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


confused in the forest or ON the moors,
they were both moving in a circle, and
the runner OF the one lost sleigh was
following the runner of tho other lost
sleigh round and round, AT last il oc-
Cured to them TO look at the north
Star, which was peering through the
night, and by the direction OF that star
they got home again, Those who fol,
low the advice of this world in time of
perplexity are in fearful round, for it
is one bewildered soul following anoth-
err bewildered soul, and only those who
have in such time got their eye on the
morning star of our Christian faith can
find their way out, or be strong enough
to lead Others with an all persuasive
invitation.
But" says some one, you Chris
tian people keep telling us to come,
yet you do not tell us how to come"
That charge shall not be true on this
occasion. Come believingl Come re.
penting Come prayingl After oil
that God has been doing for six thou
sand years, some time through patri-
archs and sometimes through prophets,
and at last through the elimination of
all tragedies on Golgotha, can any one
think that God will not welcome your
Gomingi VIII q father at vast out.
lay construct d mansion for his son,
and lay out parks white with statues
and green with foliage, and all a-sparkle
with fountains, and then not allow his
son to live in the house or walk in the
parks2 Has God built this house of
gospel mercy and will he then refuse
entrance to his children2 Will gov
eminent at great expense build life
saving stations all along the coast; and
boats that can hover unhurt like Il
petrol over the widest surge, and then
when the lifeboat has reached the
wreck of a ship in the offing not allow
the drowning to seize the lifeline or
take the boat for the shore in safety 2
Shall God provide at the cost of his
only sons assassination escape for a
sinking world, and then turn a deaf
ear to the cry that comes up from the
breakers2
THEN YOU HAVE PASSED FROM DEATH
TO LIFE.
But" you say, there are so many
things have to believe, and so many
things in the shape of a creed that l
have to adopt, that l am kept back +"
No, no! You need not believe but
two things that Jesus Christ
came into the world to save Sinners
and that you are one of them. But,
you say, II do believe both of these
things" Do you really believe them
with all your hearth Yes" Why,
then you have passed from death into
life. Why, then you are son or
daughter of the Lord Almighty. Why,
then you are an heir or an heiress of
an Inheritance that will declare divi-
dends from now until long after the
stars are dead! Hallelujah Prince
of God, why do you not come and take
your coronet! Princess of the Lord
Almighty, why do you not mount your
throne3 Pass up into the light Your
boat is anchored, why do you not go
ashore2 Just plant your feet hard
down, and you will feel under them the
Rock of Ages.
l challenge the universe for one in
stance in which a man in the right
spirit appealed for the salvation of the
gospel and did not get it. Man
alive are you going to let all the
years of your life go away with you
without your having this great peace,
this glorious hope, this bright expect
ancya Are you going to let the pearl
of great price lie in the dust at your
feet because you are too indolent or too
proud to stoop down and pick it up1
Will you wear the chain of evil habit
when near by you is the hammer that
| could with one stroke snap the shacklea
Will you stay in the prison of sin when
here is a gospel key that could unlock
your incarceration2 No; no! AS the
one word Come" has sometimes
brought many souls to Christ, ! will
try the experiment of piling up into a
mountain and then sending down in an
avalanche of power many of these Cos
pei Comes " Come thou and all thy
house into the ark" Come unto me
all We who labor and are heavy laden
and l will give you rest" Come, for
all things are now ready" 1.-THE Spirit
and the Bride say Come and let him
that heareth say Come and let him
that is athirst come"
The stroke of one bell in tower may
be sweet, but score of bells well tuned,
and rightly lifted, and skillfully swung
in one great chime fill the heavens with
music almost celestial. And no one
who has heard the mighty chimes in
the towers of Amsterdam or Client OF
Copenhagen can forget them. Now ii
seems to me that in this Sabbath hour
all heaven is Ginning, and the voices Of
departed friends and kindred ring down
the sky saying Come" The angels
who never fell, bending from sapphire
thrones, are chanting Gomez Yea,
all the towers of heaven, tower of mar
tyrs, tower of prophets, tower of apos
ties, tower of evangelists, tower of the
temple of the Lord God and the Lamb
are Ginning Come, come!" Pardon
for all, and peac~ for all, and HEAVIER
for all who will come
PEACE!
When Russia was in one of her great
wars the suffering of the soldiers hac
been long and bitter, and they wer'
waiting for the end of the strife. One
day messenger in great excitement
ran among the tents of the army shout
ing Peace! Peacer The sentinel OF
guard asked, Who says peace2'
And the sick soldier turned on his hos
pital mattress and asked, "Who say
peace?" and all up and down the en-
campInent of the Russians went tn,
question, "Who says peace2" Ther