Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-02-08


and your nerves are reture1 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
congratuation.
AS long as you collect vast dividends
and have health jocund and popularity I'M
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 i. on the sweet
est harpstring.
But we must tighten the cords OF our
harp and rctune it while we celebrate Cos
pei advantages. The highest style of civ
ilization the wcrld has ever seen is Amer
lean civilization. and it is built out OF the
gospel of pardon and good morals. That
gospel rocked our cradle. and it will cpl
taph our grave. 1t soo.hes orr sorrows,
brighten5 our hopes, inspires our courage,
| forgives orr sins AID saves our souls. 1t
| takes man who i 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 Tor tie wo-ld and will
| yet do fer the nations ii will take the thou
| sand years OF the millennium to celebrate.
.
| The mightiest anthems arc yet to be
| hoisted. The greatest victories are yet 10
| be gained. The most beautiful Madcnnas
are yet 10 be painted. The most t-ium-
| plant professions are yet to parch.
Oh. what a world this viii be when it
| rotates IL It, orbit redeemed planet.
| girdlcd with spontaneous harvcsts and
| enriched by orchards whose fruits arc
| specklesS and redundant. and the last pain
| will have been banishcd and the last tear
went and the last groal uttered and there
shall be nothing to hurt or destroy in all
| Gods holy mountain! All that and more
| viii 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 10 the tenth and the last.
| mention it last that it may be the more
| memorable-heavenly authorization. BY the
! grace o. God we are going to 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 lace 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-
| rent OF ten strings. We will confront
Moses, who viii tell OF the law giving on
| rocking Sinai and OF his mysterious burial,
| with no ore but God present.
We will see Joshua. and he will tell us
OF the coming down OF the walls OF .Jerl.
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 Ruth and barf her toll M
the harvest field OF Roaz. in which she
| cleaned for afflicted Naomi. We will see
Vashti and hear from her own lips the
story OF her Punishment from the Persian
palace by infamous Ahasuerus.
We will Gee ard talk with Daniel. and
ne viii tell US how he saw Belshazzar' $
| banquct,ng hall turned into 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 trembee before him lUai tho
| lulicrcS al sl-eptics on Mars Hill were
ooniounGcd by lis sermon on the brother
hood cl man. what he saw at Ephcsus and
| Syracuse 2ad philinDi and Rome and how
dark was the Msn.rtiue dungeon and how
sharp the axe that bcheaded him on the
| road to Ostia. lea, we will see all the
| riartyrs. the victims Of axe and sword and
fire and blow. What a thrill OF excite.
nent for rs when We gaze upon the heroes
| and heroines who gave their lives for the
| truth.
We viii see the gospel prcclaimers Chry.
session. and iioUrdalous and Whitciield.
: and the Wesleys and John Knox. We
VII see the great Christian poets. Milton
and Hantc aud Watts and Mrs. Henans
| md Frances haycrgal. Yea. all the de.
| parted Christian men and women OF what
| EVER age or nation.
But there viii he onc 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 lie were criminal;
asleep on the cold mountains because TO
one offered Him 4 lodging: though the
greatest being who ever touched our earth.
derisively called this fellow" His last
hours writing on spikes of infinite tor
ture; His iacerated form put III sepulchcr.
then terminated ard assembled to be the
centre of all heavenly admiration-upon
| that greatest martyr and mlghtiest hero
| of all the centuries we will be permitted to
look. Put that among your heavenly antic-
| ipations.
Now take down Your harp Of ten strings
and sweep all the chords. making all OF
hem tremble with great gladness. have
mentioned Just ten-delightsome food. eye
sight. hearing, hoalthful sleep. power of
physical locomotioI. illum;ned nights, men
tai faculties in equipoise. friendships of
| life. gospel advantages and heavenly an
ticipations. Let rs 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 rccited only 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 up into the hundreds and the thou
| sands. Oh. give thanks unto the Lord,
for lie IS good. for His ncrcy endurcth
| forever. Get into the habit OF rehearsal
OF the hTightncsses OF lie.
| Notice how many more fair DAYS there
are than ioul. how many more good people
| than bad you meet. SGT yOur misfortunes
to music, as David opened his dark say
ings On i harp Ii it has icen low tide
| heretofore. let the surees Of mercy that
! are Yet to Toll in upoa you reach nigh
\ water mark All things will work to-
| ccthcr for your good. aud heaven is not
far ahead. Wake up all The zen strings
Blessing and honor aud glory and power
be unto Him thaL stitch upon :hc throne
and unto the hamf forever. Amen.
Copyright. 49,. l. Klopsch.l
Girl Who Can Not Laugh.
Susie l.. jenkins. twenty years CID