Democratic messenger., 1904-09-24

exccptional of birds Alfred renuyscn
poet laureate of England in Il beauti.
| ful rhythmic uostcruic,.e oncc en,n-
ciatci the doctrine that multitu,les can
make an object ,,cspised when IL should
he admired Said lie:
Once I, a golden bour cast 70 Garth n
seed.
Up there came hower-the people said.
70 o,a w." ,,o ,,o,. NOV, ,,.o,,,,
bower
And. muttcring discomfort. cursed me and
my "o"er'
Then II grew so tall II wore n crown of
light.
'u' aiiIe'es rom oer 'he wah s'oie 'he
sowed II far and wide bv every town and
tower
TIL all the people cried. Splendid Is the
"o"e'
Read my little fable: he that runs may
read.
have got the seed
And some are pretty enough. and some
are poor indeed.
anu , ,.o" "eA'' ''' pe'P'e e'''' ~ '"' :"
nut 'no"sh p''.cN e!eu eusahS OF
'he So'ueh Spoie vi .he oiue e!eu
',"'.'' o' ".e'""' VI '"''' e'e'. '''"'-
'''"'e' may oe e.''ei 'o''',io' no"e'
WV. "o'e' III 'pi'e y. "e'
'i"''''""es' mas n''e oee'. e"iei
.o'''o" o"u "e uo,e ',""s' mas
oee" anu "'""! "N' o '"e nroo'
Vi p"i'''' se"'e'' anu 'o'. "''
s!Hipoi was ieoosni"eu III nea'hci
Times. hec""Se 'le uo.e sisniheu p"-
Ii'' venus ''',u 'n's oi'u as ier en-
oe"' De"h S'"i'.s III rei''i"s MS
ore"'"i 'i"'eis "li.cs mus "po"l '"e
"iiiS VI INC 'e'"P'e e,e.'ei
~ ''c .! ,i'. venus is u.suo' eu' o"'
',e S''ieu u".es S'e'eu =! inn"ihei
'lpie iesehus VI the spot ana ceieprateu
.lere even us Ha'e as r-uSepius-
III VII" .icir cooihss .he iuA"rian'
s"iuciis Mhie. gro" III 'ne s.'"us n"i-
'o"S with" 'ne r"i'ieu Wills
Nurtured ny Dove.
In the Deiutiiui hyuhoioSicai leSehu
Sehiraihis. tie queen. WAS said I'D hcr
youth To nave been nurtured by dove
ana AT ueiith 10 nave Decn chahse'i
INTO uoVe. we nhd. however. IN
CHRISTIAN nomenclature the dove -
also tie symbol OF purity ana gentle
ness ana divine love. In the BlDle the
dove has the most haliowed of asso-
cations. Ii was as a dove that the
Holy Spirit appeared at the baptism
or Jesus. IL was TWO doves that the
Blessed Virgin presented at the temple
as an oDlation for her purlicatlon ait
er the divine birth. What says the
psalmist IN reference to the mans re-
demption from sin anu MS cleansing
through the blood or Jesus CHRIST!
Though ye have lain among the pots,
yet shall ye he as the Wings OF dove
covered with silver ana the feathers
with yellow gold. on. my friends.
III the bchutiiul vision oi the doves.
the poor. the gentle. the loving. the
innocent doves. nutterihS 10 thcir WIN
u"ws. cannot you see the syrlhoi Oh Il
future giorlhed ana consecrated as
sembiage crowding about the sacred
affairs OF Jesus christ!
This migration or the redeemed ana
sp0tiess multltudes OF human beings
to Christs churches Shall not only
come with the purity or the dove. but
also with the SWIFT velocity OF the
dove. IL VIII not come win the lead
EN- rect or man VINO. having Deeh
born In Christian home, takes ten,
hfteen. twenty. perhaps thirty years.
TO make up MS mihd TO be CHRISTIAN.
IL VIII not come WIN the SLOW proc
esses some churches nave whereoy
thcir sessions or vestries or Doarus OF
deacons place the applicant Tor church
membership on prooatlon. But THESE
new accessions TO the churches or
Jesus christ Will come TO the front
rank or CHRISTIAN service ana worship
as quickly rs the name OF Saul was
changed into iaul. Inc new mem-
bers whom Isaiah saw In vision fled to
Christs altar as quickly as the doves
fly to their windows.
Not only is the doves wing power
fully hurtled for quick flight. but that
flight can he kept up for almost incred-
ible distances. We find these wonder
ful flights recorded by the different
cOlumbine societies in different parts
of fhp world In 1Sli1 thirty pirpOuS