Democratic messenger., 1888-09-01


acquainted with all the heavenly house.
hold. What rehearsal Of old times and re.
ciial stirring rcminiscencics!
II others fail TO give introduction, God
will take us through. and before our first
"a hours in lIcavcn-ifi II were calculated
by earthly timcpieces-have passed, we
shall meet aud talk with more heavenly
celebrities than in our entire mortal state
we met with earthly celebrities. Many
who made great noise Of usefulness will
Sit ON the last seat by the front door OF
the heavenly temple, while right up with
arms reach OF the heavenly throne will
be many who, though they could no,
preach themselves or do great exploits
for God, nevertheless held the rope.
Come, let us go right up and accos'
those on this circle Of heavenly thrones
Surely they must have killed In battle d
million men. Surely they must have been
buried with all the cathedrals surround
ing dirgc and all towers Of all the cities
tolling the national grief. Who art thou
mighty one Of Heaven ? Il lived by choice
the unmarried daughter In an humble
home that might take care of my parents
In their old age, and endured without
complaint oil their qucrulousress and ad.
ministercd to all their wants for 90 years. v
Let us pass on the round circle oi
thrones. Who art thou, mighty one oi
Heaven ."l was for 30 years Christian
invalid, and suffered all the while, occas.
ionally writing note Of sympathy foi
those worse of than |, and was general
coniidant Of all those who had trouble
and once in a While was strong enough
to make garment for that poor family
in the back lane" Pass on to another
throne. Who art thou, mighty one OF
Heaven. II was mother who raised q
whole family Of children for God and
they are out in the world Christian mer
chants, Christian mechanics, Christian
wives, and ! have had full reward Of al
my toll" Let us pass on In the circle ol
thrones. II had Sabbath.school class
and they were always on my heart, and
they all entered the Kingdom Of God and
I am waiting for their arrival"
But who art thou, the mighty one oi
Heaven, on this other throne. In time
of bitter persecution owned u house In
Damascus, house on the wall. 4 man
who preached Christ was bounded from
street to street, and hid from th(assassins
and when found them breaking in my
house and could no longer keep him
safely advised him To flee for his life
and II basket was let down over the wal
with the malircatcd man in il. and was
one who helped hold the rope" And |
said as that all: ~ and he answered;
"Tha, is ALL" And while was lost in
amnzcmcnt heard u strong voice ,lla,
sounded as though II might once have
been hoarsc from many exposures and
triumphant ms though IL might have bc-
longcd To- one Of the martyrs, and ii said
Not many mighty, not many noble are
called, but God hath chosen the weak
things Of the world 10 coniound the if;ing.
which are mighty, and base things OF the
world and things which are dcspiSc,l hath
God chosen: yea, and things which are
not Ia bring io naught things which are
that no flesh should glory in Ills pres.
encc." Aud looked 10 see from whence
the voice came, AMI 10! il was the very
one who had said: Through Il window
in basket, was lei down by the wall
\ LITTLE THING MAY DECIDE ALL.
lIenccforih think of nothing rs insight.
ficant. 4 little thing may decide your all
\ Cunarlcr put on, from England for
New Yorkr.It was well equipped, but
in putting tp stove in the piloi.box n
nail was driven too near the compass
You know how that nail would effect the
compass. The ships officer, deceived by
that distracted compass, put the ship 200
miles of her right course. and suddenly
the man at the lookout cried, Land ho -
and the ship was haulied within few
yards Of her demolition on Nantucket
shoals. Asixpcnny null came near wreck
ing Cunardcr Small ropes hold mighty
dcstinies.
4 minister seated in Boston ut his table,
lacking u word, puts his hand behind his
head and tilts back his chair to think,
and the ceiling falls and crushcs the table
and would have crushed him. \ minis
ter in Jamaica at nigh, by the light Of an
insect, called the candlc.iiy. is kept from
stepping over prccipicc 100 feet. +. W.
Robertson, the celebrated English clergy
man, said that he entered the ministry
from train of circumstances started by
the barking Of n dog. Had the wind
blown one way ON certain day the
iablished in England; hut i, blew the
other way, and ,ha, dropped the accursed
institution with 5000 tons of shipping To
the bottom Of the sea, or flung the splin.
tered logs on the rocks.
Nothing unimportant in your life or
mine. Three nough's placed on the right
side of the figure one makes n Thousand,
and six noughis on the right side Of the
figure one n million, and our noihingncss
placed on the right side may be argumcn.
tation illimitahle. All the ages of time
and eternity affected by the baskc, lc,
down from n DnmaScus balcony.
-Lpi"eons Ma9dEine for September,
is very desirable number. |, contains
the usual complete novel and many other
interesting articles.
Siyilncr'' Mdgasi"e for September. is
handsomely illustrated and mp Ia H. usual.
ly excellent standard in all departments.