The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-08-24
UTH LONDONDERRY w. FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST a. 1894
AT THE CHURCHES.

exchanged pulpits with pastor Sisson,
preached to a good audience. We give n
brief outline of the discourse, which was
founded upon Rom, XIV, ~;
"For everyone of us shall give an ac-
count of himself to God"
The preacher said:
| desire to present this subject to you
today because so many are ready to offer
an excuse for non acceptance of person
al salvation and because many who have
accepted it are ready to offer excuses for
the non performance of duty Please no.
tice the four points of the text they are
the cardinal points of this Christian com
pass. Every one of us shall give an ac.
count of himself to God, There is no
better way Of illustrating scripture than
by the use of scripture and know of no
better scripture than that which | read
from the second lesson Luke 49, l-27.
The nobeman referred to here was
doubtless noue other than Archelaus one
of the sons of Herod. Palestine was at
that time a Roman province. Herod willed
to Archelaus his scepter but not his king
dom, for he had none to dispose of. In
order then that Archelaus sit upon his
fathers throne and rule the kingdom it
was necessary that he 90 to Rome pre-
sent his case to Caesar and if approved by
him he would be considered the rightful
heir and king. This Archelaus did in
spite of the earnest opposition of his
brother Antipas and his supporters Be
fore Archelaus departed for Rome he
called his servants about him and left his
affairs in their hands and on his return
he called them to give an account of what
they had done in his absence. OF course
Jesus desired to direct the attention of
that Heterogeneous multitude to himself
as the nobleman. He was indeed the
grandest specimen of nobleman that
ever trod the earth. A noble ancestry ON
the maternal side while upon the paternal
side the son of the living God. 1t would
have been nothing less than usurpation
and gross disloyalty on the part of Ar
chelaus to have ascended the throne and
assumed the authority of monarch
without first consulting Caesar. Christ
came not here to establish an earthly
kingdom as the people who were accom-
panying him supposed, but to establish
spiritual kingdom in the hearts of men,
but before he could be established in this
kingdom he must take his departure into
that far country, and receive for himself
the kingdom. Now before his departure
eternal life and the command to ''trade"
or in other words ''go We into all the
world and preach the gospel to every
creature" BY and by he will come in his
own glory and with the glory of the
father and with the holy angels to judge
the quick and the dead and we shall stand
before him to render up an account of
our stewardship. Who will be able to
stand in that day and point to ten and
say Lord have not only come myself
but have brought these ten with me, or
five. How many like the last one will
have kept their pound laid up in nap
kin. Oh, friends, brush away the dust get
the napkin, shake it out, put the pound to
work. A word to those who have no
desire to be Christians, will not have
Christ rule in and reign over them:
"Where are those mine enemies bring
them hither and slay them before me :"
Rev. Mr.. Wood spoke on Sabbath
morning from the text as found in Ephe-
SLAMS the III, Ii to 10 inclusive. The
theme was Spiritual comprehension.
These verses constitute prayer of the
Apostle in behalf of the Ephesion church
He prays that out of the divine fullness
of God, he would strengthen them with
might with his spirit in the inner man.
Paul struck the key note of mans needs
in this petition. Mankind is sadly defici-
ent in divine strength. A man may glory
in his own strength and may say that he
is able to 90 all things. Peter said, "Lord
will follow thee to prison and Judge
ment," yet he felt in crisis that his
strength was perfect weakness. Yet see
him later on, clothed upon with Gods
Holy Spirit able to face a hostile nation,
and with faith to bring about penti-
cost. Physical strength is necessity,
but spiritual strength shall enable man
to overcome and conquer every tempta-
ton.
l. The necessity for divine strengthen
ing, in order that Christ may dwell in
your hearts by faith.
Here we get the idea of permanency.
The indwelling of the spirit of God in the
human heart gives a stimulus to thought,
actions and character, uniting it to high
and holy ambitions, magnifying God and
exaulting his holy name. 1t is not suifici-
ent that we live periodically in the love
| of Christ, that we enjoy special seasons
of communion with him. Christianity
amounts to nothing unless the idea of
permanency is emphasized in the begin
ming, and permanency only can be at
tanned as the Holy Spirit finds Judgement
in the heart of every one. May we seek
for an indwelling that shall claim the
promise, MY Father will love him and
we will core unto him and make our
abode with him."
III. Result of divine Strengthening
That ye being rooted and grounded in
love; may be able with all saints to COM
prehend what is the breadth. and length,
and depth, and height, and to know the
love of God, which passeth knowledge
and be filed with all the fullness of God.
Wherever and whenever God works
| the result passes our knowledge. Who
can comprehend the vastness and al
mightyness of Gods love, so much as the
beautiful colors in the flowers of the
earth surpass the knowledge of the
/ blind. so much as the most beautiful