Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-10-15

satlon Win Il passenger learns OF some
experiments III France which suggest
TO him the magnetic telegraphy.
He went tp Europe to learn the wis
dom of others and discovered the ielc-
graph. HarSreave-. by the upsettingo Of
u machine and the motion of its wheels
while upset. discovered the spinning
jenny. So. my friend. go on faithfully
and promptly with your work. AMI if
You do not get The success you seek. AMI
your plans upset. you will get some
thing just a. good and perhaps better.
Sail ahead on tie voyage IF life. keep Il
correc, losbopk, brave the tempest, mike
the best use of Tie east wind. keep "A sharp
lookout, and warrant You. in the I.aric
of the God of Columbus, shat if Yen ,ln
not find just wi'at You want of an earin-
ly nature You viii find heaven. and that
will be better
What was wornout Il.iia. crouchiag
under Il troli' Il sun. compared with
salubriouS ami radiant and almost IL
limii.,ble America. AMI what ;s all that
this little world in which we live can
afforl you compared with that supern.l
realm whose foliage, ami whose fruits.
and whose riches. and whose popula.
iion. and whose grandeurs. and whose
worship. and whose Christ make up I'M
affincncc that the most rapturOus vocah-
ulary fails To utter:
Another look ut the career of thas AL
miral of the Santa Maria persuadcS me
that it is not IL he expected tha: this
world will do its hard workers full jus
{ free rl.f I.,x.
treated well from first To last it was 60
lumhus. lie had his faults. Let others
depict them. But Il greater soul tine
centuries have not produced. This con
tinent ought 10 have been called Colum-
hia. after the hero who discovered il. .,r
lsahelliana, after the queen who fur
nishsvl the means for the expedition.
No The world did not do him justice
while lie was alive. and why should it
be expected to do him justice after Il.
was dead: Columbus in dungeon.
What lhorshi. Columbus in irous?
What "A spectacle.
The wife cf Robert Murray, after
whom Murray hill. New York. w.s
named. never has received proper credit
for OBTAINING nj very rich luncheon the
officer of the opposing army until Wash
ington and his army could escape. Mrs.
Murray saved American independence.
How the wrong men and the wrong
women get credit thar does not belong Ia
them. while Gods heroes and Goi's
hrroincs go ungarlandel. You have
heard If the brave words of dying chief
aims. but you probably never heard Of
Va hat fs,1l.
Rcsaca AMI bleeding under she'll
wound in his mpu;l. and who. though
suffering 'lrea,.fully from thirst when
cup If water WAS offered him declined
To drink. saving. My mouth is I'll
bloody. sir. an it might make the tin
cup bad for others
The worl,l knows noihin. Of the
bravcsi words AMI the hravest deeds. In
one ~ ih,. ia>; letters which Columhus
sent To lis >oi. lie wrote iliiS lamcn;a-
tioa; Il 'c,r.vc nothing If the revenue
due me. live 10y borrowing. Little
have proi;;',l by twenty years Of serv-
ice with si,..i tolls and perils, since 1t
present | ,,rpt own roof in Spain. II
desire To eat or sleep. have no r.
course hut the inn. and for the most
times hav. not whcrcwlhal "a pay my
bill"
Be not surprised, my hearer, if you
suffer injustice. You are in the best
of company-Ihe men and women who
wrought miShtily for God and the
worlds Improvement. ard got for II
chiefly Misrepresentation and abuse
while they lived. although afterward
they may have had long row of car
riages at the ohsequics and gilt edged
set Of resolutions unanimously adopted
| for the consolation of the bereft house
hold. Do your full duty. expecting no
appreciation in this world. but full re-
ward III the world to come.
| And now, while NJ thinking of this
| illustrious ship captain Of Espoa. i.r
me bespcak higher appreciation for Tie
ship captains now in service. many +
| them this moment on the sea, the lives
! of tens of thousands of passengers in
! their keeping. What an awful response
/ bility is theirs! They go ont through
the Narrpws or start from Queens
! town or Southampton or Glasgow not
knowing what cyclone or collisions ur
midnight perils are waiting for them.
1t requires bravery to face an army Of
men. hut far more bravery TO face an
army OF Atlantic surges led ON ly hur-
ricancS.
\ more Slrpcndous scene is not 10 ha
] witnessed than that of Il ship captain
walking the bridge IF IA steamer in the
midst Of a acyclone. Remember those he
roes in your prayers. and when Worn ont
l in the service. and they have 10 command
inferior craft or return 10 the land and
go ont Of service. do them full honor for
what they once were. Let the ship com
pauics award them pensions worthy #
what they endured until they start on
their last voyage from this world TO the
next.
Ave. that voyage we muSt all take.
lanjSrcn aS we'll as scafarers. Let u
be sure that we have the right pilot. ard
the right chart. and the right captain.
and that we start in the right direction.
1t will bc IL each Of us who love the
Lord voyage more wonderful for dis
covery than that which Columbus took.
for after all we have heard about that
other world we know not where it Is or
how il looks. and it will he as Eew rs
San Salvador was tothc aloriuus captain
of the Santa Maria. Eye hath not seen
nor car heard. neither have entered into
the heart ii man" May the light froin
that golden Leach flash IN the darkness.
and We be- able TO st'pa>hercalnid groves
and orchards and arunaS such ~ this
worlds atmosphere never ripcned or
breathc,i.
Aye. fellow mariners. over the rough
sea of this life. through the foss and
miStS Of earth. scc you not already the
outline uf the letter country: Land
ahead. Land ahead, Nearer AMI nearer
we conn, to heavenly Wharfage. Throw
ont the plankS and step ashore into the
arms If your kindred. who have been
waiting and watching for the hour of