Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-02-16

before tho food and the eighteen centurie.
after the food TO show me the equal ol
charity on largo scale Of George Peabody
This generation Of men and women Is NOR,
worth saving than any Of the one hundred
and eighty generations that have passed or
But where shall We begini With ourselves
That Is tho pillar from which VIC must start
Prescott, tho blind historian. tells Us how
Pizarro saved his army for the right whcr
they were about deserving him. With hi
sword he made long mark on the ground
He said: My men, ON tho north side are do
scrtion and death, on the south side Is victory
on the north side Panama and poverty, on
tho south side Peru with all its riches
Choose for yourselves; for my part | go te
the south" Stepping across the line one BY
ono his TROOPS followed, and finally his whol'
army. The sword OF Gods truth draws Oh,
dividing line today. Ono one side Of 1t ar,
sin and ruin and death, ON the other side ar,
pardon and usefulness and Happiness ant
heaven. You cross from the Wrong side Il
tho right side, and your family will cross will
you and your friends and your associates
The way you go they will go. II We are moi
saved We will never save any one else. How
to get saved! DO willing To accept
Christ, and then accept him instantancously
and forever. Get ON the Rock first and
| then you will b. able TO help others upon th,
same lock. Men and women have beer
saved quicker than ! have been talking about
it. What, without praycri Ics. What
wi.hou; time deliberately TO think 1t over
| ic. What, without tcari Yes, Believe
...::l j. all. Believe whati That Jesus died
TO .;vc yol from sin and death and hell
Viii you. Do You! You have Something
make, inc think you have. New light La,
conc into your countcnanccS Welcome
Welcome! Hail. liail! Saved yourselves
how are you going To save others! Ey testi
mony. Tell /, 10 your family. Tel! it "a
your business associates. Tell it everywhere
We viii succ, -Ss.uliy preac., no morc ri sicu
anil viii successfully tall: 40 more religion
than we ourselves have.
! BEHAVE WELL. YOURSELVES.
The most Of that which you 40 to benefit
! tho souls ol i.iis generation, you will c.icci
through your own behavior. TO wro.. a:.j
that viii induce others 10 SO wrong. &c
/ right AMI that will in,.ucc others 10 80 right;
I Hhan the great cciitcn..i:.l exhibition W..
! bcims held in PhilaG, lphia, Tie que.
ton came sp among the directors as Il
whether they could keep the exposition open
OH Sundays. when director. who was
n man OF tho world. from Nevada, arose and
said, his voice trembling with emotion and
4 tears running down H.. checks: Il feel like d
returned prodisal. Twsnty years ago Wen,
/ yves; and into region where We had no Sab
I bath, but today oil memories come hack 70
rae AMI remember what my glTiiic'l iacihcr
! taught Inc about keeping Sunday, an'l 'ce:il
( TO hear her voice again and feel u ,lil
when every evening l knel. by her side in
/ prayer. Gentlemen, ! vote for the observ'
Gncc Of the Christian Sabbath" And lie
/ carried everything By storm. aud VIXEN tho
| question was put, "Shall We open The cXhi'
I billion on Sabbath" it was almost unanimous,
mo" NO" What one man ear do il hC
docs right, boldly right, cmpl.aiic;.lly right
/ What ii We could get this whole generation
savcl! Thea people WHO are living with u
/ tie same year ana amid Tie same stupcndous
events and Tying toward the future swiftcr
I than eagles TO their lrcy. We cannot stop.
/ They caunot stop W. think we can stop.
/ We say, Come now, ny friend. let us stop
AMI discuss this subject but We do not stop.
The year ,los,s not stop, the day dos not stop,
the huur docs not stop. The year is great
\ wheel. and there Is band on that wheel that
! keeps il revolving. and Us that wheel turns il
( tarn, ihrcv hundred anu siSiy-iiyc smaller
I wheels, which are the daJs, AMI thea each Of
4 lhcSc three hundred and siSiy-.ivc wheels
turn twenty -foLr smaller wheels. which arc
the hours, and these twcaty-lorr smaller
wheels turn sixty smaller whccl'. which arr
the minutes. and these sixty smaller wL.yl'
turn sixty more spialler wheels. which arr
the seconds. and th..y keep rolling, rolling
rolling, mounting, mounting mounting
switching. switching, switching. oh, God
II our gy' Da,ion Is going like that and We
are going nth them. wakcn III tn the short
but try .n'lous opportunity. confess e
you ~ NY one wish Is To- rye this genera
ton. to antasonizc IL, not - damage IL
not Z ,lc il. hut tO serve II; would like io
do thns toward helping uIrtrap it'
loa,l stop its tears. Ia hals:,m its wounds
and / induce Il 81 put foot on th" upwar
road that has ~ Its terminus acrlainatinu
rapturouS AMI gates learIinc, AMI garland,
: amaraniiinc. AMI fountains rainbuwei, and
dominions cnthroncd and coronciel. for
cannot forget that lullaby in the closing
words Of my text this rsorning: David
after he had served his own generation, fcl
asleep"
And what a lovely sleep |; was. Unfilia
AlrSalom did not trouble IL. Ambition,
I Adonijah did not worry IL. Prosecuting
Saul did not harrow IT, Exile did not Ill /,
with nightmare. Since rel headed bo,
anil his fathers flocks nj night. he hal no,
hal such good sleep ~ 20 years Of rs,
he lay down to it. lie had had many
troubled sleep. as In the cavcrnS of Adullau
I or in the palace at the time his enemies wcr,
attempting ht,capture But this WASH peace
full sleep. a calm sleep. "a r,'stiul sleep. glori
ous sleep. after he bad serycsl his genera
ton by the will of God, he fell on sleep.
Oh, what good thing Is sleep after har,
da"'s work. IL takes all the aching cut Of
Z the hcal and all the wcnrint.S oft q. I'll,
limbs and all the smariing cut of I'll,
eyes. From IL VIZ riSo IN the morn
I ins and II Is a new world And II we
like David. serve uur generation. We
viii at llics closs' have most desirable nn,l r.
fr,>hing slccp. In 1t will vanish our last
fatigue of b"ly. cur last wurrimcnt 81 mind
orr last sorrow 81 soul. To the Cnrisiiani
body that was hot with raging fever ~ that
! the attendant must by sheer iorcr keep on
tho blankets il will L. the cool sl,el. 7,
thee who ARE thin bloo,lcl und sliscring
/ with aSuc, il will L. the warm sleep I,
| tliuse who, because Of physical disorders
woc terrified with nigh, visions, It will hc
the 'lrcaml,ss ,l~p. To nurses and doctor,
and mothers who were Weakened nlmos; ever,
hour 81 the night by tho,4e la whom they
mnis;crcsl, az over whom thcy watchcl, IL
will lr the Indtiurlsd sleep To th,~c whc