The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-01
Our Neighbors.
What They are Doing-Briefly Told by
the sifter's Intelligent stafof
Correspondents.
LONDONDERRY,


The first of series of Spiritual
meetings was held at Union Hall on
Sunday, Mrs. Sophia Craddock of
Concord, N. H., being the speaker
A fair audience was in attendance in
the forenoon and a larger one, as re-
ported, in the afternoon, your report
err not being present at this latter.
The meeting was opened with song
by the choir and prayer by the
speaker, addressed to the spirit of all
goodness, and closing with the desire
that the prayer be granted for human
ity's sake.
The speaker took for her subject,
one that had been given her, appro-
pirate to the day, "The unknown
dead" She announced, in the begin
ming, that the subject would be con-
tinued and made applicable to memo
rial in the afternoon. In the forenoon
the central idea of the discourse was
that there was no death but infinite
change. Upon all records have been
written dead, but the golden gates of
truth have been opened and out of
their food gates have poured knowl-
edge. GAS in Adam all die, even SO
In Christ shall all be made alive" In
the old it is written death in the new
infinite life. The new has brought
forth light beyond the material
The hull, the shell, the decomposed
matter goes back to earth the intelli-
gence, the spirit rises to higher planes.
There is nothing lost. To the earth
is given her dues, to all nature her
just recompense. You crush the beau
tiful flower in your hand its life is
bruised out but how sweet, how grand
ly the aroma arises, telling you that
it is not destroyed-there is no death
but life eternal. This great truth is
everywhere it is in the atmosphere.
But we can not gather up this intelli-
gence while sitting on rock. We
must 60 to the telephone office and
receive it from the spiritual operator
OF the grand unseen forces. The law
that governed John on Patmos and
threw its protecting care around Jesus
is in existence now. We are still in
the arms of mother nature. Knowl-
edge has broken the prison bars, and
the death stained mantle that has
long cursed humanity is replaced by
the beautiful golden baskets of peace
and rest.
The rapid utterance of the speaker
was an effectual bar to any other than
meager report, unless made by an
expert stenographer. The ideas above
given were fnlly calculated and illus.
trated, and in many parts eloquently
told, and was listened to with the
closest attention.
Mrs. Craddock will speak again at
the same place next Sabbath at
10: 80.
b. S. Wait has sold his gelding
horse to parties in Boston for 1865.
Z. E. Bacon, wife and son returned
from Sunderland Monday, where they
had been visiting for week.
f. L. Allen of Wardsboro has
been assisting his brother Elmer in the
store during the absence of Mr.
Bacon.
Mrs. Worthen, who has been at
work for Mrs Ella Payne, has gone
to the south village to work for Dr.
Wilmington.
Johnnie Reilly, who has been laid ur
with muscular rheumatism for the nast
two weeks, is able to walk about 1T
tie.
F. M. Leonard has bought bran
new buggy. That means one more tc
wash, Fred.
Our aged and esteemed friend
William Sutton, is suffering with =
heart difficulty. He has been very
sick for the past week.
Mrs. Don Wyman, who has been il
poor health for some time, was take,
suddenly worse Monday night. DR.
L.. ). Arnold was called. She is bet
ter at present but is in suffering con
dition.
The next meeting of the U. H. H
Society will be held on SATURDAY.. Jun,
9th, at Mrs. Fred Coleman's, at whicl
time the annual election of officers vii
occur All are cordially invited to b
present.