The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-01-20


have an anarchy, which is no govern
ment at all. And then all nations, find.
ing out that man Is not capable OF
righteously governing man, will cry cut
for theocracy and say Let God come
back ana conduct the affairs of the
world.
Every step monarchy, limited mon
archy. repuhlicanism, anarchy-only diff
ferent steps between the first theocracy
and the last theocracy on seglnchts OF
the great circle of the earth on which
God sits, But do not become impatient
because you cannot see the curve OF
events, and therefore conclude that Gods
government is going to break down, His
tory tells us that in the making of the
pyramids it took 1000 men two years tc
drag one great stone from the quarry
and put it into the pyramids.
Well, now, If men short lived can afford
to work so slowly as that. cannot God
in the building of the eternities afford
to waltz What though God should tax,
10, 600 years to draw circlel Shall we
take our little watch which we have to
wind mp every night lest it run down
and hold it up beside the clock of eter.
nal ages? If, according to the Bible, a
thousand years are in Gods sight as one
day, then, according to that calculation
the 6,000 years of the worlds existence
have been only to God as from Monday
to Saturday
GOOD RETURNS AFTER MANY DAYS,
But it is often the case that the re-
bound is quicker and the circle Is sooner
completed You resolve that you will
do what good you can In one week
you put word of counsel in the heart
of a Sabbath school child During that
same week you give letter of introduc.
ton to II young man struggling in bust
ness, During the same week you make
an exhortation in prayer meeting. II
is all gone: you will never hear of it
perhaps, You think,
a few years after man comes up tc
you and says, You don't know me. dc
you?" You say, No, don't remember
ever to have seen you" Why" he says
II was in the Sabbath school class ovel
which you were the teacher One Sun.
day you invited me to Christ. accepted
the offer. You see that church with two
towers yonder?" Yes" you say. He
BAYS, That is where preach" or, dc
you see that governors house? That. is
where live." One day man
comes to you and says, Good morn.
ing" You look at him and say,
Why you have the advantage Of
me; | cannot place YOU" He says,
Don't you remember thirty years age
giving letter of introduction to young
man, letter of introduction to Moses
H Grinrell?" Yes, yes, do" He
says: II am the man; that was my first
step toward a fortune, but have re
tired from business now and am giving
my time to philanthropies and public in
terests Come up and see me"
Or man comes to you and says: 81
want to introduce myself to you.
went into IA prayer meeting in Atlanta
some years ago; sat back by the door
you arose to make an exhortation; that
talk changed the course Of my life. and
if ever get to heaven. under God will
owe my salvation to you." In only ten
twenty or thirty years the circle swept
ont and swept hack again to your own
grateful heart.
But sometimes it is wider circle and
does not return for great while. saw
a bill of expenses for burning Latimel
and Ridley The bill of expenses says:
One load of fir fagots. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. IS. I'd
Carriage for four loads Of wood. ......-. Is.
i'e"' pont ..'''....'..''''''' II. ~
Item. two chains. Observation-Disclosures. 3s. I'd
item two staples ...,....,...,.... cd
Item, four laborers. .............. r.. I'd
That was cheap fire, considering all
the circumstances, but it kindled light
that shone all around the world and
aroused the martyr spirit. and out from
that burning of Latimer and Ridley
rolled the circle wider and wider. start
ing other circles, convoluting, overrun
ming. circumscribing overarching all
heaven--a circle.
CIRCLE OF EVIL SPEAKING.
But what is true OF the good is just as
true of the bad You utter Islander
against your neighbor. 1t has gone forth
from your teeth; it will never come
back. you think. You have done the
man all the mischief you can. You re
joice to see him vince. You say. "Didn
give it to him. That word has gone
out. that slanderous word, on its poison
Gus and blasted way You think it will
never do you any harm. But ! an
watching that word. and see it begin
ming to curve, and it curves around, ant
it is aiming at your heart. You had bet
ter dodge it. You cannot dodge it. Il
rolls into your bosom and after it ROLL
in word of an old book. which says
with what measure ye mete. it shall
be measured to you again.
You maltreat an aged parent. Yor
begrudged him the room in your house
You are impatient of his whimsicalities
and l.arrulity. 1t makes you mad tt
hear hiil tell the same story twice. Yor
give lin food he cannot masticate. Yor
wish lie was away. You wonder if he il
going to live forever. He will be gont
very soon. His steps are shorter an(
shorter. He is going to stop. But Gof
has an account to settle with you on thai
subject After awhile your eye will bs
dim. and your gait will halt. and thu
sound of the grinding will be low, ant
you will tell the same story twice. ant
your children will wonder if you are 20
ing TO live forever and wonder if yor
will never be taken away.
They called you father" once; nov
they call you the odd man." If yor
live few years longer they will call 20,
the "old chap!" What are those rougl
words with which your children are &C
costing you? They are the echo of tn,
very words you used in the ear of you,
old father forty years ago. What is tina
which you are trying to chew, but fine
it unmasticable, and your jaws ache
and you surrender the attempt? Per
haps it may be the gristle which 20,
gave to your father for his breakfas
forty years ago.
A gentleman passing along the stree
saw son dragging his father into tn
street by the hair Of the head. The gen
| tlenan. outraged at this brutal conduct
was about to punish the offender whel
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