Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-02-13

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Gods.
Learn also from my subject the
comforting truth that Affections are
arrested as soon as they have accom-
plished their mission. For seven
years did Nebuchadnezzar dwell
among the beasts of the field, but at
the expiration of that time his rea-
son returned and as soon as with
proper humility he acknowledged the
God of heaven he was brought back
to his palace and reinstated in his
former affiuence and power Now
it does seem that when heavy trials
come upon us it is rs though they
had no limit. We exclaim, "All thy
waves and thy pillows have gone
over me" but forget that the depth
of that sea and the power of that
billow are definitely determined.
God sees how much our pride is
and he sends just enough adversely
to humble it. He sees just how
worldly minded we are and pulls us
just hard enou~h to detach Ills from
our follies. He sees how hard our
heart is and smites just hard enough
to break it. He sees how our eyes
have been blinded and he cuts only
Just enough to remove the scales
from our spiritual vision As soon
as Abraham's faith is sufficiently
tried the lamb is provided AS soon
as Pharaoh consents to let the chill
dren of Israel depart the plague
pauses. As soon as the Israelites
have been sufficiently disciplined by
their wanderings they find their way
into Canaan. But to some the limit
is not set in this life. Their whole
pilgrimage is through the wilderness
and the world is to them a valley of
tears.
But perhaps God has a special
throne in heaven that no ordinary
saint can occupy. and by extraor-
binary trials he has prepared that
Christian soul for extraordinary
glory. God will not keep you in the
furnace one moment too long just
rs soon as Paul had met with enough
Imprisonment and scourgings he
reached up and plucked his eternal
crown. God will keep us no longer
under the hammer and on the stocks
than is necessary to fit us for en-
trance into the haven of eternal rest.
Glory be to the divine grace that. as
soon as our Affections have accom-
plished their mission. they are ar
rested
DEFEAT OFTEN A DIVINE GUIDE.
The defeats and sorrows of life
have sometimes been the greatest
advantage. 1t was because Dante
failed as statesman that he gave up
politics and wrote his immortal "Di
thunderstorm that first set Martin
Luther seriously thinking. and the
thunder of this worlds disaster has
started many reformation. James
Y. Simpson went from a surgeon $
operating table to experiment and
see if he could not find something
that would alleviate human pain,
and he kept ON until he had discov
cred chloroform as an anesthetic,
and the story of distress has almost
always been followed by the story of
rescue.
For many years after rShakespeare's
death his work was so little appreci-
ated that in 1866 there was only one
edition of his works. and that of only
three hundred copies, in existence,
and that edition was nearly all burned
in the great London fire But forty
eight copies had been sold out of the
city, and those forty eight copies
saved Shakespeare for all nations
and all time. Your suppression on a
smaller scale may last a good while,
but for all you are worth you will
yet shine out on earth or in heaven.
Again. learn from my subject that
connected with tho most distressing
judgments of God there are displays
of divine mercy. God might justly
have left Nebuchadnezzar in the
field, but infinite compassion brought
him back to the palace. No sooner
was Eden blasted than blessing fol
lowed on the heels of the curse
promising the coming of One who
would destroy sin and make the
whole world paradise. The deluge
descends, but not until Noah had in
vited the people into the ark. The
destroying angel comes upon Egypt
/ for the shifting of the first born. hut
left unmolested every house whose
door was sprinkled with the blood OF
sacrifice.
/ Fiery tempests bear down upon
Sodom. but not until two angels
have warned Lot and ,his family tt
flee from the destruction. Jerus:,
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