Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-11-28
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A Recreative Day.
Respect for the sabbath will I've a. the
Young man another preventative against
evil God has thrust into the toll and
fatigue of life rccroatiyc day when the
soul i especially Ia he fed IL is no new
tangled notion II wild Drained rcformcr.
hut an institution established at the he
ginning God has made natural and
moral laws ~ harmonious that the body
as well n the soul demands this institu-
ton. our bodies are seven day clocks
that must be- wound mp as often as that OF
they will run down. Failure must come
sooner or later tn the man who breaks tho
sabbath Inspiration has called ii the
Lord day, and he who drvotcs IL u tho
world j. guilty ~ robbery. God will not
let the sin ~ UNPUBLISHED either in this
world or the world IA come
This j. the statement 81 u man who has
broken tits dix inc enactment: 81 was en-
gagged In manufacturing ON the Lchigh
river ON the Sabbath used to rest. but
never regarded God in IT, One beautiful
Sabbath when the noise was AL hushcd.
and the day WIS all that lovclincss could
make 1t, sat down on my piazza and
went to work inyenting a new shuttle. |
neither stopped to cat nor drink till the
sun went down by that time had the
invention completed The next morning
| exhibited it and bnastcd Of my DAYS
work, and was applaudcd The shuttle
was tried and worked well hut that sab
bath day 5 work enst me S30.000 We
branch,d out and enlarged and the curse
OF heaven was upon me from that day on
ward
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him who trampies upon this statute. God $
special favor Vi III hc upon that young man
who scrupu!ously observes il. This day,
properly observed, will throw hallowcd
influence over all the week The song and
sermon and sanctuary will hold back from
presunptuous sins Tina; young man who
begins the duties of life with either secret
or open disresrect To the holy day. ven
ture to prnphesy, will meet with no per
manent successes Gods curse will fall
upon his ship, his store, his Office, his
studio. his body and his soul. The way Of
the wicked he turneth upside down. In
one Of the old fables il was said that
wonderful child was born in lSagdad, and
magician could hear his footsteps 4, 600
miles away But can hear in the foot
step Of that young man on his way to the
house of worship today the step not only
of lifetime of usefulness, hut the oncom-
ing step Of eternal ages Of happiness yet
millions Of years away.
An Infalliblc Defense.
A noble ideal and confident expectation
of approx imatng to IL are an infalliblc de-
Tense The artist completes in his mind
the great thought that lie wishes to trans
fer tn the canvas or the marble before he
takes up the crayon or the chiscl. The
architect plans out the entire structure be-
fore he orders the workmcn to begin, and,
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be nothing bur LAUNDERING and rudcness,
he has in lis mind every Corinthian
wreath and Gothic arch and Byzantine
capital The poet arranges the entire plot
before he begins to chime the first cantO of
tingling rhythms. And yet, strange to
say, there are men who attempt To build
their character without knowing whether
In the end IL shall he "A rude 1artar's tent
or It Marks Of Nenicc-mcn who begin
10 write the intricate poem of their lives
without knowing whether il shall I've u
Homer's Odyssey or n rhymester botch.
Nine hundred and nincty-nine men out
Of thousand are living without any great
life plot Booted and spurrcd and plumed,
and urging their swift cotirscr in the hot
test haste, ! ask: Hello man! Whittier
away" His response Is, Nowhere. "
Rush into tine busy shop or store of many
one and taking the plane out of the
mans hand or laying down the yardstick
say. What. man. Is all this about-so
much stir and sweat:
The reply will stumble and break down
between teeth and lips. Every days duty
ought only IT, hc the filling up Of the main
plan of existence. Let men be consistent
II they prefer misdeeds 20 correct courses
of action, then let them draw out the de-
sign of knavery and cruelty and plumber.
Let every days falsehood and wrongdoing
be added as coloring TO the picture Let
bloody deeds red stripe the picture, and
the clouds of wrathful God hang down
heavily over the canvas, ready tn break
out in clamorous tempest. Let the waters
be chafed and froth tangled and green
with immcasurable depths. Then take u
torch Of burning pitch and scorch into the
frame the right name for 1.-THE souls
suicide. II one entering upon sinful di-
rections would only In his mind or on pa
per draw out in awful reality this dread
full future, he would recoil from IL and
say, Am / Dante that by my own life /
should write another 'I.fcrno:' But II
you are resolved 20 live = life such rs Sod
and good men viii approve, do not let II be
vague dream, an indefinite determination,
but in your mind or upon paper sketch It
Ia all its ninutie. You cannot know the
changes to which you may he subject. hut
you may know what always will be right
and always will be wrong Let gcntleness
and charity and yeracity and faith stand
in the heart of the sketch.
On some still brooks hank make a lamb
and lion lie down together. Draw two or
three Of the trees of life, not frost stricken,
nor ice glazed, nor wind stripped, but with
thick verdure waving like the palms Of
heaven. On the darkest cloud place the
rainbow, that pillow of the dying storm
You need not print the title on the frame
The dullcst will catch the design at a
glance and say, THAT is the road To hcav
en-. All, me! On this sea of life what in
Vulnerable ships heavily laden and well
rugged. yet seem bound for no port Swept
every whittier of wind and wave they go up
by the mountains, they go down by the
valleys and are ut their wits end. They
sail by no chart, they watch no star, they
long for no harbor / beg every young man
today Co draw out "A sketch of what. by tho
grace of God, he means to be- Think no
excellence so high that you cannot reach
IL. He who starts out in life with n high
ideal of character and faith in its attain
ment will find himself incased from "a
thousand temptations. There are mag
niticent possibilities before each Of you.
young men of the stout heart, and the buoy
ant step, and the bounding spirit. IwOu!d
marshal you for grand achievement God
now provides for yOu the field and the