Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-09-12

ing attended very carefully to their toilet,
come and sit down-thcy do not want to
be crowded; they like whole scat to them
sclves-and then, II they have any time
left from thinking of their store, and from
examining the style Of the hat In front OF
them. they SIT and listen to sermon war
rantcd Ia hit no mans sins, and listen To
music which Is rendered by choir war
ranted to sing tunes that nobody knows.
And then after an hour and half of indo-
lent yawning they go home refreshed. Ey-
cry man feels better after he has had n
sleep.
In many of the churches of Christ In our
day the music is simply "a mockery. l have
not cultivated ear, nor cultivated voice,
yet no man can do my singing for me-
have nothing Ia say against artistic music.
The 81 or 80 pay to hear any Of the great
queens Of song Is good investment.
But when the people assemble In religious
convention, and the hymn Is read, and
the angels of God step from their throne
TO catch the music on their wings, do not
let US drive them away by our indifference.
| have preached In churches where vast
sums of money were employed 10 keep up
tho music. and IL was rs exquisite rs any
heard on earth, hut thought at the same
time that for all matters practical would
prefer the hearty, outprcaking song of
backwoods Methodist camp meeting.
Let one OF these starvcling fancy songs
sung in church get up before the throne OF
God--how would IL seem standing amid the
great doxoiogics of the redeemed: Let tho
finest operate mir that ever went up from
the church Of Christ get many hours tho
start, IL will be caught and passed by the
hosanna Of the sabbath school children.
know n church where the choir did all the
singing save one Christian man, who
through perseverance, of the saints, "
went right on, and affcrward n committee
was appointed to wait on him and ask him
II he would not please stop singing, as he
bothered the choir.
Let In So refuse To sing
Who never knew our God.
But children of tho heavenly King
Should speak their joys abroad.
Praise We the Lord Let everything
with breath Praise the Lord " In the
glorious time coming in our cities and in
the world hosanna will meet hosanna and
halleluiah. hsllcluiah.
In that time also of which speak all
the haunis OF inipuity and crime and
squalor will bc cieansed and will he illu-
minated How is it to hc done: You say
by another | will tell you what Is my
idea, and know nm right in 1t. The
gospel ~ the son of God is the only agency
that will ever accomplish this.
Rather Preposterous.
4 gentleman in England had theory
that II the natural forces Of wind and tide
and sunshine and wave were rightly APP
piled and rightly developed it would make
this whole earth n paradise. In n book Of
great genius and which rushed from edi-
ton 10 edition he said: Fellow men,
promise 10 show tie means of creating
paradise within ten years where every
thing desirable for human life may be had
by every man in supcrabundance without
labor and without pay; where the whole
face II nature shall he changed into the
most beautiful farms and man may live
in the most magnificent palaces, in all Inn
aginahc rcflncmcnts Of luxury and in the
most delightful gardens; where he may ac-
complish without labor In one year more
than hitherto could he done in thousands
of years. From the houses to Inc built will
be afforded the most cultured views that
can lie fancicd From the galleries, from
the roof and from the turrcts may he seen
gardens as far as the eye can see full Of
fruits and flowers arranged in the most
beautiful order. with walks. colonnadcs,
aquc,lncts, canals, ponds plains. amphi
thcarcrS terraces, fountains, sculptured
works, pasilions gondolas, places of popu-
lar amusement 10 lure the eye and fancy,
all this to bc done by urging the water,
the wind and the sunshine 10 their full de-
yclupmcnt.
He goes on and gives plates of the ma
chincry by which this work Is to be done,
and he says he only needs at the start u
company In which the shares shall be SEQ
each. and $780, 600 or 5000. 600 shall Inc
raised just To make II specimen community,
and then, this being formed, the world
will see It's practicability, and very soon
| e.. 900. 900 or So. 900, 600 can I've obtained,
and in ten years the whole earth will be
emparadised The plan is not so prcpos.
ferrous us sni.ie | have heard Of. But l will
take no stock in TINT company. do not
believe that IL will ever bc done In that
way. by any mechanical force or by any
machinery that the human mind can put
into play. Ii Is u lie done by the gospel
of the SON Of God-thc omnipotent ma
chncry Of love and grace and pardon and
salvation. This is Ia cmparadise the na-
tions. Archimcdcs destroyed fleet Of
ships coming up the harbor You know
how hc did IL He lifted great sunglass,
history tells us and when the fleet or ships
came up the harbor Of Syracuse he brought
to bear this sunglass, and he focused the
suns rays upon those ships Now the sails
are wings of fire.. the masts fall, the vessels
sink. Oh, my friends, by the sunglass OF
the GOSPEL converging the rays of the sun
of righteousness upon the sins, the wicked
ness Of the world, we will make them
blaze and expire.
The Changed City.
In that day of which speak do you be
lievc there will he any midnight carousals
Will there he any kicking off from the
marble steps Of shi,ering mendicants: viii
there be any unwashcd. unfed, uncombeti
children: Will there be any blasphcmies In
the streets VIII there bc any inebriatcs
| staggering past. M. No wine stores. No
lager beer saloons. M distillcrics, where
they make the three KS No bloodshot
eye. No bloatcd check No instruments
Of ruin and destruction. No fist pounded
forehead. The grandchildren OF that wom-
an who goes down the street with curse,
stoned by the boys that follow her. will be
the rcformers and philanthropists and
the Christian men and the honest mcr-
chants of our cities.
Niistb sthAittiIhA wv,
we will have in all the cities Some cities
are worse than others, but in many of our
cities you just walk down by the city halls
and look In at sople of the rooms occupied
by politicians and see To what a sensual,
loathsomc ignorant, bcsotted crew city
politics Is often abandoned Or they stand
around the city hall picking their teeth
waiting for some cmolumcnts Of crumbs TO
fall to their feet. waiting all dry long and
waiting all night long
Who are those wrctched women taken
up for drunkenness and carried up to tho
courts and put in Prison, Of course. What
will you do with the erngshops that make
them drink: Nothing. Who are those pris-
oners In Jail: One Of them stole IA pair OF
shoes. That boy stole dollar This girl
snatchcd purse. All of them crimes
damaging society less than $50 or $50.
But what will you do with the gambler
who last night robbed the young man Of