Democratic messenger., 1896-08-29

one kind word. There used to be sung at
great many of the pianos all through the
country "a song that has almost died out.
wish somebody would start it again in
our social circles. There may not have
been very exquisite art in the music, but
there was grand and glorious sentiment
Kind words never die. never die.
Cherished and blessed.
sympaihy's Loving Grace.
oh, that we might in our families and In
our churches try the force of kindness,
You can never drive men, women or chill
drcn into the kingdom of God. A March
northeastcr will bring out more honeysuc-
klcs than frctfulness and scolding will ever
bring out Christian grace. wish that in
all our religious work we might he satu-
rated with the spirit of kindness. Missing
that, we miss n great deal Of usefulness.
There Is no need of coming ont before men
and laundering to them the law unless at
the same time you preach To them the gos-
pei The world Is dying for lack Of kind
ness.
These young people want IL just as much
rs the old. The old people sometimes seem
to think they have monopoly of the rheu-
matisms, and the ncuralgias, and the head
nchcs. and the physical disorders OF the
hcartachcs than are felt by some of these
young people. Do you know that much OF
the work is done by the young? Raphael
died at 81, Richclieu at 81 Gustavus
Adolphus died at 3s. Innocent III came To
his mighticst influence at 37 Cortcs con
quercd Mexico at 30. Don John won Le-
panto at %, Grotius was attorney general
at ~. and l have noticed amid all classes
Of men that some of the severest battles
and the toughest work come before 80.
Therefore we must have our sermons and
our cxhortafions in prayer meeting all
sympathetic with the young. And 50 with
these people further on in life What do
these doctors and LAWYERS and merchants
and mechanics care about the distractions
of religion! What they want Is help to
bear the whimsicalities of patients, the
browbeating of legal opponents the un-
fairness OF customers. who have plenty OF
fault finding for every imperfcction Of
handiwork, but no praise for go cxcellences.
What does that brain racked, hand blis-
tered man care for Zwingli's Doctrine of
Original Sim or Augustin's "Anthro-
pology:" You might ms well go TO n man
who has the pleurisy and put on his side
plaster made out Of DIR. PARIS Treatise
on Medical Jurisprudence"
In all our sermons there must be help
for every one somewhere. You go into an
apothecary store We see Others being
waited on. We do not complain because
we do not Immediately get the medicine
We know our turn will come after awhile
And so while all parts Of n sermon may
not be appropriate to our case II we wait
prayerfully before the sermon is through
we shall have the divine prescription. l
say to these young men who are going to
preach the gospel, these theological stu
dents, l say to them, We want in our ser
mons not more metaphysics, nor mere
imagination, nor more logic, nor more To-
fundity
Lend n Helping Hand.
What we want In our sermons and Chris
tian exhortations is more sympathy When
Father Taylor preached In the Sailors
Bethel at Boston, the jack tars felt they
had help for their duties among the rat
lines and the forccastlcs. When Richard
Weaver preached "a the operatives In Old.
ham, England, al the workingincn felt
they had more grace for the spindlcs When
DIR. South preached To kings and princes
and rrincesses. all the mighty men and
women WHO heard him felt preparation for
tLcir high station.
Do You not know that this simple story
of SaNiuLr's Kindness is TO redeem all
nations. lie hard heart Of this worlds
ObdGra Is io lie broken lcforc that story.
There Is in Antwerp, BELGIUM, one of the
most remarkable pictures | ever saw. 1t
~ The Descent of Christ From the
Cross. - 1t is one cf Rubcns' pictures No
man can stard ard look at that Descent
From the Cross, rs lsubcns pictured 1t.
without having his eyes flooded with tears,
II he have any scnsibility Mt all Ii Is nn
ovcrmastcring picturc-orc that stuns you
and sta;,gcrs you and haunts your dreams
One afternoon II man stood in that cathc.
dral looking ut Rubcns Descent From
the Cnpss. Hc was all absorbed in that
scene of Sayiour's sufrcrings when the
janitnr came in and said: 1t Is time to
close up the cathedral for the night /
wish YOU would depart. The pilgrim,
looking at that Descent From the Cross. -
turned around 10 the jantor and said:
No, no; not yet. Wait until they get
him down" oh, it is the story Of n
Saviour's suffering kindness that Is 10 cap
turc the world. When the bones of that
great behcmoth of iniquity which has
tramplcd all nations shall hc trokcn and
shattered, it will bc found out that the
work was not tloEc by the hammer Of the
itoiRShtNts VIZ ~ tIt rWttu tl tilt conquer
or, or by the torch of persecution, but by
tho plain, simple, overwhelming force II
tho soft tongue that brcakcth the bone"
Our Eternal Heritance.
Kindness! We all need more of IL In our
hearts, our words aud our behavior. The
chief characteristic of our Lord was Kind.
Hcss. \ gentleman in England died lcav-
ing his fortune 10y will To two sons The
son that staid ut home destroyed the IA.
ther's will and pretended that the brother
who was absent was dead and buried The
absent brother after awhile returned and
claimed his part uf the property Judges !
and jurors were 10 lc bribcd To say that
the returned brother and son was no son
at all, but Oily an impostor. The trial
came on. Sir Matthew Hale. tho pride Of |
the English courtroom and for 20 years
the pride Of Jurisprudence, heard that that
Injustice was nbout Ia be practiced Ho
put of his official robe. He put on the |
garb of miller. He went to the wiling,
where that trial was to take place. lie
entered the courtroom. lie somehow got |
imranclcd as one Of tho jurors Tho