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

Oh, have not ministers a right To rejoice
when protlical comes hornet They blew the
trumpet. and ought they not to he GLAD at the
gathering Of the hosti They pointed TO the
full supply. and ought they not to rejoice
when souls pant as the hart for the water
broolsi They came forth saying: "All
things are now ready" ought they not to re-
joicc when the pro,ligal sits down ut the Ian
quot!
Life insurance men will all tell you that
ministers Of religion. rs a class, live longer
than any other. II Is confirmed by the sta
tisiics Of all thosc who calculate upon human
longevity Why is III There Is morc draft
upon the nervous system than in any other
profession, and their toll is more cxhausting.
| have seen ministers kept on miserable
siipcn,ls by parsmonious congregations, who
wondered nj the iullncss II the crmons,
when the men Of God were pcrplcxcl almost
To- death by questions 81 livelihood. and had
me- enough nutritious food to keep any
FIRE in their temperament. No fuel. no
crc have sometimes seen the inside NJ the
life Of many Of the American clcrgymcn-
rcvcr accepting their hospitality. because
they cannot afford 1t; hut ! have seen them
struggle cn with salaries of five and six hun
,lrcd dollars ycar-thc average less than
thai-ihcir struggle well depicted by the
wc,tcrn missionary who says in n letter:
Thank you Tor your last remittance; until IL
ca:ac wC had not any meat in our house for
one year. and all last winter. although it was
u severe winter. our children wore their sum
49, 4 c..I
in different parts of the land. struggling
against annoyanccs and cxaspcrations
innumcrablc: some 81 them week af-
ter week entertaining agca;s who have
r.alis 10 sell. and submitting themselves to all
styles Of annoyance, and yet without com
plant, and cheerful If soul How do you
account for the fact that these life insurance
men tell us that ministers as class live
longer than any others: II Is because of the
joy o! their work, TIE joy Of the harvest field,
the joy Of grcciin: pro,lisalS home TO their
Fathers house.
Oh. W. are in sympathy with all innocent
hilaritics. We can enjoy n hearty song. and
We Can bc i;icrry with the merri,st: hut ihuSc
IL uS who have toilcd in the service are ready
to testify that ill these joys are tame com
pared with the satisfaction OF sccin; men
enter the kingdom Of Cod The great cras
Of every minister nrc the ouipourinss Of the
Holy Ghost. anil thank God have s,cn
ci;h,ccn Of them. Thank G"l. thank God!
CHRISTIANS RECEIVE \ CONVERTED soUL
WITH oPES ARMS.
" notice nISp when the pro4li;:l co;nCs
Lacl; all earnest Christians rejoice. II YOU
siucd on Mon;aUk FONT and ilcrowas hur-
ricanc n; Sca. a;Id il was blowing toward the
shore. and "a vrss4l crashed into the rccls.
aud you saw lroplc get ashore in the life
hua;>. and the very last man got on the rocks
in safety, you cou!l no, control your joy.
And IL is "A glad time when the Church ~
God see, men who are tus-sl on the uc,;,n IL
their ir- plant their fc,; on the rock Chris;
Jc,uS
oh. when rrodisnls ccinc home just hear
ilu,c, ..ii,tiaEs sim. jus; Eoar those Chris
iiaiis pray II is rot II stcru;yrtl snpiica.
ton We have heard over and ever again for
twenty YEAR. hu; u putting 81 the ease in
the hands az God with IN UNFORTUNATE plead
ing NJ lon. prayers Men never pray at
treat length unless they have noihin: 10 say
AMI their hearts are hard and cold. III the
PRAYERS in the Bible that were answered were
slor; prayers: "God b. merciful To me n sin
. ncr" Lord. that may receive NY sight.
Lord. save ric or perish. Tie longest
PRAYER. :ol"mcn'S prayer at ihc'!,tiication 81
the icinp'c. les, tl:an eight minutes in length,
according Ia the ordinary rate "f enuncia-
ton.
A.d Just hear them pray. row that the
p:osli.,ali are comm; Eo;ac. Just ~ them
sratr hands No putting. forth Of the four
;i.N of the fingers in fur:.;::l way. but n
h"asty grasp. where the m,Scl,> nf the heart
srrn {" clcnch the iinscrsof omc hand around
the other hand And then 80 illnsc Chris
tian fac-,. Y ilumincd they are. And s4r
that old ~ 81; NJ. and with tie 'auic yoic"
that h. - lifiy years ago in the oh ro;:n.
try my' house. say: "Now. Lord lcii,>i
ihou IL RYAN, depart in peace, Tor mine
eyes u srn thy salvation. Their. WIS
ma, Keith who wns hurled INTO
pri-nn time 81 persecution. and nnc
day Il .oi oil his sliackhs and he came
AMI = | 10y the prison ,cir, and Wien
the jai!cr was npiiin; The door, with one
stroke lc struck down the nam who i.a,i
inrarrrraicl him. Passing along the streets
Of London. he wondered where his family
was. lie lid not dare to ask lest he excite
suspicion. hut, passing along little way
from the prison, hc sllw a Keith tankar,l, "A
cup that belonged to the family from gcncr
aiiun 10 gencraiion-hc saw il ia "a window.
His family, hoping that s4,mr day he would
get clear, came ani lv0i n near they
could Ia the prison house. and they s,'i that
Keith tankard IN the win,luw hoping hc
would S- il, and hc came along and saw it.
ami knocL,d at III. dunr, ami went III.
and the hing alI.rnt family were all Ia
g,ihrr again. Uh. II YEN would start
f'r the Kingdom Of God iU.aX think some
= You wuulI ilnl ncarly all yniir friends aud
nearly all your families ar,inl the holy
tankarl uf the holy communion fathers.
mothers. brothers, sisters around that >Icr,d
tanknrd wLlrh commentaries the love ui
Jesus Christ Gun Lord Oh. II will Ia a great
cnIninmniuu day whcn your whole family sits
around the sarr,,l lankurd TIM. on earth.
one IA heaven.
ron TII MErCnS % rgnpiGALs LIT EVERY
ONE PRAY
! v Oncr mere | remark. that when the
pruli. al 80, lack the inhabitants of heaven
Z keep festival | am vcry certain Of it. II
I yuu have never sHn u ttirgraphic chart you
have no i,lcn how many cities arc connected
together an'l hnw many la,rls Nearly all
the ncishirrh~als 1T the earth seem articu-
iaiyl, AMI news flies from city To- city. and
from cHdup'n, Ia continent But moro rap
lilly i,"ihr liiinl;s lruni earth To heaven and
whrn u prHllsal returns II l. anauuncyl Ia
,urr The tlrnuc uf God And IL tl,,s.' sluls
this u,ug,nns should enter ~, kingdom ihcrc
wnuhi b. ,uinr an" Ia the heavenly Liag,iuu.
Ia say That's NY father" That's my
mother, That's my son" That's ny
,l1usitcr." That's my irienl," "Tha.'s thu
me ! uss-l to pray for" That's tae oac fur
whom ~cla - many tears G,d enc soal
would ~y, 'l,,SInna!" AMI ano,..ar soUl
Nuull my 'Iiu,l luinhi"