Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-11-18

ana commencement comes examination
day. and before our graduation and com
mencemcnt will come examination. Ii
Will be asked what we have been doing.
what We have learned under the tuteagc
81 years "f joy and sorrow. and under the
teaching of the Holy Ghost are We elu
Gated for heaven. Have we done our best
with the curriculum OF study put before
every mortal H.id immortal? Oh. this
world j. not the terminus of a juun cy,
II Is not a thcutcr on whose stage We are
9naciiug the tragic or comic. II is
schonlhousc for splendid Or disgraccf9l
graduation. and death is commencement.
All that is settled in heaven.
Another tliin. decided in the III II
places nf the universe is that this world.
with or without lis. will be- made ntcr
into scout % arhorcsccnce and ptr.iy.
DO not think that such contamination
depends upon our personal fidelity. II
will be- done anyhow. Gods cause does
not - - hcsging II nh the soldiers 81
Jesus Christ now living should r.cnnc
dcscgtclS and - over Ia the enemy. that
would NOT defeat the cause. \ lar-e part
81 .he Bible is taken w with telling MS
what the world will he. There is large
army human and angelic. now in The
field. but Gods reserve forces are more
numerous aud more mighty than thns"
now AT the front. and il he could in Gid
cons time rout the NidianitcS with
crash ~ cruckcry. and IL h. could in
Shamcar'S time overcome host with an
ox road. and If in Samspn's time he could
defeat an army with a hleachcd jawhonc.
and II the walls 81 Jericho went down
4
and IL in ChriSt's day blind eyes were
cured by ointment of spittle. then Cod
can do anything he says he will do. A.
vet he has taken only one sword out ~ a
whole armory ~ weapons. DO not get
nervous. as il the Lord were goin. to be-
defeated The redemption of these hemi
spheres WAS settled in heaven. and Isaiah
and Ezekiel and IIahakknk and Malachi
and 81. John only reported what the Lord
God Almighty had decided upon. My
only fear is that our regiment will not get
into the fight To- do something worthy II
the Christ who redeemed NJ ami we he
left in lazy rncampmcnt NJ Tampa when
we ought Ia lave been NJ Santiago.
Coming Day OF Perfection.
Oh. that coming day nf the worlds per
lection. The earth viii he 50 changed
AilAA AAl' SO VIII Nv AAlsAAsst -.
There will he no more calls Ia repent
ancc. for all will have rcpcntel: no more
gathering Of aims for the poor. for the
poor will have been enriched; no hospital
Sunday. for disjointcd bones will have
been set and the wounds all healed. and
the incurahle diseases III other times will
have been overcome 10y a materia medica
and pharmacy and u dentistry aud a
therapeutics that have conquered every
thing that afflicted ncrve.or lung or tooth
or eye or limb-healthology complete and
universal. The poulticc and the ointment
and the panacea and the catholicon and
the surgeons knife and the dentists for
ccps and the scientists y ray will have
fulfilled their mission. The social life 81
the world will be perfected. In that mil
lennial age ! imagine ourselves standing
in front ~ house lighted for levcc We
enter among groups filled with gladncss
and talking good sense and rallying each
other i'm plcasantricS and in every posi-
bic way forwarding good neighhnrhood:
no looking askance. no whispered back
billings. no strut Of prctension. no ohliv-
ion Of some ones presence because YOU
do not want To know him: each one hap
by. determined on making some one else
happy: words of honest appreciation in
stead Of hollow fiaitcry: suavitics and
gcnialities instead al mutations and POM
posities: equipage and upholstery and
sculpture and painting paid for: two
hours OF mental and moral improvement:
all the guests able 10 walk rs steadily
down the steps Of that mansion rs when
they assembled them: no awaking next
morning with aching head and bloodshot
eye and incompetent for the days duties:
the social life as perfect rs refinement
and common sense and culture and pros
perity and religion can make il: the earth
made better than il was NJ the start. and
all through gospelizing influences. direc,
~ or indirectly.
! suppose the greatest tidal wave that
ever rolled the seas was that which In
ISIS was started 10y the Peruvian earth
quake. At africa. Peru. the wave was
30 feet high and swung warships a mile
forward on the land. Al san Pedro.
Cal. the wave was 60 feet high 1t
moved on To the Sandwich Islands and
submerged some of them and beat
against the shores of New Zealand and
rolled up the beach Of Japan ana stopped
not until it had cncirclrd the entire globe.
oh. what a wave! But the earthquake
that shook the mountain where our Lord
died started a higher and Swifier and
mightier tidal wave that will roll round
and round the earth until all its rebel
lions and denominations have gone under
That was an exciting scene after the
battle of Ellsworth. which was fought
between Richard III and the Earl OF
Richmond. the king falling and the earl
;riumphing. when Lord Stanley brought
the crown and handed il To the earl.
seated on horseback. while the dying and
the dead of the battle were lying all
around. But il is more thrilling spccta-
Gle as we look forward through the cen
turtles and see the last armed aud impc-
rial inipuity Of the world slain and the
crown OF universal victory put upon the
conqeeror on the white horse of the
Apocalypse and all nations hail the
power Of Jesus name" That the whole
earth will hc redeemed is one of the
things long ago settled in heaven.
The Plan Of salvation
Another thing decided in that high
place is tha' all wlso are nd ioned TO the
unparalleled One of Bethlehem and Naz-
areth AMI Hglgaiha viii be- the subjects
81 a supcrna, felicity without any taking
of. The old adage says that ''beg.ars
must not be- choosers.' and the human
race in its depleted state had better not
be critical Of the mode hy which God