Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-05-23

questions. They feel about tho common
people rs the Turks felt toward the Asapi
or common soldiers, considering them Of
no use except to nj up the bitches with
their dead bodies while the Other troops
walked over them TO take tho fort. After
awhile this prince of worldly success Is
sick. The only interest society has In his
Illness Is the effect that his possible deceaso
may have ON the money markets. After
awhile he dies. Great newspaper capitals
announce how he started with nothing and
ended with everything Although for
sake Of appearance some people put hand
kcrchiefs to the eye, there is not ono gcnu
Inc tear shed The heirs sit up all night
when he lies In state discussing what tho
old fellow has probably done with his
money. II takes all the livery stables
within two miles To furnish funeral cqui-
pages, and nll the mourning stores are
kept busy 10 selling weeds Of grief Tho
stone cutters send I'm proposals for mon
ument The minister ut the ObscquicS
reads OF the resurrection, which makes the
hearers fcar that IL the unscrupulous
flnancier does not come up In the general
rising no Will try TO get corner on
tombstoncs and graveyard fences. All
good men are glad that the moral nuisance
has been removed. The Wall street spccu
lators are glad because there Is more room
for themselves. Tho heirs are glad because
they get possession of the long delayed
inheritance. Dropping every feather Of
nil his plumes every certificate Of all his
stock every bond Of all his Investments,
every dollar Of all his fortune, he departs.
and all the rolling Of Dead March" IN
saul, and all the paRcantry OF his inter
mcnt. and all the exquistcncss Of sar-
cophagus, and all the extravaganza Of
epitaphology, cannot hide the fact that my
text has come again to tremendous fulfill
ment. Men shall clap their hands at him
and shall hiss him ont of his place.
You SEQ the clapping comes before tho
hiss. The world cheers before IL damns.
So IL is said the deadly asp tickles before
It stings. Going up. Is he? Hurrah!
Stand back and Let his galloping horses
dash by, whirlwind of plated harness
and tinkling hcadgcar and archcd neck
Drink deep of his madeira and cognac
Boast of how we'll you know him! All
hats of as he passes! Bask for days and
years In the sunlight of his prosperity!
Going down. Is he? Pretend TO he near
sighted. so that you cannot see him MS he
walks past When men nsk you II you
know him, hnlt and hesitate ms though you
sny: We'll. wees, yes. / believe once
did know him. but have not seen him for
long while" Cross n different ferry
from the ono where you used 10 meet him
lest he ask for financial help When you
started life, he spoke good word for you
at the bank. Tnlk down his credit now
that his fortunes are collaps.ng He put
his name ON two al your notes. Tell him
that you have changed your mind about
such things, and that you never indorse.
After awhile his matters come to dead
halt, and an assignment or suspension or
sherin's sale takes place. You say: He
ought ~ have stopped sooner. Just as /
expected. He made too big splash In
the world. Glad the balloon has burst.
Ila, haI' Applause when he went up,
sibilant derision when he came down.
Men shall clap their hands Mt him and
hiss him out of his place. So high up
amid the crIgS. the eagle fluttcrs dust into
the eyes of tho roebuck which then, with
eyes blinded. goes tumbiing over the preci-
picc- the great antlers crashing on the
rocks
Tho First Guest.
Now, compare some of these goings out
of life with the departure Of men and
women who. In the drama OF life, take tho
part that God assigned them and then
went away honnrcd OF men and applauded
Of tho Lord Almighty. II Is about 90
years ago that In comparatively small
apartment of the city "A newly married pair
ret up a home. The first guest invited to
that residence was the Lord Jesus Christ,
and the Bible given the bride on the day
OF her cspousal was the guide of that
household. Days u sunshine were fol
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know home that for 30 years had no
vicissitudei The young woman who left
her fatheS's house for her young husbands
home started out with parental benedic-
ton and good advice she will never forget
Her mother said 10 her the day before the
marriage: Now, my child, you are going
away from Us. OF course. rs long ms your
father and live you will feel that you can
come TO us at any time. But your home
will be elsewhere. From long experience
find II Is brst Ia serve God. Ii Is very
bright with you now, my child. and you
may think you cnn get along without re
l!gion. but the day will come when you
will want God. and M advice Is establish
q family altar, and. II need be- conduct
the worship YOURSELF Tho counsel wAs
taken. and that young wife consecratcd
every room IN the mousse TO TOD.
Years passed on, ana thcrc were In that
home hilarities but they were good and
hcalthful, and SORROWS, but they were
comfortcd. Marriages as bright us orange
blossoms could make them, and hurials in
which all hearts were riyen. They have n
family lot In the cemetery, but all tho
place Is illuminated with stories of resur-
rcction and reunion. The children of tho
hnn ahnt ehus In. a
they ara all Christians, the father and
mother leading the way. and the children
following. What care the mother took of
wardrobe and education, character and
mannersl How hard she sometimes work
ed When the head Of the household was
unfortunate In business, she scwcd until
her fingers were numb and bleeding Mt tine
tips, and what close calculation of ccono-
mics, and what ingenuity In refltting tho
garments OF the elder children for tho
younger, and only God kept account OF
that mothers sideachcs and headaches and
heartaches and the tremulous prayers by
the side of the sick child's cradle and by
the couch Of this ono fully grown. The
neighbors often noticed how tired she
looked, and old acquaintance hardly knew
her In the street. But, without com
plant. she waited and toiled and endured
and accomplished all these years The
children are out In the world. an honor to
themselves and their parents. After
awhile the mothers last sickness comes
Children and grandchildren, summoned
from afar. come softly into the room ono
by one, for she Is too weak Ia see more
than one mt time. She runs ,rr dying
fingers lovingly through their hair and
tells them not TO cry. and that She is going
now. but they will meet again in n little
while In "a better world, and then kisses
them goodby and says 10 each, God bless
and keep you, my dear child" The day
OF tho obsequies comes, and the officiating
clergyman tells tho story Of wifcly and
mothcrly endurance, and many hearts on
earth and In heaven echo the sentiment,
and as she is carried off the stage Of this
mortal life there are cries Of, Faithful
unto dcath!' she hath done what she