The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-01-26


pers, and heard from some pulpits
disheartenment. as though Christianity
We're so worsted that it IL hardly Aorth
while to attempt to win this world for
God, and that all Christian work wonld
collapse, and that ii Is no use for you 10
teach a Sabbath class, or Distribute
tracts, or exhort In prayer meetings, or
preach IN pulpit, as satan Ia gaining
ground. To rebuke that pessimism, the
gospel OF smashup, | preach this suT.
mon, showing that you are ON the win
Ing side. Go aheadi Fight on! What
| want to make out today is that or
ammunition is not exhausted that ~
which has been accomplished has bc,a
only the skirmlshing before the gr,.
Armageddon; that not more than oi,
Of the thousand fountains of bGui
In the Kings park has begun Ia
play; that not more than one brigade
of the innumerable hosts to be maI
shaded by the rider on the white horse
has yet taken the field; that what God
has done yet has been with arm folded
In flowing robe, but that the time Isl
coming when he will rise from bis
throne, and throw OFT that robe, ara
come out of the palaces of eternity, ard
come down the stairs of heaven with
all conquering step, and halt il The
presence of cxpectant nations. and flash
ing his omniscient eyes across the work
to be done will put back the sleeve OF
his right arm to the shoulder, and roll
1T mp there. and for the worlds final
>asId complete rescue make bare his arai.
Who can doubt the result when accord
ing to my text jehovah does bis btst;
when the last reserve force of omnipo-
tence takes the field; when the last
sword of eternal might leaps froir its
scabbard? Do you know what deeitcd
the battle of Sedan? The hills a Thousand
feet high. Eleven hundred canoes or
the hills. Artillery on the heights oi
the heights of La Moncello The Gro w
prince of Saxony watched the sees,
from the heights of Many. Betwec.l q
quarter to 6 O'Clock in the morning AMI
| O'Clock in the afternoon of Sept. .,
1870, the hills dropped the shells thai
shattered the French host in the valley.
The French emperor and the SO, 0oo Of
his army captured by the hills. So il
this conflict now raging between hoii-
less and sin "our eyes are unto the
hills"
a GREAT VICTORY.
Down here in the valleys of earth
we must be valiant soldiers of the
cross, but the Commander of our host
walks the heights and views the scene
far better than we can in the valleys,
and at the right day and the right hour
all heaven will open its batteries on our
side, and the commander of the hosts Of
unrighteousness with all his followers
will surrender, and it will take eternity
to fully celebrate the universal victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ. "Our
eyes are unto the hills. 1t is SO GER
tain to be accomplished that Isaiah in
my text looks down through the iic,tt
glass of prophecy and speaks Of it rs
already accomplished, and take ny
stand where the prophet took his stand
and lock at it as all done. Halleiuiah,
tits DONE See! Those cities without
a tear Look! Those continents with
out pang. Behold! Those hemi-
spheres without sin! Why, those
deserts, Arabian desert, American des-
frt, and Great Sahara desert, are al
irriyated into oardeus where God walks