News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1897-05-05

As was ~ tie
appOintm, sssion
of the Fern returned
to this char d Wallace.
He came back .ng the veeE,
and on Sunday Commenced another
years work in Puffer NJ. Z. Church.
where a gOOd-sized congregation met
for the morning service.
The pastor took for his text the
the scripture which includes tbe
words: "And they sing the songs CT
Moses" and just and true are Th(
Ways Rev. 10: 3. In a brief synop-
sis of the speakers excellent sermoa
we note the thought that it is dim
cult for us to understand how the
songs OF earth are repeated in heh-
ven. and those of heaven repeated
on earth, as indicated by the, text
To he Que with God here, is like being
one with God there. The songs as
earth aud heaven are the songs ere
ated by the same spirit, thus the
children of earth and heaven are one.
John speaks in this chapter, of the
redeemed in heaven, and thus estah
fishes that blessed truth the thought
of which is so dear to us,-the reality
of heaven.
Two thoughts come to us here.
First, the redeemed in heaven wo14
ship the same God that we do; and
second, that this same God is as
truly on earth as in heaven. We do
not praise God enough; we receive
many things at His hands, but pass
them by and look for more. We
should thank and praise God every
day, for he has provided every neces-
sary means for our deliverance trOm
the power of sin. The saving grace
of Jesus Christ is ours to accept; God
ia in earnest in all He saws, HIS law
cannot be changed to suit the pecu
liar idea of different peopla,-nO His
law is like Himself, -uncha ngea bic !.
we must accept it asst is. WhatsO-
ever man sows, that shall be also
reap " God is nOtindifferentt to moral
conduct. We must he convinced that
Godlinpss is the only safe course for
man to pursue, and that he may
apply it to all conditions Of life aud
conduct. Jesus Christ has triumphec
over sin and regained for man thu
crown that he had lost. TnrOugu
the gospel of Jesus Christ we may
have this victOry-the name of Coo
is Just, is Victory-,O may the name
OF every worthy child OF God be.
The right life here on earth is very
distinct from the wrong-the fruits
are vastly diff rent. Many rest oD
the thought that all men are to be
saved, saved from sin and evil and
its results, that at some time all will
come to a saved and perfect condi.
ton. Very well, why not saved now?
They acknowledge the need of saw
ing power to come forth and do it,
work at some time in the future
But why not accept God now and
live day by day the life of redeemed
man? If future redemption from evil
and its results be true, why have not
the patriarchs given US light? Why
is the word of God so silent upon thi !.
vital puinC? We mus6 weigh ali CIV
points and evidence in the case
before we commit ourselves to so
foundless a hope. We must hold fast
to what God has said in regard to
the belief of things we cannot see.
When your faith begins to waver,
take the book of Revelation. The
great thing for US to know is that
there is a great life of activity for us
with God, both here and hereafter.
Here the speaker introduced inter
esting matter touching the vastness
of the works of God in the heavenly
bodies, after considering which, we
cannot doubt His power, yet we
stand on this little planet of earth
and pride ourselves on our great
knowledge. His creation of worlds
is, after all, not to be compared with
his work of redemption. How can
we show our neighbOr God? BY re-
vealing his attributes in our life.
Gods attributes is God. We shall
move on and on, and constantly
know more of Gods words and work,
and yet never so fully comprehend
them as bye and bye in the beyond
1t takes a great deallof grace to ac-
cept every event as Gods will, and
feel that it is all right. One reason
is because of our lack of knowledge
of God. More knowledge of Him will
give us more grace. At these times
the Christian must give the world
evidence of his possession Of Gods
saving and strengthening grace.
IT'S the persons who are true in the
the little things that become mighty
in great things. Bye and bye the
day of eternity will dawn upon the
night Of time, and the way will all be
made clear; then we can say Just
and true are thy ways" and
1--WE shall know each other better
When the mists have cleared away"
There are great things in store for