Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-05-27

Is so DESTROYS To h..C world love him
that he stops AT no humiliation Of simile.
He compares his grace Ia spittle on the
eyes Of the mind man. He compares hin-
self TO hen gathering the chickens, and
In my text he compares himself toa sutton
begging hand In marriage. Does this
Christ. the King. deserve this landY Be
hold Pilates hall and the insulting expec-
toration on the face Of Christ Behold the
Calvarean massacre and the awful hem
orrhage of five wounds Jacob served II
years for Rachel, but Christ, my Lord,
the King, suffered In torture 33 years TO
win the love Of this world As often prin-
cesscs at their very birth are pledged In
treaty OF marriage 10 princes or kings Of
earth, so this nation at its birth was
pledged to Christ for divine marriage.
Before Columbus and his 100 men en-
barkcd on the santa Maria, the Pinta and
the Nina for their wonderful voyage. what
was the last thing they did: They sat
down and took the holy sacrament Of the
Lord Jesus Christ After they caught the
first glimpse Of this country and the gun
Of one ship had announced II To the other
vessels that land had been discovered,
what was the song that went up from all
the three decks. Gloria In cxcclsis "
After Columbus and his l20 men had
stepped from the ships deck to the solid
ground, what did they do? They all knelt
and consccrated the new world tn God
What did the Hugucnots do after they
landed In the CarolinaS? What did the
Holland refugees do after they had landed
in New York. What did the pilgrim ia
theirs do after they landed in New Eng
land? With Blended knee and uplifted face
and heaven besicging prayer, they took
possession Of this continent for God. How
was the first American congress opcncdg
BY prayer. I'm the name of Jesus Christ
From its birth this nat ion was pledged
for holy marriage with Christ.
A Blessed Country.
And then see how good God has been to
us Just open the map Of the continent
and see how il Is shaped for immcasurable
prospcrtics. \aVigablc rivers, more in
number and greater than Of any other
land, rolling down on all sides into the
sea. prophcsyinP large manufactures and
easy commerce Look at the great ranges
of mountains timbcrcd with wealth on
the top and sides, mctalcd with wealth I'M
derneath One hundred and eighty thou
sand square miles of coal One hundred
and eighty thousand square miles Of iron.
The land 81 contourcd that extreme
weather. hardly ever lasts moro than three
days-cxtremc heat or extreme cold. eli
mate for the most part hracing and favor
able for Drawn and brain. All fruits. all
minerals, all harvcstS. Scenery displaying
an autumnal pageantry that no land on
earth prctcnds to rival No South Ameri-
can earthquakes. No Scotch mists. No
London fogs. No Egyptian plaques. No
Gcrmanic divisions. The people of the
United States are happier than any people
on earth. II is the testimony Of every
man that has travelled abroad. For the
poor. more sympathy; for the industries,
moro opportunity. oh, how good God was
TO our fathers. and how good he has been
to us and our children. To hm-blcssed
be his mighty namc-to him Of cross and
triumph, to him who still remembers the
prayer of the Hugucnots and Holland
refugees and the pilgrim futhcrs-to him
shall this land be married oh. You Chris
tian patriots, by your contributions and
your prayers, hasten Oh the fuliillmcnt Of
the text.
We have been turning an important leaf
in the mighty tome of our national his
tory. One year at the gates of this cont.
nent over 100000 cnierants arrived.
was told by the commissioner OF cmigra-
ton that the probability was that in that
one year 600, 600 cmigrants would arrive
mt the different gates of commerce. Who
were they? The paupcrs Of Europeg No.
At Kansas City was told by gentle
man, who had opportunity for large in
vestigation, that "a great multitude had
gone through there. averaging in worldly
estate $500. / was told by an officer of
the government, who had opportunity for
authentic investigation, that thousands
In possession each was told by the com
mission of emigration that 20 families that
had recently arrived brought $S5, 900 with
them. Mark you. families. not tramps.
Additions 10 the national wealth, not sub
fractions thercfrom. l saw some of them
reading their Bibles and their hymnbooks,
thanking God for his kindness in helping
them cross the sea. Some Of them had
Christ i'm the steerage all across the waves,
and they will have Christ I'm the rail trains
which at 8 o'clock every afternoon start
for the great west. They are being taken
by the commission of emigration i'm New
York, taken from the vessels, protected
from the Shylocks and the sharpcrs and.
In the name of God and humanity, passed
on To their destination. and there they
will turn your wilderness into gardens, il
you will build for them churches and es-
tablish for a I'm schools and send To THEM
Christian missionaries.
Room For All.
Are you afraid this continent Is going "a