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


II is for no insignificant purpose that
present you the thrilling story Of the text.
In the first place learn that wickcdncss
involves others, trying To make them its
dupes, its allies aud its srapcgoats. Zero
beam proposed To h0odwink the Lords
prophet How did he do III Did he 20
and do the work himself? No. lie sent
his wife Ia do it, Hers the peril Of cx-
posture, hers the fatigue Of the way hers
the execution Il the plot: his. nothing
Iniquity is a hrag, but il isa great coward.
IL lays the plan and gets some ore else tn
execute it; puts down the gunpnwdcr
train and gets some one else to touch it of
contriyes mischief and gets some one else
10 work it; starts u lie and gets some one
else to circulateit. In nearly all the great
crimes of the world it is found out that
those who planned the arson. the murder
the theft, the fraud go free. while those
who were dccoycd and cheated and hood
winked into the conspiracy clank the chain
and mount the gallows.
Aaron Burr. with heart filled with inn
purity and ambition, plots for the over
throw Of the United States government
and gets off with u few threats and little
censure. while Blennerhassctt. the learned
nerhassett. is dccoycd by him from the
orchards. and the laboratories and the gar
dcns, and the home on the bank of the
Ohio river. and his fortunes are scattered,
and he is thrown into prison. and his fam
lily, brought mp in luxury, is turned out 10
die. Abominahlc Aaron Burr has II COM
paratively easy. Sweet tempered Blenner-
hassett has it hard. Benedict Arnold pro
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States; to surrender the Revolutionary
army and to destroy the nitcd States gov
eminent. He gets off with his pockets full
Of pounds sterling, while Major Andre, the
brave and the brilliant. IS decoyed into the
conspiracy and suffers on the gibbet on
the hanks of the Hudson; so that even
the literature-the marble tablaturc that
COMMUNICATED that event-has been blast
ed 10y midnight desperadoes. Benedict Ar
mold has it easy. Major \ ndrc has it hard.
have noticed that nine-tenths of those
who suffer for crimes are merely the satel-
litcs Of some great villains. lgnominious
fraud is a jugglcr which by sleight OF hand
and legcrdemain makes the gold that 1t
stole appear in somebody clse's pocket
Jeroboam plots the lie, contrives the i'm.
position, and gets his wife 10 execute itS
cry. do not consent to he anybody dupe4
nnybody's ally in wickedness, anybody
scapcguat .
The story az tho text also impresses me
with the fact that royalty sometimes
passes in disguise. The frock, the VEIL
the hood If tine peasant woman hid the
qucenly character Of this woman of Tirzah
Nobody suspected that she was a queen or
l.., a ob,
just as much - queen rs though she stood
in the palace, her rJhes incrustod with
diamonds And so all around about us
there are princesScs and queens whom tho
world does not recognize. They sit on no
throne Of royalty, they ride in no chariot,
they elicit no huzza, they make no pre-
tense, but hy the grace Of God they are
prsncesscs and they are queens; some
times In their poverty, sometimes in their
self denial. sometimes in their hard strug-
giles Of Christian service-God knows they
are queens. The world dncs not recognize
them.
Royalty passing in disguise, kings with
out the crown, conquorurs without the
palm, cmprcsses without the jewel. inu
saw her yesterday on the street You saw
nothing important in her appearance, hut
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and goodness-a realm yaster than Jcro-
boam ever looked at You went down into
the house of restitution and want and suf-
fering. You saw the story of trial written
on the wasted hand Of the mother, on the
pale checks of the children, on the empty
bread tray, on the iircless hearth, on the
broken chair. YOU would not have given
dollar for all the furniture in the house.
But by the grace % God she is princess
The overse.rs Of the poor come ilipre and
discuss the ease and say Its pauper. p"
They do not realize that God has FURNISHED
for her a crown. and that after she has rot
through the fatiguing journey from Tirzah
to shiloh and from shiloh hack Ia Tirzah
there will I've throne of royalty on which
she shall rest forever Glory yelled. AZ.
fiuence hidden. Eternal raptures hushed
up. a queen in mask 4 princess in dis
guise
The Queen In Disguise.
When you think Of a queen you do not
think of Catherine Of Russia, or Maria
Theresa Of Germany, or Mary. queen of
scots. When You think Of "a queen. Won
think Of n plain woman who sat opposite
your father at the table or walked with
him down the path OF life arm in arm,
sometimes t. tho Thanksgiving hanuilct
sometimes tn the grave. but always side NV
side, sonthing your little sorrows and nd
Jusiing ynur little quarrels listening To-
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