bible very soon. l want
this morning to caution you against putting
Off making up your mind about this book.
Ever since l772 there mas been great
discussion as to VINO was the autnor
of Juniuss Letters, those letters so ftuI
of sarcasm and vituperaton and power.
The whole English nation stirred uD with u
More than hundred volumes written 70
uaoou'o ouoe quooptoh. " hO -
VINO wrote the letters OF Junlusf wen,
it is an interesting question to discuss, but
still, after all, 1t makes but little prac-
tlcal difference to you and TO me VINO
Junius was, whether Sir Philip Francis, or
Lord chatham, or John Horne Tooss, or
Horace Walpole, or Henry Grattan, or any
ons OF the forty.four men VINO were seriously
cnargsd WIN tns authorship but rs an
absorbing question, it is practical question.
1t is an overwhelming question to you
and to- me, ths authorship OF this
Holy Bibs-wheth.r the Lord GOD OF
heaven or earth or pack of dupes scoundrels
or impostors. We cannot afford to adjourn
that question week or day or an hour,
any more than sea Captain can afford TO
say: well, this IS a very dark night
have really lost my bearings; there IS
light out there don't know whetnsT
the shore, l don't know wnat 1t ~ oug
III Just 80 to sleep and IN ths morning ~
hnd out IN tee morning Una vesseI mgr.
| os on the rocks and the beach strawn WITH
the white faces OF the deal crsw. The time
for that sea CAPTAIN 20 find oat about the
lighthouse is before ne goes to sleep On;
my friends, 1 want yol TO Understand
chat in our deliberations about this Bible we
are not at calm anchorage, but we are
rapidly coming toward the coast. coming
with all the furnaces ablaze, coming at the
rate of seventy heart throbs minute, ana
sllust huO" "uetuci IL - W oc uai va
or shipwreck.
was SO glad to read in the papers OF the
fact that the steamship Edam had come
safely into harbor. A week before the
Persian Monarch blowing its way toward
The Narrows, hundred miles out, saw sig
nails of distress, bore down n3oa the vessel.
and found it was the steamship Edam;; She
mad lost her propeller Shs had two
hundred passengers en- board. The mercfui
Captain Of the Persian Monarch endeaV-
ored to bring her in, but the tow line broke.
He fastened it again, but the sea was rough
and the tow line broke again, Then tn.
night CANE on and the nerciful Cap'ain q
the Persian Monarch lay to- tbink
ing in ths morning he could give rescue
to The passengers The morning came came, bui
disappeared. and the Captain OF Tbs
Persian Monarch brought his vessel inee
aarbor saying how sad be fslt De-
cause he could not give compiler.
rescue to that lost ship. am glad
that afterwarl another vessel saw her and
brought her into safety But when saw