Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-06-21
Address TO Graduates
SHADE by 72eb. q. Gibson CAN'T at Buckingham High
School, Berlin, Friday Last.

No, you could not and should not over
look the great truth. that in the image
of God maze He all men. There are
others besides yourself corrupted as that
image is, yet it was God. made, and may
be God restored. That narrow minded
speaker. who once criticised and con
demned all races but his own, and in
terms harsher, and more so as he pro-
ceded. spake at last in utter condemna.
ton of the Jews. declaring that from
the beginning to the present of their
history. they were an ignoble people,
was suddenly arrested in his speech, by
an aged man who leaping to his feet
called out. "Stop. Stop! How dare
you Gan you not remember that the
Prince and Savior of men, Jesus Christ,
was jew" In one of the great art
galleries of Europe there is the sculp-
tured image of an angel by Michael An
gelo. It has history.
Michel Angelo one day was walking
with an Italian nobleman along noun
tain pass The nobleman stumbled over
blackened piece of marble; arising to
his feet. he visited his impotent rage
upon the insensible object. cursing it
violently.
Hush hush ~ said Angelo. Course
no longer, for in this stone l see the
possibilities of an angel. and it was even
so. Honor all men," Even the poor,
fallen, crime blackened creatures,
against whom you may stumble, curse
them not. condemn them not, but es-
TEEN them. for who but God. their
maker knows, that among these are the
possibilities of judges of angels?
Listen to these other words. Love
the Brotherhood This presupposes
my young friends. that you are Christ
ians, in name and word ana deed. l see
no golden setting to your earthly day,
if the sun of Righteousness be not
there. / see no rainbow around the
mercy seat, and above the throne of
God unless in this sphere of existence
you have Loved the Brothers"
All ! my friends, what lack of the
esprit dc corpse in our sacred and relig
ious communions. lie term is a mill
tary one. II means the devotion a SOL
dier has for his comrade i'm arms. for
his regiment. his country, and his flag
1t is standing by each other. protecting
each other. upholding the weak. ever
reaching down to snatch his comrades s
honor out of the dust. Oh, be such men
and women in your Christian and
church relationship.
Along the streets of London, one of
the queens of society espied glittering
object in filthy gutter She looked at
her hands. her ring was not there
Leaping from her carriage she was
plunging her pure white hand into that
gutter. 80 stop madam ~ cried her
coachman in dismay. You will soil
your hands" What care l" she said ),
II see my ring. my marriage ring" o.,
reach down, Reach down, it may be,
into the corrupted life of your fellow
Christian. True, he or she has fallen,
but reach down. the world may never
understand, but what care you. Ii is a
Christian lying there. One of those
precious jewels the Lord gave you to
keep. when He the Bridegroom married
you unto Himself.
Fear God" Need emphasize this !:
Need say in this school. under your
Christian teachers and principals, that
it becomes you at all times to Fear
God ?" The beginning OF your wisdom.
whose end shall be translated into
Love" Need say, do try to prove,
that the fool alone saith there is no
God" But may l not admonish you
that the test of your faith in God and
love for Him. is the deeDcst rersrcnce.
That you must Serve the Lord in fear
Have no patience. my hearers, with
those familiar utterances many use to.
wards His dreadful majesty; and never
repeat, or sing those rollicking tunes
composed by profane musicians to ac-
company your Inscriptions to the Holy.
Holy, Holy"
In the Bible. Apostles, Prophets,
Martyrs bowed before the mention of
His holy name. Moses removed his
shoes from his feet, because the place
where he stood was holy ground; and
once cried. II exceedingly fear and
quake" Abraham the prince, bowed
himself to the dust. even before mes.
senger from God. The influential citi-
zens and soldiers cried out to the Naza-
rine II am not worthy that Thou
shoulds't come under my roof All the
apostles trembled as they whispered:
ut is the Lord"
In Heaven the angels veil their faces,
and there, the four and twenty elders
cast their crowns before His feet. and
cry, Thou only art worthy. o Lord, to
receive glory and honor aud power =
Yet there are people who claim to be
Cody and Christians. who by familiar
speech. and song, and gesture, lead us
to think they would not hesitate to call
His great and dreadful majesty. the