Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-07-20

Cannot he Recalled.
In this category Of irrcvocahlc mistakes
/ place. also. the unkindncsscS done tho
departed When was boy, my mGhcr
used TO say To- me sometimes. DE Witt,
YOU will he sorry for that when ! am
gone" And l remember just how siio
looked sitting there. with cap and Specia-
rleS, and the old Bible in her lap. and she
never said a trucr thing than that. for l
have often been sorry since While We
have our friends with us. We say Unguard-
ed things that wound the feelings of those
10 whom we ought To give nothing but
kindness Perhaps the parent, without
inquirng into the matter. boxes the child :
cars The little one, who has fallen in the
street. comes in covered with dust. and, -
though the first disaster were not enough,
she whips II.
After awhile ihc child Is taken, ar the
parent is taken, or the companion l. taken,
and those who are left sny. oh. If We
could only get back those unkind words.
those unkind deeds; II We could only re-
call them But you canno; get them
back. You might bow down over the
grave Of that lowed one and cry and cry
and cry-thc white lips would make no
answer The stars shall hc pluckcd out ~
their sockets, but these Influences shall not
be torn away The world shall die but
there are some wrongs immortal. The
moral OF which il, take care Of your friends
while you have them. Spare the scolding;
be economical Of the satire: shut up in a
dark cave, from which they shall never
swarm forth. all the words that have n
sting i'm them. You will wish you had
some day-vcry soon You will--pcrhaps
tomorrow oh, yes While with firm
hand you administer parental discipline,
also administer il very gently. lest some
day there be little slab in the cemetery
and on IL chiscled Our Willie or Our
I Charlie. " and though you bow down prone
+ in the grave and seek place of repentance
I and seek it carefully with tears you can
I not find IL.
There is another sin that place in the
class Of irrcvocablc mistakes, and that Is
i lost opportunities uf getting good. l never
cone 20 "A Saturday night but / can see
I during that week that | have missed OPP
puriunitics 81 getting good l never
come 10 my birthday but l can SEQ
+ that | have wasted many chances ~
I getting better. | never 20 home on
I Sabbath from the discussion Of "a reli-
gious theme wiihou; feeling that l might
+ have done IL in "a more sGcccssful way.
+ How i IL with you: II you take certain
number of bushels of wheat ard scatter
them over "A certain number 81 acres of
land. you expect harvest in proportion "a
the amount Of seed scattered And ask
you now Have the shcaycs of moral and
spiritual harvest correspondent with the ad-
vantagcs given How has 1t been with
you: You may make resolutions for the
future but past opportunities are gone.
In the long procession Of future years all
these past moments will march. but the
archangcl's trumpet that wakes the dead
will not wake up for you one Of those priyi-
leges.
Esau has sold his birthright. and there
is not wealth enough in the treasure
houses IL heaven to buy it back again.
What does that mean II means that II
You are going To- get any advantage out 81
this sabbath day, You will have 10 get il
before the hand wheels around on ihc clock
10 II tonight IL means that every moment
Of our life has two wings. and that II does
not lily. like hawk. in circles. hut IN a
straight line from eternity to eternity.
1t means that though other chariot-
may break down, or drag heavily. this
one never drops the brake and never
ceases to run. II means that while at
other feasts The cup may De passed to u-
and we may reject IL. and yet after awhile
take IL, the cuphcarcrs to this feast ncvcf
give us but one chance az the chalicr, and.
rejecting that. We shall 81 find NO place ioI
repentance, though we seek il carefully
with tears "
Lost Opportunities.