Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-10-24

4 As u farmer blowing sometimes turns up |
! the skeleton II u man or the anatomy Of u |
monster long ago buried, no the plowsharc
81 conviction turns up the CHASTITY skclc- /
/ tons nf sins long ago cntombcd. biologists
never brought NJ from the depths u tho
mountain mighiicr irhthyusaurus or mega
/ thcrium.
The Crooked Iurrow.
But what means all this crooked plow
ing these crooked furrow', the repent
nncc that amounts 10 nothing, the repent
ancc that ends IN nothingi Men groan over \
their sins. hut get no better They weep, /
hut their tears are not counted. They get
convicted. bat not converted. What is tho |
reason: / remember that on the farm we
st a standard with y red flag AT the other \
end 81 tile field. We kept our eye ON that. |
/ We aimed AT that We piowcd up To that. |
/ Losing sight II that, we made crooked /
fuNuW. keeping our eye on that We made 1
! IA straight furruw Now, Ia this matter Of |
cony ictiun ~ must have some standard t0 I
guide rs. II j. red standard that God I
+ has set at the other end 81 the field. 1t is /
+ the cross. keeping your eye on that, you |
/ will make "a straight iurrow. Losing sight |
+ If it, you viii make "A crooked furruw. ,
+ Pillow ~ to the cross. Vim not at either /
end uf the horizontal piece ~ the cross hut |
at Ailt l'l'hf az Va ~ AtAo
heart of the son 81 God who bore your sins |
and made satisfaction. Crying and weep |
ing Will not bring you through. Him |
/ hath God exalted to be a prince and n
+ saviour to give repentance. Oh, pillow up
+ to the cross
Again, remark, in grace, rs In the field |
/ there must be u sowing. In the autumual
weather you find the farmer going across
/ the field II u stride ~ about 20 inches, and /
al every stride he puts his hand into the
sack at graih. and lac sprinklcs the seed /
corn over the field. 1t louks silly To Il man
who discs nnj know what lac Is doing lie
/ Is doing very important work lie is |
4 scattering the winter grain, and, though /
the snow may come, the next year there will /
+ be great cIup. Now, that Is what we arc
doing when vc are preaching the gospel
we are scattering the seed. 1t is the fool |
+ ishncss Of piEaching, but it is the winter
grain. and, though the SHOWS Of worldli |
ness many come down upon H. it will yield
after awhile glorious harvest. Let Us bo
SUR we sow the right kind Of seed. sow
mullen stalk. and mullen stalk will comc
up SOW canada thistles and Canada
thistcs viii come ~ SOW wheat. and
wheat will come up. Let Us distinguish
between truth and error. Let lis know the
difference between wheat and hellcborc
cats ana heubanc
\ .:"w of Cipbcrs.
~" largest denomination in this coun-
:;y is the denomination ut Ncthingnrians
Their religion j. a system Of ncgations
You say To- one 81 them. w hat do YOU be-
i hcyCs We'll, don't believe in infant
baptism What do you believe: We'll,
don't believe In the perseverance Of tho
saints We'll. now tell me what YOU do
believe. Well, | don't believe in the
eternal punishment Of the wicked. 80
their religion Is row Of ciphcrs. Believe
something and teach il, or, 60 resume
the figure 81 my test, scatter abroad the
right Kind Of seed
\ minister the other day preached a ser
mon calculated to set the denominations
of Christians qunrrcling He was sowing
nctilcs. 4 minister the other day advcr-
tiscd that hcwnuld preach "A sermon on the
/ superiority Of transcendcnial and organ
lied forces to untransccndental and unor-
ganized forces What was he sowing
Needs. Tie Lord Jesus Christ 10 centuries
ago planted the divine seed Of doctrine
II sprang up On one side Of the stalk are
all tho churches Of Christendom ON the
other side 81 the stalk are all the free gov
ernments uf the earth. and on the top there
FAtaAA ~ "a tAtN'ttAAE AtAAAA' itAiAiti 1Atfa
awhile vi from the gospel seed 81 doe
irinc. livery word that parent or sab
bath school teacher or city missionary, or
Other Christian worker speaks for Christ
comes up. Yea it comes up with com
pound interest, you saving one soul, that
one t.:Ning -, the No. loo the 100, 600;
the goo, II. 100; the 10 uuU, 100, uC0--on,
on forever.
III" ,cfuI Harrow.
Again, remark. in grace, az In the farm,
ihcrv must bc q narrowing ! refer now
not IL j harrow that goes over the field in
order 10 prepare the ground for the seed,
but "a harrow which goes over after the seed
j. -uwn, lest the birds pick W the seed,
sinking il down into the earth 80 that II
can take root lou know harrow II is
made II bars 81 wood nailed across each
other, ana the undor,ide OF each lar Is fur
uishrd with sharp teeth. and when the
horso, are hitch,d iuit u goes tearing and
lcaping across tie Held, driving the seed
down into the earth until II springs mp in
the harvest. Bereavement, snrrow, pcrsc
cution, are the Lords harrows 10 sink the
gospel truth into Your heart. These werc
truths that YOU heard 30 years ago. They
have not affected You until recently. some
great trouble came over YOU and he truth
What did tod mean in this country in
ls5s. For century there was the gospel
preached but great deal II II produced
/ nu result Then God harncsScd wild
panic 10 a harrow uf commercial disaster
and that harrow went down Wall street
and up Wall street. down Third street and
up Third street, down state street and up
State street, down Pennsylvania avenue
and up Pennsylvania avenue until the
whole land was torn to pieces as il had
never been before. What followed the har-
row: 4 great awakening, in which there
were bon. 900 souls brought into the king
dom 81 cur Lord. No harrow, no crop
Again, remark in gracc, as in the farm
there must l)c "A rcaping. Many Christians
speak ~ religion ~ though il were q mat
ter 81 economies or insurance. They ex-
poet "a reap IN the next world. Oh, no.
Now is tie time io reap Gather up the
JOY u the Christian religion this morning
this afternoon, this night II you have
not as much grace as sou would like 10
have, thank God for what you have and
pray Tor more You are no worse cnslaycd
than Joseph 10 worse troubled than WAS
David no worse scourgcd than was Paul
Yet amid tic raiilng 81 letters. and amid
the gloom II dungeons. and amid the hur
ror ~ shipwrcck they iriumphcd IN the
grace 81 God he weakest man in the
house today has BOO acre, OF spiritual joy
all ripc- Why do you not go and reap ~
To the Fields.
You have been gruaning over your in.
irmitics for 80 years Now give ole round
shout over your emancipation. You say
you have it 50 hard. you might have it
worse You wonder why this great cold
trouble keel revolving through y"ur SOUL