Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1894-10-27

dayun, the ceieDrated musician, WHY
he always composed such cheerful
music. why" he said. II can't dc
otherwise. When l think of God, my
soul is so full of joy that the notes lear
and dance from my pen." l wish we
might all cxult melodiously before the
Lord. With God for our Father, and
Christ for our Saviour, and heaven fol-
our home. and angels for future com
panions, and eternity for n lifetime, we
should strike all the notes of joy. Going
through the wilderness of this world
let US remember that we are ON the way
to the summery cline of heaven. and
from the migratory populations flying
through this autumnal air learn alway:
to keep singing:
Children of the heavenly king.
As yc journey, sweetly sing.
Sing your Saviour's worthy pra Sc.
Glorious in his works and ways.
". are travelling home to God
IN the way your fathers trod.
They are happy now. and we
Soon their happiness shall see.
The church of God never will he O
triumphant church until it becomes q
singing church.
Away Beyond Danger.
20 further and remark that the bird:
of the air are wiser than we in the fact
that in their migration they fly very
high. During the summer, when they
are in the fields, they often come with
in reach of the gun, but when they start
for the annual flight southwark they
take their places midheaven and &C
straight as a mark. The longest rife
that was ever brought to shoulder can
not reach them. Would to God that we
were as wise as the stork and crane in
our flight heavenwardl We fly so low
that we are within easy range Of the
world. the flesh and the devil. We are
brought down by temptations that ought
not to come within n mile Of reaching
us. Oh, for some of the faith of George
Muller of England and Alfred Cookman,
once of the CHURCH militant, now of the
church triumphant! So poor is the type
of piety in the church Of God now that
men actually caricature the idea that
there is any such thing as higher life.
Moles never did believe in eagles. But
my brethren, because we have moi
reached these heights ourselves. shall
we deride the fact that there are any
such heights? A man was once talking
to Brunei. the famous engineer. about
the length Of the railroad from London
to Bristol. The engineer said: 1T il
not very great. We shall have after
awhile o steamer running from Eng
land to New York. They laughed him
to scorn, but we have gone so fal
now that we have ceased to laugh a,
anything as impossible for human
achievement. Then. ask. is anything
impossible for the Lord? do not be-
lieve that God exhausted all his grace
in Paul and Latimer and Edward Pay
son. believe there are higher points ol
Christian attainment to be reached In
the future ages Of the Christian world.
Get Out OF the Old Ruts.
You tell me that Paul went up to the
tiptop of the Alps of Christian attain
ment. Then l tell you that the storl
and crane have found above the Alp:
plenty of room for free flying. We e
out and we conquer our temptations BY
the grace Of God and lie down. On the
morrow those temptations rally them
selves and attack us, and by the grace oi
God we defeat them again. but staying
all the time in the old encampment we
have the same old battles to fight over.
Why not whip out our temptations and
then forward march, making one raii
through the enemy's country. stopping
not until we break ranks after the las,
victory. Do, my brethren, let us have
some novelty Of combat, at any rate, by
changing. by going on. by making ad
vancement. trading of our stale prayer.
about sins we ought to have quit Ions
ago, going ON toward a higher state oi
Christian character, and routing on,
sins that we have never thought of yet
The fact is, If the church of God. il we
as individuals. made rapid advancement
in the Christian life these stereotypet
prayers we have been making for 10 Of
Is years would be as inappropriate to nj
as the shoes, and the hats, and the coat.
we wore 10 or Is years ago. Oh. for ;
higher flight in the Christian life. the
stork and the crane in their migration
teaching us the lesson!
Dear Lord, and shall we ever live
At this poor dying rate.
Our love so faint. 50 cold to thee.
And thine to US SO greatf
Before IL Is Too Late.
Again, i remark that the birds Of the
air are wiser than we because they know
when to start II you should 60 out now
and shout. ''Stop. storks and cranes
don't be in a hurryr' they would say
"No, we cannot stop. Last night we
heard the roaring in the woods bidding
us away. and the shrill flute Of the
north wind has sounded the retreat. We
must 60. We must 60" So they gather
themselves into companies. and turning
not aside for storm, or mounain top. ol
shock of musketry. over land and sea,
straight as an arrow to the mark. they
60. And il you come ont this morning
with q sack of corn and throw it in the
fields and try to get them to stop they
are so far mp they would hardly see il.
They are on their way south. You
could not stop them. oh. that we were
as wise about the best time to start 70,
God and heaven! We say: "Wait nn-
til it is little later in the season oi
mercy. Wait until some Of these green
leaves of hope are all dried mp and have
been scattered. Wait until next year. '
After awhile we start, and il is too late,
and we perish in the way when Gods
wrath is kindled but little. There are.
you know, exceptional cases, where
birds have started too late. and in the
morning you have found them dead on
the snow. And there are those who have
perished half way between the world
and Christ They waited until the last
sickness, when the mind was gone. OF
they were ON the express train going nj
40 miles an hour. and they came TO the
bridge, and the draw was up" and
they went down. How long to rcpen,
and pray? Two seconds. To do the work
of lifetime and to prepare for the vast