Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-06-01

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suns rays or by the stopping II the
whole planetary system do not know
and do not care leave it TO the Chris
tian scientists and the infidcl scientists
to settle that question, while tell you
have seen the same thing. what, "
say You, mot the sun standing still:"
Yes The same miracle is performed
nowadays The wicked do not live ont
half their day, and the sun sets NJ noon.
But let man start ont and battle for
God, and the truth. and against sin, and
the day of his usefulness is prolonged
snd prolonged and prolonged.
John Summcriicld was cunsumptive
Methodist He looked arfully white, |
ann told. as h. stood in old Sands Street
church III this city preaching Christ and
when he stood on the anniversary plat
form i'll New York pleading for the Bi-
bic until unusual and unknown glories
rolled forth from that book When he
was dying, his pillow was brushed with
the wings If the angel from the skies,
the messenger that God sent down. Did
John Summcriicld's sun set? Did John
Summerficld's day end? Oh, mol He
lives on i'll his burning utterance i'll be-
half Of the Christian church The sun
stood still.
Robert McCheyne was n conSumptive
Presbyterian. II was said when he
preached he coughcd so it seemed as if
he would never preach again. His name
is fragrant III all Christendom-that
name mightior today than was ever his
living presence. He lived to preach the
gospel in Aberdeen, Edinbur..h and Dun
dee, but he went away very early. He
preached himself into the grave Has
Robert McCheyne's sun set: l. Robert
McChcyne's day ended? Oh. no! His
dying delirium was filed with prayer.
and when he lifted his hand to pro-
nOunce the bcncdiction upon his family
and the bencdiction upon his country he
seemed To say: Il cannot die now.
want To live ON and ON. | want to start
an influence for the church that will
never cease. am only 80 years of age.
Sun of my Christian ministry, stand still
over Scotland. +" And il stood still.
The Dead II ro.
He is 40 years old. Washington went
down the Potomac, and at Mount Yer
non closed his days Wellington died
peacefully at Apsley House. Now, where
shall Joshua rest: Why. he is TO have
his greatest battle now. After ll0 years
he has To meet u king who has moro
subjects than all the present population
of the earth. his throne pyramid of
skulls. his rarterre the graveyards and
the cemeteries of the world, his chariot
the worlds hearSe-the king Of terrorS.
But if this is JoShua's greatest battle it
/ is going 10 be JoShua'S greatest victory.
He gathers his friends around him and
gives his valcdictory, and it is full Of
reminiSccncc. Young men tell what they
are going To do. Old men tell what they
! have done.
| And rs you have heard grandfather
or a great grandfather, seated by the
evening fire, tell Of Monmouth or York
/ town and then lift the crutch or staff as
/ though il were a musket TO fight and
/ show how the old battles We're won, so
Joshua gathers his friends around his
/ dying couch. and he tells them the story
of what he has been through. and rs he
lies there, his white locks showing
down on his wrinkled forehead, l Won
der if God has kept his promise all the
I way through-the promise of the text
As he lies there he tells the story one,
! two or three times-yOu have heard old
4 people tell story two or three times
/ over-and he answers: Il go the way
! of all the earth, and not one word of
the promise has failed, not one word
thereof has failed. All has come to
pass; not one word thereof has failed. ="
And then he turns To his family, as a
dying parent Will, and says: Choose
now whom you will scryc-the God of
for me and my house. we will serve the
Lord. y dying parent cannot be reck-
less or thoughtleSs in regard 10 his chill
dren. Consent To part with them at the
door of the tomb we cannot BY the
cradle in which their infancy was rock
ed. by the bosom on which they first
lay, by the blood of the Covenant, by
the God of Joshua, it shall not he. We
will not part. We cannot part. Jehovah
Jireh, we take thee at thy promise, Il
will he a God to thee and thy seed after
thee.
Dead, the old chieftain must be laid
out. Handle him very gently. That sa-
cred body l. over 10 years of age. Lay
him ont. Stretch ont those feet that
walked dry shod the parted Jordan.
Close those lips which helped blow the
blast at which the walls of Jericho fell
Fold the arm that lifted the spear ~
ward the doomed city of Al Fold it
right over the heart that exulted when
the five kings fell But where shall wo
get the FURNISHED granite for the head
stone and the footstone: hcthink my
self now. l imagine that for the head it
shall be the sun that stood still upon
Gibeon. and for the foot the moon that
stood still i'll the valley of Ajalon.