The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-04-26
Bin is luxury now; it is Oxhilaration

the dead; it is stripping the slain. Give
1t up today-givo it up Oh, how you
have been cheated on, my brother. from
one thing TO anotheri All these years
you have been under an evil mastery
that you understood not. What have
your companions done for you? What
have they done for your health? Nearly
TUNED it by carousal. What have they
Done for your fortune? Almost scattered
1t by spendthrift behavior What have
thoy done for your reputation Almost
ruined it with good mon. What have
they demo for y9ur immortal soul? Al
most insured its overthrow.
You are fastening on toward the con-
summation of all that IL sad, Today
you stop and think but II Is only for a
moment. and then you will tramp on,
and at the close Of this service You will
20 out, and the question will be, How
did you like the sermonT And ono
man will say, II liked it very we'll"
and another man will say, II didn't
like it at all" but neither Of the an
swers will touch the tremendous fact
that if impenitent you are going BIT 30
knots an hour toward shipwreck. Yea,
You are in battle where you will fall,
and while your surviving relatives will
take your remaining estate and the cent
etery will take your body tho incssen-
gers of darkness will take your soul and
come and go about you, stripping the
slain.
Brought to Life.
Many are crying out, II admit am
Slain; admit it, On what battlefield,
my brothers? BY whst weapon? "Pol-
futed imagination, says ohe pan; In
tJsioating liquor" says another man;
my OWL Bard heart" says another
man. Do you realizo thiaf Then come
to tell you that the omcipotefft Christ
Is ready to walk across this battlefield
and revive and resuscitate and resurrect
sSuf lead soui Let him take your hand
and rub away the i:,snsness, your head
and bathe off the aching, your heart and
stop it's wild throb. He brought Lazarus
to life, ho brought Jairus' daughter to
life he brought the young man of Main
to life, and these are three proofs any
bdw that he can bring you to life,
When tic Philistines came down on
the field, they stepped betwec" the
ssfpses; and they rolled over tho dead,
and thyy took away everything that was
valuable And SO it vas with the peo-
bic that followed after the armies at
charlottesville and at Pittsburg Land.
ing and at Stone River and at Atlanta,
stripping the slain, but the htrthern and
sSnthern women-God bless them -
came iii shs field with basins and pads
and towels and fiht and tordials and
Christian encouragement, and the poor
fellows that lay there lifted up theif
arms and said, "Oh, how good that does
feel sines you dressed TIP And others
looked up and said, "Oh, how you
make me think Of my ffi6therP' And
6thefs said, "Tell the folks at home ]
died thinking about them. I" And anoth-
81 looked up and said, Miss won't
S6a tifg mo verse Of Home. Sweet
Home, before l dts7'' And then the tat
too was sounded, and the hats were off,
Ind the service was read, II am the res.
direction find the life." And in honor
Of the departed the i1uskets were load
ed and the command given, Present
Aref' And there was single set ur
at the head of the grave, with the ep-
itaph Of Lieutenant zsSs- in the Four
tenth Massachusetts, regulate" OF
"t.aptain - in the Fifteenth regi-
ment II South Carolina volunteers. )"
And SO now, across this great field Of
moral and spiritual battle, the angels
Of God como walking among the slain,
and there are voices Of comfort and
voices Of hope and voices Of resurrection
and voices Of heayefi.
A Tragedy Recalled.
One igbt Isaw a tragedy on the cor
ner Of Broadway and Houston street. A
Joung man, evidently doubting as to
which direction he had better take, his
hat lifted high enough SO that You could
see he had au intelligent forehead, stout
ehest; he had robust development.
6plendid young man. Cultured young
man. Honored young man. Why did he
stop there while SO many were geing up
and down? The fact is that every
man has good angel and bad angel
entehdins for the mastery Of his spirit,
and there were q good angel and bad
angel struggling with that young mans
soul at the corner Of Broadway and
Houston street. "Come with Inc, !" said
the good angelI II will take you home;
1 will spread my wings over your pill
low; will lovingly escort you all
through life under supernatural protec-
ton; I will bless every cup you drink
out Of, every couch yea rest on, every
doorway you enter; / will consecrate
your tears when you weep, your sweat
when you toll, and at the last will
hand over your grave into tho hand
of the bright angel Of Christian resur
rection. In answer to your fathers petit
ton and your mothers prayer have
beeh sent Of the Lord out of heaven to
be your guardian spirit. Come with
me,'' said the good angel in voice Of
unearthly symphony. It was music
like that which drops from a lutte Of
heaven when seraph breathes on 1t.
"No, no." said the bad angel; "come
with me; I have something better to
offer. The wines pour are from chalices
OF bewitching carousal the dance lead
Is over floor tessellated with unrestrain-
ed indulgcnces; there is no God to
frown ON tho temples of sin where !
worship. The skies are Italian. The
paths l tread arc through meadows,
daisied and primrosed. Come with me- ="
The young man hesitated at time
when hesitation was ruin, and the bad
angel smote the good angel until it de-
parted, spreading wings through the
Starlight upward and away until door
flashed open in the sky and forever the
wings vanished That was the turning
point in that Young mans history, for.
the good angel flown, he hesitated no
longer, but started on n pathway which
Is beautiful at the opening, but blasted
at the last. The bad angel, leading the
way, opened gate after gate, and at
each gate the road became rouaher and