The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-14

tinel, and shoot down with great pron
anything like mutiny OF riotous aims
lie sure to look out OF the foreeas
icebergs, These are cold Christians
about IN the church, The frigld rs,
iessors WIN sink you Steer clear d L u-
Keep log.book during all tho v6y,
account OF how many fhrlongs yot .r
day The merchant keeps 4 day
vel as ledger, You ought 10 kno, .
night as well as every year, how thi
| going When the express train stot
depot you hear hammer soundin
the wheels thus testing the safety
ran train. Bound, as We are, VITA .....-
than express speed toward great eternity,
ought we not often 10 try the work of self
examinations
| =, be sure to keep your colors up You know
the ships OF England, Russia France and
Spain by the ensigns they carry. Sometimes
u Is lion, sometimes au eagle, sometimes a
star, sometimes crown. Let il ever ,hs
Known who you are, and for what port y5N,
are bound. Let 'Chrstann be written on
the very front, with figure Of a cross. a
crown and dove; and from the masthead
let hoat the streamers of Emmanuel. Then
the pirate vessels of temptation will pass YOU
unframed as they say: There goes a Chris
tian, bound for the port of heaven. We will
not disturb her for she has too many guns
aboard" Rum up your flag on this pulley:
II am not ashamed Of the Gospel Of Christ.
for 1t is the power Of God and the wisdom of
God unto salvation.n When driven back, or
laboring under great stress of weather-now
changing from starboard tack to larboard
and then from larboard 10 starboard-look
above the topgallants and your heart shall
beat like war drum as the streamers float
on the wind. The sign Of the cross will make
you patient, and the crown will make you
glad
Before you gain port You will smell tho
land breezes of heaven; and Christ, the Pilot,
VIII meet you as you come into the Narrows
OF Death, and fasten TO you, and say. when
thou passest through the waters, / will be
with thee; and through the rivers they shall
not overflow thee" Are you ready for such
avoyage9 Make up your minds. The gang
planks are lifting. The bell rings. All
aboard for heavenl The world is not your
rest. The chafiinch is the silliest bird in all
tho earth for trying to make its nest on the
rocking billow. Oh, how wish that as en-
Dark for the Holy Land in the East all to
Whom preach by tongue o. TYNE would en-
bark for heaven. What 70
God, and you need Him nov
leave In trouble. Things
rough with you You he
struggle with poverty, or
cutlon or bereavement. Ii
gone out and it is so da
hardly see any blessing left
who comforted the widow
thedeceased to life, with Fl
sympathy wipe away yourt
When David was fleeing -
derness, pursued by his Sc
prepared to become the s.
rael. The pit and the dung
schools at which Joseph ever graduated
The hurricane that upset the tent and killed
Jobs children prepared the man of Uz to
write the magnificent poem that has as
founded the ages. There is no way to get
the wheat out of the straw but to thresh it.
There is no way to purify the gold but to
burn it, Look at the people who have always
had it their own way. They are proud, dis
contented, useless and unhappy. If you want
to find cheerful folks go among those
who have been purified by the fire. After
Rossini had rendered William Tell' the five
hundredth time a company OF musicians
came under his window in Paris and sere-
naded him. They put upon his brow a
golden crown of laurel leaves. But amidst
all the applause and enthusiasm Rossini
turned to friend and said; II would give
all this brilliant scene for q few days of
youth and love" Contrast the melancholy
feeling of Rossini, who had everything that
this world could give him. to the joyful ex-
perlence of Isaac Watts, whose miSfortunes
were innumerable, when he says:
The hill of Zion yields
thousand sacred sweets,
Before we reach the heavenly fields
Or walk the golden streets.
Then let our songs abound,
And every tear be dry
We're marching through Tmmanuel's ground
To fairer worlds on high.
1t is prosperity that kills and trouble that
saves. While the Israelites were on the
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SHIPS they behaved well. After while, they
prayed for meat, and the sky darkened with
large flock of quails, and these quais fell in
great multtudes all about them; and the Is
raelites ate and ate, and stuffed themselves
until they died. OH my friends, it is not
hardship, or trial, or starvation that injuries
the soul, but abundant supply. 1t is not the
vulture of trouble that eats up the Christians
life; it is the quails it is the quails!
| cannot leave you until once more con-
fess my faith in the Saviour whom l have
preached. He is my all in all. l owe more
to the grace Of God than most men. With
this ardent temperament, if had gone over
board would have gone to the very depths.
r1l know l can do nothing by halves
o to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be
think all will be well Do not be worried
about me. 1 know that my Redeemer liveth,
and if any fatality should befall me-
think should go straight. l have been most
unworthy, and would be sorry to think that
any one of my friends had been as unworthy
Christian as myself. But God has helped
great many through, and l hope He will
help me through. 1t is long account of
shortcomings, but if He is going to rub any
of it out, think He will rub it all out.
And now give us TOR go not alone) your
benediction. When you send letters to a
friend in distant land you say via such a
city, or via such steamer. When you send
you good wishes to us, send them via the
throne of God. We shall not travel out of
the reach Of your prayers
There is a scene where spirits dwell,
Where friend holds intercourse with friend;
Though sundered far by faith we meet
Around one common mercy seat.
And now, may the blessing of God come
down upon your bodies and upon your souls,
your fathers and mothers, your companions,
your children your brothers and sisters, and
your friends! May you be blessed in your
business and in your pleasures, in your joys
and in your sorrows, in the house and by the
way! And it, during our separation, an
arrow from the unseen world should strike
any of us. may it only hasten on the raptures
that God has prepared for those who love
Him! l utter not the word farewell; 1t Is
too sad, too formal a word for me to speak
or write. But considering that have your
hand tightly clasped in both Of mine, utter
a kind, an affectionate and cheerful good
by!
NEWSY GLEANINGS.