Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-06-18

plunge> us into the abyss Of trouble In
order that We. as ilcdgrlin.S. may learn
to iiy an ami up lie tunIhlcS us down
SO that We may soar higher than the
cliffs upon which We are born. higher
than the mountains whose bald heads
are frozen amid perpetual SHOWS. and
higher than even the morning clouds
that have lowered over us in many
bcnedictions IL" treats us just as n
tru" parent should always treat his
child. Some few weeks ago | was Wis
iting upon the ranch III wealthy man
me. No youn. man ever amounts to
anything unless lie is compelled to
work for his own mental and physical
and spiritual development So firmly
do | believe il is the mountain upon
the man and not the man upon the
mountain that brings man To the high
est development for which God intend
ed him that | have compelled my boys
to work for every cent they have re-
ccived. even when they were little chill
drcn. I never give them anything
without Il return. If they want spend
inS money they must earn il by paint
ing the fences or cutting the wood or
gathering the walnutS If they want
n gun or Il riding horse they must buy
il with their own money which they
have earned. have not told them that
each year they have an $1,000 income.
which was left them by dead rela-
tive. and that II twcnty-one years of
age they will Ice independently rich.
] know that knowledge would ruin
them. | make them work for every
cent they s'"nd. In their working
am developing two of the finest boys
in all this part of the country"
The Dead Heart Led On.
That earthly parent is developing his
children 10y work. Cannot we realize
God is developing us spiritually. men
tally and physically 10y work. ana hard
work: Why were the old Yankees. born
amid the New England hills. and the
old hi.llan,lcrs. born amid the Scot
fish heather. of the same heroic mold?
We have read that in the chivalric
times the Scottish crusaders were Ice
ing driven back. when an old highland
chief took from his gir,llc the leathern
bag which incascd the heart of the
dead Bruce lie flung il far into the
ranks of the enemy. as he cried: Thou
brave heart of II mighty Bruce lead us
on L. victory. Lead us on. Lead us on
Then The fiecin. hiishlanlers turned
and charged where the dead Bruce
would have led them. oh. how we
thrill ut the story of that mighty deed.
Bnt why did the Scotchmnn and the
Yankees of old belong to races of
giants and the Latin people of Central
America and of the southern parts of
Portugal and Spain degenerate into Il
race Of pysnics: Difference of blood?
Perhaps. iiut | believe il WAS not So
mulch II difference of blood as Il differ
cncc of geographical surroundings.
In the southern parts of Europe all
that the inhabitants had 10 do for cen
turtles was to tickle the soil and it
would laugh with plenty. While
among those northern SHOW clad hills
not only did the inhabitants have 10
fight human enemies. but climatic ones.
Any man who wrcStcd II harvest from
the New Hampshire valleys or from
the Scottish highlands had 10y neces-
sity Ia be strong of brain and power
fully musclcd of arm. Ii WIS the eli
matte obstacles which made the New
En.landcrs and the Scottish clans the
mighty men they were ana are. and 1t
is trouble. great trouble. which always
develops men. The old parental eagle
pushes her ilcdgclings OF the nest 10
teach her young how To fly. God
pushes US one ana all ont into the
abyss of faihomlcss trial to teach us
how Ia take care of ourselves. God
does not want Ia run Il perpetual nurs-
cry. lie wants Ia make u> of men and
women of fully developed powers. lie
diSturbs us from our places of ease and
comfort and thrusts us forth into
scenes of conflict AMI difficulty in order
that we may learn 10 use the spiritual
powers with which we are endowed.
and Ia teach us in dire extremity what
infinite resources there are in him for
every one of his children who looks
confidently NJ To- him and cries. Our
Father"
God again stirs NJ our nests AMI
pushes us of our cyrics. as the eagle
does its young. Ia show us our limita-
tions rs we'll as our possibilities. The
eaglct has To learn what il cannot do
as well as what il can do. II must
be taught in one sense how To depend
upon itself: il must hr taught in an
other sense how il must depend up
on the parent bird. The Bible III the
beautiful figure of my text pictures the
old eagle. when the right time comes.
stirring up the nest and pushing her
young Off the cliif. oh, yes. that is
beautiful. but the next statement of
the verse is just as beautiful. When
the young bird drops down and down
and the iluttering wings grow weaker
and weaker. thea the iicdgcling gives a
faint. frightened call for help. Then
what happens: Why. the old bird nj
once starts To the rescue Swiftcr than
any sea- gull ever dropped into the wal
tiers To clutch Il fish. swiftcr than ever