The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-07-19

but that does not bring back good phys
ical condition. said to minister Of
the gospel ono Sabbath at the close OF
tho service, "Where are you preaching
now2' "Oh," he says, IL am hot
preaching. am suffering from the phys
ical effects of early sin, can't preach
now; am sick +" A consecrated man
he now is, and he mourns bitterly oven
early sins, but that does not arrest theii
bodily effects,
The simple fact is that men and wom-
on often take 30 years of their life to
build up Influences that require all the
rest of their life to break down. Talk
about man beginning life when no Is
81 years of age; talk about woman be-
ginning life when she is IS years of age
All, mol In many respects that is the
tims they close life, In nine eases
out of ten al the questions of eternity
are decided before that Talk ahotit d
majority of men getting their fortunes
between 80 and 40! They get or lose
fortunes between 10 and 30. When You
tell me that d man is Just beginning
life, tell you he is just closing it. The
next so years will not be of as mulch in
portance to him as the first go.
Cannot Re tpdone,
Now, why do l say thisl Is Il FOR the
annoyance of Those who have only a
baleful retrospection? You know that is
not my way. / say it for the benefit of
young men and women. / want them to
understand that eternity is wrapped up
IN this hour; that the sins Of youth we
heysr get bver; that you are now fash
ioning the mold i'll which -FOUR great
future is to run; that minute, instead
Of being 60 seconds long, is made up of
everlasting ages. You can see what dig
nifty and importance this gives to the
life of all our young folks. Why, in the
light of this subject life is not some
thing 10 be frittered away, not some
thing to be smirked about; not some
thing to be danced out, but something
to be weighed in the balances of eternity.
Oh, yonng man, the sin Of yesterday,
the Sin Of tomorrow will reach over TO-
coo years--aye, over the groa, AM mend
ing eternity. You may after awhile
say: 81 am very sorry. Now have got
to be 30 or 40 years Of age, and l do
wish | had never committed those sins. :"
What does that amount tor God may
pardon you, but undo those things You
never will you never can.
In this same categbrs q irr61ocable
mistakes put all parental neglect We
begin the education of our children too
late, By the time they get to be 10 or
Is t6 Walks hi fo' our mistakes, and try
to eradicate this bad habit ana change
that, but it is too late That parent who
omits in the first ten years of the child's
life to make an eternal impression for
Christ hevef makes it. The child will
probably go on with ali the diBadtan.
tages, which. might have been avoided
by parental faithfphess. Now you see
what mistake that father Of mother
makes who puts off to late life adher-
ence to Christ. Here is a man who at 90
years of age says to you, 81 must be q
Christian, and he yields his heart to
God and sits in the place OF prayer to-
day Christian None Of Us can doubt
it. He goes home, and he says Here
at so years of age have given my heart
to the Saviour. Now must establish
family altar" What? Where are your
children now? One III Boston, another
in Cincinnati. another in New Orleans,
and you, my brother, at your fiftieth
year going to establish your family al
tRcr Very well, better late than never,
but alas, alas, that son did not do it 25
years ago!
Too Late.
When I was in Chamouni, Switzer-
land, saw in the window of one of the
shops q picture that impressed my
mind very much. It was d picture of an
accident that occurred on the side of
one Of the Swiss mountains. A company
of travellers, with guides, went up some
very steep places-places which but few
travellers attempted to go up: They
were, as all travellers are there, fastened
together with cords at the waist, so that
if one slipped the rope would hold him,
the rope fastened to the others. Passing
along the most dangerous point, Que of
the guides Slipped, and they all started
down the precipice But after awhile
one more muscular than the rest struck
his heels into the ice and stopped, but
the rope broke, and down, hundreds and
thousands of feet, the rest went.
And so see whole families bound to.
gether by ties of affection and in many
cases walking on slippery places of
worldliness and sin. The father knows
=! aud the mother knows it, and they
are bound all together, After awhile
they begin to slide down sleeper ard
sleeper, and the father becomes alarm
ed, and he stops, planting his feet ON
the rock Of ages" He stops, but the
rope breaks, and those who were once
tied fast to him by moral and spiritual
influences go over the preoipice. Oh,
there is such thing as coming to Christ
soon enough to save ourselves, but not
soon enough to save others.
How many parents wake up in the
latter part OF life to find out the mis-
take! The parent says, Il have been too
lenient, or "have been too severe in
the discipline of my children. If had
the little ones around me again, how
different l would DOR You will never
have them around again. The work is
done the bent to the character Is given
the eternity is decided l say this to
Young parents those who ara On and 20
Or 30 years of age--haye the family altar
tonight. How do you suppose that ia
Their felt as he leaned over the couch of
his dying child, and the expiring SOIL
said to him. Father, you Have been
very good to me. You have given me a
fine education, and you have placed me
in fine social position, you have done
everything for me i'll a worldly sense
but, father, You never told me how to
die. Now am dying, and am afraid "
Unkindness to the Departed.