The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-31


keep back the word ought TO utter;
while you, with sleeve rolled up and
brow besweated with toll, may utter
the word that will jar the foundation
of heaven with the shout of great vic
tory Oh, that today this whole audi
ence might feel that the Lord Almighty
is putting upon them the hands of or
dination, Every one, go forth and
preach this Gospel, You have as
much right TO preach as | have, or as
any man has. Only find out the pull
pit where God will have you preach,
and there preach.
Hedley Wears was wicked man In
the English army, The grace of God
came to him, He became an earnest
and eminent Christian, They scoifed
at him, and said; you are a hypo
critic, You are as bad as ever you
were" Still he kept his faith in Christ,
and after awhile, finding that they
could not turn him aside by calling him
a hypocrite, they said to him, ooh,
you are nothing but a fanatic" That
did not disturb him, He went on per-
forming his Christian duty until he had
formed all his troop into Bible class,
and the whole encampmentw was shaken
with the presence of God
So Havelock went into the heather
temple in India while the English army
was there, and put a candle into the
hand Of each Of the heather gods that
stood around in the heather temple,
and by the light of those candles, held
up by the idols, General Havelock
preached righteousness, temperance and
judgment to come, And who will say,
on earth or in heaven, that Havelock
had not the right to preach2
In the minister's house where pre-
pared for college there was a man who
worked, by the name of Peter Croy.
He could neither read nor write, but he
was man OF God. Often theologians
would stop in the hOuse-grave thee
Iogians-and at family prayers Peter
Croy would be called upon to lead, and
all those wise men sat around, wonder
struck at his religious efficiency. When
he prayed he reached up and seemed
to take hold of the very throne of the
Almighty, and he talked with God
until the very heavens were bowed
down into the sitting room.
Oh, if | were dying ! would rather
have plain Peter Croy kneel by my
bedside and commend my immortal
spirit to God than some heartless eccle-
sastic arrayed in costly canonicals. Go
preach this Gospel You say you are
not licensed. In the name of the
Lord Almighty this morning license
you. Go preach this Gospel-preach
it in the Sabbath schools, in the prayer
meetings, in the highways, in the
hedges. Woe be unto you if you preach
it not
FAITH NECESSARY TO EFFECTIVE WORK.
remark again, that in order to be
qualified to meet your duty in this par
ticular age you want unbounded faith
in the triumph of the truth and the
overthrow of wickedness. How dare
the Christian church ever get discour
aged! Have we not the Lord Almighty
on our side2 How long did it take God
to STAY the hosts of Sennacherib or burn
Sodom or shake down Jericho? How
long will it take God, when he once
arises in his strength, to overthrow all
the forces of iniquity!
Between this time and that there
may be long seasons of darkness-tbe
chariot wheels of Gods Gospel may
seem to drag heavily; but here is the
promise, and yonder is the throne; and
when Omniscience has lost its eyesight,
and Omnipotence falls back impotent,
and jehovah is driven from his throne,
then the church of Jesus Christ can
afford to be respondent, but never until
then. Despots may plan and armies
may march, and the congresses of the
nations may seem to think they are ad,
usting all the .ffairs of the world but
the mighty men of the earth are only
the dust of the chariot wheels of Gods
providence.
think that before the sun of this cen
fury shall set the last tyranny may fall,
and with a splendOr of demonstration
that shall be the establishment of the
universe God will set forth the bright
ness and pomp and glory and perpetu-
ity of his eternal government. Out of the
starry flag and the emblazoned insignia
of this world God will make path for
his own triumph, and, returning from
universal conquest, he will sit down,
the grandest, strongest, highest throne
of earth his footstool
Then shall all nations song ascend
To Thee, our Ruler, Father, Friend,
Jill heavens high arch resounds again
With peace on earth. good will to men,"
preach this sermon because | want
to encourage all Christian workers in
every possible department. Hosts OF
the living God, march onl march on
His spirit will bless you His shield
will defend you His sword will strike
for you. March onl March on! This
last despotism will fall, and paganism
will burn it's idols and Mohammedan
ism will give up its false prophet and
the great walls of superstition will come
down in thunder and wreck at the long.
loud blast Of the Gospel trumpet
March on March onl The besiege
ment viii soon be ended Only few
more steps on the long way; only few
more sturdy blows; only a few more
battle cries. Then God viii put the
laurel upon your brow, and from the
living fountains of heaven will batht
off the sweat, and the heat, and tbs
dust of the conflict. March on Marcel
on For you the time for work viii
soon be passed, and amid the outfash
ings of the judgment throne, and th'
trumpeting Of resurrection angels, anC
the upheaving Of world Of graves
and tha bosqnpa If the saved and th!