The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-09-06
THE LONDONDERRY SIFTER

TO begin in heaven. But grander than
that was the testimony of tho worn out
first missionary, when, in tho Manner.
tine dungeon, no cried, l am now
ready to DO offered, and the time of my
departure IL at hand; have fought the
good fight, l have finished my course,
have kept the faith henceforth there
Is laid up for n6 d crown of righteous,
ness which the Lord, the righteous
Judge, will give me in that day, and
not to me only, but to all them that
love his appearingl" Do you not SEQ
that Christ is chief in dying allevia.
tons?
Toward the last hour of our earthly
residence we are speeding. When | see
the sunset, say, Zone day less to
live" When SEQ the spring blossoms
Scattered, l say, "Another season gone
forever" When | close the Bible ON
Sabbath night, l say; H&h5ther Sabbath
departed, When 1 bury friend, l
say, Another earthly attraction gone
forever, F." What nimble feet the wears
have! The roebucks and the ightnings
run not so fast. From decade to decade,
from sky TO sky, they go at bound.
there is place for us, whether marked |
or not, where you and will sleep the |
last sleep, and the men are now living |
who will, with solemn tread, carry us
to our resting place. Aye, it is known
IN heaven whether our departure will be
coronation or a Punishment. Brighter
than banqueting hall through. which
the light feet of the dancers go up and
down to the sound Of trumpeters will be
the sepulcher through whose lifts the
holy light of heaven streameth God
Will watch you. He will send his
angels to guard your slumbering dust
until, at Christ's behest, they shall roll
away the stone.
Christ In Heaven.
&c. also, Christ is chief of heaven.
The Bible distinctly says that Christ is
me chief theme of the celestial ascrip-
ion, all the thrones facing his throne,
III the palms waved before his face, all
he crowns down at his feet. Cherubim
Q cherubim, seraphim to seraphim, re- :
ieemed spirit to redeemed spirit shall
ecite the saviour's earthly sacrifice. {
Stand on some high hill of heaven,
ND III all the radiant sweep the most I
'lorious object will be Jesus. Myriads o
azing on the scars of his suffering, in c
Hence first, afterward breaking forth {
nto reclamation. The martyrs, all the t
urer for the flame through which they 6
assed, will say, "This is the Jesus for v
'hom we died" The apostles, all the Il
appier for the shipwreck and the O.
'ourging. through which they went, o.
III say, "This is the Jesus whom we
reached at Corinth, and at Cappadocia.
nd at Antioch, and at Jerusalem. ), =:
little children clad in white will say, Il
This is the Jesus who took us in his n
ms and blessed us, and when the fr
orms of the world were too cold and nj
ud brought us into this beautiful OIL
ACE. y The multitude of the hereft 1t
Ill say, This is the Jesus who com. b
rted us when our hearts broke" MANY
no wandered clear off from God and
nnged into yagabondism, but were
we'd by grace, will say: "This is the
sus who pardoned us. We we've lost M
the hotntains' and he brought us
me. Wewere guilty, ind he has made
white as snow" Mercy boundless ha
ace unparalleled. And then, after al
Oh one has recited his peculiar doliv- u
ances and peculiar mercies, recited mi
EN- as by solo, all the voices will tn
me together into great chorus, which la
II make the arches echo and re-echo Al
tn the eternal reverberation of tri- IS
lph. I'll
Edward I was SO anxious to go to the in
'ly Land that when he was about to tic
oire he bequeathed $lG0, 600 to have toi
heart, after his decease, taken to pr
Holy Land in Asia Minor, and his no
uest was complied with But there the
hundreds today whose hearts are al
dy in the Holy Land of heaven. wi
lere your treasures are, there are your bis
rts also. Quaint John Bunyan for
ght glimpse Of that place, and in del
quaint way he said: "And | heard in III
dream, and, lol the bells of tho city li'l
6 again for joy, and as they opened u u
gates to let iii the men l looked "a "a
after them, and, 10! the city shone s s!u
the sun, and there were streets of aii
l, and men walked on them harps IL
heir hands, to ring praises with all, '''7
after that they shut up the gates, ~,
ch, when had seen, l wished my 'io
among them - say