Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-02-27


ing: Some time ago | read a wonder
full book entitled The Call of the
Wild" The central figure of that story
was Il magnificent dog. Il cross between
~. Bernard AMI Great Dane lie
WAS stolen from his California home
ami sent far north into the klondike
regions. where he was compelled 10
drag the miners sledS over the Alaskan
SHOWS lack London. the writer with
master hand traces him from a great.
biz. loving house dog down and down
until he is dog thief among dog
thieves. lie traces his dcgcneracy down
aLd down until ~ last the bayinss OF
the wolves call him into the darkness
! or III. nov hrrn forests and the call of
the w..d j. answered by the response
/ OF tLr I'd
obey the Divine Command.
IL rot >ocictys ca.I too often the
I ca;i OF the wildf" In the social world
when Won give banquet do you not
for the most part ask only those in
your own social set? DO you obey the
uivine command. When thou make>t
f ." W YAH not INV
friends nor thy brethren. neither thy
k;nsmen nor thy rich neighbors. lest
they also hid thee again and a recon-
penSe be made thee But when thou
makcst feast call the poor. the
manned. the lame The blind. and thou
shalt he blessed. for they cannot rec
ompcnsc thee. hut thou shalt he recon
~ thu 80 h., ot
is not socicty's call often the call of
the wild" because il is a call TO selfish.
ness. the call of only doing good to
them who do good 10 you? Is il not
often the call merely of wealth TO asso.
:iate with wealth and social caste with
social caste: oh. We worshipcrs ut the
social shrines. better heed today the
Lenten call. Better snuff out the many
lights of the bathrooms and the ban.
| quet halls. Know We not that during
the spring fast" the lowly NaZarene is
knocking ii the door OF your hearts
trying 10 get in:
It's true we cannot reach Christ's for
tieth day.
Yet to go part Of that religious way
Is better than no deed.
| Neither ought other mems abuse OF Lent
| Spoil the good use lest by that argument
We forfeit all our creed
The Ienten Cali
The Episcopalian Lent. in the next
place. is protest against business alb
sorption. Ii says To the merchant the
manufacturer and the professional
man: You have Il right TO work. In
I .1anI
You are 10 support your family and
meet the financial necessities which
are yours. Hut q man. you have no
right 10 make the acquisition of money
the chief object of your life any more
than You have Il right to live TO eat.
by the sweat of thy face shalt thou
eat bread But that sweat should not
higher purposes of life. for which thou
| vert created
Bit the great danger OF money mak
ing is that the acquisition of wealth
may become passion The calls OF
the money market become 80 great and
urgent that an average business man
does not feel that he has time TO stop
hi4h w 'rou
! Amid the whirl of business activities he
feels a great deal as did Oliver Wen
dell Holmes during his trip through
England He said he went so fast he
had lime TO talk with lots of people
but he had time 10 have n true CONVEX
satiun with none" by that the poet
Holmes meant that he had time TO drop
L har IN ,,.I l..,t a.
went through Europe so quickly he
had no time TO exchange heart TO heart
thoughts with great thinkers. as he did
with Max Muller when he lay in his
house sick for nearly week But.
though the business world would de
mand all of II mans energies. the
Lenicn season comes into IA busy mer-
chants life and says. 20 man. you
should never be too busy 10 take time
TO think of your responsibilities TO
God" So the Episcopa liam Lent sends
It's best men straight into the very
heart OF Wall street In old Trinity
church in the busiest part OF the day
during the Lcnien season we hear the
Christian preachers voice calling. as do
/ me MoHdtililltuau priests from the
minarets of the eastern mosques: 20
business men. come Ia prayers. Come
to prayers, q We business men. come
10 prayers. come io prayers. come to
prayers
Plea For Higher Life.
The l.cnten season pleads with bust
ness men for tho higher life. Ms I once
heard Robert Specr plead with - great
audience al men fot the higher life.
Men SAID he Il have always been
ambitious by that | mean have al
ways wanted Ia make the most out of
INV life. IL had thought ! could
have made more out OF my life by en-
| tering the United States army ! GER
talnlv would have done -. Had
thought ! would have made more out
OF my life by entering business
Should have consecrated my energies
Z" money making but I did think I
| couid make most out of my life by be-
ing an evangelist of God Therefore,
men. oeg and plead with yor. no mat
ter who you are. Ia live for the higher
life. n YOU are merchant. be a
Christian merchant: il lawyer. be a