The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-06-22

which the speaker closed as follows
While times have changed and men have
Ichanged and different condition OF
things confront us, yet there is need OF
work now the same as there was then
Christianity is progressive but its progress
have embraced it, Our position in the
field of Christian labor may not be as
high as that of another, yet our work,
though apparently Of little value, is nee
esSary aud needed and is taken note of by
God who sees the flling sparrow.
AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
The Pastor, Rev n. A. Wood,
took for his text Psalms XXlI: %:
"Al the ends Of the world shall remem-
Der and turn unto the Lord and all kin
dreds # the nations shall worship before
thee In reading the verse from which
our text is taken, one is impressed with
the Messiahs missionary spirit, 1t is ev-
identity his grand consolation that Jehovah
will be known throughout the whole
world.
desire to dwell particularly upon a
a phase of the rcdecmer's work which un-
der God is doing much to bring about the
glorious prediction of our text, namely
the WomanS Home and Foreign mission
airy societies. The former was organized
in 1877 and the latter in 1871. The pri-
mary object has been the evangelization
of women in home and foreign lands. A
special work along special lines for a def
mite object, if that object be the honoring
of God, has always had the blessing of
God. How is the text being but filled to-
day? |. By the discriminating of the word
of God in every land. 1t is a fact that
wherever the gospel is proclaimed man
kind is elevated. Wherever the gospel
has gone it has left its impression in the
social and spiritual betterment of the ma
ton, and that nation has merged from
darkness into light. We have but to look
at the statistical report of the missionary
movement among the women for the last
quarter OF half century to see how mar
velously God has wrought and blessed his
work among the down trodden and wretch
ed women of eastern countries. The gos-
pei which is the power of God unto saliva
ton has reached and raised them into a
new life and new hope. Not only is this
true in foreign lands but in our own
country, as well. Nowhere upon earth is
woman upon whom, in all lands falls the
heaviest burden of degradation, a greater
sufferer from heathenish superstitions,
idotatrous rites, and domestic immortali-
ty than within our own territory. The
degradation of women in Alaska is with
out PARALLEL in any enlightened nation.
Does not this condition of things awaken
in US a desire for a better condition of
things, and a longing to see the kingdoms
of this world becoming the kingdoms OF
our God and his Christ when, from the
least to the greatest, all shall know God.
The value of education in the truths of
the Bible is no longer an unsolved prob
lem in missionary fields both at home and
abroad. BY the side of Paganism ii is
like the two edged sword coming out of
the mouth of God, and over the wide re-
gions of moral desolation it pours the
water of life. The Bible now declares
the wonderful work of God in hundreds
of different languages Education must
be diffused, schools erected, teachers sent
out, literature spread broadcast books
provided. Never as now has there been
greater need for missionary zeal among
the churches. Never as now has there
been such mighty studies made in Christ
ianizing and evangalizing the sons Of
men Never as now is woman being re-
stored to her rightlul position in the sight
of God and man. And let me ask have
we done what we could to help along the
glorious prediction of our text? Have we
offered prayer enough; have we given
literally enough? Let us ask ourselves
these questions as church and as indiyid-
nails, and may God incline our hearts to
do even more in the future than we have
done in the past for the cause of mis-
sions.