Democratic messenger., 1888-08-18

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TO stop until he was taken from thc room.
lie was a minister Of The Gospc; of Jesus
Christ Of sister denomination! That
man had preached the Gospel. shat man
had broken the bread Of the holy COM
munion for the People. From what height
to what depth Oh! ! was glad there
was no smiling In the room when that
man was taken out his poor wife follow
ing him with his hat In her hand and his
coat on her arm. Il was as solemn TO me
as two fnnerals-thc funeral Of the body
and the funeral Of the soul. Beware lest
thou also be tempted.
An invalid went down to South Ameri-
ca for his health, and one day sat summing
himself on the beach, when he saw some
thing crawling up the beach wriggling to-
ward him, and he was afrrightcd. lie
thought Il was wild beast or reptile,
and he took his pistol from his pocket
Then he saw Il was not wild beast. II
was a man, an immortal man, man made
in Gods own image, and the poor wretch
crawled mp to the feet Of the invalid and
asked for strong drink, and the invalid
took his winc.fask from his pocket and
gave the poor wretch something to drink.
and then under the siimulos he rose up
and gave his history. lie had been a mer-
chant In Glasgow, Scotland. lie had gone
down under the power Of strong drink
until he was SO reduced In poverty that he
was lying In boat just off the beach,
why" said the invalid, ~ knew mer-
chant In Glasgow once" merchant by
such and suct name, and the poor
wretch straighte.> himself and said: ~
am that man." "LerN that thinkcth
he standeth take heed lest Afall."
PICTURE or ESsg.A
Again, I remark that the senk brother
Of my text stands for the spirit D. envy
and jealousy. The senior brother ihG-lght
that oil the honor they did to the retusrs'
ell brother was wrong to him. lie said:
II have stayed at home, and ] ought to
have had the ring, and ought TO have
had the banquet, and ought to have had
the garland" Alas Tor this spirit of en-
w and jealousy coming, coming down
through the ages Cain and Abel. Esap
and Jacob, Saul and David, lTaman nd
Mordccai, Othello and Iago, Orlando and
Angelica, Caligula and Torquatus, Cesar
and Pompey, Columbus and ,bc Spanish
courtiers, Cambyses and theShro,hcr he
slew because he was better mnrksman.
Dionysius and Philoxcnius. whom he slew
because he was better singer. jealousy
among the painters. Closierman and
Gcoirrcy. Kncllcr. Hudson and Reynolds.
Francia, anxious To see picture &c Raph.
acl. Raphael sends him a picture. Fran.
CHA seeing Il falls In iii of jealousy from
which he dies. Jealousy among authors.
How seldom contemporaries speak of each
other. Xcnoph0n and Plato, living ut
the same time, but from their writings
you never would suppose they hcari Of
each other. Religious jcal0usics. The
Mahommctlans praying for rain during a
droutl, no rain coming Thcu the Christ
ians bcgin To pray for rain, and the rain
comes. Then the Mahommedans met to-
gcthcr to account for this. and they re-
solved that God was so well pleased with
their prayers lie kept the droutl on so ss
To keep them praying; but that the Christ
ians began to pray, and the Lord was so
disgustcd with their prayers that lie sent
rain right away so lie would not hear any
more of their supplications. oh this nc.
cursed spirit Of envy and jealousy. Let us
stamp Il out from all our hearts.
A wrestler was So envious Of Thcog,
enes, the prince Of wrcstlers, that he could
not he col bled in any way, and after
Theogcncs died and a statue was liftcd Ia
him in public place. his envious antagO-
mist went out every night and wrcstlel
with the statue, until one night he threw
IL and Il fell ON him and crushed him Ia
death. So jealousy is not only absurd ,bu,
II Is killing to the body and il is killing Ia
the soul. How seldom il is you find one
merchant speaking well Of n merchant in
the same line of business! How seldom
II is you hear Of u physician speaking well
Of physician ON the same block! oh
my friends, the world Is large enough for
all Of us. Let us rejoice at the success Oi
others The next best thing TO owning d
garden ourselves is to look over the fence
and admire the flowers. The next best
thing to riding In fine cquipage Is To stand
on the street and admire the prancing
span. The next best thing To having d
banquet given to ourselves Is having q
banquet given to our prodigal brother
that has come home 10 his fathers house
Besides that, if we do not get as much
honor and as much attention as others
we ought 10 congratulate ourselves or
what we escape in the way Of assault
The French general, riding on horseback
at the head of his troops, heard n soldier
complain and say: 1T Is very easy for tli,
general 10 command US forward while h,
rides and we walk" Then the genera
dismOuntcd and compelled the complain
Ing soldier io get an the horse. Coming
through n ayine a bullet from sharp
shooter struck the rider, and he fell dead
Then the general said: "llow mucl
safer Il is 10 walk than to ride
PouTISG CHRISTIANS.
Once more have to tell you that ihi,
senior brother Of my text stands for III,
pouiing Christian. While there Is 50
much congratulation within doors the hero
of my text stands outside, the corners oI
his mouth drawn down. looking as he fell
miserable. am glad his lugubriou'
physiognomy did no, spoil the frsiivii,
within. How many pouting Christians
there are in our day Christians who do
not like the music of our churches. Christ
ians who do not like the hilaritics of the