The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-12-06

range the backbone, and tho rivers tho
ganslia carrying life all through and
out to the extremitics, istLmus Of
Darien, the narrow waist Of a giant con-
tiAcnt, all TO lie under enc gov ernmont,
and all free, and all Christian, and the
scene Of Christ's porscsal reign on earth
if, according to the expectation Of many
good people, he shall at last set up his
throne in this world Who shall have
this hemisphere, Christ Or satan? Who
shall have tho shore Of her inland seas,
the silver Of her Nevadas, tho gold Of
her Colorados, tho telescopes OF her OBJ
sorvatories, tho brain OF her universities,
tho wheat Of her prairies, tho rice Of her
savannas, the two great ocean beaches
tho ono reaching from EaGin's bay to
Tierra del Tuego, and tie other from
Bering strait to Cape Horn-~and all
tho moral and temporal and spiritual
and everlasting interests OF a population
vast beyond all human computation?
Who shall have the hemisphere? You
and will decide that, or help to de-
eide it, by conscientious VOTE by earnest
prayer, by maintenance Of Christian in
situations, by support of great philan.
thropies, by putting body. mind and
soul on tho right side of all moral, re-
ligious and national movements.
The Final Needs.
All, it will not make any difference
to you or to me what becomes Of this
continent, so far as earthly comfort is
concerned All we will want of it will
be Z feet by 8, and that will take in
tho largest, and there will lie room and
to spare. That is all of this country we
will need very soon-the youngest of us
all. But We have an anxiety about the
welfare and the happiness of the genera
tions that arc coming On, and it will be
a grand thing if, when the archangel's
trumpet sounds, We find that our
sepulchre, like the ono Joseph CT Arima-
thea provided for Christ, is in the
midst Of garden.
Ono of tho seven wonders Of the world
TSas tho white marble watch tower Of
pharos Of Egypt, Sostratus, the archi
tect and sculptor, after building that
WATCH tONCIy Stit Iio VIZ AiAti
he covered it with plaster, and to please
the king he put the monarch's name on
the outside Of the plastering, and the
storms beat and the seas dashed in their
fury, ard TREY washed off the plaster
ing and they washed it cut, and they
washed it down, but the name of Sos
tratus was deep cut in the imperishabie
rock. So across the face Of this nation
there have been a great many names
written. across our finances, across our
religions, names worthy Of remembrance,
names written on the architecture Of our
churches. and our schools, and our asy-
luns, and Our homes of mercy, but God
is tho architect of this continent. and he
was the sculptor Of all its grandeurs,
and lcng after-through the wash of the
ages and the tempeSts Of centuries-all
other names shall be oblterated the
divine signature and divine name will
be brighter and brighter as the millen
NUNS go by, and the world shall see
that the God who made this continent
has redeemed it by his grace from oil
itAsorrows and from all its crimes.
The Mishtiest Agency.
Have you faith in such a thing as
that? After all the chaIiots have been
unwheeled, and after all the war char
gers have been crippled, the chariots
which Elisha saw Oh the morning of his
peril will roll on in triumph, followed
by all the armies OF heaven or white
I, a. IL ,.;, hut
ho viii not The weakest Of us, the
faintest of Ts, tho smallest Drained of
us, she'll have a part i'll the triumph.
We may not have our name, like the
name of Sostratus, cut i'll imperishable
rock and conspicuous fer centuries, but
we shall be remembered in Il better
place than that, even III tie heart Of
him who caiio 10 redeem Us aud redeem
the world and cur names VIII be seen
close to the signature Of his wound, for,
as today he throws ont his arms 10 Us,
he says, "Behold, have gl&vcn tLee
ON tho palms Of ny haud.' Ey tho
mightiest Of all agencies, ttg potency OF
prayer, beg you seek our na;iullal vel
fare
Some time ago there we've 4,GC0, COO
letters in the dead letter posttGite i'll
this city--letters that les, t-e.r way
but not enc prayer ever directed to the
heart of God miscarried. The way is all
clear for the ascent of your sQpplica-
tions heavenward i'll behalf Of this ma
ton. Before the postal communication
was SO easy, and long ago Oh rock Ice
feet high on the coast of England there
was barrel fastened to post, and in
great letters on the side Of the rock, SO
it could be seen far out at sea, We're the
words "Postoffice, and when ships
came by a boat put out to take aud fetch