Democratic messenger., 1904-06-25

san themselves upon the hard stones
{ like the blind or the crippled beggars
Who there seem 10 he everywhere. And
50 when 81. John declares, Without
are dogs" | believe he means that in
heaven we shall have no blinded eyes.
DO diseased skins no crippled limbs,
ho deaf ears and no physical disiigure-
ments All tile hidcous physical sights
which one secs in the wards of the
hospitals shall bc forever done away.
Physical Inarmity Hard to Bear.
How much this transformation means
b many sufferers none but they can
realize II is very hard for the de-
formed and the crippled TO maintain
spiritual and mental sweetness and
serenity. Ii is easy for man with a
fine constitution and perfect physical
form to be cheerful and happy, but
how difficult for one who has to suffer
continual pain AMI is shut out by de-
-fermity from the sports and exercises
Of companions tn be sweet tempered
and genial to all about him. What is
the matter with Su-and-so: | once
ssied n dear friend of mine about a
rlutual acquaintance. He is so touchy
end sensitive that the least wind from
The east VIII twist him all ont OF
shape" Yes" answered my friend.
that is true. but perhaps you have
forgotten that that man WAS born
lame. II you ever stop to think, you
will also iiud that nearly all men and
women born. with physical iniirmities
are cross and Grabbed and touchy and
sensitive" Il never thought of it,"
answered. Il belicve-yes. 7 know you
are right" Physical iniirmity is ac-
..omianied hy and. in fact. involves
mental pain and anguish. All this will
he done away with in the celestial city.
There will he no defects or leformi-
gies there To sadden the soul AMI try
The temper Of the redeemed. The with
cred limb. the distorted spine. will be
left behind with the mental and spir-
itual lcformities they have produced
Tho cripple will rejoice that the gnaw-
ing agony that made his life on earth
a period of humiliation and suffering
Is gene forever. w ililbut are uoES.
Let me ILLUSTRATE my thought in an
other way. the thought that Il healthy
body is very apt To he the incascment
of II healthy mini and soul. Here is a
little child born into your home. as my
first little girl came into my home. You
look i'm wonderment upon that child.
For weeks and months you go among
your f"'en'ls boaStlng about that baby.
why. OH say. ''tl,it is the most per
feet dis:,oaitioncd child ever knew.
She never cries. She is always smiling
and cooling She never awakcns MS mt
night. She il Us happy as II sunbeam
creeping into our bedroom i'm the early
morning" But after that little child
has been in Your home eight or ten
months suddenly her nature seems to
undergo radical change. The hot
hand Of fever touches her forehead.
The red marks hlotch her fair skin.
Raked and twisted with pain. she cries
all the day AMI most of the night. and
even in her sleep she continually ut
ters low. moaning whine. What is
the matter: Has the child's disposi-
tion changed: oh. no. The physical
b1ly has become diseased. and now the
mind is frct;ing in sympathy. Thus
we find that II perfect body is apt to
have ~ perfect mind and an imperfect
body an imperfect mind. So when St.
John says. Without are dogs" | he
lieve he means that In heaven we shall
have no physical iniirmities. no club
foot like Lord Byron. no gnarlcd and
twisted nervous organization like Alex
andcr Pope. no blinded eyes like John
Milton. no deaf ears like Beethoven. no
skin lcprous ana covered with sores.
II shall be physically Il "dogless heav-
en-" oh, my brother. thank God for
the perfect physical bodies OF the rcsur-
rectiOn.
The Howl of Warming.
Roaming again through the crowded
streets of Palestine, find that the
same mcrcilcss tribal bitterness and
mortal enmities which were once rife
among the North American Indians are
prevalent among the dogs of the east.
AS each Indian tribe owned its own
territory and in time of war il meant
death for Il member of one tribe Ia he
found wandering about in the LAND OF
strangers" so the dogs of the east take
possession OF the different streets of
the great cities. Each canine tribe has
its sentinels standing guard at the end
OF the streets. Then if one dog of an
other tribe enters that street the howl
of warning is given. At once all the
other dogs of that tribe leap To their
feet and. as pack of hungry wolves.
make a mad rush for that stranger to
tear him limb from limb.
We must study my text in the canine
language of the east. Old hunters tell
us that no man has truly heard Il lion
roar unless he has heard the king Of
the forest sound his call of defiance
I'm flie dark jungles of the African con-
tincnt. Then the awe striking power
OF that yoic; seems To- come from ev-
erywhcre and yet from nowhere The
hills are souiniing boards which toss
the echoes as the battlc,ioors throw
the Shuttlecn.kS backward ana for
ward Then the fawns squat down
with fright. and the mother birds pr s's
lower upon their nests. and the very