The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-04-05
drcn will reject him.
The Family Altar.

| AL NooOuut WAS tuhtn VI tno IbilSiOui
condition of families I'M certain dis
tiiet. In the families of pious parent:
two-thirds Of the children were Chris,
tians. In tho families where the parents
were ungodly only one-twelfth Of the
children were Christians. Which Way
will You take your ohildrenY Out into
the delugo or into tho arkg Have you
syer made ono earnest prayer for their
Immortal soulsy What will you say in
the Judgment when God asks, "Where
is George or Henry or Frank OF Mary
Or AnnaY Where aro those precious souls
whose interests / committed into your
hands?"
A dying son said to his father, "Fa-
I ther, you gave me an education and
good manners and everything that the
world could do for mo, but, father, you
never told me how to die, and now my
soul is going out in the darkness.
Oh, yewho have taught your children
how to live, have you also taught them
how to die? Life here is not so impor-
tant as the great hereafter 1t is not so
much tho few furlongs this side of tho
grave Us 1t is tho unending leagues be-
yond O eternity, eternityl Thy locks
white with the ages, thy voice announo-
ing stupendous destiny, thy arms reach
ing across all tie past and all tho futurol
o eternity, eternityl
Go home ind erect a family altar
You may preak down in your prayer.
But never mind, God will take what
You mean, whether you express it intel
ligibly or not. bring all your house in
to the ark. Is there one son whom you
have given up? Is he so dissipatod that
you have stopped counseling and pray
ingg Givo him up? How dare you give
him up? Did Sod ever give you up?
While you have single SEtieulation of
speech left cease not to pray foi' the re-
turn of that prod gal. He may even now
DO standing on the beach at Hongkong
or Madras, modltating q return to his
fathers house. Give him up2 Mover
give him upl Has God promised to hear
thy prayer only to mock thee? 1t is not
too laG6.
The open Door.
In St. Paul's, London, there is whis-
pefins gallery. A voice uttered most
feebly at one side Of the gallery is heard
distinctly at tho opposite side, great
distan ce off. So every word of earnest
prayer goes all around the earth and
makes heaveii r whispering gallery. Go
into the ark-not to sis down, but to
stand in the door and call until I'LL the
family come in. Aged Noah. where is
Japheth? David, where is Absalom?
Hannah, where is Samuel
On, of the lake steamers there were
D father and two daughters journeying.
They seemed extremely poor. A benevo-
lent gentleman stepped up to tbs poor
man to proffer some form Of relief and
said, You seem to be very poor, sir. I"
Poor, sir, replied the man, eff there's
poorer man than me a-troublin the
world, God pity both of us" 81 will
take ono of your children and adopt it,
if you say SO, Think it would be great
relief to you" ~ what?" said the
poor man. "A relief Would it be re-
lief to have the hands chopped off from
the body, or the heart torn from the
breast? A relief indeedi God be good to
tisl What do you mean, sir?" However
many children we have, We have none
to give up Which Of our families can
We afford to spare out of heaven? Will
it be the oldest? Will it be the young
est? Will it be- that one that was sick
SOME time ago? Will il BE- the husband?
VIII it DO the wife? No, mol We must
have thenf all III. Let us take the chill
dren's hands and Start now. Leave not
one behind. Come, father, come, moth
er; come, son; come, daughter; come.
brother, come, sister! Only one step and
we are in. Christ, the door, swings out
to admit MS. And iG Is not the hoarse-
ness of a stormy blast that you hear, but
the voice of a loving and patient God
that addresses you, saying, Come, thou
and all thy house, into the ark. - And
there may the Lord shut ts jn