Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-03-02

glare nc each other for a moment, and
then with full strength of muscle they
dash against each other like two thun-
derbolts of colliding stormclouds. and
with jaws like the crush of avalanches,
and with a resounding voice that makes
tho Himalayas tremble. and with a pull
and tear and clutch and tramplo and
IF the head from side to side
until il Is too much for human endur-
ance to witness, and. though one lion
may be left dead, the one which has
gashcd and lame and eyeless to bleed to
death in an adjoining jungle. But if
you and feel enough our weakness in
this battle Of temptation and ask for the
divine help against that old lion of hell.
described in ST. Peter. will go the stron-
ger lion described in Revelation. and it
will he no uncertain grapple, but under
ono omnipotent stroke the dcvourinr
monster that would slay our soul shall
go Keeling back into pit 10000 times
deeper than that in which Bonaiah slew
tho lion on a snowy day.
On snowy Days.
A word TO all who are in snowy day.
Oh. fathers and mothers who have lost
children, that is the weather that cuts
through body and soul. But drive back
the lion of bereavement with tho
thought which David Rae Of Edinburgh
got from tho Scotch gravedigger. who
was always planting white clover and
tho sweetest flowers On the children's
graves in the cemetery, and when asked
why he did so replied: Surely, sir. /
Gamma make over fine the bed coverin o.
q little innocent sleeper that's waitin
there till it's Gods time to waken it,
and cover it with tho white robe, and
watt il away TO glory. When sio gran
deur is waitin it yonder, it's fit il should
BIO decked DOT here. think the Saviour
that counts its dust sac precious will
like 10 see the white clover sheet spread
over it, Do ye moo think so, too. SIR"
Cheer up all. disconsolates. The best
work for God and humanity has been
done on the snowy day. At gloomy Ma
rine Terrace. island of Jersey, the exile.
Victor Hugo, wrought the mighticst
achievement of his pen. Ezekiel. Danish
ed and bereft and an invalid at Corn
hill, ON the banks Of the Chebar. had his
momentous vision Of tho cherubim and
wheels within wheels BY the dim light
of dungeon window at Bedford, John
Bunyan sketches the Detachable Noun
tains. Milton writes the greatest poem
of all time without eyes. Michael An.
gelo carved n statue out of snow. and
all Florence gazed in raptures at its ex-
quisiteness. and many Of Gods servants
have out OF the cold cut their immortal.
ity. Prosecutions were the dark back
ground that made more impressive the
courage and conservation of Savonarola.
who. when threatened with denial of
burial, said, Throw mo into the Arno
if You choose; the resurrection day will
find me. and that is enough" Benaiah
on u cold, damp, cutting. snowy day
gained leonine triumph. Hardship and
trouble have again and again exalted
and inspired and glorified their subjects.
The bush itself has mounted higher
And fiourished unconsumed in fire.
Well. wa have had many snowy days
within the past month, and added to
the chill of tho weather was the chill
ing dismay at the nonarrival of the
ocean steamer Gascogne. Overdue for
eight days. many had given her up as
lost. and the most hopeful were very
anxious. The cyclones, whose play is
shipwrecks, had been reported being in
widest romp all up and down tho At
lantic. Tho ocean few days before had
swallowed the Elbe, and with unap-
peased appetite seemed saying. Give
US more of the best shipping The Nor
mandie came in ON the same track tho
Gascognc was to travel, and it had not
seen her. The Teutonic, saved almost
by the superhuman efforts of captain
and crew, came in and had heard no gun
of distress from chat missing steamer.
There We're pale faces and wringing
hands on both continents. and tears
rolled down cold cheeks OH those snowy
days We all feared that the worst had
happened and talked of the City of
Boston rs never heard of after sailing,
and the steamship President, ON which
the brilliant Goodman sailed, never re-
ported and never to be heard of again
until the timo when tho sea gives up
its dead. But at last, under most power
full glass at Fire island. ship was seen
limping this way over the waters Then
we all began to hope that il might be
the missing French liner. Three hours
of tedious and agonizing waiting and
two continents in suspense. When will
the eyeglasses at Fire island make rev.
citation Of this awful mystery Of the sea:
There it is. Ha, ha! The Gascognel
Quick! Wire the news 10 the CITY,
Swing the flags out on the towersi Ring
the bells, Sound the whistles Of the
shipping all tho way up from Sandy
Hook to New York Battery shes safe,
She's safel' are the words caught up
and passed ON from street to street. 1t
is the Gascogner' is the cry sounding
through all our delighted homes and
thrilling all the telegraphic wires of tho
continent and all the cables under the
sea, and the huzza ON the wharf as the
gangplanks We're swung out for disem.
barkation was small part of the huzza
that lifted both hemispheres into exul.
tation. The flakes Of snow fell on tho
extra" as we opened il ON the street to
get tho latest particulars.
From Chill Snow Go white Flowers.
Well. it will DO better than that when
some of you are seen entering the har-
Dor of heaven. You have had n rough
voyage No mistake about that Snowy
day after snowy day. Again and again
the machinery of health and courage
broke down, and the waves of tempta.
ton have swept clear over the hurricane
dock. so that you were often compelled
% say. IAN thy waves and thy pillows
have Como over me. and you were down
in the trough Of that sea and down in
tho trough of the other sea. and many
dcspaired Of your safe arrival. But tho
great pilot. not one who must come of
from some other craft, but tho ono who
walked storm swept Galiloo and now
walks tho wintry Atlantic. comes on
board and heads You for the haven.
when no sooner have you passed the
narrows Of death than you find all the
banks lined with immortals celebrating
your arrival, and while some hSeak off
palm branches from the banks and wave
them those standing on one sido will
chant. There shall be- no more sea. :"
and those standing un tho other side