Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-10-22
THE GOSPEL ABROAD.
CHEERING ACCOUNT OF CHRISTIAN
ACTIVITY IN FOREIGN LANDS.


and Czarina--A BADLY SIandered Peo-
pie Christian Unity In Great Britain.
BRooKLYN. Oct. iG.-Cnusual interest
attached to the sermon preached by
Rev. DIR. Talmage this forenoon. il hav-
ing been announced that he would de.
vote the entire discourse to review of
his summers journey. The great Tab
ernacle binding was crowded early by
an expectant audience. Professor
Brown. tho organist during the service
rendered the Russian national air, the
English national air and onr own ma
tional air. Among other hymns sung
was
My country, It's OF thee.
Sweet land ~ liberty.
The subject was observations IN
Russia and Great Britain" the text be-
ing Psalm cxxxix, .. III take the
wings of the morning and dwell in tho
uttermost parts of the sea. even there
shall thy hand lead me-
What an absurd book the Bible must
be TO man who has no poetry i'll his
soul, Wings Of the morning." What
kind Of bird is it. and how long are its
wings and of what color: All. some of
us have seen and felt its wings. They
are golden. They are buoyant. They
are swift. They are widespread. The
18th of last June took 1.-THE wings of
the morning" and started for Europe
June 20. on the wings of the morning.
| started from Liverpool. July l2. on
the wings of the morning." entered
Germany. the land OF Martin Luther
and many of that ilk. living and dead
On 1.-THE wings of the morning" | en-
tered St. Petersburg. Russia. On 1.-THE
wings of the morning" ! entered Mos
COW. On 1.-The wings of the NOR. NJ" |
entered the palaces ~ Russia, greeted
by the emperor aud empress. surrounded
by a lovely brood II princes and prin-
cesses. On 1.-The wings Of the morning"
entered Inverness. the capital OF the
Scottish highlands. country Of Robert
Burns and Thomas Chalners-the one
for poetry. the other for religion. Sept
81. on 1.-The wings ~ the morning." en-
tered the finest haven OF all the earth
New York harbor-and looked off to-
ward the mos: interesting place had
seen III three months Sonth Oxford
street. Brooklyn. Oh. | like ''ihe wings
Of the morning" | am. hy nature and
by grace. a son - the morning. think
must have been born in the mornin:
would like to die in tie morning.
have II notion that heaven il only an
everlasting morning. In the summer of
1892 my text was fulfilled to mo :ain
and again. If take the wings Of the
morning and dwell in the utterinost
parts of the sea, even there shall thy
hand lead me-" Yes. lie led me ~ he
always has led me- since took my first
walk from the cradle to my mothers
lap at Bound Brook until this pulpit
where now stand, and he will lead me
until stop for all time about three
miles ont y0nder. where the most Of you
will be my fellow slumberers
An ACCOUNT or STEWARDSHIP.
You all know why went to Russia
this summer. There are many thou
sands of people who have right To say
To me. rs was said i'll the Bible parable.
Give account Of thy stewardship"
Through The Christian Herald. which
have the honor TO edit. we had for
months in publishers. in reportorial and
editorial column put before the people
the CHASTITY facts concerning twenty
million Russians who were starving to
death, and subscriptions TO the relief
fund had come hy letters that seemed
not so much written with ink as with
tears some of the letters practically
saying. We find j; hard TO get bread
for our own families. but we cannot
stand this cry of hunger from beyond
the seas. aud so please 10 receive the in
closed. And others had sent jewels
from their hands and necks. saving.
Sell these and turn them into bread.
And another letter said: Enclosed is an
old gold piece. II was my mothers
She gave it To me and told me never to
part with it. except for bread. and now
inclose it," We had gathered thirty
five Thousand dollars in money, which
we turned into three million pounds Of
-four. When | went down to the board
of trade at Chicago Il; d left five thou
sand dollars of the amount raised with
"A prominent -four merchant. taking no
receipt and leaving all TO him to do the
best thing. and returned. it was sug-
gested that | had not done things in
business way. How could we know
what sort of -four would be sent: There
are styles of flour more fit for the trough
of the swine than the mouths of hungry
men and women. Well. as is custom
AIRY. when the -four came to New York
ii was tested. and we found indeed
they had cheated us. They gave us
better -four than we had bought.
bought in Chicago fine flour. but they
sent Us supertine. God bless the mer-
chants of Chicago.
GODS owS LAND.
Now we know nothing about famine
in America. The grasshoppers may kill
the crops in Kansas. the freshets may
destroy the crops along the Ohio, the po-
tato worm may kill the vines of Long