The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-11-29
orlginators and Sole Manufacturers

opening now. Young men of the strong
arm and of the stout heart and Of the
bounding step, marshal you today for
a great achievement.
Another safeguard is respect for the
Sabbath. Tell me HWY young man
spends his Sabbath, ald will tell you
what are his prospects in business, and
will tell you what are his prospects
for the eternal world. God has thrust
into our busy life sacred day when we
are to look after our souls, Is it exorbi-
tant, after giving six days to the feed
ing and clothing Of these perishable
bodies, that God should demand one day
for the feeding and clothing of the i'm
mortal soulI ....
Keep the Lords Day.
Our bodies are seven day clocks, and
they need to be wound up. and if thcN
are not wound up they run down hif
the grave. No man can cun.inuouS.t
break the Sabbath and keep his pl;ysi'y,,
and mental health. AS 9soascl pmu.
and they will tell you D.-y never ici'.~
men who continuously brCke the s,,
bath who did not fail in mind, body q
moral principle. A manufacturer gay
this as hiO experience. He said; 81
owned factory ON the Lehigh. Every
thing prospered. kept the Sabbath, and
everything went ON well. But one Sab
bath morning / bethought myself Of
new shuttle, and thought would in
vent that shuttle before sunset, and i
refused all food and drink until had
completed that shuttle. By shutdown ]
had completed it. The next day, Mon
day, showed to my workmen and
friends this new shuttle. They all con-
graduated me Oh my great success. !
put that shuttle into play. enlarged
my business; but, sir, that Sundays
work cost me 100000. From that day
everything went wrong. I failed in
business, and lost my mill. :" Oh. my
friends, keep the Lords day. You may
think it old fogy advice, but l give it
to you now: Remember the Sabbath
day and keep 1t holy. Six days shalt
thou labor and do all thy work, but
the seventh is the Sabbath Of the Lord
thy God; in it thou shalt not do any
work." A man said that he would
prove that all this was fallacy, and so
be said, II shall raise Sunday crop. )"
And he plowed the field on the Sab
bath, and then he put in the seed on the
Sabbath, and he cultured the ground on
the Sabbath When the harvest was ripe,
he reaped it on the Sabbath, and he car
ried it into the NOW on the Sabbath,
and then he stood out defiant to his
Christian neighbors and said, There,
that is my Sunday crop, and it is all
garnered. !" After awhile a storm came
up and great darkness, and the light
nings of heaven struck the barn, and
away went his Sunday crop
The Safeguard Of Religion.
There is another safeguard that l
want to present, I have saved it until
the last because want it to be the more
emphatic. The great safeguard for every
young man is the Christian religion.
Nothing can take the place Of 1t. You
may have gracefulness enough to put to
the blush Lord Chesterfield, you may
have foreign languages dropping from
your tongue, you may diecuss laws and
literature, you may have pen Of un-
equaled polish and power, you may
have so much business tact that you
can get the largest salary in banking
house, you may be as sharp as Herod
and as strong as Samson, and with as
long locks as those which hung Absa-
lom, and yet you have no safety against
temptation. Some of you look forward
to life with great dependency. know
| 1t. see it in your faces from time to
time You say, "All the occupations
and professions are full, and there's nc
chance for me- (" Oh. young man, cheer
upi will tell you how you can make
your fortune Seek first the kingdom of
God and his righteousness, and all 9th
er things will be added. know you dc
not want to be mean in this matter.
You will not drink the trimming cup
Of life and then pour the iregs OH Gods
altar. To generous Saviour you will
not act like that; you have not the heart
to act like that. That Is not manly.
That is not honorable: That is not
brave. Your great want is a new heart,
and in the name Of the Lord Jesus
Christ l tell you SO today, and the bless
ed Spirit presses through the solemnities
of this hour to put the cup Of life tc
your thirsty lips. Oh, thrust it not
back. Mercy presents it-bleeding mer.
cy, long suffering mercy. Despise all
other friendships, prove recreant to al
other bargains, but despise Gods love
for your dying soul--do not do that.
There comes crisis in a mans life,
and the trouble is he does not know il
is the crisis. got letter in which Q
man says to me:
/ start out now to preach the gos
pei Of righteousness and temperance tc
the people. Do you remember me? an
the man who appeared at the close Of The
service when You were worshiping II
the chapel after you came from Phila
delphia. Do you remember at the close
Of the service man coming up to yor
all a-tremble with conviction, and cry
ing out for mercy, and telling you ht
had a very bad business, and he thought
he would change it? That was the turn
ing point in my history. gave up my
bad business gave my heart to God
and the desire to serve him has grown
upon me all these years, until now wot
is unto me if l preach not the gospel.
The Other Man.
That Sunday night was the turning
point of that young mans history. Thil
very Sabbath hour will be the turning
point in the history Of 100 young mel
: in this house. God help us once stood
on an anniversary platform with a cler
gyman who told this marvellous story
He said:
Hrrhirtv --sars ago tyo voupo me-,