Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-05-02

! no inspiring examples: Are they to he
! hotted ont punished Tor not having what
was never given them. Tor not havlnS what
they could not possibly get: Is immor
,ality THIS reward only 10, the distiu.
| cuishcd. the gifted Jew; No, ii IL false
! theory. Ii is pathetic and surprising that
| men OF parts should have stopped 10 con
sole and tatter themselves in this fashion
! Fame alone. hc II as great rs that OF perl-
| rles or Luther. Is not by itself sufficient
and satisfying return for the labor its win.
ming entails; 1t certainly is not pay enough
for man 5 extinction. Fame is something
lett behind anyway. and those OF us who
have no fame are like the drop OF water
that dries up after ii has fallen. This sub.
itltute i puerlle, wanting IN dignity.
The desire for Immortality is too appar-
ent to be open to dispute. The savage and
the civilized. the illiterate peasant and the
profoundest thinker alike want it TO he So
Even when some have lost hope they desire
1t fOndly as ever. Even when a man mas
lost all hope OF living again he cannot rid
himself OF desire for it. That is incradica.
bic. Now here Is the sound and legitimate
conclusion. \ desire universal and per
'isient Is the Planting OF the creative power
responsible Tor our existence. 1t IL man
Hest prophecy OF what shall be. The cX
Istencc OF an organ implies the existence oi
field Tor its operation-this Is an axiom
ot science. There would be no fins il there
were no water to swim in. no wings ii
here were no air to fly in. no feet il there
we're no earth to walk on. Now here IS
mother sound and legitimate conclusion
What God promises He performs. His char
lcter Is perfect. To hold any other
dea OF Him would ne b,asphemous or pre-.
umptuous. To implant this desire and
provide no means for its cratliicatlol would
De Il cruel deception. To make this prom
Sc and not carry il ont would be breach
II trust as base as the squanderine on sci
ish pleasure Of the property the widow or
The orphan cOnhdes To an attorney man
Igcment. God has not dealt so in AIRY
other case. lie Is the rewarder OF those
yho put their trust in Him.
Ii a man die. shall he ilvc again; As
| Christian | answer yes. Do you ask why:
Because he has right to do 50. Because
God is just. Righteous art Thoa IN all
| Thy way. the psalmist sings. Some incline
% the view that as regards Gods dealings
with man. the latter can have no rght
! that man Is in the position OF a he-gar
lad 10 receive anything. but without ANY
! legitimate cain. He NUT call upon God
cot because al any virtue IN HIS character.
1 ,ut because de l. all powerful. lie mace
l. we are His creatures: therefore. lie
nay nc; toward us and DO with u Is lie
1 ,,case~ We are duty bound 10 obey Him.
| o he kindly disposed toward Hir,. but He
! : under no sort OF obligation To deal ge;
'rouslv or justly toward Gs. All such the
/
atioms of the divine character. actual
laa,,els upor Gods aoodnes'. God i
| ath.r. aud no father is at liberty 10 neg
| Get Ill treat degrade child simp,y hs
.ause nc is his own. Indeed. TINS very
/ iact i the strongest sort OF reason that
le will do Just the reverse. We al Tecos.
are and respect the Obligations OF paren;
Wood. To care for the chi,dS body. &c
rain its mind. TO irs.il! moral principle
nto its nature l. incumbent upon every
parent. Some deny Themselves the high
privilege for fear OF an inheritance ot
scaAncss or disease, and thereby making
! he liiC OF Il loved one miserable. IL Is the
'cricst sophistry. it is cruel misrcprescnta.
/ lion 10 my mind il Is unthinkab.c. that
imperfect man is of kindier nature toward
ais child than the perfect God toward His
/ hat the finite Is under compulsion To dc
light. but the Infinite Is no.. On the con
/ taSy. every rise in the scale OF helng dc
hands CORE spending rise in the scale
II obligation. The wiser, the greater. the
! better off the parent. the happier his chic
expected TO be. The greater his ability
20 do the more j., ought TO do. This i
Inc lesson OF the parable OF the talents
TO one five. To another two. 10 another
me TO every man according To his several
Utilities In proportion t. the gilt So
! mght the return tn he. He who has little
ii him little is demanded. lie who has
much OF him much Is required. Tins Is
N immutabie law OF universal Application
We arc not mere obiects-stones. sticks
! hells-hut animate. intelligent beings. lntc
vhom Cod breathes and builds something
hat identifies us with Him and His nature
| The difference between God and man Is
/ more in degree than in kind. The two arc
ii the same spiritual essence. There arc
acultcs the two haze III common: Reason
conscience. will. are specifications IN point
| Nan is endowed with them and the constI
ution and course of nature reveal their ex
| stence in the workings OF God. BY resem
olance of attribute and identity of lie We
ire proven Gods children And will Coo
| Kill His own children: kill US before VIC
| AVE fully realized what the life He has
given is? We long for happiness and yei
we get comparatively little OF IT here. We
cherish an ideal of perfection and yet We
never attain il on earth We are but be
/ ginning TO understand what 4 grand and
noble thing life may he when we havS tc
ie down and die. We are just on the point
! II reaching the rewards for which we have
waited and toiled when the end comes. and
! # We are ever to enjoy them il must be III
| another world Now Is Gcd IN all this and
I'll fine while deceiving us: When we De
| sire the bread of everlasting life VIII lie
give ~ the stone OF everlasting death! Al
| ter we have prayed To Him. trusted ~
| Him. lifted up our hearts to Him. tried
His works to do. loved Him and longed tc
be with Him during orr residence on earth
will lie welcome us when at last we come
! to Him with annihiation: Ii 50 He Is
no; good. Ii so lie is not God. Ii 80 there
| is M God If so on the throne oil the uni
verse is seated not a loving father but
jeering fend haunting us for our helpless
ness and deiighting in our misery. Right
eousness eternal Righteousness is against
any such supposition. 1t L. not possible
Ina, the devil is supreme. II is not posi-
bic that man Is more kind. more humane
and considerate and sympathetic than tbs
God who made him. 1t Is not possible
that He who made conscience has nc
conscience. If anything stands the test ol
reason this does-that He who implanted
the sense of Justice within Us must Himself
be Just Amid all the darkness the sor
rows. the riddles of existence, let us not de
spond or despair. let us look confidently
for the greatest gift, the gift God owes il
to Himself to bestow-eternal life.
I'm all the maddening maze of things
And tossed by storm and flood.
To one fixed state my spirit clngs-
| know that God is good"
Therefore. He will never leave or for.
sake us. either in this life or the world to
come. Let us hold fast to this truth-Goh
IS good-and when the end cometh all Will
be well with the soul.
When stress is applied internally to eggs
they give way at a pressure OF thlrty-tWo