Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-06-02

will be those that In this world heard
neither voice Of friend, nor thrnm Of
harp, nor carol Of bird. nor doxology Of
congregations.
A lad who had been blind from in.
fancy was cured. The ocnlist operated
upon the lad, and then put very heavy
bandage over the eyes, and after few
weeks had gone by, the bandage was re-.
moved, and the mother said to her child:
willie, can you see?' lie said: "Oh {!
mamma, Is this heaven?" The contrast
between the darkness before and the
brightness afterward was overwhelming.
And ! tell you the glories Of heaven will
be thousandfold brighter for those who
never saw anything on earth. While
many with good vision closed their eyes
in night, and many who had good.
artistic and cultured ear went clown into
discord. these afflicted ones cried unto
the Lord In their trouble, and he made
their sorrows their advantage. and so
1.-THE lame took the prey"
In the Seventh century there was a
legend Of st. Modobert. II was said that
his mother was blind, and one day while
looking ut his mother he felt SO sympa-
thetic for her blindness that he rushed
forward and kissed her blind eyes. and.
the legend says, her vision came I'M
mediately. That was only legend, but
It Is truth, n glorious truth. that kiss
Of Gods eternal love has brought to
many blind yeteternal illumination.
A step further: Vrhcrc are those in all
communities who { q nightly for live
lihood. They have scant wages, Per-
haps they are diseased, or havS hysical
inilrmities. 40 they are hing. aed from
doing a continuous days work. A city
missionary finds them up the dark alley.
with no fire. with thin clothing. with
very coarse bread. They never ride in
the street cars; they cannot afford the
five cents. They never see any pictures
save those in the show window on the
street, from which they are often jostled,
and looked mt by some one who seems to
say in the look: "Niove on! what are
You doing here looking at pictures2''
Of TRANSPORTATION. At their rough table
he who fed the five thousand breaks the
bread. They talk often of the good
times that are coming. This world has
no charm for them, but heaven entrances
their spirit. They often divide their
scant crust with some forlorn wretch
who knocks ut their door ut night, and
on the blast Of the night wind, as the
door opens 10 let them in. Is heard the
voice Of him who said: II was hungry
and We fed me-" No cohort of heaven
will he too bright to transport them. by
iod's help they have vanquishcd the
.issyrian host. They have divided
among them the spoils. Lame. lame.
yet they took the prey.
I was riding along the country road
one day, AMI | saw a man on crutchcs
l overlook him. He was very old. He
ss@as going very slowly. At that rate it
woufd'havc taken him two hours to go n
mile. said: Wouldn't you like 10
rider" lie said: THANK you. would
God bless YOU" When ne sat beside mo
he said: "You see am very lame and
very old. but the Lord has been good
Lord TO me. have buried all my chill
dren. The Lord gave them and the Lord
had right to take them away. Blessed
II, his name. | was very sick and had
no money and my neighbors came in
and took care Of me and wanted moth
ing suffer great deal with pain. but
then have so many mercies left. The
Lord has been n good Lord to me-" And
before we had got far was in doubt
whether was giving him ride or he
was giving me n ride! lie said: ''Now
IL you please. I'll get out here. Just
help me down on my crutchcs, II you
please. God bless you. Thank you. sir
Good morning. Good morning. You
have been feet to the lame, sir, you have
Good morning." Swarthy men had gon.
the road that day. do not know where
they came out. but every hobble Of that
old man was toward the shining gate
With his old crutch he had struck down
many Scnnachcrib of temptation which
has mastered you and me. Lame. so
fearfully lame. 40 awfully lame: hut he
took tho prey.
A step further: There are in all CON-
munities many orphans. During our
last war and in the years Immediately
following. how many children we heard
say: "Oh! my father was killed in the
war;" Have you ever noticed-l fear
you have not-how well those children
have turned outl Starting under the
greatest disadvantage, no orphan asylum
would have done had he lived. The
skirmisher sat one night, by the light OF
fagots. in the swamp. writing letter
home. when asharpshooter's bullet ended
the letter which was never folded. never
posted and never read.
Those children came up under great
disadvantage. No father TO fight their
way for them. Perhaps there was in the
old family Bible an old yellow letter
pasted fast, which told the story Of that
fathers long march, and how he suffered
in the hospital; but they looked still fur
ther on in the Bible. and they came to
the story Of how God Is the father Of the
fatherless. and the widows portion. and
they soon took their fathers place in that
household. They hattlcd the way for
many Of them have IN the years since
the war taken positions In church and
state. While many Of those who suffered
nothing during those times have had sons
go out into lives of Incidence and vaga-
bondage. these who started under So
many disadvantages because they were
% early bcrcft. these are the lame who
took the prey.
4 step further: There are those who
would Ike To do good. They say: "Oh!
il only had wealth. or, IL had elo-
qucncc, or II hsd high social position.
how much would accomplish for God
and the clurch!" stand here today Ia
tell you that YOU hnv" great opporiuni'
ties for usefulness.
Who built the Pyramids? The king
VINO ordered them built? No; the plain
workm~i who added stone after stone
and stonc after stone. Who built the
likes Of Holland! Tho government that
ordered the enterprise: No; the plain
workmcn WIN carried the earth and
rung their trow,l un the wall. Who arc
those who have hiii these vast citicsl
The capitalists NJ: the carpenters, the
masons. the plumbers. the 'lastcrers. the