The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-01-22

much for Others approach you today
Are you all right with Godl mo"
you say, II think not; | am sometimes
alarmed when think of him; fear |
viii not be ready 10 meet him in the
last day; my heart Il not right with
God,h Come, then, and have 1t made
right Through the Christ who died TO
save you, comet What is the use In
waitingl The longer you wait the fur
ther oil you are and the deeper you
are down. Strike out for heaven You
remember that few years ago steam
err called the Princess Alice, with a
crowd Of eycurionists aboard, sank in
the Thames, and there was an awful
sacrifice of life. A boatman from the
shore put out for the rescue, and he
had big boat, and he got II so
full 1t would not hold another person,
and as no laid hold of the oars to
pull for the shore, leaving hundreds
helpless and drowning, lie cried out,
sob, that had a bigger boat" Thank
God, | am not thus limited, and that |
can promise room for all in this gospel
boat. Get in; get I'M And yet there
is room. Room in the heart of par
doning God. Room in heaven.
THE STRUGGLE of life.
also apply the word of my text to
those who would like practical comfort.
If any ever escape the struggle of life,
| have not found them. They are not
certainly among the prosperous classes.
In most cases it was a struggle all the way
up till they reached the prosperity, and
since they have reached these heights
there have been perpleyities, anyieties
and crises which were almost enough
to shatter the nerves and turn the
brain, 1t would be hard to tell which
have the biggest fight in this world
the properties or the universities, the
conspicuities or the obscurities. Just
as soon as you have enough success to
attract the attention of Others, the en-
vies and jealousies are let loose from
their kennels The greatest crime that
you can commit in the estimation of
others is to get ON better than they do,
They think your addition is their sub
traction. Five hundred persons start
for certain goal of success; one
reaches it, and the other four hundred
and ninety-nine are mad. 1t would
take volumes to hold the story of the
wrongs, outrages and defamations that
have come upon you as result of your
success. The warm sun of prosperity
brings into life swamp full of annoy
ing insects.
On the other hand the unfortunate
classes have their struggles for main
tenance. To achieve livelihood by
one who had nothing to start with, and
after while for family as well, and
carry this on until children are reared
and educated and fairly started in the
world, and to do this amid all the
rivalries of business, and the uncer-
tainty of crops, and the fickleness of
tariff legislation, with an occasional
labor strike, and here and there finan-
cial panic thrown in, is a mighty thing
to do, and there are hundreds and
thousands of such heroes and heroines
who live unsung and die unhonored
What we all need, whether up or down
in life or half way between, is the in
finite solace of the Christian religion.
And SO we employ the word Gomez
1t will take all eternity to find out the
number of business men who have
been strengthened by the promises
of God, and the people who have
been fed by the ravens when other re-
sources gave out, and the men and
women who, going into this battle
armed only with needle or saw or ak
or yardstick or pen or type or shovel
or shoelast, have gained II victory that
mad the heavens resound. With all
the resources of God promised for
every exigen"y, no one need be left in
the lurch
SUBLIME FAITH.
like the faith displayed years ago
in Drury lane, London, in a humble
home where every particle of food had
given out, and kindly soul entered
with tea and other table supplies, and
found a kettle on the fire ready for the
tea, The benevolent lady said, How
is it that you have the kettle ready for
the tea when you had no tea in the
house" And the daughter in the
home said, Mother would have me
put the kettle on the fire, and when ]
said, What is the use of doing SO, when
we have nothing in the houseY she
said: My child, God will provide Thirty
years he has already provided for me
through all my pain and helplessness,
and he will not leave me to starve at
last. He will send us help though we
90 not yet see how We have been
waiting all the day for something to
come, but until we saw you we knew
not how it WAS to come" Such things
the world ma. call condolences, but
call them almighty deliverances, and
though you do not hear of them, they
are occurring every hour of every day
and in all parts of Christendom.
But the word Come" applied to
those who need solace will amount tc
nothing unless it be uttered by some
one who has experienced that solace
That spreads the responsibility of Civ
ing this gospel call among great
many. Those who have lost propert!
and been consoled by religion in thai
trial are the ones to invite those who
have failed in business. Those who
have lost their health and been con
soled by religion are the ones to invit.
those who are in poor health. Thos'
who have had bereavelnents and beer
consoled in those bereavenents are the
ones to sympathize with those wh'
have lost father orsmother or compan
ion or child or friend What multi
tudes of us are alive today, and in goot
health and buoylnt in this journey o
life, who would have been broken dow