The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-11-16

Lord, mat i may receive my pignI
'1ord, save mo or ! perish" The Ion-
kest prayer, Solomon's prayer at che
dedication Of One temple, less than eight
minutes in length, according to the or
binary rate Of enuheiation. And just
hear them pray now that the prodigals
are coming home. just see them shake
hands. No putting forth of the four
tips of the fingers IN formal way, but
hearty grasp, where the muscles OF
the heart seem to clinch the fingers of
one hand around the other hand, And
then sec those Christian faces, how IL.
lumined they are And see that old
mali get up and with the same voice
that he sang 90 Years ago ia the old
country meeting house say, ''Eow,
I Lord, lettest thou thy servant depart
in peace, for mine eyes have seen thy
| salvation. There was man of Keith
! who was hurled into prison in time Of
pcrsctation, and one day be got off his
shackles, and he came and stood by the
prison door, and when the jailer was
J etering the door with one stroke he
struck down the man who had incar.
1eratod him.
Passing along the streets of London,
no wondered where his family was.
He did not dare to ask lest no excite
suspitisn. but passing along little
way from the prison he saw Keith
tankard, cup that belonged to the fam
lily from generation to generation. He
saw it in window. His family, hop
ing that some day he would get clear,
came hh6 lived as near as they could to
the prison house, and they set that
Ktith tankaId III she window, hoping
he would see it, and he came along and
saw it, and knocked at the door, and
went in, and the long absent family
were all together again. Oh, if you
would start for the kingdom Of God to-
day, / think some of you would find
nearly all your friends and nearly all
your families around the holy tankard
of the holy COMMUNICATIONS, moth
ers, brothers, sisters, around that sa-
cred tankard which commentaries the
| love of Jesus Christ our Lord! Oh, it
! will be great communion day when
your whole family sits around the sa-
cred tankard One ON earth, one in
heaven.
! JOY of the Redeemed.
Once more I remark that when the
prodigal gets back the inhabitants OF
heaven keep festival. am very certain
of it. If you have never seen tele-
graphic chart, You have no idea how
many cities are connected together and
how many lands. Nearly all the neigh,
borhoods of the earth seem reticulated,
and news flies from city to city and from
continent to continent But more rap.
idly go the tidings from earth to heav.
en-, and when prodigal returns it is
announced before the throne of God.
I And if these souls today should entel
the kingdom there would be some one
in the heavenly kingdom to say, "That's
my father" That's my mother, ~
"That's my son, THAT'S my daugh
ter, /" That's my friend, !" "That's the
one used to pray for, " "That's the ont
for whom wept so many tears, +" ant
one soul would say, "Hosanna" ant
another soul would say, "Halleluiahr
Pleased with the news, the saints below
In songs their tongues employ.
Beyond the skies the tidings go,
And heaven is filed with joy.
Nor angels can their Joy contain,
But kindle with new fire.
The sin.er lost is found, they sing,
AId'strike the sounding Tyre.
| At til BANQUET ofducullus sat Cice
! 70, the a ar 1Ittke Macedonian fes
4ktfratSk 4ueror At TIL,
Grecian banquet sat Socrates, the phi
losopher, but at our Fathers table 81
all the returned prodigals. more thai
conquerors. The table is so wide it
leaves reach across seas and acros
lands. Its guests are the redeemed o
earth and the glorified of heaven. TIL
ring of Gods forgiveness on every hand
the robe of a Saviour's Righteousness
adroop from every shoulder. The win
that glows in the cups is from the bowl
Of 10000 sacraments Let all the re
deemed of earth and all the glorified o
heaven arise, and with cleaning chalic
drink to the return of thousand prod
igals. Sing, sing, sing! Worthy is tn
lamb that was slain to receive blessin,
and riches and honor and glory ant
power, world without end!"