Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-07-22
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+ "Go We. and tell that fox" Matthew Hen
rvs commentaries from the first page t.
4 the last corruscated with humor as sum
mer clouds with heat lightning.
Humor In Rcsigion.
4 John Bunyan's writing are rs full Of
humor as they are Of saving truth. aud
there is not an aged man here who has
ever read Pilgrims Progress" who doe.
not remember that while reading il he
4 smiled as often n liz wept chry session..
George Herbert. Robert South. George
Whieheld. Jeremy Taylor. X wland Illl.
AShacl N"illetun. Charles q. Finney
and all the men If the past who greatly
advanced the kingdom ~ God consecrat-
cd their vii and their hu'inr /" the cause
~ Christ so il has been IN all the ages.
and say Ia Mi our young theological stu
dents. Sharpen yonr wits until they are as
keen aS scimitcrs and then take them in
20 this holy war. II i very short bridge
between a smile and tear. a suspension
bridge from eye 10 Hp. aud il is soon
crossed over and smile i sometimes
just ~ sacred a. a tear There is n
much religion and. think. n little more
+ in spring morning than in a starc,s
midnight. Religious work without any
4 humar or wit III il j. banquet with
side Of beef. and that raw and no cond;-
mentS aud no dessert Succeeding People
I Will not St Down Ia such n banquet By
+ all means remove all fiivolity and NIL
/ pathoS and all lighineSs and vulgarify
+ Strain them out through the sieve of holy
I discrimination. but. on the either hand.
+ heware Of that monster which overShad-
ows the Christian churs h to-day -conven
4 tinnality coming NJ from the great Sa
hara desert of eeelesiasticism having on
its back hump Of sanctmnnious gloom.
and vehcmently refuse Co swallow that
camel
oh. how particular = great many PEG.
pie are about the infniicsimals while
they are quite reckless about the maeni-
tudcs. What did Christ say: Did he
not excoriate the people in his time who
were 50 careful to wash their hands be-.
fore u meal. but did not wash their
hearts: II is y bad thing 10 have un.
clean hands. II is worse thing To- have
an unclean heart How many people
there are in our time who are very anx-
ious that after their death they shall be
buried with their faces toward The east
and not at all anxious that during their
/ whole life they should face in the right
direction. 81 that they shall come up in
the resurrection of the just. whichever
way they are buried, How many there
are chiefly anxious that minister Of
the gospel shall come in the line of apos-
7 tnlc succession. not caring 50 much
7 whether he comes from Apostle Paul or
I Apostle Judas. They have way Of
measuring a gnat until II is larger than
n camel.
Human Inconsistency.
4 Again. my subject photographs all
/ those who are ahhprraul of small sins
while they are reckless in regard to mag.
nificeni fhefts. Yon will ind many n
merchant who. while he is So careful that
he would not take yard If cloth or n
spool Of cotton from the counter without
paying for IT, and who. II bank cashier
should make mistake AMI send in y
roll IT bills 81 too much. would dispatch
a messenger in hot haste "a return the
surplus. yet who will 70 into stock com
pany. in which after awhile he gets con.
troll Of the stock. aud then waters the
stock and makes $l00.Hn appear like
S2nWo. liz only stole Sl,nmn by the
operation. Many If The ~ ~ IL fortune
made their wealth IN that way.
tine af those men engaged in such nm
righteous acts that evening. III. evening
of the very day when Il. watered the
stock. Wilt lind u wharf rat stealing u
daily paper from the basement doorway
and will Z" out aud catch the urchin by
the collar and twist the collar So tightly
the poor fellow has ~ power L. -. that
u was thirst Tor knowledge that lrd him
10 the dishonest act. but grip thu collar
tighter aud tighter. saying Il have been
looking Tor ynn u long while. You stole
my paper four or M. times. haven't YOU.
you miserable wretch" And then the
old stock gambler. with Voice they can
hear three blocks. will cry MT. Police
police" That same man the evening of
the day "a which hc waierrd the stock
will knecl with his family ia prayers and
thank Tod for the prosperity Of the day
then kiss his children good night with an
air which seems e. say. II hope ynu all
will grow ~ to bc as good as your IN
Their. Prisons for sins inSe.iile 10 size.
but palaces Tor crimes dromedarian. NJ
mercy for sins animalcnle III proportion.
but great lcmicucy for ma~tndon iniquity
\ pour hpy slyly takes from the basket
Of i market woman ch"k, pear saving
some one els, from thu cholera aud you
smother him ~ tn" horrible atmosphere
~ Raymond Street Jail az New York
Tomh~. while his cousin. who has been
skillful enough t. steal Sl0.tAu from the
city. you make a candidate for The state
Legislature.
.nIpInE Down Gnm.I-.
There is good deal al uneaSuess aud
Nervousness naw among some people ~
omr time who have got unrighieous fof
tunes great deal II unrasiness about
dynamite. | tell them that t;nI will put
under their uurighte"u> fortunes some.
thing more "a posiyc than dynamite the
earthquake 81 his omniIrtirnt indgna
tiun. II Is time that wr learn in America
that sin Il nnt eNcusnhe ia proportion rs
II declares large dividends aud has out
riders III c,Iuipae". Many il man is riding
a. pceliiion position ahead aud Ia. KY
behiud 10 steal one vopA IL "A new spa
per Is Eint - steal many thousands If
dollars j. eanrl There is many a fruit
dealer whe would not consent 10 steal
basket ef peaches from u,ighhor's stab.
but who would moi scruple a. ,lrprcss the
fruit market. aud as hong as | can ~.
member W. have heard every summer
the peach crop nf Maryland is failure.
and hy the time the crop comes Ia the
Misrepresentation makes difference ~
millions If dollars. \ man Who would
not steal one basket II peaches steals ~.
Mo baskets uf pcaehes.
,,n down into the public library. ia the
rending rooms and src the newspaper -
ports 81 the crops frnm MI parts 81 the
country. and their phfaseology Is very
much lhp same. aud the same men wrote
them. intellectually und infnmnusls ear
rying nui the huge living about the grain
crop from year "a wear mud fnt II senrc of
wears After awhile there viii b. Cor
net" 10 the wheat market, aud men WIN
had contempt for petty theft viii bur
Flatixc the wheat htn ~ nation and
commit larceny upon the American corn
crib Aud some IT the men will sit IN
churches and 10 refntmatuit institutions
irving 10 Irnin ont the sunl guuts ~
srnundrelism while n their grain sleya
tors aud Ia their stnrehnuses they ARE fut
tening huge camos which ihct expect
after awhile "a swallow Society has to
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