Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-05-06

But must come Ia your latest sorrow
What was IT, Perhaps II was sickness
The child = tread ON the stair or the tick Of
! the watch on the stand disturbed you
! Through the long weary days you counted
/ the figures i'm the carpet ar the flowers i'm
/ the wall paper oh the WEAKNESS uf cX-
haustinu' OH. the Turning pargs Would
God II were morning would Cod IL were
night was your frequent cry But you are
better, or perhaps even well. Have you
/ thanked cod that today you can come out
ia the fresh mir; that you are in your place
/ To- hear Gods name and a. sing Gods
praise aud to implurc Gods help and 20
ask Gods forgiveness Bless the Lord
who hcalcth all our diseases aud redeem
4 eth our lives from destruction
Perhaps YOUR last sorrow was q financial
/ embarrassment congratulate some Of
yuu on your lucrative profession or occu.
| patton. ON ornate apparel, on n commodi
Gus residence ,Vcrything you put your
/ hands ON seems to turn Ia gold. But
there are others nf YOU who are like the
ship on which Paul sailed where two sens
met and yuu are broken 10y the violence
Of the waves, by an unadviscd indorsc
/ mcnt. or by conjunction Of unforeseen
! events. or l'y fire or storm. or n Scnsrlcss
panic, yuu have been flung hcadlong and
where Won once DISPENSED great charities
now you have hard work 20 win your
daily bread Have you forgotten Ia thank
God for your days ~ prosperity and that
through your trials some nf you have
made investments which win continue
! after the last bank Of this world has tx
| plodod and thu silver and gold ARE molten
| In the ir,s Of u burning worldy Have
! you, amid all Your lossCs and discourage
mrutn. forgot that there was bread on
your table this morning aud that there
shall hc n shelter for Your head from the
storm. aud there Is air for your lungs and
hlood for your heart and light for your
eye ard u glad aud glorious and trium
phan, religion for your soulg
Perhaps Your last trouble was u lcrcavc
mrnt That heart which In childhood
was your refuge, the PARENTAL heart. and
which has hc,n source ~ the quickest
sympathy ever since. has suddenly become
silent forever. And now sometimes. when.
ever IN sudden annoyance and without
| dclihcration you sny. II will 20 and tell
mother the thought flashes On you, II
have no muthcr or the father, with
vnicc less tender. hut with heart ms low
| ing. waichful ~ all Your ways cxultant
over YOUR succcss without saying much,
although the old people do talk 1t over 10y
themselves. his trembling hand ON that
staff which you now keep as family
relic, his memory cmhamcd In grateful
/ hearts, taken away forever. Or there
| was your companion In life, shar'r of your
/ joys and SurroNs. taken. leaving the heart
/ an old ruin. where the III winds blow ovci
u wide wilderness of dcSolatiun, the sands
1 ~ the desert driving across the place
which once hlnOmcd like the garden ~
/ God And Abraham mournS for Sarah nj
the cave Of Mnchpclah A. You were NOV.
| ing along your path In life. suddenly. right
before you, was an oprn grave People
| looked down, and they saw II was only
| few feet deep and Il few feet wide, hut 10
you II was cavern, down which went all
your hopes and all your expectations But
cheer up, In the name OF the Lord Jesus
| Christ. the Comforter. lie l. not going a.
forsakc YOU did the Lord take that child
out of your armsy Why. he Is going "a
shelter Il better than you could lie l.
going 10 array II In white robe and palm
branch aud have 1t all ready 10 greet you
at your coming home. Blessed the broken
| heart that Jesus heals! Blessed the i'm
Fortunate cry that Jesus compaSsinnatcsl
Blessed the weeping eye from which the
soft hand uf Jesus wipes away the tear
The Closing of Life.
Some years aso was sailing down the
1T. John river, which is the Rhine and
the Hudson comminglcd. and while | was
on the deck of the steamer n gentleman
pointed out To me the places Of interest,
and he said. IAN this Is interval land.
and II Is the richest land In all the prov
/ inccs ~ New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. "
what, ." said |, do you mean by inter.
/ val lands' well" he said this land
Is submerged for n part of the year. Spring
/ frcshcts come down, and all these plains
arc overlooked with the water, and the
water leaves u rich deposit, and when the
waters arr gone the harvest springs up.
aud there Is a richer harvest than know
Of elsewhere" And instantly thought,
" II Is not the heights of the church. and
II Is not the heights Of this world that ARE
the scene of the greatest prosperity. but
] the soul over which the floods Of sorrow
| have gone the soul over which the fresh
cts of trbulation have torn their way
| that yields the greatest fruits of righteous
ness md the largest harvest for time and
the richest harvest for eternity" Bless
God that your soul Is interval land
There Is one more point Of absorbing
"Reminiscences, and that Is the last hour of
life. when We have Ia lonk over all our
past existence. What "A moment that will
be- place Napoleon ; dying "Reminiscences
on -. Helena beside Mrs. .Iudson's dying
rcminisccncc ia the harbor Of -. Helena,
the same island. 20 years after. Napo-
Icons dying "Reminiscences was one of de
| lirum--"Trtc darmcc'' Head Of the
army" Mrs .Iudsons dying rcminis-
ccncc as she came home from her mis-
sionary toll and her life Of self sacrifice
for God. dying in the cabin If the ship In
the harlor of ~ Helena, was, Il always
did love the Lord Jesus Christ" And
then. the historian says. she fell into u
sound sleep for an hour and woke amid
the songs of angels place the dying
rcminissrncr of Augustus Crsar against
the dying rcmnisccnce If the apostle
Paul. The dying rcminisccnce of Angus.
| tus Caesar was. addressing his attendants.
Il Have | played my part well ON the stage
| IT lifcf" and they answered In the atlirma-
4 tive, and he said. why, then, don't you
applaud me- The dying "Reminiscences Of
/ Paul the apostle was, II have fought u
Ruod fight. | have finished my course, |
have kept the faith: hcnccfurth there is
laid up for me u crown of righteousness,
which the Lord. the righteous Judge. will
/ give me In that day. and not Ia mo only,
but "a all them that love his appearing
Augustus Caesar died amid pomp and
| great surroundings Paul uttered his
dying "reminiscences looking up through
the wall Of u dungeon. God grant that
our dying pillow may I've the closing 81
useful life and the opening Of glorious
eternity