Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-07-28

Andrew Jackson Dayis's tracts? Tyndalls
Glasgow University addrcssf Drop them
and run. You will he an infidel before you
die unless you quit that. These men Of
Al will be too much for you. Turn your
back on the rank and file ofunbelicE Fly
l'efore they cut you with their swords and
transfix you with their javelins.
There are people who have been well.
nigh ruined because they risked fool.
hanly expedition IN the presence Of NIGH
~ and overwhelming temptations, and
The men of Al made n morning meal oi
them. So. also, there Is such thing rs
victorious retreat In the religious world.
Thousands ofiimcs the Kingdom Of Christ
has seemed 10 fall hack. WLcn the blood
Of the Scotch Coycnantcrs gave deeper
dye to the heather ofthc Highlands. when
the Vau,lols of France chose cxicrmina.
ti0n rather than make an unclrisiian
surrender, when on ~. Barihniomcw's
Day mounted assassins rode through the
streets of Paris crying XIII. Blooi.lct
ttlS ~ tstNt iu hIIt tfVttH wv
the iIugucnois, KIM" when Lady Jane
Grcy's heal rolled from the cxccniionrrs
block, when Calvin was imprisoned in The
castle. when John Knox died foi the truth,
when John Bunyan lay roiiing in Bedford
jail. saying "Ir God will help me and my
physical life continues ] will stay here I'M
Ill the moss grows ON my eyebrows rath-
cr than giyeup my faiih," The days nr re.
treat for the church were days of victory.
INSTANCES ny VICTORY Is DEFEAT
The Pilgrim Fathers fell hack from The
other side Of the sea 10 Plymouth Rock.
hut now are marslialing u continent for
the Chrisiianiz,iion or the world. The
Church of Christ falling back from Pied
mont falling back from Rue ~. Jacques,
falling lack from 81. Denis. falling hack
from Wurcnlurg castles. falling back
from the Brussels market place. yc, all
the time ,riumphing. Notwithstanding NIL
the shocking rcverscs which the Church
nf Christ suffers. what ,lo We see to-day?
| Three Thousand missionaries III the cross
on hcaihcn ground; G0.000 ministers of
Jesus Christ in this land nj least a0,000,-
900 Christians an The earth. All nations
to-day kindling In u blaze of revival Fall
ing back, yet advancing until the Old
Wesleyan hymn will prove true:
''rhe lion of Judah shall break the chain.
| Aud give us the victory again ati'l npr,in.
But there Is n more marked illustration
Of victorious retreat In the life Of Joshua.
the Jesus of the ages. First falling back
from mn appalling hcigh, to mn appalling
depth. falling from celestial hills To tcrres-
tial valleys. from throne To mangcr; yet
that did mol seem Ia suffice Him as n re-
treat Falling hack still further from
Bethlehem 10 Nazareth, from Nazareth to
Jerusalem, hack from Jerusalem Ia G0lgo-
iha, back from Golgotlia to the mausolcum
in the rock. back down over the percipi-
ccs Of pcrdiiion until he walked amid the
caycrns ofihc eternal cap,ivcs and drank
Of the wine of the wrath of Almighty
God amid the Ahabs and lhc Jezcbcls and
the Belshazzars. o, men Of the pulpit and
men Of the pew. Christ's descent from
Heaven to earth does not measure half the
distance, II was from glory TO pcr,lition.
lie descended into hell All the records OF
earthly retreat are rs nothing compared
will, this falling hack. Santa Anna. with
the fragments Of his army flying over the
platcaux Of Mexico, and Napoleon and his
army rctrcating from Moscow into the
awful SHOWS Of Russia, are not worthy 10
lie mentioned with this retreat when all
the powers of darkness seem to hc pnrsu.
ing Christ rs lie fell hack, until the body
of Him who came Ia do such wonderful
things lay pulselcss and stripped. Me
cmplicd of its inhabitants when they
went To pursue Joshua, as pcrliiion was
empiied of devils when they s,aricl for
the pursuit of Christ and lie fell hack ,and
back, down lower, down lower, chasm he
low clasm, pit below pit, until lie seemed
to strike the bnitom Of nhlnrgaiion. and
scorn and torture. oh, the long. lnud,
Iuhilant shout or hell nj the dci;.a, Of the
IsOtu, ttOu .Atult.uty
but let not the powers of darkness re-
joicc quite so soon. Do yon hear that 'lis-
iurhance in the tomb nf Arimathca? |
hear the sheet rcnlins What means that
stone hurled down the side of the hill?-
Who is this coming oul rIish Him hack!
the dead must moi stalk in this open sun
light. %, Il Is our Joshua Let him come
out. lie comes forth AMI starts frr the
city. lie takes the spear of the Roman
guanl and points that way. Church mill
iani marches up IN one side anil the
church triumphant marches down an the
other side And the powers nf darkness
heing caught between ill,sc ranks of cclrs.
iial aud icrrcs; rial yalor. nothing is lett
of them save just enough Ia illustrate the
lirciul overthrow Of hell and nur .Ioshua's
eternal victory. On Ills heal be all the
crowns. In his hand br all the sccpircs-
At lis feet I've all the human hearts: and
here. Lord, Is one of them.
Continued on Sr'oad Pare,
The ART -! calinga watermelon aud
keeping conl is as simple nov ~ II was in
the days of long ago. The rind should l'c
split with short.hladrd knife, ~ that
when the melon Is divided the heart Of
shall rest in one nf the halves IN one lus-
cions. jncy lump l.he knife should then
be carcflly wipel and put irio the pocket
Then the coat shoull he taken off. and the
sleeves rolled up. Plunge the rihi hani
under Onr end 1T the heart and the lcil
under the other; lill the dripping mass 1"