Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-09-14

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The highest honor tho world could confer
was 10 make man Roman emperor, but
ont Of 63 emprrors, 1t allowed only Fix 10
die peacefully in their bed.
The dominion 81 ihi, world over null
titudcs Is illustrated 10y the names Of coins
Of many countries They have their pieces
Of money which they call soNercigns and
half soVcrrigus. CROWNS and half crowns,
Napulcons and hall Napoicons, Frcdcricks
aud double freiericks and ducats and Is
abcllinos, all 81 which names mean not 50
much usefulness Is dominion The most
OF our Windows open toward he exchange,
toward the .alon Of fashion toward the
god 81 this world. IN "ldcn times the
length Of the English yard was fixed hy
the length ~ the arm 81 King Henry |,
and We are apt to measure things ly a va
riahle standard and ly the human arm that
In the great crises Of lie can give rs no
help. We need. like Daniel, TO open our
windows toward God and religion.
Necessity For Prayer.
But. mark ven, that good lion tanner is
not standing n, the window, but knccling,
while he looks ont Most photographs are
taken Of those in standing or sitting pos
turc 4 now remember but one picture II
ingstone. who In the cause of God and civ
ilizntion sacrificed himself. and in the
heart Of Africa his servant Majwara,
found him IN the tent by the light Of "A
candle stuck on The top II u box. his head
In his hands upon the pillows and dead on
his knees Bui herr Is n great lion tanner.
living under the dash " the light. and his
hair dishcvclc,l Of the breeze, praying. Tho
fact j. that n man can sec farther on his
knees than standing on tiptoc. Jerusalem
was about 650 statute miles from Babylon,
and the vast Arabian desert shifted its
sands between them. Yet through that
open window Daniel SAW Jerusalem, saw
all between IL. saw beyond. saw time, saw
eternity, saw earth and saw heaven.
Would you like to sec the way through
your sins to- pardon. through Your troubles
To comfort, through temptation To rescue,
through dire sickness 10 immortal health,
through night to day, through things ter
restrial 10 things celestial, you Will not
see them till you take Daniels posture.
No cap 81 bone To the joints Of the fingers,
no cap of bone To the joints of the elbow,
but cap of bono to the knees made 50 be-
cause the God of the body WAS the God of
the soul, and especial provision for those
who want 10 pray, and physiological struc-
ture joins with spiritual necessity in bid
ding rs pray and pray and pray.
In oldcn time the Earl Of McStmoreland
said he had no need 10 pray because lie
had enough piuus tenants on his estate To
pray for him, but all the prayers If the
church universal amount TO nothing un-
less, like Daniel we pray for ourselves.
O men and women. bounded on one side
by Shadrach's rcdhot furnace and the
other side by dcvouring lions, learn the
secret of courage and dclivcrancc hy look
ing ut thar Babylonish window open tow
ard the southwest! "Oh, =" you say, THAT
Is the direction Of the Arabian DESERT
Yes. but on the other side Of the desert Is
God, is Christ, is Jerusalem, is heaven
The brussels lace is superior To all other
lace, so beautiful. 80 multiform, so expcn-
sive-i00 francs pound. All the world
seeks IT, 10 you know how i; is made?
The spinning Is done in dark room, tho
only light admitted through "a small apcr-
turc and that light falling directly on the
pattern And the finest specimens of
Christian character | have ever seen or
ever expect 20 see are those TO bc found in
lives all Of whose windows have been dark
cncd by bereavement and misfortune save
one, but under that ono window Of prayer
the intcrlacing Of divine Workmanship
went on until ii was fit TO deck throne
celestial embroidery which angels adj
mircd and God approved.
The Bridal Jerusalem.
But il is another .Ierusalem toward
which we now need 10 open our windows
The cxilcd evangelist of Ephcsus saw it
one day ~ the surf OF the lcarian SEA
foancd and splashcd over the powders ut
his feet, and his vision reminded mc Of n
wedding day when the bride by sister ami
maid was having garlands twisted for her
hair and Jewels strung for her neck just
before she puts her hctrothcd hand into
/ the hand Of her aflianCed. II, John, saw
the holy city, New Jerusalem. coming
down from God ont Of heaven prepared as
n bride adorned for her husband To-
ward that bridal Jerusalem are our win
duws opcncdg
We would do well TO think more Of
heaven. II Is not = mere annex of earth.
II Is not u dcSolatc outpost AS Jerusalem
was the capital Of .Iud;ca, and Babylon the
capital Of the Blbylonian monarchy, and
London Is the capital of Great Britain, and
Washington Is the capital Of our own re
public, the New Jerusalem is the capital
OF the universe. The King lives there, and
the royal family of the redeemed have their
palaces There, and there is "a congress Of
many nations and the parliament of all
thc world. Yea, as Daniel had kindred in
Jerusalem of whom he often thought,
though he left home when n very young
man, perhaps father and mother and hrt,ih-
ers and sisters still living, and was home
I sick to sec them, and they belonged to lie
high circles Of royalty, Daniel himself
! having royal blood In his veins, 80 we
have In the New Jerusalem IA great many
| kindred, and we are sometimes homcSick
TO sec them, and they are al princes and
| princcsses, in them the blood imperial, and
we do well 10 keep our windows open to-
ward their eternal residence
IL is joy for us To believe that while
we are interested In them they are inter
estcd IN ". Much thought Of heaven
makes one heavenly. The airs that blow
| through that open window are charged
with life and sweep up 10 us aromas from
gardens that never wither, under skies that
never cloud, in springiite that never ter
inmates Compared with it all other
heavens are dead failures
Homcr's heaven was an plysium which
he describes rs 4 plain nj the end Of the
earth or beneath. with no snow nor rain
fall, and the sun never gocs down, and
Rhadamanthus, the jusiest Of men, rules
Hesiod's heaven is what he calls the is
lands Of the blessed, in the midst of tho
ocean, three times "A year blooming with
most exquisite flowers, and the air is tinted
with purple, while games and music and
horse races occupy the time. The Scapdi-
nayian's heaven WAS the hall Of Waihalla,
where the god Odin gave uncnding wine
suppcrs to earthly heroes and heroiucs
The Mohammcdan' us heaven passes lis dis
ciples in over the bridge Al STRAIT. which
Is finer than II hair and sharper than q
sword, and then they are Let loose into "A
riot Of everlasting scnsuaiity
Keep the Window Open.
The American abarigincS look forward
TO heaven u illimitablc hunting ground,
partridge and deer and wild duck more
than plentiful, and the hounds never off
the scent, and the guns never missing fire
But the geographer has followed the earth
round and found no IIomer's elysium
Noyagcrs have traverscd the deep in all ii-
rections and found no Hs.siud's islands Of
the blessed. The Muhamnrtan' ; celestial
dchauchcry and the Indian eternal hunt
ing ground for vast mliltiiudcs have no
charn But hero rolls in the Bible heaven
| No more sea-tlsai is, no wide separation.
No more niiht-that is, no insomnia No
more tcars-ihat is, M heartbreak No
mcr" 5in-ihat is, no dismissal Of lancet
an bitter draft and miasinu and hauish-