Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-10-15
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glorious period of American evangelical
iion.
y divine influence will Vet sweep the
continent that viii make iniquity drop
like Stacked lime. anel make the most
blatant iniileli,y declare it was only
joking when il said the Bible WAS not
trne. and The worst atheism announce
that i; always dill believe in the God If
nations. Let others call for rcuui IN
and dead march. call for George FIR IL
erick lIanierS ,Ii"llcluiah Chorus.
There has been much talk of late about
communication with other worlds.
Mars has come 80 near we can SEE. il
canals, and it has been hoped that bv
signals after awhile we may communi-
cate with other stars. All. that will not
be possible until our world has been re-
formed ami cvai.clized.
Ii would not do for our world in il
10 and rIined state to have communi-
cation with other worlds. 1t woul
spoil Their morals. But wait until this
world l. tully redeemed as it will he.
and then perhaps in.erstellar correspond
ence may be op':.-d. Til then this
smitten aud sickeac.l world of ours must
Dc quarantincd f'om coming too near
the unfallen worlds. Bnt. thank Gn..
the prophecies which chcercd Columhrs
i'll his great undertaking cheer us
America for God. Yea. the round VOL
for God. There can be no doubt about :; {.
That great Italian navigator also i'm
presses me with the idea that when one
does Il good thing lie cannot appreciate"
its ramificaiiois To the moment Of h's
death Columbus never knew that he had
discovered America. but thought that
Cuba was part of Asia. He Thought
the island Hi>paniCla was the Ophir &c
solomon. He thought he had only
opened II rev way to old Asia. Had ie
known what .,or,h and South America
were and are. and that he ha,, found It
country three Thousand miles wide. tea
thousand Imi,cs long. of seventeen million
square m:'eS. and four times us large a>
Europe. the happiness " luld have been
too much for mortal m;.l to endure.
He hal TO idea that The time woultl
come hen nation Of sixty million lp.p-
pie on this side of the >ca would be Joined
sAAi Aat' AAat' iiAs'AlA stf' sfiiNft wv bii
side the sea- for the most part of year
rcciiins his wonderful deeds. II took
centuries 10 reveal the result Of that one
transatlantic vnvagc. su il has ;'lwa
been. Could Paul on that June Il
when lie WIS ,!.capi;atcd have had Az
idea of what effect his letters and i,;.
account Of his life would have "l
ChriSt.nGom: C"uld Martin Lu'.-r
have had any idea If the echoes HAT
would rim: through the ages from The
bang of his hammer milling the Latin
theses against Il church door at WiiieH
berg:
Could Iii whitney have realized ile
continents cf wcalih tia: would L.
added 10 the ,Iih hv the invention of
his COTTON. gin: Coul john Gutenberg.
toiling wear af;,r wear makiu.: jyi
and labo;;pu-ly setting ti:cIl side L.,
side, aui with pres: cS change! uow
this way AMI now that. amd s;c,! l.,
John Faust fur money l"aurd. I..G
many OF the people iryiu. !" CHEAT G,.;.
enher. ont of his invention. he io:i;i..
ON until he produced what : known a~
the Mazarin Bible, Lave any idea tina;
as Il result Of lis Invention there woull
he libraries that placed side by side
would again and again engir,lle the
earth, or the showers of newspapers
that snow the world under:
When Manhattan island was sold To-
the Dutch for rtweniy-fuur dollars. neither
they who sold or bought could have
foreSeen New York. the commercial me
tropuli> of America that nuw stands ~,
II. Can Il ilan who breaches Il sermon.
nr Il woman WHO distribute tracts. or Il
teacher vino insirucis class. ora lilS.,or-
by who uiter> encouraging words real
ize the iniinituGeS of useful result: The
teacher at Harrow school who tollcd
with William Jones. the most stupid
boy in school and at the foot of his class.
did not know that he WAS fitting for his
work the greatest oriental scholar OF
modern timcs-his statue now III 81.
Paul's cathedral. London. Every move
you make for God. however insigniii-
cant in your own eyes or in the eyes Of
others. touches worlds larger than the
one Columbus discovered.
Why tai aiout unimportant things:
Their. are no unimportant things. In
iiniiy is maic up "f infinitesmalS. On a
clear night Ike smallest .lewdrop h. >
star. Each one of You is at the center
of universe. and all you say and ,lc
somehow vibratcS to the extreme of that
universe in all directions promise ev.
erlaSting rcnuwn to those who will &c
forth with Christian and sympathetic
words. After the battle of Copenhagen,
Nelson. the admiral. went into Il hospital
and halted ut the bed of II wounded
sailor. who hll lost his arm. and said.
We'll. Jack. what is the matter with
YOU: and the sailor replied. Lost my
right arm, your honor and Nelson
looked down at his own empty sleeve
and said: We'll. Jack. then you and
are both spoiled for fishermen. Cheer
up. my brave fellow And that sym
pathetic wurl chccrcd the entire hos
riial.
Before You die you can. ont Of your
own misfortuneS. cheer IA hundred souls
and start unending echoes. You can
no more appreciate the farreaching re-
suits of Your life than Columbus could
see This continent from arctic to ant
/ arctic. say this not To- make you
I proud and arrogant. but 10 make Won
trcmhlc with your responsibilities. and
pu, you oi, ynur guard as TO what you
/ do and wha: Won say.
| While studying the life of this Italian
navigator | am also reminded of the
fact that while we are diligently look
ing for one thing we find another. c.
lumbus started To find lriia. but fouu
America. Go on and do Your duty dill
gently and praycrfully. and if you do
not find what you looked for you Will
| find something better. Saul was hunt
ing for the straycd animals of his fa-
theirs barnvard. but met Samuel. tie
prophet. vino gave him a crown of do
miuion. Nearly all the great inventions
| and discoveries were made by men whu
at the time were. looking for something
else. Professor Morse gone 10 Europe