Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-01-14

oui territories, on the way 70 be one Of
our states.
God ON Our side.
And there is no power in Europe. Asia
or Africa or all combined that could harm
this nation in its worldwide endeavor
God Is on the side Of the right, and by
earnest imploration for divine guidance
on the part of this nation we will be led
to do the right. We are on the brink Of
nothing There Is no frightful crisis
This train Of Republican and Democratic
institutions Is through train, and all we
want is 10 have the engineer and the
brakemen and the conductor attend to
their business and the passengers keep
their places We want men In this nation
with faith enough for all We want here
and there David worth 10, 900 men
a vast majority Of men have no surplus
Of confidence for others and hardly
enough confidence for themselves They
go through life saying depressing things
and doing depressing things They chill
prayer meetings. discourage charitable in
stituiions injure commerce and kill
churches They blow out lights when
they ought to be kindling them They
hover around dull fire on their own
one can catch the least caloric, instead Of
stirring the hearth into blaze, the crac.
kle of whose backlog would invite the
whole ncighborhood TO come in 20 feel the
Astounding warmth and see the transfig.
uratinn of the faces AS we all have to
guess a great deal about the future, let us
guess something good, for 1t will be more
encouraging and the guess will be just as
apt to come true. What a lot of ingrates
the Lord has at his table-people who
have had three meals a day for so years
and yet fear that they will soon have to
rattle their knife and fork on an empty
dinner platel How many have had, win
ter and spring and summer and fall, cloth
ing for 60 years. but expect an empty
wardrobe shortly How many have lived
under free institutions all their days, but
fear that the United States may be telc.
scoped I'm some foreign collision Oh, but
the taxes have gone upl Yes, but, thank
God, 1t Is easier. with money, to pay the
taxes now that they are up than it was
without money to pay the taxes when they
were down. We want few men who
have faith In God and that mighty future
which holds several things. among them
"a millennium. Columbanus said to his
friend, "Deicolus, why are you always
smiling!" The reply was, Because no
one can take my Gu,i from met We want
more men TO feel tina. they have mission
TO cheer others and To draw up the corners
OF peoples mouths which have long
while been drawn down-more Dayids
who can shepherd whole ilocks Of bright
hopes and play harp Of encouragement
and strike dow n Goliath Of despair, and
OF whom we can say. Thou art worth
10000 Of us -
What Might He Done.
l admit that this thought Of my text,
fully carried out. would change many of
the worlds statistics. SUI pose village
is said 10 have 900 inhabitants and that
one-half Of them-ramely, 5O0-hayo for
years been becoming less in body, and
through niggarlliness and grumbling less
In soul Each one of these Is only one
half Of what he once was, or oneh half of
what she once was The original 500 have
been reduced onc-half in moral quality,
and are really only $50. Suppose that the
other 800 have II aintained their original
status and are neither better nor worse
Then the entire population Of that village
Is $50 But suppose another village Of
GOO. and SEQ Of them rs the years go by
through mental and spiritual culture.
augment themselves until they are really
twice the men and women they originally
were. and the other 5uo remain unchang'
ed and an, neither better nor worse then
the population of that village Is 800
Meanncss IN subtraction and nobility Is
addition. According as you rise in the
scale Of holiness ana generosity and con
secration. YOU are wcrth . or 10 or 80 or
100 or / 900 or 10. COG Others
Notice. my friend, that this David. war
rior, strategist. minstrel, master Of blank
verse and stone Singer nj the giant. whom
the soldiers Of the Il xt estimated clear up
into the thousandfold of usefulness. on
this particular occasion staid at home or
In his place Of temporary residence. Gen
eral Joab. General Abishai and General
Ittai. who commanded the boys in the
right wing and left wing and center, did
their work brayely and left -. 0Cc of tho
Lords enemies dead on the field, and
many Of the survivors got entangled i'm
the woods of Ephraim, and mixed up In
the bushes, and stumbled over the stumps
of trees, and fell into hogs. and were de.
yourcd of wild beasts which :, lied them
In the thickets But David did his work
Mt home We all huzza for heroes who
have been in battle. and on their return
what professions we form. and what tri
uinphai arches we spring, and " hat ban
quets we spread, and what garands we
wreathe, and what orations we deliver.
and what bells we ring, and what can.
nonades We fire but do We do justice To
the stay at homesl David. who was worth
10. 600 OF those who went out TO meet this
Lords enemies in the woods OF Ephraim
that day did his work in retirement
Stay nt Home Heroes.
oh. the world neet:s day of Judgment
to give many ~ the stay at homes proper
recognition In the different wars the
sons went To the front and ON ships deck
or battlefield exposed their lives and earn.
cd the admiration Of the country But
how about the mothers and fathers who
through long years taught those sons the
noble sentiments that inspired them 20 20
and then gave them up, when perhaps "a
few words of earnest protest would have
kept them on the farm and in the home
steadf The day of final reward will reveal
the self sacrifice and the fidelity of thou.
sands who never in all their lives received
one word of praise. Oh. ye unknown, ye
faithful and Christian and all enduring
stay at homes ! have no power now to do
you justice. but tell you Of one who has
the power, anu OF iDt Jay when ne Will
put IL forth IL will be the day when the
thimble and the ladle, and the darning
needle, and the washtub, and the spinning
wheel. and the scythe, and the thrashing
machine, and the hammer, and the trowel
and the pillow, will come to as high an mp
probation rs 20 FOUNDER. or the sword
or the batterinR ram that pounded down
the wall, or the flag that was hoisted on
the scaled parapets
The warrior David of my text showed
more self control and moral prowess in
staying NJ home than he could have shown
commanding In the field He was nat
ural warrior Martial airs stirred him
The glitter of opposing shields fired him
He was one Of those men who feel at home
in the saddle, patting the neck of paw
ing cavalry horse. But he suppressed him
self He obeyed the command Of the
troops whUn he would like To have com
manded
Some unknown Battles.
Some Of the greatest Scdans and Aus.
terlitzes have been in backwoods kitchens
or in nursery with three children down
with scarlet fever soon TO Join the two al.