Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-07-27

Now. what i wanted il grace-divine
grace for ordinary business men, men who
are harneSSed from morn till night and all
the DAYS of their life-harncsscd In busl-
ness Not grace to lose 800, 600. but grace
to lose $40. Not grace to supervise 200
employees in factory, hut grace to super
wise the bookkccpcr and TWO statesmen and
the small boy that sweeps out the store,
Grace To invest not the 200 OF net
profit. hut the 81, 900 OF clear gain. Grace
not Ia endure the loss uf whole shipluad
Of spices from the Indies, hut grace To en-
durc the loss of "a paper of collars from the
leakage Of displaced shinglc ON poor
roof Grace not To- endure the tardiness Of
the American congress in passing ncccs-
sary law. but grace Ia endure the hardness
of an errand boy stopping TO play marbles
when he ought to deliver the goods such
"A grace rs thousands of business men have
today-kccping them tranquil whether
goods sell or do not sell, whether custom
ers pay OF do not pay, whether tariff Is mp
or tariff i down, whether the crops are
luxuriant or a dead failurc-calm in all
circumstances and amid all vicisSitudcs
That Is the kind Of grace We want. Mil
lions OF men want IL. and they may have
II for the asking.
Some hero or heroine comes To town, and
rs the procession passes through the street
the business men come out and stand ON
tiptoc on their store steps and look at some
ono who in arctic cline or in ocean
storm, or I'm day of battle. or in hospital
aConics, did the brave thing, not realizing
that they. the enthusiastic spectators, have
gone through trials i'm business life that
are Just rs great before God There are
men who have gone through frcczing arc
tics and burning torrids and awful Marrn-
gns of experiences without moving five
miles from their doOrsteps. Now. what
ordinary business men need Is Ia realize
that they have the fricndshipof that Christ
who looked after the religious Interests II
Matthew, the custom house clerk. and
helped Lydia Of Thyatira To sell the dry
goods and who opened a bakery and fish
market i'm the wilderness Of Asia Minor 10
feed the 1000 who had come out on a re-
ligious picnic. and who counts the hairs of
your head with as much particularly as
though they were the plumeS Of u corona
ton, and who took the trouble tn stoop
down with his finger writing on the
ground. although the first shuttle Of feet
Obliicratcd the divine caligraphy and who
knows just how many iocustS there were
In the Egyptian plague and knew just
how many ravens were necessary 10 supply
Elijah's pantry by the brook Chcrith. and
who, as floral commander. leads forth all
the regiments of primro>cs. foxgloves, DAT
fodils. hvacinths and lilies which pitch
their tents of beauty and kindlc their camp.
fires IL color all around The hemisphere;
that that Christ and that God knows the
most minute affairs Of your business life.
nd.
ing all the affairs Of that woman who
keeps u thread and needle store aS well rs
all tho affairs Of Rothschild and Stow
art
Ordinary Farmers.
Then there are all the ordinary farmers.
We talk about agricultural life. and we
Immediately shoot of TO talk about Gin
rinnatus, the patrician, who went from
the pillow 10 high position. and after he
got through the dictatorship i'll II days
went back again 10 the plow. What IN
couragemcnt is that To- ordinary farmers:
The vast majority Of them. none Of them,
will be patricians. Perhaps none Of them
will he senators. II any Of them have die
tatorships, II will bc over 40 or 30 or 100
acres OF the old homestead. What those
men want Is grace To keep their patience
while blowing with balky oxen, and To
keep cheerful amid the drought that de-
stroys the corn crop, and that enables
them to restore the garden the day after
the neighbors cattle have broken In and
trampled out the strawberry bed and gone
through the lima bean patch and eaten up
the sweet corn in such large quantities
that they must be kept from the w..icr
lest they swell up and die; grace in catch
ing weather that enables them. without
inprecation, 10 spread out the hay the
third time, although again and again and
again IL has been almost ready for the
NOW; "a grace to doctor the cow with u
hollow horn, and the sheep with the foot
rot and the horse with the distcmpcr. and
to compel the unwilling acres 10 yield a
livelihood for the family. and schooling
for the children, and little extras To help
the older boy in business, and something
for the daughter wedding outfit, and a
little surplus for the time when the ankles
will get stiff with age, and the breath will
be little short, and the swinging of the
cradle through the hot harvest field will
bring ON the old mans vertigo. Better
close up about Cincinnatus. ! know 600
farmers just as noble a. he was.
What they want Is To know that they
have the friendship Of that Christ who Of
en- drew his SMILES from the farmer : lite
~ when he said. "A sowcr went forth TO
o:v." as when he built his best parable
ont 81 the scene Of farmers boy coming
back from his wanderings, and the old
farmhouse shook that night with rural ju-
hilcc, and who compared himself To lamb
in the pasture field. and who said the etcr-
nal God Is u farmer, declaring, My Fa-
iher is the husbandman.
A Tired World.
Those stoncmaSOnS do not want To hear
about Christopher Wren, the architect,
who built ST. Paul's cathedral. /, would
be better To tell them how To carry the hod
Of brick up the ladder without slipping
and how on cold morning with the trow-
el 10 smooth off the mortar and keep
cheerful and how TO be thankful 10 God
| for the plain food taken from the pail by
the roadside. Carpenters standing amid
the adj, and the bit, and the plane and
the brOadax need To be told that Christ
was "A carpenter, with his own hand WELD
ing saw and hammer. Oh, this Is tired
world, and IL j. an oycrworked world and
/ IL Is an undcrfcd world. and IL is "a wrung
out world, and men and women need to