Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-06-24

! nnd nu man and 80 angel Was worthy To
open II. but the Bible says Christ opened
Il AMI broke all the seven seals. lie broke
the first seal aud unrollcd the scroll. aud
there was a picture 81 a white horse, and
that meant prosperity and triumph for
the Roman empire. and II really came
to pass that for ~ years virtuous cmper-
ors succeeded each other Nerya. Trajan
and .Antoninus. Christ in the vision broke
the second seal aud unrollcd again, and
there was q picture nf rcd horse. and
that meant biood>hcd. aud 50 il really
came To- pass. aud the next N, years were
red with demonstrations AMI wars. Then
Christ broke the third seal aud unrollcd
/ IL, and there was picture Of black
horse. which in all literature means fam
inc. oppression and taxation. and So il
really came tn pass. Christ went on until
he broke all the seven seals and opened
all the scroll. Well. the future of all of
us Is sealed scroil. and | am glad that
ne one hut Christ can open IL. bo not let
MS Join that class Of Christians in uur day
who are trying to break the seven seals
~ the future. They are trying I" peep
into things they have no business with.
Take Care OF the Prcscnt.
DO not go Ia some nccromanccr OF spir
lind ont what Is going To happen 10 your
self or your family or your friends. Wait
Till Christ breaks the seal To- find ont
whether in your own personal life or the
| life of the nation or the life of the world
Il Is going 10 be- the white horse Of pros
pcrity ar the red horse of war ar the
black horse of famine. You will soon
enough see him paw and hear him neigh.
| Take care Of the present. and the future
will take care Of itself. IL man live
80 years. his biography is III a scroll hav-
| ing AT least seven seals. And let him not
during the first ten years Of his life try To
look into the twcnticS. nor the twenties
into the thirtics. nor the thirtics into the
| fortes. nor the forticS into the hftics. nor
the tiftics into the sixties. nor the sixties
into the seventies. From the way the
years have got the habit of racing along
guess you will not have to wait u great
while before all the seals Of the future
are broken. | would not give = cents 10
know how long am going Ia live or in
what day of what year the world is going
to bc demolished | would rather give
$1,000 not tn know. Suppose some one
could break the next seal in the scroll Of
your personal history and should tell you
that ON the next 18th Of July. 1901. You
much would you bc good for between this
and that? II would from now until then
be- prolonged funeral. You would bc
counting the months and the days, and
your family and friends would bc count
| ing them. and next 18th of July you
would rub your hands together and
whine: One year from today am To go.
| Dear me- ] wish no one had told me 81
| long before. ! wish that nccromancer
had not broken the seal of the future"
| And meeting some undertaken. you would
say: Il hope you will keep yourself free
Tor an engagement the 18th of July. 1901.
nat day you will bc needed NJ my house.
To save time you might "a well take my
measure now. ) feet II inches am
glad that Christ dropped n thick veil over
the hour of our demise and of the hour of
the worlds destruction when he said
''Of that day and hour knowcth no man.
no. not the angels. but my Father only"
Keep your hands of the seven seals.
The seven Thunders.
There Is another mighty seven of the
Bible-namcly. the seven thunders. What
those thundcrs meant we are not told.
and there has been much guessing about
IN, m. But they are To come we are told.
before the end of all things. and the
world cannot get along without them.
Thunder is the speech Of lightning. There
are evils in our world which must be
Numbered down md which will require
nj least seven volleys Ia PROSTATE them.
w" are all doing nice delicate. soft hand
ell work. in church y and rcformatory in |
stitutionS. against the evils Of the world. |
and much of il amounts to a teaspoon
dipping out the Atlantic ocean or n clam
shell digging away at a mountain. or a
tack hammer shifting the Gibraltar. |
What is needed is thundcrbolts and at
least seven Of them. There is the long |
line of fraudulent commercial establish |
ments. every stone in the foundation and |
every brick in the wall. aud every nail |
in the rafter made ont Of dishonesty. |
skeletons Of poorly paid sewing girls
arms in every beam Of that establish
mcnt. human nerves worked into every
figure of that embroidery. blood in the
deep dye Of that rcfulgcnt upholstery. |
billions Of dollars Of accumulated fraud
intrcnchcd in massive storchouscs and
stock companies manipulated by unscru-
,ulous men. until the monopoly is defiant
of all earth and heaven. How shall the
evil be overcome. by trcatiscs on the
maxim. Honesty is the best policy!" Or |
by soft repetition III the golden rule that
we must "Do unto others rs we would |
have them do Ia us:' NJ. il will not be
done that way. What is needed and will |
come is the seven thunderS.
There is drunk rnnrss backed up 10y |
capital nIightier than in any other bust |
ness. Intoxicating liquors enough in this |
country To Heat navy. Good grain Ia |
the amount 81 IL. 900 bushels annual |
~ destroyed To- make the deadly liquid. |
Brcweries. distilieries. gin shops. rum
palaces. liquor associations. our nation |
spending annually SIIO.N0NO for rum,
resulting in bankruptcy. disease. pauper- |
ism. filth. assassination. death. ilimita- |
BILE woe What Will stop them? High IL |
ccnsc? No. Prohibition laws? No. |
Churches? NJ. Moral suasion? No. |
Thundcrbolts will do il: nothing else will. |
Seven thunders,
Yonder are intrcnched infdclity and |
atheism. with their magazines of litcra.
turc soothing nj our Christianity. their |
Hoe printing presses busy day and night. |
There are their disappearing apostles. |
their drunken Tom PaincS and lhcrtinc |
Noltaircs Of the present as we'll as the
past. rc-cnf"rccd by all the powers of |
darkness. from highest demon Ia lowest |
imp. What will cxtirpatc those monsters
Of iniidclity and atheism? John Browns |
shorter catcchism about who made |
yon" or Westminster catcchiSm about
What is the chief end Of man." No. |
Thundcrbolts' The seven thundcrs. For /
the impurities of the world. cmpalaced |
IA we'll ccllarrd cpaulcicd as well as
ragged. cnthrnnel aS we'll as litchcd: for
corrupt legislation which at times makes
eur state aud national capitals II hcmis-
?heric stencil for SupcrStiti"iS that keep
whole Nations in Saualor century after
century. their jnggcrnautS crushing. their
knives decorating. their waters drowning.
their funeral pyrcs burning. the seven
thundcrs.
The Heavenly Wall.
oh. men and women. diShcartcncd at
the bad way things often go. hear you
not rumhling down the sky Of heavy
artillery. coming in on our side. the seven