The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-04-05

inenL In Gn awful dash IN ocean drop
ped from the sky and another folled Of
from beneath, and God rolled the eartf
and sky into one wave Of universal do
struetion, ..l
Oatsids the Ark.
So men now put OIL going into the
ark. They say they will wait 20 years
first They will have a little longer time
with their worldly associates They will
wait until they get older. They say
"You cannot expect man of my at
tainments and Of my position to sur
render myself just how. But lHoro the
storm comes l will 20 in. Yes, win.
know what / am about Trust mep Aft.
or awhile, 6ne night about IL O'Clock,
| going homo, no passes scaffolding just
as gust Of wind strikes it, and plank
! falls. Dead, and outside the ark! Or,
riding in the park, q reckless vehicle
crashes into him, and his horse becomes
unmanagoable, and he shouts, "Whoa,
whoap and takes another twist in the
reins and plants his feet against the
dashboard and pulls back. But no uso.
1t Is hot SO much down the avenue that
he flies as on the way to eternity. Out
Of the'wrock of rthe crash his body is
drawn, but his soul is not picked mp. Il
fed behind swifter eourser into the
great future. Dead. and otitsids the ark
Or some night he wakes up with dis
tress,a that ,nofnentarily increases until
he shrieks ont With f'niri, The doctors
come in, and they give him 30 drops. bat
no relief; 40 drops, so drops, 60 drops,
but no relief. No time for prayer No
time 20 read one of the promises No
time to get single sir, pardoned. The
whole house is aroused in alarm. Tho
children scream. The wife faints. The
pulses fail. The heart stops The soul
flies. Dead, and outside the ark
have no doubt thai dsrision kept
MANY people Out Of the ark The world
laughed to see a mali 60 Iii and said;
Here is d man starting for the ark.
Why, there viii BE- no deluge. If there
is one, that miserable ship will not
weather it. Aha, going into the ark
Well, thaS Is teG good to keep. Here,
fellows, have you heard the news9 This
man is going into the arkl" Under this
artillery, of scorn the mans good resolu-
ton persisted.
And SO there are hundreds kept ont
by the fear Of derision. The young man
asks himself: "What would they say at
the etore tomorrow morning if should
become d Christianf When I go down
te the clubhouse, they will shout, Here
bomes tlikf hew Christian. Suppose you
will not have anything ID DO with us
now. Suppose you are praying how.
Get down on your knees, and let us hear
you pray. Come, now, give us touch.
Will not do it, eh? Pretty Christian, you
areP " 1sit not the fear of being laugh
I'd at that keeps you out Of the kingdom
CT God? Which Of these scorhers will
help you at the lastf When you lie down
on dying pillow, which Of them will be
there9 In the day of eternity will they
bail you QUIT
An invitation.
My friends and neighbors, comic in
right away. Come in through Christ,
the wide door-the door that swings
out toward you. Come in, and be saved.
Some aud be happy, 1.-The Spirit and
the Bride say, Come Room in the ark /
Room in the ark
But do not come alone. The text IN
Fftes you to bring your family. 1t says,
'"Thou and thy sons and thy wife" You
cannot drive them in If Noah had tried
to drive the pigeons and the doves int
The ark, he would only have scattered
them. Some parents are not wise about
these things They nfake iron rules
about Sabbaths, and they force the cate
chism down the throat as they would
hold the child's nose and force down a
dose of rhubarb and calomel. You can
not drive your children Into the ark.
You can draw your children to Christ,
but you cannot coerce them. The cross
was lifted not to drive, but to draw.
If / be lifted up, I will draw all men
unto me-" AS the sun draws up the
drops of the morning dew SO the sun Of
righteousness eshales the tears Of re.
pentance.
Be sure that you bring your husband
and wife with you. How would Noah
have felt if, when he hear d the rain pat
tering on the roof of the ark, he knew
that his wife was outside In the storm?
No; she went with him. And yet some
Of you are on the ship outward bound"
for heaven. But your companion is un.
sheltered. You remember the day when
the marriage ring was set. Nothing has
yet been able to break it. Sickness came,
and the finger shrank, but the ring staid
on. The twain stood alone above the
ohild's grave, and the dark mouth of the
tomb swallowed up thousand hopes,
but the ring dropped not into the open
grave. Days Of poverty came, and the
hand did many hard days work, but
the rubbing Of the work against the ring
only made 1t shine brighter. Shall that
ring ever be lost? Will the iron olang
of the sopulcher gate crush it forever?
pray God that you who have been mar
ried on earth may be together in heav-
en-. Oh, by the quiet bliss of your earth
ly home, by the babes cradle, by all
the vows of that day when you started
life together, l beg You to see to it that
you both get into the ark.
For the Whole Family.
Come in, and bring your wife or your
husband with you-not by fretting about
feligion or dingdonging them about re-
ligion, but by consistent life and by
compelling prayer that shall bring the
throne Of God down into your room. Go
home and take up the Bible and read 1t
together. and then kneel down and CON-
mend your souls to him who has watch
ed you all these years, and before you
rise there will be futtering of wings
over your head, angel crying to angel,
"Behold, they pray"
But this does not include all your
family. Bring the children too. God
bless the dear childronl What would
our homes be without themp We may
have done much for them. They have
done more for u.s. What salve for a
wounded heart there is in the soft palm
Of child's hand! Did harp or flute ev-
or have such music as there is in q
child's good night?" From our coarse,