Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-12-19

their sorrows arr. ana 1 VIII sNiiIANtllAt
with them, and will hc one Of them, and
l will help them Well the day came for
him to start The lords Of tho land came
Ia see him of All who could sing joined
In the PARTING song, which shook the hills
and woke up the shepherds The first few
nights he has been sleeping with the hos.
tiers and the camel drivers, for no one
knew there was King in town. He went
among the doctors of the law. astounding
them, for without any doctors gown he
knew more law than any doctors. He
iishcd with the fishermen. He smote with
his own hammer in the carpenters shop.
lie ate raw corn out of the field. He fried
fish on the banks of Gcnnesaret. He was
howlcd AT hy crazy people in the tombs.
He was >plashcd of the surf Of the sea. A
pilgrim without any pillow. sick man
without any mcdicament. \ mourner
with no sympathetic bosom in which he
could pour his tears Disguise complete.
! know that occasionally his divine royalty
flashed out a. when in the storm on Cali
lee as in the red wine at the wedding ban
quct, rs when he freed the shacklcd de-
moniac of Gadarl, as when lac turned
whole school of fish into the net of the dis
Outraged hoatmcn, as when he throbbed
life into the shriVclcd arm Of the paralytic,
but for the most part he was in disguise
No one saw the Kings jewels in his san
dial. M one saw the royal robe in his
plain coat No one knew that that shell
terleSs Christ owned all the mansions in
which the hicrarchs OF heaven had their
hahitation None knew that that hun
gered Christ owned all the olive groves
and all the harvcstS which shook their gold
on the hills Of Palestine No one knew
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Eupbrates out Of his own chalice. Nc one
knew that the occin lay in the palm of his
hand like dcwdrop in the vase Of "a lily.
No one knew that the stars and moons
and suns and galaxicS and consultations
that marched on age after age were, as
compared with his lifetime. the sparkle of
FREELY on - summer night. No knew
that the sun in midhcayen was only the
shadow Of his throne No one Knew that
his crown OF universal dominion was COW
cred mp with bunch Of thurns. Omnip-
offence shcathcd in n human body. Omnis-
cicnce hidden in human eye. Infinite
love beating in "a human heart. Everlast
ing harmonies subdued into human
voice. Royalty en- masque. GrandeurS OF
heaven in earthly disguise.
Superstition.
My subject also imprcsscs me with how
people pat on masks and how the Lord
tears them off. 1t was a terrible moment
in the history Of this woman of TirZah
when the prophet accoSted her, practically
saying: = know who you are You can
not cheat me You cannot impose upon
me Why fcigneSt thou thysclf To BIO nm
other" She had right II ask for the
restoration Of her son; she had no right to
practice that ialschood. Ii is never right
to do wrong Sometimes you may bc ablo
TO conceal an affair. II is not necessary To
/ tell everything There Is natural pres
! sure 20 the lips which seems To indicate
| that silence sometimes is right. but for
double dealing. for moral shuflling for
! counterfeit and for sham God has nothing
but anathema and exposure. He will tear
1 off the lie He will rip up the cmpiricism
! He will scatter the ambuscade. There are
! people who are just ready 10 be duped
They seem To- lie waiting TO he deceived.
/ They believe in ghosts They saw one
/ themselves once They heard something
/ strange in an uninhabited house Going
along the road one night. something APP
preached them in white and crossed the
road They would think it very disastrous
To- count the number of carriages at "a
/ funeral They heard in "a neighbours house
something that portcnded death in the
family. They say it i = sure sign Of evil
| il u bat lily into the room OF "A summer
night or they see the moon over the left
shoulder They would not for the world
undertake any enterprise on Friday, forget
full of the fact that If they look over the
calendar OF the world they will see that
| Friday has been the most fortunate day in
all the history OF the world.
A. 1 toll ha
calendar Of the worlds history, more
grand. bright, beautiful things have hap
pened ON Friday than any other day of the
week They would not begin anything on
Friday They would not for the world go
back to the house for anything after they
had once started. Such people are ready TO
be duped. Ignorance comes along, per-
haps in the disguise Of radical science
and carries them captive, for there aro al
ways some men who have found some
strange and mysterious weed in some
strange place and Ilucked it in the moon
shine, and then they cover the board fences
with the advertisements of elixir and
"panaccas" and Indian mixtures" and
'incifable cataplasms' and 'unfailing dis
infectants' and lightning salyes' and
instantaneous ointments, enough to
stun and scarify and poultice and kill half
the race. They are all ready to be wrought
upon hy such impositions. All, my friends,
do not be among such dupesl DO not act
| the part Of such persons as have been de-
| scribing. stand back from all chicanery,
| from all imposition. They who practice
such imposition shall be exposed in the day
OF God 5 indignation They may rear great
fortunes. bur their dnpple grays will he ar
rested on the road suuie day, i,s was the ass
| by the angel Of God with drawn sword
The light OF the last day will shine through
pilssspch subterfugos and with a voice
rilan that which accosted this inn
OF the text: Come in. thou wife
- Why feienest thou thyself
~ With voice louder than
aundar down into midnight
2m and death all two faced
arlatans. and all knaves.
a all swindlers. Behold
az the masks. and be-
= p them OF
.'ovidences.
Il impresses me with how
gH ElTate and particular arc
Co.'s. Tres. just mt the moment
thatN altered the city the child died.
Just a. prophesicd So it turned out.
so it always turrs - The event nc
ours. the death u ace, the nation is
born, the despotis :. IS oserthrown at the
appointed time. Gid drives the universe
with stiff rein. Events do not just hap
pen So Things do not 90 slipshod. In all
the book Of God 5 providences there is not
one IF Gods providences are never
caught in dishahille. To God there are no
surprises, no disappointments and no acct
dents. The most insignificant event flung
out in the ages i the connecting link be-
tween two great chains-the chain Of cter-
nifty past and the chain Of eternity tn come.
am no fatalist, hut | should be com
pletcly wretchcd II | did not feel that all
the affairs ~ my life are in God hand
and all that pertains To me and mine. just
as certainly as all the affairs al this wom-
an of the text. as this child Of the text, as
this hing Of the text. were in Gods hand
You may ask Iuc hundred questions l
cannot answer hat Il all until the day
"a = Thousands Of