The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-25


aster, They are running for reward.
And those who run the fastest and run
the longest seem best to succeed, But my
text suggests rcstful posture for all
Gods children, for all those who for q
lifetime havo been ON the run. "They
shall sit DOWN. Why run any longer!
When man gets heaven, what more
can no got? They shall sit down" Not
alone, but picked oompanionship OF tho
universe; not embarrassed, though q Sc
faph should sit down ON ono side of you
and an archangel on the other,
There is that mother who, through all
the years of infancy and childhood, was
kept running amid sick trundlo beds,
now to shake up tho pillow for that
|, iiaxen head, and now to give drink to
those parched lips, and now to hush the
frightened dream Of little one, and
when there was ono less of tho children,
because tho great lover of children had
lifted one out of the group into tho easy
breathing Of celestial atmosphere, tho
mother putting all tho more anxious caro-
on those who were left, so weary Of arm
and foot and back and head, SO often
crying cut. II am so tiredl am so
tirodp Her work dono, she shall sit
down, and that business man for 80, 30,
80 years has kept OH the run, not urgod
by solfishness, but for the purpose Of
achieving livelihood for tho household.
On the run from store to store, or from
factory to factory, meeting this less and
discovering that inaccuracy aaa suffer
ing betrayal or disappointment. he7er'
more to be cheated or perplexed OF oXas-
perated, he shall sit down, not in gicGt
armchair of heaven, for the rockers Of
such chair would imply cno's Iced Of
soothing, Of changing to easy posture or
semi-invalidisnl, but u throne, solid as
eternity and radiant as tho morning aft
er night Of storm. They shall sit
down."
The Heavenly Rest.
notice that The most of the styles of
tod require an erect attitude. There are
the thousands of girls behind counters,
many such persons through the inhu-
manity of employers compelled to stand,
even when because Of q lack of custom
ers there is 10 need that they stand.
Then there are all the carpenters, and
the st6neinasons, and the blacksmiths,
and the farmers, and tbs engineers, and
the ticket agents, and the conductors.
In most trades, in most occupations,
they must stand. But ahead Of all those
who love and serve the Lord is a resting
place, complete relaxation Of fatigued
muscle, something cushioned and up
holsterod aud embroidered, with the
very case of heaven. ''They shall sit
down" hest from toll rest from pain,
rest from persecution, rest from uncer-
tainty. Beautiful, joyous, transporting,
everlasting restl
Oh, mon and women Of the frozen
north, and tho blooming south, ard from
the realms Of tho rising or setting Gun,
through Christ get your sins forgiven
and start for the place where you Lay
at last sit down in blissful recovery
from the fatigues of earth, while there
roll over you the raptures Of heaven.
Many of you have had such rough tGs-
sic in this world that if your faculties
were not perfect in heaven you would
some time forget yourself and say, 1T is
time for me to start on that journey,
or ''It must be time for me to count out
the drops Of that medicine" or II Won
der what new attack there is on Lie
through the newspapers?' or ''Do you
think will save anything Of those crops
from the grassboppers, or the locusts, ol
the droughts?" or wonder how mnch
have lost in that last bargain!" or i
must hurry lest miss the train" No,
moi The last volume of direful, earthly
experiences will be finished. Yea, the
last chapter, the last paragraph, the last
sentence. the last word. Finis!
Frederick the Great, Notwithstanding
| the mighty dominion over which he
reigned, was so depressed at times he
could not speak without crying, and
carried small bottle of quick poison
with which to end his misery when he
could stand it no longer. But give you
this small vial of gospel anodyne, one
drop of which, not hurting either body
or soul, ought to soothe all unrest and
put your pulses into an eternal calm.
They shall come from the east, and
from tho west, and from the north, and
the south, ard shall sit down.