The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-07-28


fretting at his nurse, Fletcher, fretting
at himself, fretting at the world, fretting
at God, and he who gave TO the world
"Childe Harold" and "Sardanapalus,"
and Tho Prisoner of Chillon, and "The
Siege of Corinth, reduced to nothing but
file!
THE WAGES OF SIN.
Oh, sin has great facility for making
promises, but it has just AS great facility
for breaking them. A Christian life is
the only cheerful life, while life Of
wicked surrender is remorse, ruin and
death. Its painted glee is sepulchral
ghastliness In the brightest days Of
the Mexican empire Montezuma said no
felt gnawing at his heart something like
canker. Sin, like monster wild beast
of the forest, sometimes ticks all over its
victim in order that the victim may be-
more easily swallowed; but generally
sin rasps and gals and tears and up
braids and files. Is it not so, Herod? Is
it not so, Hildebrand? Is it not so,
Robespierres Aye! aye! it is SO; it is So
"The way of the wicked he turpeth up
side down."
SHistory tells US that when Rome was
founded, ON that day there were 10
vultures flying through the air, but when
a transgressor dies the sky is black with
whole focks of them. Vultures! When
l see sin robbing SO many people, and
see them going down day by day and
week by week, must give plain warn
ing. l dare not keep it back lest l risk
the salvation of my own soul. Rover,
the pirate, pulled down the warning bell
on 1nchcape rock, thinking that he would
have chance to despoil vessels that We're
crushed on the rocks, but enc night his
own ship crashed down on this very
rock, and he went down with all his
cargo. God declares, when l say to
the wicked thou shalt surely die, and
thou givest him not warning, that same
man shall die in his iniquity, but his
blood will require at thy hands"
learn from this subject what sad
thing it is when thechurch of God loses
its metal. These Philistines saw that if
they could only get all the metallic
weapons out of the hands of the Israel
ties all would be well, and therefore
they took the swords and the spears.
They did not want them to have single
metallic weapon. When the metal Of
the lsraelites was gone, their strength
was gone. This is the trouble with the
church of God today. tits surrendering
its courage. 1t has not gotenough metal
How seldom it is that you see a man
taking his position in pew, or in pulpit,
OF in religious society, and holding
that position against all oppression, and
Ill trial, and all persecution, and all
criticism.
The church of God today wants more
backbone, more defiance, more conse-
Grated bravery, more metal. How often
you see man start out in some good
enterprise, and at the first blast of news
paperdom he has collapsed, and all his
courage gone, forgetful of the fact that
if man be right all the newspapers of
the earth, with all their columns pound
ing away at him, cannot do him any per-
manent damage! 1t is only when man
is wrong that he can be damaged. Why,
God is going to vindicate his truth, and
he is going to stand by you, my friends,
in every effort You make for Christ's
cause and the salvation of men.
sometimes say to my wife: "There is
something wrong; the newspapers have
not assaulted me for three months! have
not done my duty against public iniqui-
ties, and will stir them up next Snn-
day. Then / stift hsrh up, and all the
following week1the devil howls and
Showing that I have him very
M Go forth in the Service of Christ
and do your whole duty. You have one
sphere. have another sphere. ''The
Lord OF Hosts is with us, and the God Of
Jacob is our refuge. Selah."
We want more of the determination
of Jonathan. j dosnot suppose hewas a
very wonderful man, but he got on his
knees and 'clamberedpp the5 fock, and
with the help Of his armor bearer he
hewed down the Philistines, and man
Of very ordinary intellectual attain
ments, on his knees, can storm anything
for God and for the truth. We want
something of the determination of the
general who went into the war, sand as
he entered hi fr6rSt battle his knees
knocked togetl !, his physical courage
not quite up to bis moral courage, and
he looked down at his knees and said,
"Ah, if you knew where was going to
take you, you would shake worse than
thatr'
There is only one question for you to
ask and for me to ask. What does God
want me to do? Where is the field2
Where is the work? Where is the anvil
Where is the prayer meeting? Where is
the pulpit? And. finding out what God
wants us to do go ahead and do irall
the energies of our body, mind and Soul
enlisted in the undertaking. Obj my
brethren, we have but little time in
which to fight for God. you will sbe
dead soon. n
Put in the Christian caui every. ener-
gy that God gives you. "Whet fhNband
findeth to do, do it with all thy night,
for there is neither wisdom mr. device in
the grave whittier we are all Aastening. y
Oh, is it not high time that we wake out
of sleep? Church of God, lift up your
head at the coming victory! The Philis.
tines will go down, and the Israelites
will go up. We are on the winning
side. Hear that-on the winning side!
think just now the Kings horses are
being hooked up to the chariot, and
when he does ride down the sky there
will be such a hosanna among his
friends and such wailing among his
enemies as will make the earth tremble
and the heavens sing. / see now the
plumes of the Lords cavalrymen toss.
ing in the air. The archangel before the
throne has already FURNISHED his trum
pet, and then he will put its golden lips
to his own, and he will blow the long
loud blast that will make all nations
free. Clap your hands, all We people
Hank! hear the falling thrones and the
dashing down of demolished iniquities.
She Kissed the Negro.
In "Old Vienna" one of the most at
tractive features of Midway plaisance, 6
strange incident was noticed. A native
of Abyssinia had entered the restaurant