The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-08


woman ON earth has right to aspire
to ii, Alright to pray forit, and, properly
persistent, will obtain it.
Power from on the level is a good
thing such power as l may give you or
you may give nue. by encouraging words
and actions Power from on the level
when we stand by each other in any
Christian undertaking, Power from
IN the level when other pulpits arc in
accord with ours. Power from on the
evel when the religions and secular
press forward our Christian undertake
,ngs, But power from on the level is
not sufficient. Power from on high is
what we need to take possession of us.
Power straight from God. Supernat
ural power omnipotent power, all con
quering power Not more than one
out Of Il thousand Of the ministers has
1t continuously. Not more than one
out Of ten thousand Christians has it
all the time. Given in abundance,
these last ten years of the Nineteenth
century would accomplish more for
God, and the church, and the world
than the previous ninety years of this
century,
POWER FROM on HIGH.
A few men and women in each age
of the world have possessed it. Caro-;
line Fry, the immortal Quakeress, had
it, and three hundred of the depraved
and suffering of Newgate prison under
her exhortation repeated and believed.
Jonathan Edwards had it. and North.
ampton meeting house heard tine out
burst of religious emotion as he spake
of Righteousness and Judgment to come.
Samuel Budget, the Christian mcr.
chant, had it. and his benciactions
sliowered the world. John Newton had
it. Bishop Latiiner had it. Isabella
Graham had it, Andrew Fuller had it.
The great evaageliats, Daniel Baker
and DR.. Nettlcton and Truman Osborn
and Charles q. Finney, had it. In my
boyhood ! saw Truman Osborn rise to
prrAch in the village church at Somer-
vile, n. j., and before he had given
out his text or uttered word people IL
the audience sobbed aloud with relig
ious emotion. 1t was the power from
on high. All in greater or less degree
may have it. Once get it and nothing
can stand before you. Satan goes
down. Caricaturo goes down. Inf
deity goes down. Woadliness goes
d~wn. All opposition goes down.
Several times in the history Of the
church and the world has this power
from on high been demonstrated. In
the Seventeenth century, after great
season of moral depression, this power
from on high came down upon John
Tillotson and Owen and Flavel and
Baxter and Bunyan, and there was a
deluge of mercy higher than the tops
of the highest mountains of sin. In the
Eighteenth century, in England and
America, religion was at low water
mark. William Cowper, writing of the
clergy of those days, said:
Except fe., with ELS spirit best,
Hophni AMI Phineas may describe the rest
The infidel writings of Shaftesbury
and Hobbies and Chubb had done their
work. But power from on high came
upon both the Wesleys and Lady Hunt
ington on the other side the Atlantic,
and upon William Tenant and Gilbert
Tenant and David Brainerd on this
side the Atlantic, and both he,nspheres
felt the tread of pardoning God
Coming to later date there may be
here and there in this audience an aged
man or woman who can remember
New York in 1881, when this power
from on high descended most won
drously. 1t came upon pastors and
congregations and theatres and com
mercial establishments. Chatham
Street theatre, New York, was the
scene of q most tremendous religious
awakening.
A committee of Christian gentlemen
called npon the lessee of the theatre
and said they would like to buy the
lease OF the theatre He said, "What
do you want it for" They replied,
For church" 'For VIII a-a-tf' said
the owner For church, WAS tile
reply. The owner said, "Ym may
have it, and will give you thousand
dollars to help you on with YOU
work" Arthur Tappan, a man might
lily prosecuted in his time, but "a man
as saw him in his last days, as honest
and pure and good as any man I ever
knew, stepped on the stage of ole
Chatham theatre as the actors were
closing their morning rehearsal, ant
said, There will be preaching here to
night on this STAGE" and then gave ou
and sang with such people as wer,
there the old hymn:
The voice of free grace crxs, escape to the mount
| ain,
For all that believe Chrh't has opened fountain.
A DARKROOM MADE A PRAYER ROOM.
The barroom of the theatre was
turned into prayer room and eight
hundred persons were present at the
| uISt uleCthkS. L VI SCNCiity suCSCsSiNe
nights religious services were held
in that theatre, and such scenes OF
mercy and salvation rs will be subjects
of conversation and congratulations
| among the ransoined in glory as Ions
as heaven lasts. But | come to Later
time-1S57 -remcinhere by many who
are here. remember it especially n.
had lust entered the Office of the min
istry 1t was year of hard times. a
great panic had flung hundreds o
thousands of people penniess. Starvs
ton entered habitations that had neve
before known a want. Domestic life
in many cases, became tragedy. Sui
eide grroting, burglary, assassination
were rampant. What an awfnl da,
that was when the banks went down
There has been nothing like it in thirt,
years, and pray God there may no
be anything like it in the next thirt,
centuries Talk about your Black Fn
days! 1t was Black Saturday, Blacl
Sunday, Black Monday, Black Tues
| day RIack "Wednesday Rack Thurs