The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-02-03

I must give myself to saving my own
soul and wing the souls Of others,
knowing Il in one flash of eternity we
will catchi all. Oh, what an observa-
tory in which to study astronomy heaven
will be, not by power of telescope, but
by supernatural vision; and if there be
something doubtful 100000 miles
away by o. stroke of the wing you are
there, by a. ,ther stroke of the wing you
are back agl n, and all in less time than l
tell you, c,.rching it all in one flash Of
eternity,
THE SCIENCE OF HEAVEN
And geologyl What a place that will
be to study geology, when the world is
being picked to pieces as easily as o
schoolgirl in botanical lessons pulls the
leaf from the corolla What place-to
study archii octure, amid the thrones, and
the palaces, and the cathedrals-St,
Marks and st. Paul's rookeries in COM
parison.
Sometimes you wish you could make
the tour of the whole earth, going around
as others have gone, but you have not
the time; you have not the means. You
will make that tour yet during one
musical pause in the eternal anthem. ]
say these things for the comfort of those
people who are abridged in their opportU-
nities-those people to whom life is q
humdrum, who toll and work. and toll
and work, and aspire after knowledge,
but have no time to get 1t, and say, IF ]
had the opportunities which other people
have, how I would fill my mind and soul
with grand thoughtsp Be not discour-
aged, my friends. You are going to the
university yet. Death will only matricu-
late you into the royal college Of the uni
verse;
What a sublime thing it was that DR..
Thornwell, of South Carolina, uttered in
| his last dying momentsl As he looked
up he said, at opens; it expands; it ey-
! pands." On as Mr.. Toplady, the author
of Crock of Ages" in his last moment,
or during his last hours, looked up
and said, as though he saw something
supernatural, Light" and then as he
came on nearer the dying moment, his
countenance more luminous, he cried,
"Light' and at the very moment Of
his departure lifted both hands, some
thing supernatural in his countenance as
he cried, Light" Only another name
for sunshine
Besides that we shall have all the
pleasures of association. We will go
right up in the front of God without any
fright. All our sins gone, there will be
nothing to be frightened about. There
our old Christian friends will troop
around us. Just as now one of your
sick friends goes away to Florida, the
| land. Of flowers, or to the south of France,
and you do hot see him for long while,
and after awhile you meet him, and the
hollows under the eyes are all filed and
the appetite has come back, and the
crutch has been thrown away, and he is
so changed you hardly know him. You
say, why, l never saw you look SO
we'll" He says: Il couldn't help but be
well. have been sailing these rivers
and climbing these mountains, and that's
how got this elasticity. | never was
80 we'll"
Oh, my friends, your departed loved
ones are only away for their health in a
better climate, and when you meet them
they will be SO changed you will hardly
know thcm-they will be so very much
changed, and after awhile, when you
are assured that they are your friends,
your departed friends, you will say:
| why, where is that cough? Where is
that paralysis? Where is that pneumo-
MIA? Where is that consumption And
he will say: "Oh, | am entirely well!
There are no sick ones in this country.
| have been ranging these hills, and hence
this elasticity. l have been here now
twenty years, and not one sick one have
| seen-we are all well in this climate"
THE ETERNAL JOY.
And then I stand at the gate of the
celestial city to see the professions come
out, and l see a long procession of little
children with their arms full of flowers,
and then l see procession of kings and
priests moving in celestial pageantry-a
long procession, but no black tasseled
vehicle, no mourning group, and / say:
How strange it is! Where's your Green
wood? where is your Laurel Hill? where
is your Westminster Abbey" And they
shall cry, There are no graves here"
| And then listen for the tollng Of the
old belfries of heaven, the old belfries OF
eternity. / listen to hear them toll fol
the dead, but they toll not for the dead
They only strike up silvery chime
tower to tower, east gate to vest gate
as they ring out, "They shall hunger nc
more, neither thirst any more, neither
shall the sun light on them. nor any heat
for the Lamb which is in the midst Of
the throne shall lead them to living foun
tains of water, and God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes"
| Oh, urglcve your hand and give it tt
me in conglatulation on that scene!
feel as if would shout. will shou,
halleluiah! Dear Lord, forgive me thai
lever complained about anything. If al
this is before us, who cares for anything
but God and heaven and eternal broth
erhood? Take the Grape off the doorbell
Your loved ones are only away for theil
health inca land ambrosial. Come, Low
ell Mason; come, Isaac Watts, and Civ,
us your best hymn about joy celestial.
What is the use of postponing on
heaven any longer? Let it begin now
and whatsoever hath harp let her thrun
il, and whosoever hath trumpet le
him bow it, and whatsoever hath an or
gan let him give us full diapason
The. crowd down the air, spirits blessed
rowing in cavalcade of triumph. Thei
chariot wheels whirl in the Sabbath sun
light. They come. Halt, armies 0
Cod! Halt until we are ready to joil
the.bgttalion of pleasures that never die
Oh, my friends, it would take a ser
mon rs long as eternity to tell the joy
Tat are coming to us. just set opel
the sarshiny door. Come in, all We dis
cirles Of the world who have found tn
wo.ld a ruocllery. Come in, all We disci
pies Of tie dance, and see the bounding
feet of this heavenly gladness. Come in
ye disciples of worldly amusement, an
zee the stage where kings are the actors
and burning worlds the footlights, an
thrones the spectacular.
Arise, We dead in sin, for this is tn