Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-10-12

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earthly masonry TO him who hath about
his throne "A rainbow spun out of cyerlast-
ing sunshincy What wrrr all earthly mu-
sic 90 him wien he hundred and forty and
four Thousand un one siLc and the chcru-
bin and scraphim and Archangcls stand
ON the Other side, and all the space he
tween Is filled with the doxologics Of ctoF-
nal juhilec-thc hu,auna of redeemed
earth. the hallcluiah Of unfallcn angels.
song after song rising about the throne of
God and Of the IAmbs In that pure, high
place let him hear us. stop, harps of
heaven. that our poor cry may bo heard
q my Lord Jesus, IL will not hurt thee
for one hour To step out from tho shining
thronR. They will make Il all up when
thou gocst lack again. Come hither, .
blessed one. that we may kiss thy feet
Our hearts. too long withheld, we now
surrender into thy keeping. When thou
gocst hack, tell II to all the immorinls that
the lost ART found and let the Fathers
house ring with the music and the dance
They have some old wine in heaven not
used except In rare festivities. In this
world those who arc accustomed to usc
wine ON great occasions bring out the hcvcr-
age and say, This wine Is 30 years old
Is more than Is centuries old II was pre-
pared at the time when Christ trod tho
wine press alone. When such grieyous
sinners rs we come back, mcthinks the
chamberlain Of heaven cries out to the
servants: This is unusual joy. Bring up
from the vaults Of heaven that old wine
Fill all the tankards. Let all the white
ROBBED guests drink TO the immortal health
~ fhncn Vaxxtss.rNa nnl slustuhessra s.f
the Lord Almighty" There is joy in
heaven among the angels Of God over one
sinner that rcpcntcth." and God grant
that that one may be you!
Again, to have n right heart IL must he
forglying heart. An old writer says:
ITO return good for evil is Godlikc. Good
for good Is manlikc. Evil for good devil
like" Which Of these natures have WEI
Christ will have nothing to do with us as
long as we keep any old grudge. We have
all been cheated and lied about. There are
people who dislike us so much that II we
should come down to poverty and disgrace
they would say: Good for him! Didn't
] tell you soy They do not understand
us. Cnsanctiflcd human nature says:
wait till you get good crack ut him,
and when at last you find him In tight
place give II 10 him. Flay him alive. No
quarter. Leave not "a rag Of reputation.
Jump on him with both feet. Pay him In
his own coin-sarcasm for sarcasm, scorn
for scorn, abuse for abuse" But, my
friends, that Is not the right kind Of
heart. No man ever did so mean thing
toward us as we have done toward God.
And II we cannot forgive Others, how can
we expect God to forgive uss Thousands
of men have been kept out Of heaven by
an unforgiving heart.
Here Is some one who says: II will for
give that man the wrong he did mo about
that house and lot. l will forgive that
man who ovcrrcachcd me I'm bargain.
will forgive that man who sold ms n shod-
dy overcoat. forgive them-all but one.
That man cannot forgive. The villain
l can hardly keep my hands of him. II
my going 10 heaven depends ON my forglv-
ing him, then I will stay out" Wrong
feeling. IL "A man lie to me once, am not
called 10 trust him again. IL man be
tray me once, am not called 20 put con-
fidcncc In him again. But would have
no rest II l could not offer a sincere prayer
for the temporal and everlasting welfare
OF all men. whatever mcunnesscs and out
rage they have inflicted upon me. II you
want to get your heart right. strike a
match and burn up all your old grudgcs
and blow the ashes away. III you forgive
not men their trcspasscs, neither will your
heavenly Father forgive You your tres
passes.
An old Christian black woman was go
ing along the streets Of New York with n
basket of apples that she had for sale. A
rough sailor ran against her and upset the
basket and stood hack expecting to hear
her scold frightfully, but she stopped down
and picked up the apples and said, God
forgive yon, my son, as do" The sailor
saw the mcanncss OF what he had done,
and felt In his pocket for his money, and
insisted that she should take II all Though
she was black. he called her mother and
said: Forgive me, mother. ! will never
do anything mean again" All, there
Is power In n forgiying spirit to over
come all hardness. There Is no way OF
conquering men like that Of bestowing
upon them your pardon whether they will
accept IL or not.
Again, n right heart Is an expectant
heart. IL Is n poor business TO be building
castles In the air Enjoy what you have
now. Don't spoil your comfort In the
small house because you expect larger
oN'- avn AANh asbhh sbAt nUtu
IL is SO or e. per day because you expect
10 have after awhile $40 per day, or slO, 900
year because you expect II To be SEQ. 600
year. But about heavenly things the
moro we think the better. Those CASTLES
are not I'm the air, but ON the hills, ard we
have n deed Of them In our possession.
like Ia see man all full Of heaven He
talks heaven. lie sings heaven. He prays
heaven. He dreams heaven. Some Of MS
In our sleep have had the good place open
to us. We saw the pinnaclcs In the sky.
We heard the click Of tho hoofs Of the
white horses on which victors rode and
the ciapping Of the cymbals Of eternal tri-
umph. And. while In our klecp we were
glR q all our sorrows were over and
burdens done with, the throne Of God grew
whittier and whittier and whittier till we
opened our eyes and saw that II was only
the sun Of earthly incoming shining on our
pillow. To have right heart you need TO
be filled with this expectancy. II would
make your privations and annoyances
more bcarable.
In the midst of the city of Paris stands
n statue Of the good but broken hearted
Josephine. ! never imagined that marble
could be smittcn into such tenderness. IL
seems not lifclcss. II the spirit Of jose
phinc be disentabernaclcd, the soul Of the
empress has taken possession OF this fig
urc. ! am not yet satisfied that II Is stone.
The puff Of the dress on the arm seems 10
need but the pressure Of the finger To In
dent IL. The figures at the bottom Of the
robe. the rufile at the neck, the fur lining
ON the dress. the embroidery of the satin,
the cluster 81 lily and lcaf and rose In her
hand, the poisc Of her body ms she seems
Ia come sailing out Of the sky, her face
calm, humble. beautiful but yet sa,l--at-
test the genius of the sculptor and the
beauty Of the heroine he celebrates. Look.
Ing up through the riffs of the coronct
that encirclcs her brow. could see the sky
beyond, the great heavens where all woIn-
an wrongs shall he rightcd, and the story
of endurance and resignation shall be told
TO all ages. The rose and the lily In tho
hand Of Josephine will never drop their
petals. Believe not the recent ISLANDERS
upon her memory. The children Of God,
whether they suffer on earth In palaces or
In novels, shall come to that glorious rest.
O heaven, sweet heaven. at thy gate We
set down all our burdens and gricfs. The
place will be full. Here there arc vacant
chairs nt the hearth and at the table, but
there are no vncant chairs in heaven-the
crowns all worn, the thrones all mounted
Some talk 81 heaven rs though II were n
very handsome church, where n few favor
cd spirits would come In and sit down ON
finely cushioned seats all 10y themselves
and sing psalms TO all eternity No. no
II saw great multitude that no man
could numhcr standing before the throne.