Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-09-12

| come iroa:' Il came from heaven re
| Piled the swan. "-Nud where Is heaven
| Heaven. sad the swan. hay" YOU never
| heard o. heaven -Nni thea the beautiful
! bird went on t. describe the grandeur OF
the eternal city. She told OF streets OF
| gold. OF gates oi pearl and walls oil jasper.
and the river OF lie. Clear as crystal.
| In eloquent language the swan sought to
! portray the hosts who live i'll the heavenly
| wcrd. but without aroGsing the shghtes:
interest. Finally the crane asked. Are
| there any snaiis there" ''Snails," re-
peated the swan; no. of course no."
Then, said the crane, as it continued its
search a.onc the slimv margin OF the pool.
| YOU nave your heaven. want
snails. There are thousands OF people to-
Jay who are meeting the appeals OF the
church OF Jesus Christ, ii not with the
saail's answer. at least with the snail's
attitude. on can nave Your heaven. 4
want snal!s' And why: Because they
have yielded to the mind of the flesh and
allowed the lusts of the flesh to atrophize
the spiritual nature. BE not deceived:
God is not Knocked: for whatsoever a man
soUcth that snail he also reap For he that
sowerh to his flesh shall OF the flesh reap
corruption. Fancy may figure the wick
says the Rev w. J.. Watkinson, but
ray OF daylight reduces the pretentious
things TO the monstrous forks OF the police
mans stretcher. the worlhousc ambulance
the prison van. the hearsc that bears men
TO the grave ere they have lived out halt
their days.
On the other hand. "tha mind of the
spirit is lie and peace Christianity
comes to men telling them OF a divine
Savisur in whom Is life and Who came
that we might have lifo aud have 1t more
sbnndanty if The h Bhle tells US OF the
among men. Jehovah is. spoken OF as the
living God" and the Holy Spirit as His
living agent by thy spirit God hath
earnished the heavens" Thou sendest
forth thy spirit: they are created. In so
lar as testimony and observation go life
springs from life; The Spirit OF God is
manifest in all His methods and works:
This same spirit, whose activity is exerted
in creation and the sustaining of life. is
also the spirit OF truth. Of holiness. of
wisdom and grace The Spirit of God
''rcnews the face OF the EARTH turning
winter into spring. calling forth life.
beauty. fragrance and song. The same
Spirit OF God touches oar hearts; the
great transaction Is done. Behold a new
creature in Christ Jesus. We pass from
death unto life. We are alive unto God
through Jesus Christ our Lord, and the
things which are all in all to the sensuous
wording ere OF value to us only as they are
connected with and minister to the king
dom of Jesus Christ, OF which we are
citizens.
Ii You hqvo passed from death unto life
YOU ara not 4 piece OF moral tinkcring and
ihica cohhling. Regeneration is a live
wire. Ii Is permanent miracle. You are
Tot Only new man. but live man. The
dictionary defines top as a 'gyroscopc."
\ SyroScope may be made to spin. But it
is dead thing. nevertheless. 1t won't 60
Hithou, string or Il spring attached TO II
and MANIPULATED by the hand OF the. spin
ner. Ii YOU have been regenera;ed YOU
IRE more than gyroscopc. You will not
run down like top. You will not be
subject to moods and modes. You will
run without having spring or string at
tachod to you. The love OF the Christ will
'.constrain you' and RESTRAIN You" In
the workshop. in the store, behind the
counter and in the Office your associates
and received life The mind of the flesh
has been huriod, and no flowers were laid
on his casket. the mind of the spirit
lives and speaks through the kindling eye,
the qaverins lip and the softened and
sanctitied heart. TIE grazing grounds OF
the fesh!y minded are the lotus meadows
Of pleasure and ease. The grazing grounds
of the spiritually minded are the green
pastures" beside the still waters" led
and led and satisfied by the Shepherd OF
Life. The difference between the carnally
minded and the spiritually minded is the
p.acent.y chewing his cad and the Great
IRE created III the IMAGE 81 God aconizine
10 be worthy OF wearing the white stone
and bearing the new name.
With life comes also the gift OF peace.
Peace lie unto vol said the Saviour tc
the disciples. My peace leave with you;
My peace | give unto you; not as the
i You are longing. for this morning:
Home! You have that business, You
have more than you can attend to. Al.
ready you are worried nearly to death
over business. Tomorrow mornings mail
will, bring You large bundle OF letters.
Perhaps some OF them will read Please
remit Head ovcr heels in business.
Pleasure? Aren't You surfeted with pleas
ure: Aren't y0u at 1t every afternoon and
evening. by The seashore. in the noun
tains. at the club: One continuous round
Of pleasure. Society: Don't YOU go in for
it? Don't you have your teas. your card
parties. your games and chit chats? What
rou want Is poace-rcace OF mind and
peace of conscience. And you will never
yet it until YOU get life-the life that
throtties and binds and sets its heel upon
this miserable c,rnal creature that whines
and frets and burns with an abnormal
thirst that nothing can satisfy? And why
II Won get peace when YOU get eternal
life: Because YOU have anchored to do
something within the vale, and wind and
wave aud tempest shock cannot disturb
the calm and constant peace OF the mind
and hear, tina. wait l:pon the Lord. You
yct peace because under the strenuous up
lit of this rev life You live a simple life
nob,y. which Is the Crandost thing any of
- can do He who follows ''the mind of
the spirit will find the deepest satisfac-
ton. Tor he has in him well OF water
.pringing up into everlasting life
The other night George Primrose. the
minstrel. was amusing an audience at the
Mas )aic Tempe Roof Garden in Chicago.
In rcsnonse to an encore he came out and
sang My Watermelon Queen" When he
cane To The line III the chorus. "She's all
the word to me he broke down. turned
and walked iato the wings. to the surprise
Fl the audience. just before he walked
t. the foolghts he received a telegram say
ing that his wife was dead in their nome in
Buffalo. And when he came to that line
which touched the doepcst chord in his
soul, iootl;ghts and faces. all save one,
We're forgotten. Love yearncd to clasp
! 'ove. The supreme grace that was born
III heaven and which finds ''its wavering
image here, Swayed the heart OF he great
comedian. The sorrow III the soul stifled
he song on the hps. So it is when the
mind OF the spirit ermasters the mind OF
the flesh. The STACEY mannerisms OF So
, ciety. the Iaublcs the trinkets the Bac-
ehlnalian hanquets. are forgotten, or they
cease 10 allure The soul turns away from
he hollow handclapping and the vulgar
.nron2 into the wings TO live with Him
wEo Is all the world to me-"