The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-03

Tor people VINO were born IN the country,
wherever you may now live, and that is
the majority of you. You cannot hear
my text without having ell the rustic
scenes of tho old farmhouse come back
70 you. Good old days they wero. You
knew nothing much of the world, for
you had not seen the world,
BY law of association you cannot recall
the brooding hen and her chickens wi h
out seeing also the barn, and the hay
NOW, and the wagon shed, and the
house, and the room where you played,
and the fresi1e with the big backlog
before which you sat, and the neighbors,
aud the burial, and the wedding, and
the deep sRowbanks, and hear the. viii
iago boil that called you to worship, and
seeing the horses which, after pulling
you to church, stood around the old clap
boarded meeting house, and those who
sat at either end of the church pew, and
indeed all tis scenes of the first IA years,
snd you think of what you We're thea
and of what you Gfu now and all these
thoughts are aroused by the sight of the
old hencoop,
Some of you had better go back and
start again, In thought return to that
place and hear the cluck and sec the
outspread feathers and come under the
wing and make the Lord your portion
ind shelter and warmth, preparing for
~vthins hst may come. and so AVOID
sssd among tl.oso described by
"js ofiny text, las Il hen
rms tnGer her wing,
All, that throws
oh rs "Ye would
he 'wouit u0ts" Il
DDS of the farm heed
.U. . IS call and risk tie
.I- I .a the freshct and expose
re ilcst and storm. sure
taH.r ties are not their moth.
~ worll mott" God would.
bu. " would ii3t!
When .. God man asked young woin-
an who had abandoned her home and who
was deploring her wretchedness why sns
did not return, the reply was: II dare
not go home. My father is so provoked
he would not receive me home" Them
said the Christian man, Il will test this"
And so he wrote to the father, and the
reply came back and III a letter marked
outside Immediate" and inside saying,
"Let her come at once; all is forgiven"
30 Gods invitation for you is marked
Immediate" ON the outside, and inside it
is written, HE will abundantly pardon. -
Oh, ye wanderers from God and hap
piness and home and heaven, come under
the sheltering wing. Under this call !
see you turning from your old way to
the new way, the living way, the gospel
way. A vessel in the Bristol channel
was nearing the rocks called the Steep
Holmes" Under the tempest the vessel
was unmanageable, and the only hope
was that the tide would change before
she struck the rocks and and went down,
and SO the captain stood on the deck,
watch in hand. Captain and crew and
passengers were pallid with terror. TAX
ing another look at his watch and an
other look at the sea he shouted THANK
God, we are saved! The tide has turned!
One minute more and we would have
struck the rocks"
Some Of you have been long while
drifting in the tempest Of sin and sor-
row and have been making for the break
ers. Thank God, the tide has turned.
Do you not feel the lift of the billowf
The grace of God that bringeth saliva
ton has appeared to your soul, and in
the words of Boaz to Ruth / commend
you to "the Lord God of Israel, under
whose wings thou hast come.to trust"