The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-08-26

Dackf Nhen You come Dack VIII You
come in the rags of your sin or will you
come robed in the Saviour's righteous
ness? | believe the latter, Go home TO
your God today. He is waiting for you,
Go home.
But | remark the characteristic of
this resolution was, it was Immediately
put into execution,
DO NOT DELAY,
The context says che arose and came
to his father" The trouble in nine hun
bred and ninety-nine times out of a
thousand is that our resolutions amount
TO nothing because we make them for
some distant time. If | resolve TO be-
come Christian next year, that amounts
to nothing at all, If | resolve to be-
come Christian tomorrow, that
amounts to nothing at all. If resolve
at the service today to become Chris
tan, that amounts to nothing at all.
If resolve after go home today to
yield my heart to God, that amounts to
nothing at all. The only kind of reso-
luton that amounts to anything is the
resolution that is Immediately put into
execution.
There is man who had the typhoid
fever. He said, sob, if could get over
this terrible distress; if this fever should
depart, if | could be restored to health,
would all the ret of my life serve
God" The fever departed He got
well enough to walk around the block.
He got well enough to attend TO bust
ness. He is well today--as well as he
ever was. Where is the broken VOW?
There is a man who said long ago, eff
could live to the year 1892, by that time
| will have my business matters all ar
ranged, and will have time to attend
to religion, and l will be good,
thorough, consecrated Christian" The
year 1892 has come. January, Febru-
airy, March, April, May, June, July
fully half of the year gone. Where is
your broken vow?
ooh" says some man, ''I'll attend to
that when l can get my character fixed
mp; when can get over my evil habits;
| am now given to strong drink, or,
says the man, II am given to unclean-
ness" or, says the man, Il am given to
dishonesty. When get over my pres
ent habits. then I'll be thorough Chris
tian." My brother, you will get worse
and worse until Christ takes you in
hand. mot the righteous, sinners
Jesus came to call"
Oh, but you say, 81 agree with you on
all that, but must put it off a little
longer" Do you know there were many
who came just as near as you are to the
kingdom of God and never entered it? l
was at East Hampton, Long Island, and
| went into the cemetery to look around,
and in that cemetery there are twelve
graves side by side-the graves of sail
ors. This crew, some years ago, in a
ship went into the breakers at Amagan-
sett, about three miles away. My broth
er, then preaching at East Hampton,
had been at the burial. These men of
the crew came very near being saved.
The people from Amagansett saw the
vessel, and they shot rockets, and they
sent ropes from the shore, and these
poor fellows got into the boat, and they
pulled nightly for the shore, but just
before they got to the shore the rope
snapped and the boat capsized and they
were lost, and their bodies afterward
washed upon the beach.
Oh, what solemn day it was-I have
been told of it by my brother-when
these twelve men lay at the foot of the
pulpit and he read over them the funeral
service. They came very near shore
within shouting distance of the shore,
| yet did not arrive ON solid land. There
are some men who come almost to the
shore Of Gods mercy, but not quite, moi
quite. To be only almost saved is to be
lost.
| LOST BEYOND REDEMPTION.
I will tell you of two prodigals-the
one that got back and the other that die
not get back. In Richmond there is 9
very prosperous and beautiful home il
many respects. A young man wandered
off from that home. He wandered very
far into sin. They heard of him often
but he was always on the wrong track
He would not go home. At the door OF
that beautiful home one night there
was great outcry. The young man Of
the house ran down and opened the dool
to see what was the matter. 1t was
midnight. The rest of the family were
asleep. There were the wife and chill
dren of this prodigal young man. The
fact was he had come home and driver
them out.
He said: "Out of this house. Ava,
with these children; I will dash theil
brains out. Out into the Storm Thu
mother gathered them up and fled. Thu
next morning the brother, young mai
who had staid at home, went out to fine
this prodigal brother and son, and h
came where he was and saw the youn!
man wandering up and down in from
of the place where he had been staying
and the young man who had kept hi
integrity said to the older brother
"Here, what does this mean? Wha
is the matter with you? Why do yo1
act in this way?" The prodiga
looked at him and said: "Wh
am |? Whom do you take me to be?
He said, You are my brother" enc
| am not am brute. Have you see
anything Of my wife and children
Are they dead? drove them on
last night in the storm. l am
brute. John, do you think there is an
help for me? Do you think l vii
ever get over this life of dissipation!
He said, John, there is just one thin
that will stop this" The prodigal IA
his finger across his throat and said
THAT will stop it, and I'll stop it befor
, night. Oh, my brain; l can stand it II
/ longer" That prodigal never got home
, But will tell you of prodigal that di
get home.
, In this country two young men star
ed from their fathers house and wen
down to Portsmouth. The father coul
, not pursue his children; for some re;
: son he could not leave home, and so b
wrote letter down to Mr.. Griffin, say
> ing: ''Mr. Griffin, wish you would 6
! and see my two sons. They have a
/ rived in Portsmouth and they are goiu
to take ship and are going away frol
9 home. l wish you would persuad
7 them back" Mr.. Griffin went and Il