Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1889-09-14
stead of Weapons.

Wnen oil N0tlOu0 Will re-
sort to Arbitration In
stead OF Weapons.
BROOKLYN. Sept. s.-Thc Rev. 7. dc
Witt Talmagc, ID. d., was welcomed home
to-day by an ovcrtlowing congregation
At the opening Of the service the hymn
beginning
Welcome, sweet day of rest,
That saw the Lord arise.
was sung with fine effect. Dr. Talmage's
subject was "The Sunrise" and his text
"The day is nj hand" Romans Kill, 12. lie
said:
Back from the mountains and the east
side, and the springs, and the farmhouse
your checks bronzed and your spirits
lighted, l hail you home again with tho
words of Gcllazi to the Shpnammitc. II,
Il well with thee; Is II well with thy hus
band; is u well with the child?" On somt
faces see the mark Of recent grief, bu,
all along the track Of tears see the story
of resurrection and reunion when all tear,
are done; the deep plowing Of the keel
followed by the flash of the pliosphorcs
/ cnce.
Now that have asked you in regard tc
your welfare, YOU naturally ask how am
Very well, thank you. Whether II wa,
the bracing mir of the Colorado mountain,
i2 900 feet above the level Of the sea Ol
the tonic atmosphere Of the Pacific Coast
or bath in the surf of Long Island beach
or whether il is the joy Of standing in TIN,
great group Of warm.heartcd friends, al
whether il is new appreciation Of III,
goodness Of God, | cannot tell. ] simpl,
know am grandly, and gloriously.. an,
inexprcssibly happy. II was said tha
John Muira,i, the great Methodist preach
er, occasionally got fast In his sermons
and to cxtricaic himself would cry "iIal
/ lelujah." am in no such prcdicamcn
/ to-day, but am full Of the same rhapsO
/ die ejaculation. Starting out this morn
ing on new ecclesiastical year, wan
TO give you the keynote of my next 1:
months ministry want to set il to III,
+ tune of Antioch" Ariel and Corona
ton Some time ago We had new stoI
pu, in this organ-a new trumpet stop
and want 10 put n new trumpet stop in
to my sermons.
MORE GLADNEss NEEDED.
In oil our Christian work you and
want more Of the element Of gladness.--
That man has no right to say tla, Chris
never laughed. DO you suppose that III
was glum at the wedding in Cana of Gal
lice: DO you suppose Christ was unre
sponsible when the children clambere,
over His knee aud shoulder at His own in
vitation Do you suppose that the cvange
list meant nothing when he said Of Christ
'lle rejoiccd in spirii:" DO you believ,
that the divine Christ who pours all III,
water over the rocks at Vernal Falls
Yosemite, does not believe in the sparkle
and gallop and tumultuous joy and rush
ing rartures of human life! ] bclicy
not only that the morning laughs. AM
that the mountains laugh, and that tn
seas laugh, and that the cascades laugh
but that Christ laughed. Moreover. TAX
u laugh and tear into an alembic, an,
assay them, and test them, and analyz
them. and you will often find as much o
the pure gold of religion in laugh as IL
u tear. Deep spiritual joy always show
itself In facial illumination. John Wes
ley said he was sure Of n good religion
impression being produced because q
what he calls the great laughter he saw
among the people. Goddess meriment ]
blasphemy anywhere. bu, expression q
Christian joy Is appropriate everywhere
Moreover, the outlook of the w0rl,
ought TO stir us To gladncss. Astrono
mers recently disturbed many people b,
telling them TIM, there Is danger Of stella
collision. We have been told through
the papers by these astronomers iha
there are worlds coming very near to
gethcr, and that we shall have plague
and wars and iumu.ts and perhaps tn
worlds destruction. DO not he scared
II you have eyer stood at u railroad cen
ire where 10 or 90 or 30 rail tracks eros
each other and seen that by the move
ment of the switch one or two inches ih
train shoots this way and That wrhou
colliding, then you may understand hov
30 worlds may come within an inch q
disaster, and that inch be as good as
million miles. II human switch.tende
can shoot the trains this way and tia
without harm, cannot the Hand that 70
thousands of years has upheld the uni
verse keep our little world out of harm
way: Christian geol0gists tell us tha
this world was millions of years building
Well. now, ! do not think God woul,
take millions of years to build hous
which was to- last only 5000 years. Their
Is nothing In the world or outside III,
world, terrestrial or astronomical, Ia ex
cite dismay. wish that some stout Cos
pei breeze might scatter all the malaria o
human forcnOding. The sun rose ihi
morning al about $50, and think iha
is just about the hour In the worlds his
tory. "rhe day Is at hand"
DIPLOMACY INSTEAD or BuTcuERy.
The first ray Of the dawn see in III
gradual substitution Of diplomatic skill
for human buichery. Within the last 2
years there have been international differ
ences which would have brought u shOcl
Of arms In any other day, hut which wer
peacefully adjusted, the pen taking th
place of the sword
That Alabama question In any othc