Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-02-09

and when Inc came to the next line there were
scores 81 voices uniting:
Where saints immortal rri;n.
Thcsons was caught up all through the fields
among the wounded. until IL was SAID there
were at least ten thousand woin,lcSl men NJ
uniting their voics>s ~ they canic To- the vcrsn:
Their everlasting; sprin;: abitrs.
And never withcriu. flowers;
DCath Ike narrow stream divides
That heavenly land fro;n oursl
Oh, IL IL great religion To live by nrd II Is q
great religion to die by There Is only one
heart throb between you nnd that religion
this mnrnins just ioo!; Int" the face II your
rartlonins God and surrender yourself for
time and for eternity. AMI H. j. yours. and
heaven is yours. and all i vents Some Of
you. like the Young man of tie text. have
gone far gatray. know not the history. hut
you know IL. you know ii. When a youn.
man went forth into life the leg
emil says. his guardian angel went
forth with him. AMI sc;tins; him into field
the guardian angel sweep, circle clear around
where the young nan st,ssl u was circle
Of virtue AMI honor. AMI he must not step
beyond that circle Armed foes came down.
but were Obliged tu halt nj the rirrlc-tlcy
could not pass But onr day tcmpircss
with u ,lanontcd hand stretched forth and
crueS~sl that circle with the hand. aud the
tempted sui too!; it. AMI hy tia; one fell
grip was brought beyond the circle and died.
Some of you have stepped beyond that circle.
Would you NOT like this day. by tic grace Of
Cod. TO step hack This, ] say TO YOU, Is
ynur hoar Of salvation. There WIS In the
cloSin.; hours of Queen Anne villa; t'callcd
the cioc!; fccir'. Flat ,!own on tbs pillow. III
hclplcss sickness. she cu,il;l no; move her lic:id
or move hcr hand She was wai;in;; FOR
the hour wllc;. the ministers of stats 'luGld
gather ia an,ry contest. and, worried aad
worn ont by the cotlia;; lin'ir, ami in mo
mcntary absence III TIC nur>e. ia the power,
the strai. = power which ,lcl.r.i:i sometimes
rive, nii. s!c arose and s;o,,l IL iron: ri the
clock. ar! ,;nal there waic.i:., iir cloc.:
wien i...' nv, returned. ii Edrsc s;!id,
do yoi anything; peculiar about that
c!u,...: 49,, made no answer. M: sOoa
di1Sl Tier. ia cioc.; S'c:ic in every History.
II ,n::lc of you wouil ri.' frori the bsl Of
l,;aar..y G.,l com, gu; ironi your d ,.ri;:;I g.
sin n,.,l l1ol on In! c'ar,,: of " r dy:.,!Y It's
uiuri.i:i.:. You rogll a.rl hear ~: Ing
yeu i.:.scnnt ~ or hr;'rl lc:orc, AMI every
tick 81 the minute. and every stroke 81 the
houg a:iicvcr, St.iG. oi The ls'...!uluai vUGld
.a,. '.;ow. now. now, npv Ell cU:nc
Eu"ir - your fathers Eou !. Com" ao:,Ic,
oa vrn!i,;.l. fron II w.i!cracS' C":ac
hI..'. conn hon'c.
FEE ,..:Tt:.gn rEeDi. -. i ::.:y.E ca;nLy
I'D.
II Eat | notice i.,at when the prodiSGl
ca::ir ;..crc va, tho fathers JOY. He did not
,-.... liza w.th any formal "ilow do you do:'
-: n.: come ont and say: You are unit
ta...: :. 50 cut and wash in the trough by
T.. =. !. and thea You ca! conn il. We have
IT,. c:lough trouble with yun." .Ah. no!
vi. II the proprietor OF that estate pro-
g.. !!cd festival, IL was an uui5trst II u IA
Tiers love and fathers joy. Cod is your
Father ! have no, mach sympathy with
that description of God | sometimes hear, Us
though hc were Turkish sultan, har,l and
um,ympaihciic, and listening not TO IL" cry
nf lis si:hiccis. \ I,an told me lie Jaw in
one "i the c;lstera LANDS II kim; rl!ing along,
and two mcn were IN alteration, and one
CHARGED the other with having eaten his rice;
and the king said:
Then slay the r.a'I. and - rost-mortcin
examination find whether he has eaten the
rice" And he was slain. All! the cruelty
OF scene like that; Our God iSnot a sultan,
not u ear. no; n Gs>i,oi, but Father kind,
lovinc. forsivin.;, and he makes all heaven
ring again when prc+lie;al comes beck Il
have no pleasure" he says. lin the death Of
him that dc,h
II man does not get to heaven il Is bc-
cause Ire viii not so there. No difference
the color. nu difference the history. u" differ
encc the aItecc,ents. no difference the sur
roundines, no difference the sin. When the
white l.Crs,s Of jLrisi's victory are brought
out io celebrate tie eternal triumph sou may
ride one Of them, and rs Cod l. greater than
all. lis joy is greater. aud when soIl CONES
hacl; there is In lis heart the sursing Of an
infinite ocean of giat.ncs,. and Ia express that
cladncss IL tales all the rivers oi pleasure,
aud all the i.!ro.r> % ion.p. AID ~ the ages
Of eternity. II is a j." deeper than all dcp;h.
and III. her than all t.cish,. and wider than
nil width. and ,a>tcr than al i:.i :!siiy II
oycliop-, it uEt.,rair,l. it ou:w,i.;> I'll the
unite. ,rlcndor and joy Of the Universe.
Who can u! VIVA, Col, joy i:
You rcrc.ihcr rcaLinS the story of Il King
who IN sore treat daY 81 fcsiiyi,y scattered
silver and geld Gmons the people and s"nt
l,se
thin,:s. when II ,nul ''nm,~ lGcl. C,d il "a
el.,l that a.! rcs> his JOY H." fins tut new
w.r!Ls INTO space, and Lini.cs Up Ecw ,;ins.
AMI rolls calors tho white ch,d anthems 81
the r.tlccinc,l u greater La.lcluiah. wli.c with
VOICE that reyerltratcs au'nS the iauGn-
tains 81 irankncrn,. a;nl Is "lo',l hack
from the everlasting guis. hr cries; This
my son was dad and he i, alive a-aim
Al the uIsnins nf the r.lssiiiom IN New
Orleans. | sa:- Ne:ieaa ilu,'st. and he
played the S,lp. AMI then aii.."nrd the
eight or ten haiils Of mt..r, accompanied
los the great organ, cane IN. hut the s"lni
Of that nnc ilnic ~ compared with all th"
orchestra VI, sr,:l;er than all the combined
iny 81 the universe when compare with tie
rcs4lunhin. luar, nt Almighty '."'L
For ten s,rrs n iail,r vent ,lr," times n
day io the ,l,int His u WIN, ~ in az.
grnvaiin: circumstances. lfIi the father said:
"Ilc will cu'nr hack. The strain was too
much. AMI n, ril,ai Parted. and three times
a ,lay the father went In ihc early morn
ing h., walch,t tbs TRAIN. IL arrival the
stepping uui 81 the pass n.,'rs, and then the
departure of the train. ~ n"nn h. was
there again Watching the advance 81 the
trim. watching thu departure. AZ night.
there again. watching the coming. watch
ing the going. Tor ten years lic was sure his
son wuull cunc hack t',sl has htn watch
ing and waIin.. fnr ~,im, 81 yen my broth
err. ten years. twenty years. thirty year,,
forty years. PERHAPS lifiy Nsr~- waiting.
whiting. watching watching, ami II This
morning the pr-lisal should 'nnir hnn'c,
what u scene Of gla,ln,7s AMI l'@ii,itN, and
how the gra, Fathers heart w"nld r'Joisc
at Your coming home Y"u will cnn.., sa,,nc