The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-07-27
AT THE CHURCHES.

At the Methodist church the pastor
spoke from first Corinthians, XVI, 9th.
"For a great door and eifectual is open
ed unto me and there are many adversa-
ries."
The speaker began by saying that it was
not his purpose to use the text with any
particular reference to the position it oc-
cupied in this chapter, but simply to draw
from it such lessons as the words sug-
gested, and Immediately took up the
thought of the great door opened by God
in the death of his son, Jesus Christ. He
then made passing mention of the worlds
progress since the time of Christ, and
said:
"While we are marching onward with
wonderful rapidty, and the standard of
human intelligence is being raised higher,
yet, the door to Gods mercy is the same
now as it was when Paul wrote the letter
to the Corinthians, from which our text
is taken. Men may seek to discover a
new door and a-new way leading heaven-
ward but the Bible confronts them, and
the words of Christ meet them ~ am
the door by me if any man enter in he
shall be saved And again: 81 am the way
the truth and the life" 1t is a fact that
many deny the truth of the Bible in whole
or in part. We have the Higher Criti-
cism, so called. 1t is the work of learned
men and its logic is interesting, but while
men attack the sacred record and oppose
our system of religion as it exists, so far
as know, they offer no substitute.
But another thought: the ques-
tion might be asked, with SO many differ
ent systems of religion in existence how
am to know which is right? l find
Christianity with its Bible, Mohammedan-
ism with its Koran, Buddhism which is
the religion of over five hundred millions
of our race, and many others, each one
having advocates and opposed to every
other system, how am to know which is
right? Choose the one that God upholds
and the one that lifts man the highest,
and with this as base for choice l ven
ture to say that Christianity will be the
one taken
The speaker Illustrated by showing
what the Christian religion had done for
different countries and individuals, then
showed how repentance gave entrance
through the door God had provided and
how faith is an essential element in the
salvation of every person. And after
speaking further on the plan of redemp-
tion closed as follows:
''If the Bible be not true how greatly
the world has been deceived. But if it
is true, and l believe that it is, how i'm
portant that every one should enter while
the door is now open. How sad viii be
the cry "too late or sit might have BEEN
when some one having neglected the pro-
visions of God in this life is banished
from His presence and meets, instead of
reward for service, retribution for his
neglect. "Seek ye the Lord while he may
be found call upon him while he is near
AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
Rev. Mr.. Wood took for his text Acts,
XXIV, 25th, last clause:
go thy way for this time when have
a convenient season | will call for thee. y
The pastor said in brief:
The most important question for a man
to consider is that which touches his life
and character the closest.
Many and important questions are pre-
senting themselves every day for the con-
sideration of thinking men and women.
Investigation is the order of the day. Yet
question of great and of vital import
ance is confronting us every day of our
lives, question both personal and prac-