Democratic messenger., 1889-05-04

population vast beyond all human compu-
tatiOn. Who shall have the hemisphere :
You and will decide that. or help to de.
eide II, by earnest prayer. by maintenance
of Christian institutions, by support oi
great phianthropies, by putting body,
mind aud soul ON the right side of all
moral, religious and national movements.
All. II will not be long before II will not
make any difference To- you or TO me what
becomes Ofthis continent, so FAR ms earthly
comfort is concerned. All we will want
of II will be seven feet by three. aud that
will take In the largest, and there will l,c
room aud to spare. That is all of this
country we will need very soon-the
youngest Of us. But We have an anxiety
about the welfare and the happiness Of the
generations tnat are coming on, and Il
will be grand thing II, when the archan.
gels trumpet sounds, we find that our sep.
ulchre, like the one Joseph of Arimathea
provided for Christ, Is in the midst of II
garden.
| ONE or THE SEVEN WONDERS.
One Of the seven wonders 0f the world
was the white marble watcll.tower Of
Pharos Of Egypt. Sostratus. the architect
and scalptor, after building that watch.
tower cut his name on II. Then he coy
cred II with plastering, and To please the
king he put the monarch's name on the
ontsid. Of the plastering; and the storms
beat and the seas dashed in their fury and
they washed of the plasicring. and they
washed Il out, aud they washed il down,
hut the name OF S0stratus was deep cut in
the imperishablc rock Soacross the face
of this nation there have been great
many names written across our finances.
across our religions, name worthy Of re-
mcmbrancc. names written on the archi.
lecture of our churches and our schools
and our asylums and our homes of mercy
but God is the architect nf this continent,
and lie was the sculptor of all lis grand.
ours, and long after through the wash of
The ages and the icmpesis of centuries all
other names Shall he oblitcrated. the Ill.
vine signature AMI divine name will bc
brighter rs the millcnniums go by, and the
world shall see that the God who made
this continent has redeemed il hy His
grace from all its SORROWS and from AL
its crimes
Have you faith in such thing us that !:
After all the clInriOis have been unwhecl.
ed and after all the war chargers have
been crippled, the chariOis which Elisha
saw on the morning Of his peril will roll
on in triump., tollowcd by all the armies
OF Heaven On white horses God could
do il wilhou, us, m, He will not. The
weakest Of us. the ii.intcsi of us, the small.
est Drained Of us, shall have u part in the
triumph. We may not have onr name
like The name of Sostratus, cut in impcr
ishablc rock and conspicuous for ccn.ur-
les, Lut we shall be remembered in u better
place than that. even in the heart of Him
who ca me To redeem us and redeem the
world, AMI our names will bc seen close
Ia the signature of Ills wound. for us to.
day lie throws out His aims toward us
lie says "leliold. have craven thee on
the palm, Of my hand" by the mighiics,
Of all agencies, the potency of prayer, I
beg you TO seek our national welfare.
Some time ago there were I. Np,0O0 let
tcrs in the Dead Letter PosiollccNp y Wash
ing,on--lclicrs that lost their way-but
not one prayer ever directed Ia the heart
of God miscnrricd. The way is all clear
for the ascent of your supplcations hcav-
onward in the behalf Oi this nation Before
the postal communication was so easy.
and long ago. ON rock 100 feet high, on
the coast of England. there was barrel
fastened To post. and in great letters on
the side of the rock. so IL could hc seen
FAR ont nj s,s,, were the words Post
Office; " and when ships came by n boat
put out 10 take aud fetch letters. And 50
sacred were those deposits of affection IN
that barrel that no lock was ever put upon
that barrel, although II contained mes.
sa.es for America, aud Europe. and Asia,
and Africa, and all the islands OF the sea.
Many st0rm.tossed sailor, homcsick, got
messages of kindness by that rock, and
many homestead heard good news from
u hoy long gone. Would that all the
heights of our national prosperity were in
interchange of sympaihies-praycrs going
M meeting blessings coming down; pos.
ial celestial. not by storm struck rock
an winiry coast, hut by the Rock Of
Ages.