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

lifted his hand to pronounce the bene-
diction upon his family ana the bene-
diction upon his country he seemed to
say; 81 cannot die now, want 10
live on and on, | want to start mn in
fuence for the church that viii never
cease am only 30 years of age,
Sun OF my Christian ministry, stand
still over Scotland. And it stood still
A long time ago there was Chris
tian woman, very consecrated, and she
had a drunken husband, and so on
came the night of domestic trouble
She lost her children, and there came
the night of bereavement. She was
very i'll, and there came the night OF
sickness. Her soul departed, and there
came the night of death, But all these
nights of trouble and darkness and sur
row and sickness were illuinincd by the
grace OF the gospel, and people came
many miles to see how choorfully
Christian could be sick and how cheer.
| fully Christian could die. The moon
that illumined that night of trouble
was Il reflection from the Sun of right,
eousness. In the last hour of that
night-that night of darkness and sick.
ness and misfortune as she lifted her
hand toward heaven, those who stood
nearest her pillow could hear the wills
per-, for she wanted to live on in the
generations that were to follow, conse-
Grated to God; she wanted to have an
influence long after she had entered
upon her eternal reward, and while her
hand was lifted and her lips were NOV
ing those who stood nearest her pillow
could hear her say, Thou moon stand
still in the valley of Ajalon''
FIVE MORE KINGS TO BE BEuEADED.
But Joshua was not quite through.
There was time for five funerals be-
fore the sun of that prolonged day
set. Who will preach their funeral SER
mon? Massillon preached the funeral
sermon over Louis XVI. Who will
preach the funeral sermon of those five
dead kings-king of Jerusalem, king of
Hebron, king of Jarmuth, king of La
chish, king of Eglon2 Let it be by
Joshua. What is his text? What shall
be the epitaph put on the door of the
tomb2 'There shall not any man be
able to stand before thee all the days
of thy life."
But before you fasten up the door
want five more kings beheaded and
thrust in King Alcohol, King Fraud,
King Lust, King Superstition. King In
fidelity. Let them be beheaded and
hurl them in. Then fasten up the door
forever What shall the inscription
and what shall the epitaph be? For
all Christian philanthropists of all ages
are going to come and look at it.
What shall the inscription be1 There
shall not any man be able to stand be-
fore thee all the days of thy life"
But it is time for Joshua to so home.
He is 40 years old Washington went
down the Potomac, and at Mount Yer
non closed his days. Wellington died
peacefully at Apsley House. Now,
where shall Joshua rest? Why, he is
to have his greatest battle now. After
10 years he has to meet king, who
has more subjects than all the present
population of the earth, his throne a
pyramid of skulls, his parterre the
grave yards and the cemeteries of the
world, his chariot the worlds hearse-
the king of terrors. But if this is josh
ua's greatest battle it is going to be
Joshnas greatest victory. He gathers
his friends around him and gives his
valedictory, and it is full of reminis
cence
Young men tell what they are going
to do; old men tell what they have
DONE And as you have heard a grand
father or great grandfather, seated by
the evening fire, tell of Monmouth OF
Yorktown, and then lift the crutch OF
staff, as though it were musket, to
fight, and show how the old battles
were won. so Joshua gathers his friends
around his dying couch, and he tells
them the story of what he has been
through, and as he lies there, his white
locks showing down on his wrinkled
forehead, l wonder if God has kept
his promise all the way through. As
he lies there he tells the story one, two
or three times-you have heard old
people tell story two or three times
Overland he answers Il go the way
of all the earth, and not one word Of
the promise has failed. not one word
thereof has failed; all has come te
pass, not one word thereof has failed.
And then he turns to his family, as 6
dying parent will, and says: "Choose
now whom you will serve, the God O
Israel or the God of the Arnorites
As for me and my house, we will serve
the Lord :"
A dying parent cannot be reckless u
thoughtless in regard to his children
Consent to part with thelS forever a
the door of the tomb we cannot. B.
the cradle in which their infancy wa
rocked, by the bosom on which the,
first lay, by the blood of the covenant
by the God of Joshua, it shall not be
We will not part, we cannot part. Je
hovah Jireh, we take thee at tn,
promise II will be God to thee ant
thy seed after thee
, JoSHUA'S DAYS NUMBERED.
, Dead, the old ehieftain must be lalt
, out Handle him very gently; tina
, sacred dy is over a hundred and tel
| years OF age Lay him out stretch on
, those feet that walked dry shod tn
parted Jordan. Close those lips whicl
helped blow the blast st which TIL
) walls of Jericho fell Fold the arm
, that lifted the spear toward the doome,
, city of Al. Fold it right over the hear
t that exalted when the five kings fell
/ But where shall we get the burnishe,
: granite for the headstone and the foot
/ stone7 Ibethink myself now imae
inc that for the head it shall be the SUI
that stood still upon Gideon, and TO
the foot the moon that stood still il