Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-03-11

psicrnal love, maternal love love of coun-
try. love of God Faculty of Judgment,
with scales SO delicate and yet 50 mighty
they can weigh arguments, weigh emo
tions. weigh worlds. weigh heaven and
hell Faculty Of will. that can climb
nountains or tunnel them, wade seas or
bridge them, accepting eternal cnthrone-
mcnt or choosing everlasting exile. oh,
what IL H. 10 bc mani Oh what II Is 10
bc n woman Sublime and infinite bundle
of faculties, The thought Of IL staggers
me. swamps me, stunS me, bewildcrs me-
oyerwhelms me. Oh. what bundle Of life
Abigail of my text saw in David. and
which we ought TO see In every human
yet immortal. beingl
Know. also, that this bundle OF life was
put up with great care Any merchant
and almost any faithful householder will
tell you how much depends on the way a
bundle Is bound. The cord or rope must
bc strong enough 20 hold. the knot must
Ia well tied. You know not what rough
hands may toss that bundle. Ii not prop
erly put together, though IL may leave
your hands In good order and symmetrical,
before IL reaches its proper destination it
may be looscned In fragments for the
winds TO scatter or the rail train 10 lose.
Now, have To tell you that this bundle
Of life is well put t0gcthcr-the body, the
mind. the soul. Who but the omnipotcnt
God could bind such "A bundle! Anato-
misis, psychologists, physicists, logicians.
metaphysicians, declare that we are fear
fully and wonderfully made. That we are
bundle well put together prove by the
amount Of journeying we can endure
without damage. by the amount Of rough
handling we can survive. by the fact that
the vast minority OF us 90 through life
without the loss OF an eve, or the crippling
OF limb. or the destruction Of a single
energy Of body or faculty Of mind / sub
puena for this trial that man In yondcr
view 20 or so years of age and ask him TO
testify that after all the storms and acci-
dents and yicisSitudcs of long life he still
keeps his five senses. and. though all the
lighthouses rs old as he Is have been re
constructed or new lanterns put in. lac has
in under his forehead the same two Ian
terms with which God started him, and.
though the locomotives Of 60 years ago
were long ago sold for old iron. he has the
original powers Of locomotion in the limbs
with which God started him. and. though
all the electric wires that carried messages
% years ago have been torn down. his
nerves bring messages from all parts of
his body as well rs when God strung them
% years ago Was there ever such n com
plcte bundle put together as the human
being? What factory Whit AN cnginel
What mill race, Whit lighihousei
What "A locomotive. What an electric hat
terry What furnace, What IA master
piece Of the Lord God Almighty, Or, TO
employ the anticlimax and use the figure
OF the text. what n bundle!
Is Properly Directed.
Know also that this bundle ~ life is
properly dir,ctcd Many bundle has
missed its way and disappeared because
the address has dropped and no one can
find by examination for what city or town
or neighborhood II was intended. All
great carrying companies have 80 many
misdirccted packages that they appoint
days Of vendue t. dispose Of them. All
intelligent people know the importance of
having "A valuable package plainly direct
ed. the name Of the one To whom IL Is to
go plainly written baggage master and
exprcssman ought to know at the first
glance "a whom To take IL
This bundle Of life that Abigail. in my
text, speaks ~ Is plainly addressed by
divine pcnmunship IL is directed heaven
ward However long may I've the earthly
distance II travels. its destination Is tho
eternal city OF God On high Every mile it
goes away from that direction Is by some
human or internal fraud practiced against
IL. There are those who put IL on some
other track, who misplace IL In some wrong
conveyance who send II of or send IL back
by some diabolic miscarriage Tho value
Of that bundle j. 80 well known all up and
down the universe that there area million
dishonest hands which are trying To dctain
or divert it. or 10 forever stop It's progress
I'm the right direction. There are - many
influences abroad To ruin your body, mind
and soul that my wonder il not that 50
many are destroyed for this world and the
next but that there are not more who go
down irrcmcdiably
Every human being is assaulted at the
start Within an hour Of the time when
this bundle Of life is made mp the assault
begins. First Of all. there are the infantilc
disorders that threaten the body just
launched upon earthly existence Scarlet
fevcrs and pneumonias. and diphiherias
and iniluenZas. and the whole pack of cpl
denies surround the cradle and threaten
it, occupant. and infant Moses in the ark
Of hulrushcs was not more inpcrilcd by
the monsters al the Nile than every cradle
il impcrilcd l,y ailments all dcvouring. In
after years there are foes within and foes
without Evil appetite joined by outside
allurcmcnts. Temptations that have ut
terly destroyed more people than now in
habit tine earth Gambling saloons and
rummcrics. and places " her, disSolutcness
rcigns supreme. enough in number % go
round and round aud round the earth.
mnleyolcnc,'s disappointmcnts, swindlcs,
arsons conilagratioBs and cruelties which
make continued existence of the human
race a wondermcnt Was any valuable
bundle ever 80 inpcrilcd as this bundle Of
life oh. look az the address and get that
bundle going i'm the right way, Thou
shnlt love the Lord thy tod with all thy
heart and soul and mind and strength. ="
Heaven with its II gates standing wide
open with invitation All the forces Of the
Godhcad pledged for our heavenly arrival
il We will do the right thing. All angel
dom ready for our advance and guidance.
All the lightnings Of heaven 81 many
Drawn swords for our protection What u
pity, what AN everlasting pity, If this bun
lie of life. 80 well bound and So plainly
directed does not come out at the right
station, but becomes lost bundle. cast
out amid the rubbish Of the universal
Value of the bundle.
Know also that bundle may have i'm IL
more than one invaluable There may bc
in IL "A photograph If loved one and "a
jewel for a carcanet II may contain nm
embroidered robe ami Dorcs illustrated
Bible \ bundle may have two treasures
Abigail. in my text, recognized this when
she said to David. The soul II my lord Is
bound in the bundle Of life with the Lord
thy God. and ABIGAIL was right We
may be- bound up with loving and sym
pathetic God We may bc as near Ia him
ns ever were emerald and ruby united in
one ring, rs ever were two deeds in one
package, as ever were tw- yascs ON the
snmc shelf. as ever were ~ , Snluablcs in
the same bundle. Together in time II sor-
row. Together In time Of JOY Together
on earth Together in heaven Gloss
sompanionship Of God. Hear him, Il will
aevcr leave thee nor forsakc thee = For
he mountains shall depart and the hills