Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-07-16

their skeleton forms wriIhing in agony.
After looked at ii Il moment he said to
me: Scott. that hurts. have tried all
my life To put myself in the other fell
lows place. l have tried TO help those
in need and tighten the burdens of
those less fortunate than myself. Yet
l am here held up to the gaze of the
world as murderer Of women and
children. tell you. ii hurts And.
Mr.. President, looking up into that
manly face saw the tears coursing
down his cheeks as he turned and 81
lently walked away"
You think worldly success can bring
true happiness? If 1t could. why did
| it not bring happiness to James G.
Blaine. the Henry Clay" of the latter
part of the past century? Murat Hal
| stead relates how he went to see Mr.
Blaine i'm the Fifth Avenue hotel, New
York. The death pallor was on his
| cheek In Il few weeks his broken
heart was to cease to beat. Mr.. Blaine
Halstead could not say a word. His
heart was too full. After the two
| friends sat thus for n short time, Mr..
Blaine heavcd deep SIGH as he said,
''Oh. Halstead, could have stood II
all If had not lost my two boys" He
was finding then. as Hanna found, and
as n host of famous men have found,
that happiness and true satisfaction
cannot be obtained from the world.
The world misrepresents them, ridicules
them and dccries them, and, whether 1t
gives them its prizes or not it wounds
and tortures them.
Happiness Ii Not In Wealth.
Oh. rich man. appeal to your ex-
pericnce. Have you not realized that
happiness is not in wealth? Have
there not come times in your life when
you have felt that money and honor
and power alike fail to give you salts
faction: You are dis; ppointed with
your life. Turn to Christ. who says to
such as you. He that drinketh Of the
water that shall give him shall never
thirst again. Come 10 him. Thou
art not far from the kingdom of God.
Almost saved. Yes. know 1t. Why
For weeks. perhaps. you have been ly-
ing PROSTATE with a danerous sickness
near the dividing line the crossing Of
which means the recreation and the
capitalization and the redemption of
your life. That sick bel means to you
in Il spiritual sense what an invalid's
bed meant in n physical sense to him
sick of the palsy who was laid at
Christ's feet In the second chapter Of
Mark we read about the wonderful
| incident which took place in Caper-
naum. No sooner did the people of
than the multitudes began to gather
| about him. They crowded into the
room where he was. They crowded
the front yard of his residence. On the
| outskirts of the crowd we see n couple
Of men carrying between them one who
was sick of the palsy. Oh" they say
to each other. If we can only bring our
brother to Christ, he will cure him."
l think, from reading be .wcen the lines
OF this chapter. that the invalid him
self did not care whether he saw Christ
| or not. He was too sicx to care. His
limbs hung limp and heavy. His eye
| lids dropped; the eyes were CLASSY. His
skin was fiabby and almost dead. But
because the invalid was nine-tenths
dead that made no difference to the
two friends. AS they could not push
through the crowds who We're jostling
about the front door they climbed up
to the roof of the house They then let
down the ropes and pulled the sick man
| up. bed and all Then with their axes
they broke open the roof and lowered
the sick man down through the roof to
| the feet Of the Saviour, who, seeing
their faith. said unto he sick of the
palsy. "Son, thy sins be forgiven thee"
And he arose. The loose muscles stiff
ened. The eyes became alert. The
blood again coursed rapidly through
the clogged arteries. He walked: yea.
the sick man walked. He was healed
by being placed. hopeless, helpless
invalid. ut the feet of Jesus Christ.
Sickness has been spiritual bless
ing to you, . man. as the palsy was to
the IHNdiIu VI Olu. IL Has pliceu you
| almost within touch Of our Saviour
and King. For years and years you
did not know what pain meant.
When you heard people complaining
about their invalidism you had no SYM
pathy. You would petulantly say:
"Nine-tenths of these SD called invalids
are mere hypochondriacs. If men and
women would only get up and stop
their complaining and stop dosing
themselves with medic mes they would
be all right" When a minister In
church would preach from the text.
Thou fool. this night thy soul shall
be required of thee you would settle
back i'm your seat and smile You
would say to yourself: Perhaps. Per-
haps not. My ancestors were all long
lived. l guess l will DC also" Then
you would complaccntl.. pat your chest
as you expanded your lungs three or
four inches, and you would say: We'll.
my ancestors never hail finer breath
ing apparatus than have. Perhaps I
shall die tonight perlapS not"