The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-03-30

bell tower that used to call them TO wor-
ship, and above the old spire beside
which their prayers formerly assembled,
What triumphal procession never did
for a street, what an oratorio never Gid
for an academy, what an orator never
did for brilliant auditory, what ODE
lisk never did for a king, resurrection
morn will do for all the cemeteries.
This Easter tells us that in Christ's
resurrection our resurrection, If we are
his, and the resurrection Of all the pious
dead, Is assured, for he was "the first
fruits Of them that slept" Renan says
he did not rise, but $50 witnesses, 90 OF
them Christ's enemies, say he did rise,
for they saw him after he had risen. II
he did not rise, how did 60 armed soldiers
let him get away Surely 90 living sol.
diers ought to be able to keep one dead
man. Blessed be God! He did get away.
THR RECoGNITIoNs.
After his resurrection Mary Magda-
lene saw him. Cleopas saw him. Ten
disciples in an upper room at Jerusalem
saw him. On a mountain the II saw
him. Five hundred at once saw him.
Professor Ernest Renan, who did not
see him, will excuse us for taking the
testimony of the $50 who did see him.
Yes, yes, he got away. And that makes
me sure that our departed loved ones
and we ourselves shall get away. Freed
himself from the shackles of clod, he is
not going to leave us and ours in the
lurch.
There will be no doorknob on the in.
side of our family sepulcher, for we can
not come out of ourselves, but there is a
doorknob on the outside, and that Jesus
shall lay hold of, and, opening, will say.
Good morningl You have slept long
enough! Arise! Ariser' And then what
futter of wings, and what flashing Of
rekindled eyes, and what gladstone rush.
ing across the family lot, with cries of
Father, is that your" Mother, is that
your my darling, is that your "uow
you all have changed! The cough gone,
the Group gone, the consumption gone,
the paralysis gone, the WEAKNESS gone.
Come. let us ascend together The older
ones first, the younger ones next! Quick,
now, get into line! The skyward pro-
cession has already started! Steer now
by that embankment Of cloud for the
nearest gater'
And, as we ascend, on one side the
earth gets smaller until it is no larger
than mountain, and smaller until it is
no larger than palace, and smaller un.
til it is no larger than ship, and small
er until it is no larger than wheel, and
smaller until it is no larger than speck.
FAREWELL AND HAIL.
Farewell, dissolving earth! But on
the other side, as we rise, heaven at first
appears no larger than your hand. And
nearer it looks like chariot, and nearer
it looks like throne, and nearer it looks
like star, and nearer it looks like sun
and nearer it looks like universe. Hail
scepters that shall always wave! Hail
anthems that shall always roll! Hail
companionships never again to part
That is what resurrection day will dc
for all the cemeteries and graveyards
from the Machpelah that was opened by
Father Abraham in Hebron to the Mach
pelah yesterday consecrated. And that
makes Lady Huntington's immorta
rhythm most Apostle:
When thou, my righteous Judge, shalt come
To take thy ransomed people home,
Shall among them stand?
Shall such a worthless worm as I,
Who sometimes am afraid to die,
Be found at thy right hand2
Among thy saints let me be found.
Whenr'er tn archangel's trump shall sound
To see thy smiling face.
Then loudest of the throng I'll sing
While heavens resounding arches ring
With shouts of sovereign grace.