Democratic messenger., 1902-02-08

and your nerves are retune1 and your
limbs escape from al fatigue and The riS-
ing sun finds you new man, body. mind
and soul-you have m advantage that
ought to be put in prayer and song and
congratulation.
AS long as YOU collect vast tliridends
and have heath iocmnd and popularity un-
bounded you will have crowds OF seeming
friends, but let bankruptcy and invalid
ism and defamation come, and the num-
Der of yoar friends will be nircty-five per
cent. OF. Ii you have been through some
great crisis and you have one friend left.
thank God and celebrate l. on the sweet
est harps.ring.
But we must tighten the cords OF our
harp and retune it while we celebrate Gos-
pei advantages. The highest style of civ
ilization the world has ever seen is Amer
lean civilization. and i is built out OF the
gospel OF pardon and good morals. That
gospel rocked our cradle. and it will eri-
taph our grave. 1t sooshes our sorrows.
brightens our hopes, inspires our courage,
forCives our sins aad saves orr souls. 1t
takes 4 man who Is all wrong and makes
him al right. What that gospel has done
for you and me Is = story that we can
never fully tell.
What it has done for tie wo-ld and vii!
| vet do for the nations ii will take the tkou-
| sand years of the millennium to celebrate
| The erandest churches are yet to he built
| The mightiest anthems arc yet to be
| hoisted. The greatest victories are yet TO
| be gained. The most beautiful Aiadcnnas
| are yet to be painted. The most t~ium-
| phant professions are yet TO parch.
Oh. what world this win be when il
rotates IL Is orbit a redeemed planet
| girdlcd with spontaneous harvcsts and
| enriched by orchards whose fruits arc
spcckless and redundant. and the last pain
will have been banishcd and the last tear
went and the last grcan uttered, and there
shall be nothing to hurt or destroy in all
Gods holy morntain! All that and more
| Will come to pass, for the mouth OF the
| Lord hath spoken it.
So far / have mentioned nine OF the ten
| strings OF the instrument OF gratitude.
now come TO the tenth and the last
mention it last that 1t rIay be the more
memorable-heavenly anticipation. BY the
grace o; Cod we are going 10 move into a
place so much better than this that on ar
| irving we will wonder that we were for SO
many years so loath to make the transfer.
| After we have seen Christ face to face and
| rcioiced over our departed kindred there
| are sorlc mighty spirits we will want 10
meet soon after we pass through the gates
We want to see and will see David a
mightier king in heaven than he ever was
on earth, ard we will talk with him about
psalmody and get from him exactly what
! he meant when he talked about the instru
i nent OF ten strings. We viii consrohs
| Moses, who will tell OF the law giving On
/ rocking Sinai and of his mysterious burial
with no orc but God present.
We will see Joshua, and he will tell US
| Of the coming down OF the walls OF Jeri
cho at the blast OF the rams horn and ox.
| plain to US that miracle-bow the sun and
| moon could stand still without demolition
! Of the planetary system.
! We will see Ruth and have her tell OF
the harvest field OF Roaz, in which she
| cleaned for afflicted Naomi. We will see
vashti and hear from her own lps the
story of her banishment from the Persian
| palace by infamous Ahasuerus.
We will Gee ard tall, with Daniel and
| ne VIII tell us how he saw Belshazzar's
| banqucting hail turned into n slaughter
| house, and how the lions greeted him with
loving fawn instead of stroke OF cruel paw
We will see and talk with Solomon, whose
| palaces are gone, but whose inspired cpl
grams stand out stronger and stronger as
| the centuries pass.
We will see Paul and hear from hi,n
how Felix trembled before him au,i tho
lu'iicrcc Of sl.eptics on Mars Hill were
| confoundc1 by lis sermon on the brother
! hood OF man. what he saw at Ephcsus and
Syracuse and Phil;ppi and Rome and how
| dark was the Aiamertiue dungeon and how
| sharp the axe that bchcaded him on the
lNdl " oNAl's NA. WC Nltl ste All iuI
| clartyrs, the victims of axe and sword and
! fire and blow. What n thrill OF excite
| Cent for us when We gaze upon the heroes
ard heroines who gave their lives for the
| truth.
We viii see the gospel prcclaimcrs Chry.
sostom and ilourdalous and Whteiield.
! and the Wesleys and John Knox We
! VIII see the great Christian poets. Milton
! and Eantc aud Watts and Mrs. IIenans
| md Frances liayergal. Yea. all the de
parted Christian men and women OF what.
| rvcr age or nation.
But there viii be one focus toward
which all eyes viii be directed His in.
fancy having slept on pillow OF straw; all
| the hates Of the Herodic Government plan
ming for His assassination: in after time
| whipped as though He Were a criminal;
asleep on the cold mountains because no
one offered Him 4 lodging: though the
| greatest being who ever touched our earth.
| dcrisvely called this fellow" His last
! hours writhing on spikes of infinite tor
ture; His laCerated form put i'll sepulcher.
then terminated ard assembled to be the
centre of all heavenly admiration-npon
| that greatest martyr and mightlest hero
| Of all the centuries we viii be permitted to
look. Put that among your heavenly antic-
| ipstions.
Now take down your harp of ten strings
and sweep all the chords. making all of
| 0em tremble with great gladness. | have
mentioned Just ten-delightsome food. eye
sight. hearing, hoalthful sleep. power OF
| physical locomotion. iilum;ned nights. men,
| tai faculties in equipoise, friendships of
| life. gospel advantages and heavenly an
| ticipAtions. Let us make less complaint
and offer more thanks. render less dirgc
and more cantata. Take paper and pen
and write down in long columns your bless
ings. ] have rcciied cnly ten. To express
all the mercies God has bestowed You
would have to use At least three, and |
think five. numerals. for surely they would
run uD into the hundreds and the thou
sands. On. give thanks unto the Lord,
for lie IS good, for His mercy endurcth
forever Get into the habit OF rehearsal
OF the hr;ghtnesses OF lifc.
Notice how many more fair DAYS there
arc than foul. how many mo-c good people
than bad you meet. Set your misfortunos
to music, as David opened his dark say
ings on d harp" Ii it has tcen low tide
heretofore. let the surgcs of mercy that
are Vet to Ioll in upoa you reach high
water mark. All thilgs will work to-
ccthcr for your good, and heaven is not
far ahead. Wake up all the Ten strings.
Blessing and honor aud glory and power
be unto Him that stitch upon the throne
and unto the i.amt forever. Ameni
Copyright. 49,. L. Xlopsch.I
Girl Who Can Not Laugh.
Susie L. jenkins. twenty years CID,
III.