The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-05-31
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 81, 1895.

stood Slu,
Robert NcCheyne w2s consumptive
Presbyterian, Ii was said when no
preached he coughed so 1t seemed as II
he would never preach again. His name
name mightier today than was ever his
living presence. He lived to preach the
gospel in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Dun
dee, but he went away very early. He
preached himself into the grave, Has
Robert McCheyne's sun set? Is Robert
McCheyne's day ended? Oh, no! His
dying delirium was filled with prayer,
and when he lifted his hand to pro-
nounce tho benediction upon his family
and'th benediction upon his country no
seemed to say: 81 cannot die now. l
want to live on and ON. want to start
an influence for the church that will
never cease. I am only 80 years of age,
Sun of my Christian ministry, stand still
over Scotland" And it stood still
Tho Dead Hero.
But 1t is time for Joshua to go home.
He is 40 years old, Washington went
down the Potomac, and at Mount Yer
non closed his days. Wellington died
peacefully at Apsley House. Now, where
shall Joshua rest? Why, he is to have
his greatest battle now. After 10 years
he has to meet a king who has more
subjects than all the present population
of the earth, his throne pyramid of
skulls, his parterre the graveyards and
the cemeteries of the world, his chariot
the worlds hearse-the king of terrors.
But if this is Joshuas greatest battle it
is going to be Joshua's greatest victory.
He gathers his friends around him and
gives his valedictory, and it is full Of
Renaissance, Young men tell what they
are going to do Old men tell what they
have DONE
And as you have heard a grandfather
or a great grandfather seated by tho
evening fire, tell of Monmouth or York
town and then lift the crutch or staff as
though it were q musket to fight and
show how the old battles were won, so
Joshua gathers his friends around his
| dying couch, and he tells them the story
of what he has been through, and as he
lies there, his white locks showing
down on his wrinkled forehead, i Won
der if God has kept his promise all the
way throush-the promise of the text.
As he lies there he tells the story one,
two or three times-you have heard old
people tell story two or three times
overland he answers: 81 go the way
Of all the earth, and not one word Of
the promise has failed, not one word
thereof has failed. All has come tc
pass; not one word thereof has failed. y
| And then he turns to his family as 9
dying parent will, and says: "Choost
now whom you will serve-the God o.
Israel Or the God of the Amorites. Al
for me and my house, we will serve the
Lord" A dying parent cannot be reck
less or thoughtless in regard to his chill
dren. Consent to part with them at thu
door of the tomb we cannot By tn,
cradle in which their infancy was rock
ed, by the bosom on which they frs
lay, by the blood Of the Covenant, b,
the God Of Joshua, it shall not be. W,
| WILL uOb pttlt- cSIONal
Jireh, we take thee at thy promise, {"
will be God to thee and thy seed afte
thee"
Dead, the old chieftain must be lalt
out. Handle him very gently. That sa
cred body is over 40 years of age La,
him out. Stretch out those feet tina
walked dry shod the parted Jordan
Close those lips which helped blow tn
blast at which the walls of Jericho fell
Fold the arm that lifted the spear to
ward the doomed city Of All. Fold
right over the heart thdt exulted whel
the five kings fell But where shall W
get the FURNISHED granite for the head
stone and the footstone? l bethink my
self now l imagine that for the head
shall be the sun that stood still upo
Gideon, and for the foot the moon tina
stood still in the valley of Ajalon.