Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-11-21

One OF the most faithful IN the cnurcT,
loyal to the pastor, foremost in missionary
work and one of the most noble souls l
knew, and am not sure but tnat there is
the relation OF cause and effect. Is not
taat wooden man the cause of the beauty
OF kcr character? Has not his imperfec.
ton of nature, his coarseness, driven that
soul to communion with Him who is the
chief among ten thousand and the One al.
together lovely? And has not her contact
with His transformed her into Ills IKE
ness, whom she loves, not having seen!
May it not be that we grow In spite OF
our weights, and that these deprivationss,
these Affections, this hard disposition, II
you please, may it not be that they are
weights intended to develop us into the
larger manhood and the greater nobiltl,cs
Of the soul? Look at Jesus Christ: !Re
ministry, is Gethsemane. is the cross, -
the grave. Would Jesus ever have become
the worlds Saviour had lie not KNOWN
Gethsemane and the agony. of the, cross!
Could He have touched the heart, the sore
heart of the world, had He not eot zen
down to the very. lowest depths anu Leis
i again and again the iron IN His sensitive
! soul? :.
Il may be, fellow sufferer, it may be
rentle woman. that your deprivation, that
your losses, your heart disappointmentss
will minister to your. TRANSPORTATION ana
to your final exutation;, until you snail
be in spiritual stature able to stand even
shoulder to shoulder with the Man who
! was acquainted with sorrows and griefs.
Now. in conclusion, there is a time COM
ing when we shall have the perfect vision.
For now we see. in mirror darkly, but
then face to face
A young girl fifteen years OF age,
laughter loving, happy Christian girl, was
suddenly thrown upon a bed OF severe sick
ness: indeed, all one side was totally par
a,yzcd and she was stricken into almost to-
tai blindness. Her family physician, after
making a very careful examination. said to
| !he sorrowing friends. "She has seen her
loving maid responded, doctor, now that
is not true; my best days are. to come when
/ shall see the King in His beauty" And
50. beloved. our best days are to come.
Your best days and mine, the days when
all the mists have rolled away, when all
the clouds have been dissipated by the
shining OF His face, the day, when all the
when we shall see the King in His beauty.
,Jonn SAYS. Beloved. now are we the
children Of God. and it is not yet made
manifest what we shall be-" We, know
that If He shall be manifested we shall he
like Him, for we shall see Him even as He
is. You and to be like Him who needeth
not to be told about man, for He knew
what was in man. You and | to be like
Him, who was independent of gravity Of
all material substances and forces? You!
and to be like Him who on the Mount OF
TRANSPORTATION shone SO that the disciples
were dazzled even of the splendor OF His
garments? You and I to. be like Him
whom John saw in. that divine theopany
recorded in the last book Of the Bible, yon-
der in glory. You and I to be like Him
who has overcome and is now sitting on
the throne of the universe. That is what
He has said. "He that overcometh will L
give to sit with Me on My throne, even as
7 also overcame and am sat down with My
Father on His throne" We shall see Him.
We shall see Him face to face.
Beloved, we VIII never all meet, togethe:
here, hut We may all meet together y,on--
der. We will never all sec each other,
therefore, here Let us so live that we
shall all see each other wonder. when we
have come up. like Him. TO meet. the hosts
out of great tribulations, it may he. having
our robes washed ard made white in the
blood Of the Lamb. Till then, goodbye.