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

"oPV VI hoaNthf III is because Jes
went there, the herald and the foreru
ner' The royal robe of Demetrius W
50 costly, so beautiful that after
had put it Off no one ever dared TO y
~ ON, but this robe of Christ, rich
than that, the poorest and the weakes
and the worst may wear, "Where s
abounded, grace may much mo-
abound.
oh, my sins, my sins - said MART
Luther to staupitz, my sins, m
sins y The fact is that the braw,,
German student had found Lati
Bible that made him quake, and no,l
! ing else ever did make him auake, mn
when he found how, through Christ. h
was pardoned and saved he wrote TO
friend, saying: Come over and Join u
great and awful sinners saved by tn
grace of God, You seem to be only
slender sinner, and you don't muc]
extol the mercy of God, but we tina
have been such very awful sinners prais
his grace the more now that we hay
been redeemed. Can it be that yo,
are SO desperately egotistical that 70,
feel yourself in first rate spiritual trim
and that from the root of the hair to tn,
tip of the toe you are scarless and i'm
maculate5 What you need is a lookins
glass, and here it is in the Bible. Poo
and wtetched and miserable and blind
and naked from the crown of the head
to the sole of the foot, full of wounds
and putrcfying sores. No health in us.
And then take the fact that Christ gath
cred up all the notes against us and paid
them and then offered us the recent
And how much we need him in our sor-
rows We are, independent of circum-
stances if we have his grace. Why, he
made Paul sing in the dungeon, and I'M
der that grace St John from desolate
Patmos heard the blast of the apocalvp-
tic trumpets, After all other candles
have been snuiIed out, this is the light
that gets brighter and brighter unto tho
perfect day, and after, under the hard
hoots OF calamity, all the pools OF
worldly enjoyment, have been trampled
INTO deep mire at the foot of the eternal
rock the Christian, from cups of granite
MY rlmmed, puts out the thirst of his
soul
The Alienation of Death.
Again, remark that Christ is chief
in dying alleviations. l have not any
sympathy with the tuorbidity abroad
about our demise. The emperor of Con-
arranged that on the day OF
ms coronation the stonemason should
come and consult him about the tomb
stone that after awhile he would need. |
And there are men who are monomani- |
acal on the subject of departure frCn.
this life by death, and the more thew
think of it the less they are prepared to
go. This is an unmanliness not worthy
IT you, not worthy of me.
Saladin, the greatest conqueror of his
lay, while dying, ordered that the
unlc he had on him be carried after his
ieath on his spear at the head of his
'rmy, and that then the soldier, eve,
ND anon, should stop and say: "Be.
lold all that is left of Saladin, the en-
'eror and conqueror! OF all the states
lie conquered, of all the wealth he ac-
nothing did he retain but
his shrotid. " have no sympathy with
uch behavior, Or such absurd demon.
tratlon, or with much that we hear
ttered i'll regard to departure from this
fe to the next. There is a common
ansical idea on this subject that You
eed to consider-there are only two
.yles of departure. A theHsand feet
Underground, by light of torch, toilinp
miners shaft, a ledge of rock may
vi upon us, and we may die a miners
cath, Far out at sea, falling from the
lppery ratlines and broken Oh the hal
ards, we may die sailors death. On
Ilsslon of mercy in hospital, amid ;;
oxen bones and reeking leprosies AND
slng fevers, we may die a philan-
ropist's death. On the field of battle.
rvlng God and our country, slugs :
rough the heart, the gun carriage
ay roll over Us, and we may die pa
lots death But, after all, there are b
lly two styles Of departure-the death 4
the righteous and the death of the +
fcked-and we all want to die the q
rmer. il
cod grant that when that hour comes Il
u may be at home. You want tho &
nd Of your kindred in your hand. IL
III want your children to surround a
II. You want the light on your pillow W
I'M eyes that have long reflected 81
ur love- You want your room still.
'u do not want any curious strangers
ndlng around watching you. You
mt your kindred from afar to hear u
ur last prayer. | think that is the ce
sh OF all Of us. But is that all? Can Y
THY friends hold us up when the bill u
VS. of death come up to the girdle? Z
II human voice charm open heavens st
'ef Can human hand pilot us through 81
harroWs OF death into heavens har. al
:! Can any earthly friendship shield III
from the arrows of death and in the &C
II when satan shall practice upon us h'
infernnl archery? No, no, no, no W
Us, poor sonl, if that is all! Better &C
IN the wilderness far from tree sb
DOW and from fountain, alone, vul- ei
1s clrcllng through the air waiting oil
our body, unknown to men, and to CT
Q no burial, if only Christ could say
1ugh the solitudes, II Will never r,
'e thee, will never forsake thee. - fo
M that pillow of stone ladder IL,
lid soar heavenward, angels coming sa
going, and across the solitude and IN
barrenness would come the sweet %
es of heavenly minstrelsy. I'm
Dying wH,ls. tn,
+ordon Hall, far from home, diving no
door of a heather temple, said, fo,
Iory to thee, O God" What did dy- Ios
Wherefore say to his wife? Come 70
SIT beside me, and let us talk ef 10
ven. never knew what happiness wi
until | found Christ What did ~,
lg Hannah More say? ,'To go to 70
zen, think what that isl To 90 to tbe
st, who died that | might live! Oh, tbe
ious grave! Oh, what glorious dr,
9 it to die! Oh, the love of Christ.
love Of Christi" What did Mr.
lady, the great hymn maker, saw
is last hour? "Who can measure NJ