Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-03-07

dcreG ON, and we wandered on, and we
were lost We wanted bread, and We found
garbage. Tho farther we wandered in
stead OF finding rich pasiurage we found
blasted heath and sharper rocks and moro
singing uctilcs. 10 pasture. How was
1t in the clubhouse when you lost your
childg Did they come around and help
you very muchg Did your worldly associ-
atcs console you very much. Did not the
plain Christian man who came into your
. house and sat mp with your darling child
give You more comfort than all worldly AS
sociatos. Did all the conyivial songs you
ever heard comfort you in that day Of be-
rcayomont 80 much as the song they sang
10 ynu-perhaps tho very song that was
sung 10y your little child the last Sabbath
afternoon OF her lifcs
There IS a happy land
Far. far away,
Where saints immortal reign
Bright. bright as day
4 Man. Soul.
Did your business associates In that day
OF darkness and trouble give you any es-
pecial c1ndpionce2 Business exasporated
you, business wore you out business left
you limp rs "A rag. business made you mad.
You got dollars, but YOU got no peace
God have mercy on the man who has moth
ing but business Ia comfort him Tho
world afforded you no luxuriant pasturage.
a famous English actor stood Oh the stage
( impcrsnnating. and thundors 81 applause
came duwn from the galleries. and many
thought ii was the proudcst moment Of all
his life. hut there was IA man asleep just in
7 front uf him, and the fact that that man
WAS Indifferent and somnolent spoiled all
the occasion for him, and he cried: Wake
up! Wake upi'' 30 one little annoyance
in life has been more prevailing Ia your
mind than all the brilliant congratulations
ana success. Poor pasturage for your soul
you find IN this world. Tho world has
cheated you, the world has bclicd you, the
world has misinterpreted you, the world
has prosecuted you. 1t rever comlorted
you. Oh, his world is n good rack from
which "a horse may pick his food: It is
good trough from which the swine may
crunch their mess. Int 1t gives but little
food To "a soul blood bought ard immortal.
What is a soul: Ii Is "a hope high AS the
throne Of God. What Is IA man? You
say, 1T + only "a man. 1t IS only IA man
+ gone overheard In sin. IL Is only u man
gono overheard in business life. What Is
! IA man! The battle-ground Of three worlds,
with his hands taking hold of dcstinies of
+ light ur darkness. \ mani No line can
measure him. No limit can bound him.
+ The archanerl before the throne cannot
outiivc him Tho stars shall die, but he
will watch their extinguishmcnt. The
world will burn, but be Will gaze at the
conilagration. Endless ages win march
on. lIo will watch the procession. y
mani The masterpiece OF God Almighty.
Yet you say, 1t Is only man" Can
nature like that be- fed ON husks of tho
wilGcrnessy
Substantial comfort win not grow
ON natures barren soil:
All We can toast till Christ we know
Is vanity and toll.
some of You got astray by looking for
Letter pasturage, others by being scared
by tho dogs. Tho hound gets over into tho
pasture ileid. The poor things fly in every
direction. In few moments they arc
torn ot the hodges. and they are FLASHED OF
the ditch and the lost sheep never gets
homo uulc-s he farmer goes after It.
There is nothing SD thoroughly lost rs n
lost sheep. IL may have been IN 1857,
during Inc financial panic or during the
financial stress in the fall of 1873, when
you got astray. You almost became an
atheist You said, Where is God that
honest men 20 down and thieves prosper"
You We're doyged uf creditors, YOU were
duggcd Of the banks, You were dogged OF
worldly disaster. and some Of you went
into misanthroqy, and some Of you took to
strong drink, and others Of you fled out Of
Christian association. and you got astray
Oh, man, that WAS the last time when you
ought To have iursa>rn God standing
amid the laundering II your earthly fail
Urcs, how could yuu got along without "A
God to comfort you and "A God to deliver
you, aud "a Cod To help you, and God to
save yout Won tell me you have been
throus "a enough business trouble almost
f u kiii yau. know H. cannot under
stand huw Ito luat could live one hour in
iaAl cLo. liut Do not know by
v !at pi44 tna gst A~tr..y. some ia one
Uly aud -niae IN another. and II you could
:. .lly seq The position slmc of you occupy
iiorr God Your soul would burst into an
agony ~ tears. and you would pclt tho
heavens with the cry, God have mercyl"
sinai batteries have been unlimbercd
above your soul, and at times you have
hrar,! IL thunder: 80 The wages OF sin is
death. i" All have sinned and como short
~ the glory Of God " by one man sin
entered into the world. and death by sin,
ana so death passed upon all mon, for that
all haze sinnod. +" Tho soal that sinneth,
It shall die. D." when Scvastopol was being
bumhar,led, two Russian frigates burned
all night ia the harbor. throwing u glare
upon the trembling fortress, and some OF
You, from what you have told mo your
solves, some 81 you are standing In the
night 81 your souls trouble, tho cannon
adc. and the cuntlngratiun. and the multi
plication, and the multitude Of your sor-
F lows and troubles, ! think, must make tho
wings Of Gods lowering angels SILVER TO
the tip.
= Debt Payer.
But the last part ~ my text opens a
door wide enough To let us all out and 10
lgt an heaven in. Sound 1t ON the organ
with an the stops out. Thrum 1t on tho
aarl, with all the strings atune. With all
the melody possible Let the heavens sound
g % the earth ana let the earth tell It to
The hnavuns. Tho Lord hath laid on him
the iniquity Of us nll | am glad that
the prophet did not stop to explain whom
he .ncant D." him" Him II the manager,
him of the bloody sweat him Of tho rcsur-
rcction throne. him of the crucinxion
agony. On him the Lord hath laid tho
iniqutiv ~ as all oh, says some
man, that isn't generous, thnt isn't
fair; lot every man carry his own burden
Rud pay his own debts" That sounds
reasonable. II l have an obligation and
! have the means to meet IL, and come to
you and ask you t. settle that obligation,
you rightly say, Pay your own debts"
II You and arc walking down tho street,
both hale. heart and we'll and ask YOU To
carry me, you say rightly, walk on your
own feet But suppose you and | were
In regiment, and was wounded In tho
battle and fell unconscious at your feet
H..t IA