Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1892-01-30

you not know that God watches tn,
faded leaf ON the brooks surface a.
certainly a. he does the path of ;
blazing sum- And the moss thai
creeps up the side of the rock make,
as much impression upon Gods mine
as the waving tops of Oregon pine
and Lebanon cider: and the alder
cracking under the cows hoof
sounds n loud i'll Gods ear as tn.
snap of worlds confagiation
When you have anything Ia do III
life, however humble il may seem t.
be, God is always there 10 help you
to do it. If Your work is that of Il fish
erman, then God will help you. as ht
helped Simon when he dragged Gen
nesaret If your work is drawing
water then he will help you AZ wher
he talked nj the well curb To the Sa
marian woman. II you are engaged
in the custom house he will lead you
as he led Matthew sitting at the r.
ceipt of customs. A religion that i,
not good III one place is not wortl
anything i'll another place. The man
who has only days wages III hi.
pocket AZ certainly needs the guild
ance of religion as he VINO rattl,,s
the keys of bank and could abscont
with hundred thousand hard dol
lars.
There are those prominent in the
churches who seem to be. ON publ,
occasions. very devout. who do not
put the principles of Christ's religion
into practice They are the most in
exorable of creditors. They are tn,
most grasping of dealers They ar,
known as sharpers on the street
They fleece every sheep they car
catch. a country merchant come.
in to buy spring or fall goods. and liz
| gets into the store of one of these
professed Christian men who have
really no grace in their hearts and
he is completely swindled.
He is so overcome that he cannot
get out of town during the week
He stays i'll town over Sunday, goes
into some church to get Christian
consolation, when what is his amaze
ment to find that the very man who
hands him the poor box i'll the church
is the one who relieved him of his
money, But never mind the deacon
has his black coat on now He looks
solemn. and goes home talking about
1.-The blessed sermon" If the wheat
in the churches should be put into a
hopper the first turn of the crank
would make the chaff fly. tell you,
Some of these men are great stick
lers for Gospel preaching They say
You stand there i'll bands and sur
plice and gown. and preach preach
like an angel. and we will stand out
here and attend to business Don't
mix things Don't get business and
religion in the same bucket You
attend to your matters and we will
attend to ours" They do not know
that God sees every cheat they have
practicei III tn, last SIX years; that
he can look through the iron wall OF
their fireproof safe; that he has
counted every dishonest dollar they
have III their pocket. and that day
of Judgment will come These incon
sistent Christian men will Sit ON III,
Sabbath night i'll the house of God
singing. at the close of the service
Rock of Ages. cleft for me. and
then, when the bencdiction is pro
nounced, shut the pew door and say
as they 90 out. "Goodby. religion
I'll be back next Sunday
THE CHURCH Is THE CHRISTIANS AR
MoRY
! think that the church of God and
the Sabbath are only an aimory
where we are toget weapons. When
war comes, if man wants 10 fight
for his country he does not 20 tc
Troy or Springfield To do battling
but he goes there for swords and
muskets. look upon the church OF
Christ and the Sabbath day as only
the place and time where and when
we are to get armed for Christian
conflict; but the battlefield Is ON
Monday Tuesday. Wednesday. Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday st.
Martins" and Lemon" and odd
Hundred do not amount to anything
unless they sing all the week A
sermon is useless unless we can take
it with us behind the pillow and the
counter. The Sabbath day is worth
less if it last only twenty four hours
There are many Christians who
say: We are willing to serve God.
but we do not want To do it i'll these
spheres about which we are talking.
and it seems SO insipid and monoto
nous Ii we had some great occasion.
4 if we had lived i'll the time of Luther.
if we had been Pauls travelling com
panion, if we could serve God on a
great scale. we would do it but we
can't in this everyday life" admit
that a great deal of the romance and
knight errantry of life have disap
peared before the advance of this
practical age.
The ancient temples of Rouen have
smithies The residences of poets
and princes have been turned into
brokers shops The classic mansion
of Ashland has been cut up into walk
ing sticks. The groves where the
poets said the gods dwelt have been
carted out for fire wood The muses.
that we used 10 read about have dis
appeared before the emigrant's ax
and the trapper's gun, and that man
who is waiting for life bewitched OF
wonders will never find it. There is,
however, field for endurance and
great achievement, but it is i'll every
day life. There are Alps to scale,
there are Tablespoons to swim, there
are fires to brave; but they are all
around us now. This is the hardest
kind of martyrlom to bear
1t took grace To lead Latimer and