The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-06-26
FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE %. 1891.

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''Well, said Mr. Griiln, "then i you
won't go home I'll get you respecta
bic position on a respectable ship"
mo, you WON'T" said the prodigal.
mo, you won't. am goingas com
mon sailor. That will plague my father
most and what will do most to tanta,
lie md worry him will please me best,
Years passed ON and Mr.. Griffin was
seated in his study one day when mes
sage came to him that there was
young man in irons on ship at the
dock--a young man condemned to
death who wished to see this clergy
man. Mr. Griffin went down to the
dock and went on shipboard. The
young man said to him, you don't
know me, do your" NO." he said, ~
don't know you" why, don't you
remember that young man you tried to
persuade to go home and he wouldn't
gor "Oh, yes" said Mr.. Griffin, ARE
you that mani" Yes, am that man,"
said the other II would like to have
you pray for me- ! have committed
murder and / must die, but | don't
want to go out of this world until some
one prays for me. You are my fathers
friend, and | would like to have you
pray for me-
Mr. Griffin went from judicial author
ity to judicial authority to get the young
man's pardon He slept not night nor
day He went from influential person
to influential person until in some way
he got that young mans pardon. He
came down on the dock, and as he ar
rived on the dock with the pardon the
father came He had heard that his
son, under a disguised name, had been
committing crime and was going to be
put to death. So Mr.. Griffin and the
father went on the ships deck, and at
the very moment Mr.. Griffin offered
the pardon to the young man, the old
father threw his arms around the sons
neck, and the son said: Father have
done very wrong and am very sorry
| wish had never broken your heart.
am very sorry" "Ohw said the ia
ther don't mention it; it don't make
any difference now. 1t is all over
forgive you, my son." and he kissed
him and kissed him and kissed him.
Today offer you the pardon of the
Gospel-full pardon, free pardon. do
not care what your sin has been
Though you say you have committed a
crime against God, against your own
soul, against your fellow man, against
your family, against the day of judg
ment, against the cross OF Christ
whatever your crime has been, here Is
pardon, full pardon, and the very mo-
ment that you take that pardon your
Heavenly Father throws his arms around
about you and says: my son, for
give you. 1t is all right, You are as
much in my favor now as if you had
never sinned." Obi there is JOY on
earth and Joy in heaven Who will
take the fathers embraced
THE CoNTRASTED THREE.
There was a gentleman in a rail car
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gers of very different circumstances
The first was maniac He was care
fully guarded by his attendants; his
mind, like ship disrnasted, was beat
ing against dark, desolate coast, from
which no help could come The train
stopped, and the man was taken out into
the asylum, to waste away, perhaps,
through years of gloom. The second
passenger was a culprit. The out
ragged law had seized on him. As the
cars jolted the chains ratified. On his
face were crime, depravity and despair.
The train halted, and he was taken out
to the penitentiary, to which he had
been condemned. There was the third
passenger, under far different circum,
stances She was bride. Every
hour was gay as marriage bell. Life
glittered and beckoned. Her compan-
ion was taking her to his fathers house
The train halted The old man was
there to welcome her to her new home,
and his white locks showed down upon
her as he sealed his word with fathers
kiss.
Quickly we fly toward eternity. We
will soon be there. Some leave this life
condemned Oh, may it be with us
that, leaving this tleeting life for the
next, we may find our father ready to
greet us to our new home with him
forever That will be a marriage ban.
quetl Fathers welcomed Fathers
bosom Fathers kiss Heaven Heaven
Curious Deep Sea Products.
Fishes have been found, it is said,
three miles below the surface of the
ocean, and when a speciality has been
made of deepse soundings, as in the voy
age of FL. M. s, Challenger and Others,
the very greatest ocean depths have been
found to be very populous. Plants, on
the contrary, do not live in the very
deepest waters, and it is supposed,
therefore, that the deep sea animals
either prey upon each other or get their
food from dead organisms and plants
which sink to the bottom.
The phosphorescent fishes, those
which light up the waves about them
SO brilliantly, are found as far as mile
below the surface Most of the fishes
found in what are called the 'abyssal
zones" have only rudimentary eyes
Some have only long feelers, but these
enable them to grope their way about
at the bottom of the sea. On the other
hand, there are several "abyssal' spe-
cies of fishes which have eyes so large
that they are wholly out of proportion
to the rest of their bodies. These are
supposed to follow their phosphores-
cent brethren, which act as beacon
lights in the may depths of old Nep-
tunes trackless wastes.
The light of some of these ocean
lampposts, which have been brought to
the surface by deep-sea dredgers, are
so bright that during the brief space
the animal survives it is easy to read
by the light, even though the night be
one Of Epyntian darkness st Louis