Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-09-12
DUAL RlNDEDNESS OF Man
A Brilliant Sunday Sermon BY Rev.
c. J. Greenwood.
Message Suggested By the Eighth Chapter OF
Romans Mind of Flesh and
Mind Of Spirit.

Coau.. and Is matia: a deep impression,
preached Sunday morning ON lie i)nal-
NmdedncsS oi Mai.' The text WAS chosen
from Romans. v.:i:C: For the mind OF the
flesh l. death: but the mind OF the spirit
i lie and peace. Mr.. Greenwood SAID:
the eighth chapter OF Romans is full OF
startling statements and coLV.uclns Gil
makes. II H. The great assurance chapter;
beginning with No condemna .lon ana
ending with NO separation. 1t is re-
liable thermometer with which 10 take
ones spiritual temperature. Ii Is a s..en'
did o:,c.taGt and tonic 10" spiritual heart
failure. i taken III sufficient doses at ire.
qUcnt intervals. 1t Will re.iere that tired
,cc.ing which comes over SO many CT US
curing the srnraCr months. whea the hour
io. the Sunday service arrives. we esDe-
callv recommend il as = wade mccum Tor
the Christian on his annual outing. 1t Is
u wholesale message IL rroe.alm III these
days when 80 ri!sI i being said about the
atvophy O. the spiritual nerve and the DC
c.iIc o. rci .sIoas Conviction.
Robert l.o3is Stevenson great story OF
DIR. ,,cky.l and III. Hyde Is. after ali.
lus an o.ab1ia;e working OFT OF the state
mcrt madc by Pau in the text. n strange
hook Is this story OF Stevenson :, and
stranger still the two minds that struggle
fo- the contr0, o. the man. NJ. Henry
HNje represents the m;rd CT the flesh.
lie Is sinister. selfish, Sansuous. murder
i.
D.. Henry Jekyll represents the mind oi
the >piri,. He Is n generous, gentisman,y.
kind. consGeratc maa. The two minds OF
org individual. have nothing in common.
i bitter hatred exists between them. and
i fierce war that wages hotter and hotter
10 the end goes on IN the battlefield of the
soul. Grad:aly D.. Jekyll becomes de
spcndenE, sicAens, and the inhuman HYDE:
that ''ins.rgent horror Gagged in flesh
t,ra,-~ii. oNn. htp, aud .nas ouf his l;fa
In the Redemption Of David Corson"
we have the same contest between the two
charlottesville mind OF the flesh and the
mind G: the spirii. with the result reversed.
In the person OF the hero. Corsoa. Hyde
and Jcky.l iird fe i for conflict. In this
story the mind OF the flesh triamphs over
the mind oi the spirit. but the victory Il
not decisive. .loky.l Is so.e.y wounded. but
not s.ain. From tine crimson fed, with
UNIFORM soi.cd a.;G tattcrei. he rises. Ike
JACOB from wrestling with the angel. 10
find Hyde moria,y wounded and himself
the chastened and changed victor. The
same truth has been Illustrated in the
scientific word by grating the papa OF
SPIDER Gron the pila OF 4 hy. The res:,.t
%. the vivisecto"s skill is L moas,e: within
whose violated organism struggle two IL.
recoaci.ab.e impulses. The one Is . saw
age OF the jung,c with an abnormal appe
tite To- blood: the other l. IA innocent
creature with = iSss:on for the Sunshine.
To the ordinary mortal death Ia r.pi.s-
i've and lie Is pes sing. We adoot the
grim s.iu.i and cross bones n the -vmho,
.: our loa:hins for the former ard snow
our love for the latter hi filling TING inches
Of our art tCmp'cs with Venus &c Milo;
and Apollo Be.yide-es. There Is nothing
particularly fascinating about the dead
stump OF a tree or the verdurc.css sands
OF Il desert. No one but the grave robber
or medical stuaelt J.. supposed to be in
terestcd in corpseS. y rorguc Is the last
pace you would visit unless compelled by
necessity. On the other hand there is
nothing that viii awaken greater interest
than life. To the Alpine trave.er, the blue
gentian Is welcome sight. as i opens its
peta.s in the realm OF perpetual SHOWS.
Sweet Is the OASIS with its .haiy palms
and solitary fountain to the caravan creep
ing across the hot wastes of sand. Beau
ti:ul 10 the eye of the child is the butterfly
Is II spreads its Wings OF gauzc and voy
ages through the emryrean b.ue. The
fisherman delights II watch the speck,ed
iralt rs ne rushcs FOX cover. or the gray
Is he leaps from the swir.iny pool.
Uhe cannot watch the : tered deer boand
through the forest claccs and climb the
rocky steep: or follow the fight Of the
eagle IS he circles toward the SIN. without
feeling his nerves ting.e and the hood rash
through The arteries. While reading The
Cruise OF the Cachaot.' | became 50 ~
teres,ed that ] wanted - join in the cx-
citing chase OF the great sperm whale -
he charged through the waters in his rand
n;ght. Lie is the thing tia, fasciaa:es
Us. Stir. snap, snecch are the things that
catch the eye. That is WHY the cry is for
speedier antos aad swiiter Shamroeks.
But the common conception OF life is
false. The vast majority CT people are
laoo-.ag under n dclusion. Icu stand
where the tides Of humanity roll swift and
stroag-yoa see men accommodating colossal
fortunes 81 4 bound ami living in dazzling
sp.endor: you u sice tine seek. fat and
p.easure-oving opicureans az the club
houses; the coarse amorous Faistaifs at
the social functions; the C.copa.ras. the
salomes and society Queens whose studied
grace aud wine flushed checks entrance
but % destroy and. and you say This is
life-.i;e a; high noon and high midnight
OF the twentieth century,
Christianity comes 10 Us and says: "Ths
is no: life. This is DEATH And recent
utterance oi Dr.. Hi!l:s furnishes sp.en.
did ritual Tor the committal service OF The
modern preacher: Here we commit his
body To the dust. his stomach to stalled
~. his pllate To Speed wines. dust 10
Gns'. tonsae II terrapin. while the spirit
returns to tie animal aad the beasts tha:
led with il. Because q thing is dressed
u: ;al!c.-nade suit and moves aboat. i;
si'l"le are NJ; a.Tays Indications o; HE
The meteor that comes r'uneing down the
Ky with roar aud a Trail OF ligh1 j..
tcad. The heavenly bodies use It FIR a
iootna.. and toss II through space Eccausa
man walks ah13J on two legs. Ninl;s with
two eyes. listens with two ears and wag=
ms talsue. ne may no: he alive accordin :.
ne Fan. : Theology. Let mo illustrate.
Here ! man whose occupation is such
thai the world derives no benefit from ].
Rath r. has business oxerts a la 'eful and
hhch'ing influence upon his fellows. The
business smirches character. DESTROYS bady
and soIl, and the outcome Is wreck cast
mnon the SANDS OF hic's great ocean to
beach ard rot. He conducts phvsic.,
intellectual! and moral slaughter house inr
a monetary consideration. He knows that
has business is damnah.c in the sight q;
Tod aud demorSlizing II society. He ia
iattenlng swine or iiooiing the saca. o..
eanism with icpcrs. There are NJ extern.
ating circumstances. There are no bench.
cial compcnsations. The results ii liz
business are evil and evil only Yet he
continues TO curse men. / say sue: a
teinC. whatever his occupation or social
standing. however great his wealth. is dead
---jusI a. dead in the sight oi heaven -
though his body were rott:ng in the
shrouds. He is dead to God dead I, al
moral obligations. dead to all the higher
promptings and p'eadings o. the soul that
l. within him. His moral nature Is afro.
phied. All his thoughts. his impulses. his
acts go c1f-nal He lives 10 III. a., III an 4