The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-03

was the worst drunkard in New York |;
l went from bad to worse; destroyed
myself, l destroyed my home; my chill
dren covered when entered the house !;
when they put up their lips to be kissed
| struck them; when my wife protested
against the maltreatment l kicked her
into the street, know all the bruises
and all the terrors of drunkard's
woe. went on further and further
from God until one day got letter
saying;
"MY DEAR HUsBAND-I have tried every
way, done everything, and prayed earnestly
and fervently for your reformation, but II
seems of no avail. Since our little Henry died,
with the exception of those few happy weeks
when you remained sober, my life has been one
of sorrow. Many OF the nights | have sat by
tho window, with my face bathed in tears,
watching for your coming. l am broken
hearted; am sick. Mother and father have
been here frequently and begged me to come
homo, but my love for you and my hope for
brighter days have always made mo refuse
them. That hope seems now beyond realiza-
ton, and have returned to them. 1t is hard,
and | battled long before doing it. May God
bless and preserve you, and take from you that
accursed appetite and hasten the day when we
shall be again living happily together. This
will be my daily prayer, knowing that he has
said, Come unto me all ye that labor and are
heavy laden, and will give you rest From
your loving wife, MARY.
"And so | wandered on and wan
dered on" says that man, until ono
night l passed Methodist meeting
house, and l said to myself, III go in
and see what they are doing, and
got to the door and they were singing:
All may come, whoever will,
This Man receives poor sinners still,
"And l dropped right there where
was, and said, God have mercy and
he had mercy on me. My home is re-
stored, my wife sings all day long dur
ing work, my children come out long
way to greet me home and my house
hold is little heaven, will tell you
what did all this for me. 1t was the
truth that this day you proclaim, On
him the Lord had laid the iniquity of
us ALL"
THE WORST OUTCAST MAY CONF.
Yonder is woman who would say
Il wandered off from my fathers
house; | heard the storm that pelts on
a lost soul; my feet were blistered on
the hot rocks l went on and on.
thinking that no one cared for my soul,
when one night Jesus met me and he
said: Poor thing, go home; your ia
Their is waiting for you, your mother is
waiting for you. Go home, poor thing!'
And, sir, was too weak to pray, and l
was too weak to repent but | just
cried out; l sobbed out my sins and my
sorrows on the shoulders of him of
whom it is said the Lord hath laid on
him the iniquity of us ALL )"
There is a young man who would
say: 81 had a Christian bringing up;
came from the country to city life; |
started well; l had a good position, a
good commercial position, but one
night at the theater met some young
men who did me no good They
dragged me all through the sewers of
iniquity, and l lost my morals and l
lest my position and l was shabby and
wretched Twas going down the street,
thinking that no one cared for me,
when young man tapped me on the
shoulder and said, George, come with
me and will do you good. looked
at him to see whether he was joking
or not. saw he was in earnest and !
said, What do you mean, sir9 We'll,
he replied, I mean if you will come to
the meeting tonight will be very glad
to introduce you. I will meet you at
the door. Will you Gomez Said l. 4
will.
II went to the place where l was
tarrying. fixed myself up as well as
could. l buttoned my coat over d
ragged vest and went to the door of the
church, and the young man met me,
and we went in; and as I went in
heard an old man praying, and he
looked so mudh like my father sobbed
right out, and they were all around SC
kind and sympathetic that l just there
gave my heart to God, and know this
morning that what you say is true;
believe it in my own experience. Or
him the Lord hath laid the iniquity Of
us ALL
Oil my brother, without stopping tc
look as to whether your hand trembles
or not, without stopping to look whether
your hand is bloated with sin or not
put it in my hand, let me give you one
warm, brotherly, Christian grip, and
invite you right up to the heart, to the
compassion, to the sympathy, to the
pardon of him on whom the Lord haf
laid the iniquity of us all. Throw away
your sins. Garry them no longer.
proclaim emancipation this morning tt
all who are bound, pardon for all sill
and eternal life for all the dead.
Elf Is MIGHTY TO SAVE.
Some one comes here this morning
and stand aside. He comes up thes'
steps. He comes to this place. linus
stand aside. Taking that place h,
spreads abroad his hands and they wer,
nailed. You see his feet they wer,
bruised. He pulls aside the robe ant
shows you his wounded heart l say
Art thou weary Yes" he says
weary with the worlds Woe" say
whence contest thou9' He says, .
come from Calvary I say, "Wh,
comes with thee?" He says, 'No one
have trodden the winepress alone!"
say, why 1omest thou here2" "Ohl'
he says, Il came here to carry all tn,
sins and sorrows of the people"
And he kneels and he says, "Put OF
my shoulders all the sorrows and al
the sins And conscious of my owl
sins, first, take them and put them OIL
the shoulders of the Son of God.
say, 'Canst thou bear any more, {
Christi He says, Yea, more" An(
gather up the sins Of ali those whc
serve at these affairs, the officers of the
church of Jesus Christi gather up al
their sins and put them on Christ
shoulders and say "Canst thou bea
any moreT He says, Yea, more.
Then | gather up all the sins of a hun