Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-08-08

found IN any part of the land they We're All
sent Ia poncrupolis II was the great CAPT
tai of wickcdncss suppose a man or Il
woman had opened a primary school in
Poncrorolis. would the parents Of other
cities have sent their children there to he
educated and reformed.
Words Of Warning.
If IA man in this world was surrounded
with temptation, in the next world all the
righteous having passed up into the bcatifc
state the association will be more dctc-
rioriating dcprcciating and down You
would not send To "A cholera or yellow fever
hospital "A man for his health, and the
great lazarcttn of the future, in which are
gathered the diseased and the plague
struck will bc poor place for moral re-
covcry The Count Of Chateaubriand, in
order To make his child courageous, made
him sleep in the turrcts of the castle, where
the winds howlcd and spcctcrs We're said to
haunt the place. The mother and tho sis
tiers almost died of fright. but the son aft
crward gives his account, and he says,
THAT gave me nerves of steel and gave me
courage that has never faltcrcd." But,
my friends do not think the turrcts Of
darkness or the spectral world swept by
sirocco and curoclydon will ever prepare
a
wonder what is the curriculum in the Col
legc Inferno, where n man. having been
prepared by enough sin, enters and goes up
from freshman of iniquity Ia sophomore
of abominatinn. and on up from sophie
more to junior and from junior To senior,
and day Of graduation comes. and the
diploma is signed by satan, the president,
and all the professional dcmoniacs attest
the fact that the candidate has been suf
flcicnt time under their drill and then en-
tiers heaven. Pandcmonium, n preparatory
school for celestial admission, All, my
friends while satan and his cohorts have
fitted a vast multitude for ruin, they never
fitted one soul for happincSs-ncycr.
Again with you further to notice that
another chance in another world means the
ruin of this. Now, suppose a wicked man
Is assured that after lifetime of wicked
ness he can fix il all right up in the fu-
turc. That would lie the decentralization
OF society, that would be the demolition OF
the human race. There are men who are
now kept on the limits of sin by their fear.
The fear that IL we are bad and unforgivcn
here il will not bc well with us in the next
existence is the chief influence that keeps
civilization from rushing back into semi
barbarsm. and keeps scmibarbariSm from
rushing back into midnight savagery, and
keeps midnight savagcry from rushing
back into extinction. Now, the man is
kept on the limits of sin. But this idea
coming into his soul, this idea OF another
chance he says: 60 to, now. III get out
of this world all there Is in IL. Come, glut-
tony and revenge and uncleanncss and all
scnsualitics, and wait upon me. 1t may
abbrcviate my earthly life 10y dissolutcncsS,
but that viii only give me heavenly in
| diligence ON larger scale in shorter
| length Of time | will ovcrtakc the right
cous before long. will only come In heav
en- little late. and will he little moro
| fortunate than those who have behaved
| themselves on earth and then went straight
To the bosom of God, because | will 500
more and have wider excursion, and will
| come into heaven via gchcnna, via shcolr'
/ Hearers, Readers Another chance In the
! next world means free license and the
demolition of this. Suppose you had n case
! In court. and all the judges and all the at
torncys agreed in telling you the first trial
| of tit would bc tried twicc-the first
trial would not I've of very much impor-
lance. hut the Second trial would decide cy-
| crything. ON which trial would you put
! the most expenditure On which trial
would You employ the ahlcst counsel? On
which trial would you he most anxious TO
! have the attendance of all the witnesses?
"Oh, " you would say, '.if there are to be
/ two trials, and the first trial does not
amount to much, the second trial being
| everything, everything depending upon
| that | must have the most eloquent at
torncy and must have all my witnesses
present, and l will cxpcnd my money on
that. II these men who are impenitent