The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-03-15

who charmed us on earth will more
nightly charm rs In heaven, Great
music hall Of eternity! May you and I
DO there some day to acclaim when the
"Halleluiah Chorus" Is Weakened. As
on earth there have been harmonies
made up of other harm9pies, strain Of
music from this cantata, and strain
Of music from that overture and bar
from this and bar from that, but one
great tune or theme, into which all the
others were poured as rivers into sea,
30 1t may be given DO tile inightiest soul
In the heavenly world I'd gather some
thing from all the sacred songs we have
sung on earth, or which have boon sung
n oil tho ages, and roll them on in eter-
nal symphony but tho one great theme
and the one overwhelming tdno that
shall carry all before Ii and tiplift all
heaven from central, throne to farthest
gate of pearl and to highest capstone Of
amethyst will be, unto him who loved
Us and washed us from our sins IN his
own blood, and made us kings and
priests unto God and the Lamb, to him
be gloryl" That will be mama enough
for all heaven to feed on. That will be
o banquet for immortals. That will DO
angels food.
Mighty Enterprises.
Now, In the emerald palace Of heav.
en-, let the cupbearors and servants of
the king remove this course from tho
banquet and bring on another course Of
angels food, which is laying out Of
mighty enterprise The Bible let's MS
know positively that tho angels have
ouf%orld's affairs On their heart. They
afford the rapid transit from world tc
world. Ministoring spirits, escorting
spirits, defending spirits, guardian
spirits--yea. they have all worlds ON
their thought We are told they sang
together Mt the creation, and that i'm
piled not only the creation Of our world,
but of other worlds. Shall they plan
only for our little planet and be nncon-
cerned for planet 800 times largerf
No. They have all the galaxies under
their observation. Mighty schemes Of
helpfulness to DO laid out and executed,
shipwrecked worlds, to be lowed in,
planetary FIRES to DO put out, demoniao
hosts riding up to be hurled back and
down. These angels of light unhorse an
Apollyon with one stroke of battleax
celestial. They talk these matters all
over. They bend toward each other in
sublimest colloquy. They have cabinet
meetings Of winged immortals, They
assemble the mightiest of them in holy
consultation. They plan out stellar, In
har, solar, consolidated achievement,
They vie with each other as to who
Shall do the grandest thing for the eter-
halls. They compose doxologies for the
temple of the sun. They preside over
eoronations. If in the great organ of the
universe one key gets out Of tune, they
plan for its returning No Undertaking
is go difficult, no post Of duty is SO dis
tant, 10 mission is SO stnpendous but
at Gods command they are gladly OBJ
tanned.
4 supernaai Repast.
When they sit together in heavens
places, Gabriel and Michael, the arch
angel, and the angel that pointed Hagar
to the fountain in the desert, and the
angel that swung open the prison door
of delivered Peter, and the angels who
rae to be the reapers at the end of the
world, and the angel that stood by Paul
to encourage him on the laundering corn
ship of Alexandria, and the two angels
that sentineled the tomb Of Christ, and
the four angels that St. John saw in
Apocalypse at the four corners of the
earth, and the IL angels that guard the
10 swinging pearls, and the 10000
charioted angels that the psalmist de-
scribed, and more radiant than all of
them put together. and mightier than
all, and lovelier than all, 1.-THE Angel
of the Covenant" the cadences of his
voice, the best music that ever entranc.
ed mortal or immortal ears, his smile
another noon risen on midnoon, his
presence enough to make heaven If
there were no other attraction-I say,
when they meet together in the council
chambers close to the throne-ah, that
will be regalement infinite. That will
be repast supernal. That will be an
gels Wood. And one Of my exciting an
ticipations of heaven is the prospect Of
seeing and talking with some Of them,
Why not? What did they come out for
on the balcony ON that Christmas night
and sing for our world, if they did not
want to be- put in communication with
us? know the serenade was In Greek,
but they knew that their words would
be translated in all languages. II they
thought themselves too good to have
anything to do with us, would they
have dropped Christmas carols upon the
Shepherds as bad as any Of us have ever
been? Aye! If they sang for mortals,
will they not sing for us when we be-
come immortals?
The Man Who Laughs.
Now, in the emerald palace Of heav-
en-, let the cupbearers and servants of
the king remove this course from the
banquet and bring on another course
Of angels food-the last course and
the best, the dessert, the elimination
of the feast, which is celebrative judi
lance. You and have known people
who prided themselves on never getting
excited. They have cultivated the phleg-
matte. You never saw them cry; you
never heard them in burst of laugh
ter. They are monotonous and to me in
tolerable. l am afraid Of man Or
woman that cannot cry; am afraid Of
man or a woman who cannot laugh.
Christ says in the book Of Revelation that
such people are to him nauseating and
cause regurgitation-(Re Revelation iii, 16)
Because thou art lukewarm and neither
cold not hot / will spew thee out of my
mouth" But the angels in heaven have
no stolidity or unresponsiveIess. There
is one thing that asiiatcs them into
holy warmth. We know that absolute
ly. If their harp be hung up on the
panels of amethyst, they take it down
and with -doft fingers pull from among
the strings a cantiCle They run in to
their neighbors on the same golden street
and tell the good news If Miriam has
there cymbals anything like those with