The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-11-08
.he brooh Blossom. Are they to have NO

The brook BosOr Ara tley To have no
share in the triuinphY Are thew to cot
none Of the treasures. none az tbe spoils
Of conouestY You must think that Christ
has very short memory II Won think be
has forgotten their services
Fret not, We aged ones. Inst tarfy nv
tha ktufS md wait for vonr share ~ Tho
spoils. Yonder they IRE coming. / bear
the bleatinp of the fat lambs. and / see
the Jewels CLINT In the sun. Itmakes inc
laugh to think how Won will be sur.
prised when they throw n chain of cold
over your necl, and tell YOU 10 90 In apd
dine with the king. see YOU backing
out because Won feel unworthy Tho
shining ones come nm ON tho ono side
and the shining ones come M ON tho
other side. md they push Won on. md
they push Won mn. and thew saw. "Here
is IN old soldier OF Jesus Christ. - md
the shining ones will rush ont toward
you and say. Eyes; that man saved nv
soul," or they will rush ont and saw.
ooh. yes: she was with me in tho last
sicbnessp' And then the cry will 20
round the circle. "Come in. come IA.
come in, come upl We saw Won away
down there, old and sick and decrepit
and discouraged because Won cotild not
20 to the front. but AS his mart is that
goeth down to the battle. so shall his
part be that tarrieth by the stuff"
The Veterans and the NobodIe.,
There is high consolation also in tbis
for AGED ministers. SEQ some of them
hers today. They 81. in news in onr
churches. They used 10 stand in pulpits.
Their hair is white with the blossoms of
the tree of life. their names marked nm
the roll of the general assembly. Or Of
the consolation, emeritus. They some
times hear text announced which
brings to mind sermon they nreocbed
so wears ago ON the same subject They
preached more gospel on $500 year
than some of their successors breach on
$4,000. Some Sunday the old minister
is in church, and near by in another
pew there are husband and a wife and
row of children. And after the benedjc-
ton the lady comes ND and saws. "Doc-
tor, YOU don't know me. do you?"
"Well," he saws, "your face is familiar.
but cannot call YOU by name. y
"Why," she saws. "you baptized me.
and you married me, and YOU buried nv
father and mother and sisters. " ooh.
yes," he saws "My eyesieht isn't as
good as it used to be. - They are in all
our charlottesville heroes of 1920, the
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the long grave trench that cut through
half a century they have stood sounding
the resurrection. They have been in
more Balaklayas and have taken more
Sevastopols than Won ever heard of.
Sometimes they get little fretful be-
cause they cannot be at the front. They
hear the sound of the battle and the old
war horse champs his bit. But the CO.
600 ministers of religion this dav stand
ing in the brunt of the fray shall have
no more reward than those retired vet
Grams. "My father. nv father, the chart
OTIS Of Israel and the horsemen thereof.
GAS his part is that goeth down to the
battle. so shall his mart he that tarrieth
by the stuff"
Cheer M. men and women of unop.
preciated services. You will get your
reward, if not here. hereafter When
Charles Wesley comes I'D tosiudgment
and the thousands of souls which were
waited into glory through his songs
shall be enumerated, he will take his
throne. Then John Wesley will come
IN to Judgment, and after his name has
been mentioned in connection with the
salvation of the millions of .souls
brought God through the Metbodism
which he founded he will take his
throne But between the two thrones of
Charles Wesley and John Wesley there
will be a throne higher than either, on
which shall sit Susannah Wesley. who
with maternal conservation in Epworth
rectory, Lincolnshire. started those two
souls on their triumphant mission of
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