The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-05-11
AT OUR CHURCHES.
The Fine Day Last Sunday Brought Ma.
ny Out to Hear and to See.


good audiences, at both churches.
At the Methodist Church Rev. Mr..
Sisson took for his text the 18th verse of
the Sd chapter of Exodus. "Who am
that should go unto Pharaoh"
In introducing his subject the speaker
showed the value of the Old Testament
and its relation to the New and said:
"While we live under new order of
things and exalt a living Christwe are
not to lose sight of the valuable lessons
taught in the history of the old dispense
ton. If we find there events recorded
which are difficult for us to comprehend
it does not follow that we should reject
them or deny their truth. Believing in
the unlimited power of God do not see
why he could not have brought all those
things which we find recorded in the Old
Testament to pass and let critics attack
the book, if they will, we note the fact
that the old dispensation was suited to
the people of that age and the world was,
by degrees, brought up to the level where
it could receive the promised Christ and
the new dispensation firmly established"
The speaker then took up the early his
tory of Moses as seen by light of Jewish
history and Egyptian tradition and said
that he was ''the most complete example
of Jewish patriotism" Briefly noting
some of the principal events of his early
life the speaker carried him along to the
time when, as shepherd, for Jethro, his
father-in-law, he was called by God to
lead the children of Israel out of the af-
flictions of Egypt, and said:
Gas we study the life of Moses we see
how well fitted he was for the work God
called him to do His early education,
his acquaintance with the Egyptians
would be of great use in carrying on the
work but as he heard God call him to 60
he felt himself incapable of performing
so great task as the one assigned him.
No doubt he saw hundred obstacles in
the way but these all disappeared when
God said Il will be with thee and be went
forth on his mission, confident in Gods
promise to help and be with him. Man
is the highest form of life upon the earth,
if measured by intelligence. As far as
| this life is concerned he is ruler of him
| self. He can order his own conduct,
raise or lower the standard of his great
ness. Yet with all mans boosted power
he often reaches the boundary line. He
finds his independence contained within a
small circle and that after all he is de-
pendent upon God for everything. The
air we breathe, the food which nourishes
and sustains our bodies-all comes from
him. We are dependent upon him for
the extension of life. and when that brit
tie thread is broken we are dependent up
on him for an entrance into his cory.
| At the time of the creation there were
placed in operation cer tain laws and while
generations have come and gone these
| laws still continue to operate for our
maintenance The earth still continues
to give forth her increase and the sea Ions
come and 20 in regular order. Day sue
ceeds night Just the same as it cid three
Thousand years ago. BY the light Of gos-
pei teaching we see red cted in these
things Gods Won erfui goodness The
Lord Jesus taught our dependence when
he instructed his disciples 10 pray, s'Give
us this day our daily bread" To be sIIe
man is obliged to do some thii gs himself
in order to gain anything in this world,
j but he builds not upon foundation OF