The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-09-28

ty In your wife's name. You might or,
until the day Of Judgment for pardon
but you would not get it without frs
making restitution. In times of pros
perity it is right, against rainy day
to assign property to your wife, but il
in time Of perplexity and for tho SAX,
OF defrauding your creditors, you max,
such assignment you become culpSi
before God, and you may as we'll stoy
praying until you havo made restitu
tion. Or suppose one man loans another
money on bond or mortgage, with tn,
understanding that the mortgage car
lie quiet for several years, but as soor
as tho mortgage is given commence.
foreclosure-the sheriff mounts the auo-
ton block, and the property is struck
down at half price, and the mortgages
buys 1t in. The mortgage started to 80,
the property at half price and is thiei
and a robber Until he makes restitu.
tion thoro Is no mercy for him.
There Niue. DO Restitution.
You say; 81 cannot make restitution.
The parties whom l swindled are gone. 4"
Then i say, Take the money up to the
American Bible society and consecrate
it to God. " Zaccheus was wise when he
disgorged his unrighteous gains, and il
was his first step in the right direction.
The way being clear, Christ walked
into tho house of Zaocheus He becomes
q different man; his wife different
woman; the children are different. Oh,
1t makes great change in any house
when Christ comes into it'll How many
beautiful homes are represented among
you! There are pictures on the wall,
there is music in the drawing room, and
Injuries in the wardrobe, and full
supply in the pantry. Even if you were
half asleep, there is one word with
which l could wake you and thrill
You through and through, and that
word is "homep There are also
houses of suffering represented in which
there are neither pictures nor ward
roao nor adornment-only one room,
aud II plain cot, or bunk in a corner
Yet it is the place where your loved
ones dwell, and your whole nature
tingles with, satisfaction when you
think Of it and call it home. Though
the world may scott at us and pursue
us, and all the day we be tossed about,
at evontide we sail into the harbor Of
home. Though there be no rest for us
in the busy world, and we go trudging
about, bearing burdens that well nigh
crush us, there is a refuge, and it hath
an easy chair in which we may sit, and
a lounge where we may lie, and seren-
ity of peace in which we may repose,
and that refuge is home. The English
soldiers, sitting on the walls around
Sovastopol, one night heard company
Of musicians playing "Home, Sweet
Home. and 1t is said that the whole
army broke out in sobs and wailing, so
great was their inconsistencies. God pity
the poor, miserable wretch who has no
home!
If Christ Came to Your House.
Now, suppose Christ should come
into your house. First the wife and the
mother would feel his presence. Re-
ligion almost always begins there 1t is
easier for women to become Christians
than for us men. They do not fight SO
against God. If woman tempted man
away from holiness, now she
tempts him back. She may not make
any fuss about it, but somehow every
body in the house knows that there is
change in the wife and mother She
chides the children more gently. Her
face sometimes lights up with an un-
earthly glow. She goes into some unoc-
cupied room for a little while, and the
husband goes not after her, nor asks
why she was there. He knows without
asking that she has been praying. The
husband notices that her face is brighter
than on the day when, years ago, they
stood at tire marriage altar, and he
Knows that Jesus has been putting upon
her brow wreath sweeter than the
orange blossoms. She puts the children
to bed, not satisfied with the formal
prayer that they once offered, but she
fingers now and tells them of Jesus
who blessed little children and of the
good place where they all hope to be at
last. And then she kisses them good
night with something that the child
feels to be a heavenly benediotion-
that shall hold onto the boy
after he has become man 40 or SO |
years of age, for there is something in a
good, loving, Christian mothers kiss |
chat 30 years cannot wipe off the cheek |
Ills Troubled Conscience.
Now the husband is distressed ano
and almost vexed If she |
would on.y speak to hin, he woult.
blow her up" He does not like to say |
anything about it, but he knsws thai
The has hope that he has not and
oeaca that ho has not He knows that
lying as he now is, he cannot go to the
anne place. He cannot stand it any
onger. Some Sunday night, as they sill
n the church sida by side, the floods Of
lis soul break forth. He wants to pray,
,ut does not know how. He hides his
ace lest some Of his worldly friends sec
i'm, bat C"d's spirit arouses him, melts
i'm, overwhelms him. And they 20
ONE, husband and wife, in silence, I'M
Il they get to e.. room, when he cries
ut, "Oh. psay Tor me!' And they
neel down. They cannot speak The
7ords will not como. But God does not
rant any words. He looks down and
nswers sob and groan and outgushing
enderness. That night they do not
leep any for talking of all the years
7asted and OF that Saviour who ceased
OF to call. Before morning they have
aid their plans for new life. Morn
ng comes. Father and mother descend
rom the bedroom. The children do not
now what is tne matter They never
aw father with Bible in his hand be-
ire. He says, Come, children; want
on all to sit down while we read and
ray. The children look at each other
nd are almost disposed to laugh, but
ley see their parents are in deep ear.
est. 1t is short chapter that the father
eads. He is gosd reader at other
mes, but now he docs not get OH much.
lie sees SO much to linger on. His voice
'embles. Everything is so strangely new
him. They kneel-that is, the father
nd mother do, but the children come
own one by one. They do not know that