The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-12-22
FAINT YET PURSUING
GRAND ACHIEVEMENTS MADE UNDER
NATURAL DISADVANTAGES.

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sermon at Nashville - His Picturesque
Text spiri,uai announcement For the
w..k and uumh,s-A nreezv p,scours.
NASHVILLE, Dec. l7-Rev. DR., Tai
mage, who Is now In TINS city on his
western lecture tour, selected as his
topic Tor today text run OF spiritual
announcement Tor those who labor I'M
der disadvantage In the struggle OF life,
The text chosen was Isaiah xxxii, ~,
"Ihe lame take the prey
The utter demohtion OF the Assyrlan
host was here predicted Not only ro-
bust men should go forth ana gather the
spolls OF conquest, but even men Grip
pied of arm and crippled of foot should
go ont and capture much that was valu-
able, Their physical disadvantages
should not hinder Their great enrich
ment so II has been IN the past; so 1t
is now; so twill be IN the future. so it
is IN all departments Men laporlng un.
Ter seemingly great disadvantages and
amid the most unfavorable circum-
stances, yet making grand achleVements,
getting great blessing Tor themselves
great blessing Tor the world, great bless
ing ior the church. ana SO tne lame
take the prey
CASES IN POINT
DO you know that the three great
poets OF the world We're Totally phha-
Homer, osslan, John Mlitons 10 you
know that MI fresCott, VINO wrote that
enchanting DOCK, Inc tongues OF Mex
lco' never saw Mexico couio not even
see tne paper On winch ne was writing!
A framework across the sleee' between
Wmch, up ana down. Went tne pen I'M
MORTAL 10 you h,ow 'haC Sa'hpassio'
the sculptor couio no' see the marble
oelore nun or the cllsei WIN "n'ch ne
CUT IL ilto SHAPES oewitc'ilnS' 10 you
KNOW Iiia' AieAanoer iope, Wiiose i'o-
ems VIII ias' DIS long "s Tue IiiSiis'' IAN
suase, was 81 nlo.ii VI an inN''iit 'h.'V
ne hao 10 oe seWeo "p every morning III
rouSh canvas Ill ofuer W sI@lu Oh MS
reef at all'
DO you KNOW .ilaC STUART. 'he ceie-
DRAFTED painter y olu ni'cl vi Hls Wonaer'
iul WORK unoCr tro snaooM Vi Vle oun-
geon where NC ilda pech uhJ''s'ly ithpils-
ioned lor oeo'' 10 you klio" tnat
Deiliostnehes' ny ALMOST supeinuinah eA.
ertlon' hrst had TO conquer the ilsp OF
his own speech oerofe ne conquered as
sehplages WIN MS eioqueHces 10 you
know thae bacon struggled an through
lnnumeraole sicknesses, ana that LORD
Byron ana OH waiter ocott Went mp
ing on cluofoot through an thelr me,
ana that many OIL the great poets ana
painters ana orators anu historians ana
heroes OF the word haa something 10
Keep Them pacA' ana pun them down, ana
impede thelr way, ana GRIPPE thelr phys
'cal or theif htellectuai movement ana
yet that they pusneo on ana pusheu up un-
I'll they reached the spolis Oh worldly sue
cess ana alilio the iiazla oi nations ana
centuries ,tHe iaiiie LOOK Vhe prey.
-, lou Ano" ti". 1as' lui.i'uae u
tiiese iiieii s'ai'eu uiiuoi inc oiSau,a h-
.ase VI ooscoio 'se-->oiu.aoos'
.ne SUI u Tue weaver feiSusoil' 'iie as
.ioiioihei, the son VI 'ile silep.ieru.
all. I, ioa .iie prey - t.'o one Iotl-S On
Woilu' 'ie fi1y VI .iie o'iieii h"' "iia'
- VI ue AZ 'soui,i uiieo.iois 10 ,iioio u ''e
~ spii ~ ''i.. uiie' ''oiiS anu
r., " iV'
mere are III ''il coiii,il 'iii'ies many III
va raiios' ;; iheS io.ei Aho" d heii Jay.
ahey adhefe 10 taeir occupations, put
'ney ~ paA'ihS aiohs 'iie s'iee's WIN
eAiiaue'io,i'' anu az eSeiil,ihe 'iiey lie
uOWn Oh Gne lounge WIFI aCHlilgS DeyOnu
h'l measurements n. ines nave 'iie" "ii
prescrlpVlohs' .ney nave gone throush
an .lie cures winch were ploclaihieo III
laillole' anu .iiey nave come now 10 sur
rehuef 70 perpetual aiiiiieh's' !ney con
s s 'nes aie al 4ha many uisauSal-
.ases' anu "leh i., 1ney see 'hose WING are
oooy ",iO III no"ioir pass w. 'iioy "iiiioe'
envy 'ieif ioo''S' iiaiiieS anu easy respi'
'",n'
But nave notlceo among that hVa.
ilo CLASS those VINO nave the greatest
Kno"ledge OF 1he blple' VINO are IN near
est intimacy with Jesus CHRIST, VINO nave
tne most gioWlhSeSper1ehceso OF the trutn'
WIZ nave iia'' 'iio inoS' i1niai Aaoie aii'
swers W prayer anu VINO nave ihosI eA'
hllaraht ahticipa.iohs Vi neaveh' Inc
temptations which weary US VINO are III
roDust healeh they nave conquered.
THE LAME TAKE THE PREY.
Many VINO are alert ana atnletlc ana
swarthy iolter IN the wayne lame take
the prey robert Hall an Invalid, Ed
Wara fayson an lhvailu' hlcnara Baxter
an invalid, Samuel Rutherford an In
valid. ms morning, when you want &c
can 10 NINA those VINO are most Christ'
nke' you thlnK OF some darKenea roohl
IN your father mouse from Wnlch there
Went torth an lnnuence potent LOT eter
NIFTY.
A step farther: Through raised letters
the art OF printing has been brought te
} the attention OF the blind.
/ You take up the Bible for the blind
CIV ~ olose ~. $3.50 al 80 ~ ~
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