The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-02-19

pioNth uopi VI u WTNeohNu h'hhe, oh'
seeing in the falling flakes prophecy of
more cold and less bread and greater
privation, wringing his hands and with
tears rolling down his wan checks, cry
ing; "Oh, my Godl 1t nowsl 1t
snowsW Out of the abundance that
characterizes most of our homes may
there go speedy relief to all whom this
winter finds in want and exposure
THE INFINITE IN INFINITEsIMAIs.
And now propose, for your spiritual
and everlasting profit, If you will ac-
cept my guidance, to take you through
some of these wonders of crystalliza.
ton. And notice first God in the Titles,
You may take alpenstock sid cross the
Mer de Glaze, the sea Of ice, and as
cend Mont Blame, which rises into the
clouds like a pillar of the great white
throne; or with arctic explorers ascend
the mountains around the north pole,
and see glaciers thousand feet high
grinding against glaciers three thou
sand feet high. But will take you on
less pretentious journey, and show
you God in the snowflake, There is
room enough between its pillars for the
great Jehovah to stand.
In that one frozen drop on the tip of
your finger you may find the throne
room of the Almighty. take up the
snow in my hand and see the coursers
of celestial dominion paving these
crystal pavements The telescope is
grand, but | must confess that | am
quite rs much interested in the micro
scope. The one reveals the universe
above us, the other just as great uni
verse beneath us. But the telescope
overwhelms me, while the microscope
comforts me- What you want and l
want especially is God in Titles. If
we were seraphic or archaneelic in our
natures we would want to study God
in the great; but such small, weak,
short lived beings as you and | are
want to find God in the Titles.
When | see the Maker of the universe
giving himself to the architecture of a
snowflake, and making its shafts, its
domes, its curves, its walls, its irradia-
tons so perfect, conclude he will look
after our insignificant affairs. And if
we are of more value than sparrow
most certainly we are of more value
than an inanimate snowflake. So the
Bible would chiefly impress us with
God in the Titles, 1t does not say,
Consider the Clouds" but it says,
Consider the lilies" 1t does not say,
Behold the tempests!" but Behold
the fowlsl" and it applauds cup Of
cold water and the widows two mites,
and says the hairs of your head are all
numbered.
Do not fear, therefore, that you are
going to be lost in the crowd. Do not
think that because you estimate your
self as only one snowflake among a
three days January snow storm that
you will be forgotten. The birth and
death of drop of chilled vapor is as
certainly regarded by the Lord as the
creation and demolition of planet.
Nothing is big to God and nothing is
small What makes the honey in
dustres of South Carolina such source
of livelihood and WEALTH. 1t is because
God teaches the ladybug to make an
opening in the rnd of the apricot for
the bee who cannot otherwise get at
the Juices of the fruit. So God sends
the ladybug ahead to prepare the way
for the honeybee. He teaches the ant
to bite each grain of corn that she puts
in the ground for winter food in order
that it may not take root and SO ruin
the little granary He teaches the
raven in dry weather to throw pebbles
into hollow tree that the water far
down and out of reach may come up
within the reach of the birds bcak
What comfort that he is God in
ittlesl
The emperor of all the Russias in
olden time WAS looking at a map that
spread before him his vast dominions,
and he could not find Great Britain on
the map. and he called in his secretary
and said. Where is Great Britain
that | hear SO much about2" 1T is
under your thumb" said the secretary,
and the emperor raised his hand from
the map and saw the country he was
looking for. And it is high time that
we find this mighty realm of God close
by and under our own little finger. To
drop you out of his memory would be
to resign his omnisciencc. To refuse
you his protection would be to abdi-
cate his omnipotence. When you tell
me that he is the God of Jupiter, and
the God of Mercury, ard the God of
Saturn you tell me something so vast
that cannot comprehend it. But if
becpme careful how we touch the cleo
trio wire, and in many a case touch
has been death But, few days ago,
the snow put its hand on most of these
wires and tore them down as if they
were cobwebs. The snow said you
seem afraid of the thunderbolt; | will
catch it and hurl it to the ground.
Your boosted electric lights adjoining
your cities with bubbles of fire | will
put out as easily as your ancestors
snuffed out a tallow candle" The
snow put its finger on the lip of our
cities that were talking with each other,
and they went into silence uttering
not word. The snow mightier than
the lightning
In March, 1888, the snow stopped
America 1t said to Brooklyn, Stay
homel" to New York, Stay home!"
to Philadelphia, Stay homer to
Washington, Stay homel" to Rich
mond, Stay homel" 1t put into a
white sepulcher most of this nation
Commerce, whose wheels never stopped
before, stopped then. What was the
matter7 Power of accumulated snow
flakes. On the top of the Apennines
one flake falls, and others fall, and
they pile up, and they make a mount
ain of fleece on the top of a mountain
of rock, until one day gust of wind,
or even the voice of mountaineer,