Democratic messenger., 1893-01-21

limited monarchy. After awhile the linn
tied monarchy will be given up, and
the republican form of government will
be everywhere dominant and recognized
Then the world will get tired of the re-
publican form Of government. and il will
have an anarchy. which is no govern
ment ut all And then all nations. find
ing ont that man is not capable OF
rightcously governing man. will cry ont
for theocracy and say Let God come
back and conduct the affairs of the
world
Every monarchy. limited mon
archy. republicanism. anarchy diff
ferent steps between the first theocracy
and the last theocracy. or segments of
the great circle of the earth ON which
God sits. But do not become impatient
because you cannot see the curve OF
events. and therefore conclude that God ;
government Is going to break down Ills
tory tells MS that III the making of the
pyramids il took 2OC0 men two years Ia
drag one great stone from the quarry
and put it into the pyramids.
Well now. if men short lived can afford
to work So slowly as that. cannot God
in the building Of the eternities afford
to wait: What though God should take
10000 years to draw circle: Shall we
take our little watch. which we have to
wind np every night lest it run down
and hold it mp beside the clock of eter-
nal ages? IT, according to the Bible a
Thousand years are in Gods sight as one
day. then. according to that calculation
the 5000 years of the worlds existence
have been only TO God as from Monday
To saturday
GOOD RETURNS AFTER MANY DAYS.
But II Is often the case that the re-
bound is quicker and the circle is sooner
completed You resolve that you will
do what good YOU can. In one week
you put word Of counsel in the heart
of n Sabbath school child During that
same week you give letter of introduc-
tion To Il young man struggling in bust
ness During the same week you make
an exhortation in a prayer meeting. 1t
is all gone. you will never hear of it.
perhaps. you think.
4 few years after a man comes up TO
you and says You don't know me. do
you:" You say. No. don't remember
ever To have seen you. Why" he says
Il WAS in the Sabbath school class over
which you were the teacher One Sun
day you invited me to Christ accepted
the offer Yon see that church with two
towers yondcr:" Yes" you say He
says. That Is where preach" or. do
you see that governors house? That is
where live" One day man
comes to you and says Good morn
ing" You look at him and say.
Why You have the advantage of
me. cannot place you" He says.
Don't you remember thirty years ago
giving "A letter of introduction to young
man. "a letter of introduction TO Moses
Il. Grinnell:' Yes. yes. do" He
says: Il am the man: that was my first
step toward fortune. but | have re
tired from business now and am giving
my time TO philanthropies and public in
terests. Come up and see me"
Or n man comes to You and says: Il
want to introduce myself to you. !
went into IL prayer meeting i'll Atlanta
some years ago: sat back by the door;
you arose to make an exhortation; that
talk changed the course OF my life. and
if ever get To heaven. under God will
owe my salvation TO You" In only ten.
twenty or thirty years the circle swept
ont and swept back again to your own
grateful heart.
But sometimes it is Il wider circle and
does not return for IL great while. SAW
bill of expenses for burning Latimer
and Ridley The bill of expenses says:
One load of fir iagots ................... :s I'd
Carriage for four ls,a,l> of woud .......... -.
Item. IHISt Is. I'd
Item. two chains. Observation-Disclosures. SIS. 4d.
Item. two staples. s..................... Cd
Item. four IanrrrS. ..... .............. p. Sd.
That was cheap fire considering all
the circumstances. hut it kindled Il light
that shone all around the world and
aroused the martyr spirit. and out from
that burning of Latimer and Ridley
rolled the circle wider and wider. start
ing other circles. convoluting. overrun-
ming. circumscribing overarching all
heaven-a circle
CIRCLE OT EVIL. SPEAKING.
Bnt what is true of the good is just rs
trne of the bad You utter slander
against your neighbor II has gone forth
from your teeth: II will never come
back. yon think. Yon have done the
man all the mischief you can. You re
loice To see him vince You say. Didn't
give il To him," That word has gone
ont that slanderous word. on its poison
ous and blasted way You think il will
never do you any harm. But ] am
Watching that word and see it begin
ming To curve. and il curves around. and
it is aiming AT your heart. You had bet
ter dodge il You cannot dodge it. II
rolls into your bosom and after it rolls
IN word of an old book. which says.
With what measure We mete. il shall
be measured to You again"
You maltreat an aged parent. You
begrudged him the room in your house.
You are impatient of his whimsicalities
and garrulity. 1t makes you mad TO
hear him tell the same story twice. You
give him food he cannot masticate. You
wish he was away You wonder if he is
going To live forever He will be gone
very soon. Ills steps are shorter ana
shorter. He is going to stop. But God
has an account to settle with you on that
subject. After awhile your eye will be
dim. and your gait will halt. and the
sound of the grinding will be low. and
you will tell the same story twice. and
your children will wonder if you are go.
ing To live forever and wonder if you
will never he taken away.
They called you father" once; now
they call yon the old man" If you
live few years longer they will call you
the ''old chap" What are those rough
words with which your children are ac-
costing You: They are the echo of the
very words you used in the ear of your
old father forty years ago. What is that
which yon are trying To chew. but find
II unmasticable. and your jaws ache
and you surrender the attempt? Per