Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-11-09

Tho Earl cf kintOre said TO me In an
English railway, MIR. Talmagc, when
you get bacl: to America, l want you TO
preach "a sermon on the discharge of orli-
nary duty In ordinary places and then send
me "a copy Of il" Afterward an English
Clergyman coming to this land brought
from the Earl Of kintorc the same mes
sage. Alas that before l got ready to do
what he asked me tn do the good Earl Of
kintJrc had departed this lifci But that
man, surrounded by all palatial surround
ings and in u distinguished sphere, felt
sympathetic with those who had ordinary
duties to perform in ordinary places and
in ordinary ways. y great many people
are discouraged when they hear the story
Of Moses and Of Joshua, and of David.
and oi Luther, and of John Knox, and of
Deborah, AID OF Florence Nightingale.
They say: "Oh, that was al good and
right for them. but shall never be called
To receive the law on Mount Sinai, shall
never he called to command the sun and
moon To stand still. shall never be called
IN slay giant | shall never preach on
Mars hill, shall never defy the diet Of
Worms, | shall never be called to make q
queen trenblo for her crimes, shall never
preside over IL hospital" There are women
those people had, / should be as brave and
rs grand, hut my business is to get chill
dren Off to school and to hunt up things
when they are lost. and to see that dinner
is ready, and to keep account of the house.
hold expenses and TO hinder the children
from being strangulatcd by the whooping
cough, and TO go through all the annoy
Rnccs and vcxations of housekeeping. oh,
t,.c
niflcant am clear discouraged. Woman,
| God places you on garrison duty, and your
reward will be just rs great as that OF
Florence Nightingale, who, moving so
often night by night with light in her
hand through the hospitals, was called by
the wounded the lady of tho lamp" 4"
Your reward will be just as great as that
of Mrs. Hcrtzog, who built and endowed
theological seminary buildings. Your re-
ward will be just rs great rs that of Han
nah More, who by her excellent books won
for her admirers Garrick and Edmund
Burke and Joshua Reynolds. Rewards
are not to he given according to the
amount of noise you make in the world,
nor even according TO the amount Of good
you do, but according to whether you work
to your full capacity. according 10 whether
y
where God has placed you.
Each as To His Part.
Suppose You give tn two of your chill
drcn crrands and they are to go Off to
make purchases, and to one you give 81
and To the other you give SEQ. DO you re-
ward the hoy that you gave $50 to for pur-
chasing more with that amount of money
than the other hoy purchased with 81? OF
course not. II God give wealth or social
| position or cloGuence or 90 times the facul-
ty To "A man that he gives to the ordinary
man, is he going To give 10 the favored man
n reward because he has more power and
more influence: oh, no. In other words,
II you and were to do our whole duty and
you have 20 times more talent than have,
you will get 10 more divine reward than
will. Is God going To reward you be-
cause he gave you more: That would not
be fair; that would not be right. These
goo men of the text who tainted by tho
brook Bcsor did their whole duty; they
watched the baggage, they took care OF
the stuff, and they got rs much of the
spoils OF victory rs the men who went 10
the front. ''As his part is that gocth down
to the battle, 81 shall his part bc that tar
rieth by the stuff. -
There Is high encouragement in this for
all who have great responsibility and little
credit for what they do. You know the
names of the great commercial houses of
these cities. Do you know the names Of
the confidential clcrks-thc men who have
the key to the safe, the men who know the
combination lock? 4 distinguished mer-
chant goes forth mt the summer watering
place and hc flashes past and you say,
l
"don't you know? That is the great i'm
porter, that is the great banker, that is the
great manufacturer.
The confidential clerk has his week of.
Nobody notices whether he comes or goes.
Nobody knows him, and after awhile his
week is done and he sits down again ut
his desk. But God will reward his fidelity
| just us much aS he recognizes the work of
the merchant philanthropist whose invest
mcnts this unknown clerk so carefully
| guarded Hudson River railroad, Penn
sylvania railroad, Erie railroad. New York
and New Haven Observation-Disclosures men
know the names OF the presidents of these
roads and Of tho prominent directors, but
they do not know the names Of the engi-
nccrs, the names of the switchmen, the
names of the flagmcn, the names of the
sibiliticS, and sometimes, through the
rccklcssncss of an engineer or the unfaith-
fulncss Of swi;chman. it has brought u
mind the faithfulness of nearly all the rest
of them Some men do not have recogni-
tion Of their services. They have small
wages and much complaint. l very often
ride upon locomotives and very often ask
the question, rs we shoot around some
curve or under some ledge of rocks, "How
much wages do you gct:' And am al-
ways surprised to find how littlc for such
vast responsibility. Do YOU suppose God
Is not going To recognize that fidelity?
Thomas Scott. the president of the Penn
sylvania railroad. going up at death to re-
ccive from God his destiny, was no better
known in that hour than was known last
night the brakeman who, on the Eric rail
road, was ja.nmod TO death amid the car
couplings. "As his part Is that gocth
down To the battle, so shall his part be
that tarrieth by the stuff
Once for rs hours We expected every
moment To go 10 the bottom of the ocean.
The waves struck through the skylights
and rushed down into the hold of the ship,
aud Missed against the boilers. 1t was an
awful time, hut by the blessing of God
and the faithfulncSs of the men in charge,
we came out of the cyclone and we arrived
at home. Each one before leaving the ship
thanked Captain Andrews. | do not think
there was Il man or woman that Went of
that ship without thanking Captain An
drcws, and when, years after, l heard of
his death, | WAS impcllcd 10 write letter
of condolcncc To his family In Liverpool
Everybody recognized the goodness, the
courage, the Kindness Of Captain Andrews,
but II occurs To me row that we never
thanked the engineer. lie stood away
down in the darkness, amid tie kissing
furnaces. doing his whole duty. Nobody
thanSc'. the engineer. but God recognized
his hcroisin, and his continuance. and his
fidelity. ana there will bc just aS high re-
ward for thu engineer who worked out Of
sight as the captain, who stood on the
bridge Of the ship in the midst of the
bowling tempest. As his part Is that
gocth down to the battle, 50 shall his part
BE- that tarricih by the stuff"
JnprctcndinG Service.
a Christian woman was seen going
along the edge OF wood every cventido.
end III. ucighbors In the country did not