Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-03-23

w uiouSc you, W 'Hi"c W., W p'V
pei you. The blacksmith does not
thrust the iron into the forge and then
blow away with tho bellows, and then
bring the hot iron out on the anvil and
beat with stroke after stroke TO ruin
the iron, but TO prepare il for better
nsc. Oh that tho Lord God Of Nchc-
miah would rouse up all broken
hearted people to rebuild. Whipped.
betrayed. shipwreckcd. imprisoned
Paul went right OH. The Italian
martyr Algerius sits in his dun
gcon writing letter. and he
dates il from the dclcctable
orchard of the leoninc prison" That
is what call triumphant sadness.
knew mother who buried her baby
OH Friday and on Sabbath appeared
in the house Of God and said: Give
me n class: give me II Sabbath school
and would like Ia have classof little
children. Give INC real poor children.
Give me class or the back street"
That, say. is beautiful. That is tri-
umpi,ant sadness. At 3 o'clock this
afternoon, in beautiful parlor in
Philadclphia-a parlor pictured and
statucticd--thcre will DO from ten To
twenty destitute children Of the street.
II has been so every Sabbath after.
noon ut 3 o'clock for many years.
These destitute children receive r'li"
ious instruction, concluding with
cakes and sandwiches. How do
know that that has been going on for
many years! | knew il in this way.
GREED CURED By CHRISTIAN WORK
That was the first home in Philadel.
phia where was called to comfort u
great SORROW. They had splendid
boy and he had been drowned at Long
Branch. The father aud mother al
most i,loliscd the boy. and the sob and
shrek Of that father and mother rs
they hung over the collin rcsound in
my cars today. There seemed to be
no use of praying. for when knelt
down 10 pray. the cutlery in the room
drowned out all the pray. But the
Lord comfortcd that sorrow. They
did not forget their trouble. If you
should go on the snOwicst winter af-
tcrnoon into laurel Hill you would
find n monument with tho word
walter" inscribed upon il, and n
wreath of fresh flowers around the
name. think there has not been an
hour all these years. winter or sum
mcr. when there was not II wreath Of
fresh flowers around Walters name.
But the Christian mother who sends
those flowers there, having no child
left, Sabbath afternoons mothers
ten or twenty of the lost ones Of the
street. That is beautiful. That is
what call busy and triumphant sad
hess. Here is man who las lost his
property. He does not 70 10 hard
drinking. lie does not destroy his
own life. He comes and says: liar
ness me for Christian work. My
moneys gone. | have no treasures
on earth. want treasures in heaven.
| have voice and II heart 10 serve
Cod" You say that that man has
failed. He has not failcd-hc has
triamphcd. Oh, wish could per-
sradc all the people who have any
kind of trouble never 10 give up. !
wish they would look ut tie midnight
rider Of the text. and that the four
hoofs of that beast ON which Nehemiah
rode might cut To pieces all your dis
{ Engagements and harlships and
trials. Give up! Who is going
to give UP. when on the bosom
troubles lushcd. Give up. Never
thinl. Of giving up. Arc You borne
down with poverty! \ little child
was found holding her dead mothers
hand in the darkness OF II tenement
house, and some one coming in, tho
/ little girl 'ool;ed up, while holding her
dead mothers hand. and said. "Oh. |
do wish that God had made more light
for poor folks" My dear, God will be
your light. God will be your shelter,
God will be your 1omc. ARE you
borne down with the bcrcaveme1ts of
lifci Is 70 house lonely now that
/ the chily Is gone! Do not give up.
Think y Hhat the old sexton said when
the mil s,cr asked him why he put so
much care on the little graves in the
ccnctcry-so much more care than on
the larger graves, and the Old sexton
/ said. sir you know that of such is The
/ kingdom Of heaven, and ] think the
Saviour is pleased when he secs so
much white clover growing around
these little graves But when the
minister pressed the old sexton for n
more satisfactory answer, the old sen
/ ton said. Sir. about these larger
graves, don't know who are the
+ Lords saints and who are not; but
you know, sir, il is clean different
with the BARNS" Oh. il you have
/ had that keen, tender, Undesirable
sorrow that comes from the loss of a
child. do not give up. The old sex.
ton was right II is all well with the
BARNS. Or, il you have sinncd, ii
you have sinncd gricvouSly-sinncd
until you have been cast out by the
church, sinmcd until you have been
cast out by society, do not give up.
4 Perhaps there may be in this house
one that could truihfully utter the
lamcntation of another:
Once was pure ~ tho snow. hut fell
Fell like n snowflake from heaven Ia he'll
Fell. To b. trainil,'i AZ 9Th In the street
Fell. Ia la ScOiI,~l at. spit on and h'at:
Praying. cursing. wishing Ia die.
Selling my saul u whoever would buy
Dealing IN shame Tor morscl IL bread.
Hating the living and fearing the dead
WHERE COMFORT Is FOUND.
Do not give up. One like unto the
Son of God comes To you today, say
ing, Go and sin no more" while lac
cries ont 10 your ASSISTANTS, let him
4 that is without sin east the first stone
at her" Oh! there is no reason why
any ono in this house. by reason Of
amy trouble or sin. should give up.
Are you foreigner. and in strange
lnndf Nehemiah was an exile.
Are you pennilcssl Nehemiah was
poor. Arc you homcsicki Nchc.
miah was homcSick. Are you broken
heartfelt Nehemiah was broken heart.
ed. But just see him in the text. rid.
ing along the sacrilcgcd grave Of his
father, and by the dragon we'll, and
through tho fish gate, and by the
kings pool. in and out, IN aud out. the
moonlight falling on the broken ma.
sonry. which throws long shadow at
which the horse shics, and nj the same
time that moonlight klndling up the
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