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


Is That the Great Achievement Was -
Religious Di>c"vcry-T Voyage Was
in Gods name.
BEoo:I.YN. Oct. 9-Rev. DIR. Tai
IMAGES discourse today was occasioned
bv the Columbus observance now taking
place In the OVERLOOKING audience
were many who had come to the city 10
participate in the patriotic ceremo..ics
The subject was. Half Planet" the
text being Deuteronomy iii. -. Lift up
thine ewes westward"
So God said 10 Moses i'll Bible times.
and so he :. III 10 Christoforo Colombo.
the son of wool comber of Genoa. more
than four hundred wears ago The ma
tions had been looGing chiefly toward
the east Tie sculpture of the world,
the architecture of the world. the laws
of the world. the philosophy Of the
world. the civilization of the world. the
religion Of the world came from the
east.
But while Columbus. as his name was
called after it WAS Laiinizcd stood
studying maps and examining globes
and reading cosmography. God said To
him. Lift MP thine cveS toward the
west" The fact WAS fe must have
seemed to Columbus a very lopsided
world-like cart with one wheel. like
scissors with one iladc. like Il sack on
one side of camel. u. eding sack on
the other side to balance H. Here was Il
bride of world with no bridegroom
When God makes Il half of anything he
does not stop there. He rlakes the other
half. We are all obliged sometimes to
leave things only half done. Eut God
never stops half W. y. because he has the
time and the power TO 90 all the way.
do not wonder that Colun. bus was
not satisfied with half world. and 80
went 10 work 10 find the other half. The
pieces of carved wood that We're fioated
to the shores of Europe 10y westerly
gale. and two dad human faces. unlike
anything lie had seen before. likewise
tioated from the west. were to him the
voice of God saving, Lift mp thine
eyes toward the vest" But the world
then. rs nov. had plenty cf Can't-hc-
donc>. THAT is :, hat keeps individuals
back, and enterprises back. and the
church back; and na;ions lack iyno-
minions and ,,is.r.,irg and dishcarten-
ing Caut-he-D Denrs
Old navigator ,aid TO Young Column
bus. III can't r. !, .iic" The republic
Of Genoa said, 1t can't l.r done" Al
phonso V said. .'lt can't 10 done" y
committee on maritime affairs. To- whom
the subject WAS submitted. declared.
1T can't bc done" Ncneiiar> said 1T
can't hc lunc." But the father Of Co
luInbuS' wife died. leaving bis widow n
large number of s'a charts and maps.
and rs ii 10 condemn the slur ;lat differ
ent ages put upou mothcrs-n-law the
mo;her-in-law If Columbus gave him
The navigator, l. atcrials ont of which
hc cinhcrcd America. After awhile
the story II this oor Int ambitious Co
lumbEs reaches the ear Of lu"cn Isabel
In, and shc pays eighty dollars to buy
him Il decent sEij uf clothes. 80 that he
may bc 1T tuappcar before royalty.
The interview III the palace was sue
cessful Muicy enough WAS borrowed
10 fl ont lie expedition. There they
are, the three ships. in the Gulf Of Cadiz.
Spain. If you ask me which have been
the most fnnouS boats Of the world.
would say. first. Eoah's ship. that
whar:cd on Moiint Ararai: second. the
boat II bulr,shcS. il which Moses iloatcd
the Nile: third. IL" NaNfower. that put
ont from liymuu.h with tine Pilgrim
Fathers. and now these three vessels that
on this ti- Friday morning. Aug. 3,
-. are rocking oil the ripplcS am 50
glad ii Is Friday. 20 that the prows Of
those three slips SHALL first of all run
down Ia" sul crsiiiion that things begun
or voyage started on Friday must neces-
sarily prove ,li,as;ror~
Show rae any Monday or Tuesday or
Wednesday or Thursday or Saturday
that ever accomplished as much as this
expedition that started on Friday. With
the idea that there viii hc pcrils con
nec:ed with tie expedition. the sacra-
ment Of the Lords supper is admins
tered. IN Ept forget that this voyage
was begun under religious auspices.
! There i, the Santa Maria only ninety
feet long. with four masiS and eight
anchors. Tie captain walking the deck
is iif,y-scvcn wears old. his hair white.
for at thirty five he was gray. and his
/ face is round. his nose aquiline ard his
stature little taller than the average
I know from the decided step and the
set Of bis jaw that hc is Il determined
mau. That is Captain Christopher
Columbus. Near by. hnt far enough off
Y
smaller ships. the Pinia and the Nina.
about large cnou.h and safe enough 10
cross the Hudson river or the Thames in
good weather. There are TWO doctors
/ in this fleet of ships. and few lands
( mcn-aGVcniurcrs who are ready TO risk
their n.cks in II wild expedition. There
are enough provisions for year. Cap
tain Columbus. where are you sailing
for II do not know" GLOW lon;
before you win get there:'' Il cannot
say" .All :shorc that are going.' is
heard. and those y ho wish 10 remain 90
10 the land. Now the anchors Of the
three ships are being weighed. and the
iailincs begin 10 rattle and the sails to
nnfur
The wind Is dead east, and it does not
take long To- get out To sea. In Il few
hours the advcniurers wish they had not
started. Tn" ships begin to roll and
pitch. Oh. il i, such delightful Sensa-
iion for landsmcn. They begin 10 bother
Captain Columbus with questions. They
want 10 know what he thinks OF the
Weather. They want 10 know when he
thinks he wiilprubably get there. Every
time when he stands taking obServa-
lions Of the sun with IN astr"labc they
wonder what he sees and ask more qlcs-
iions. The crew are rather grouiy.
Some Of them came un under four
months advance pay and others We're
impressed into the service. For sixteen
days the wind is lead east and that
pleas'.s tie captain. because il blows
them farther aud farther away from the
European coast and further on toward
the shore Of another country. if there is