Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-12-30


You can picture their future lives.
You can see them living Ia Christian
homes. rearing Christian children and
perhaps preaching IN Christian pulpits.
You can today bc truly thankful that
your children are all safe In Christ's
love and pardon.
Success Comes.
Then In reference 10 our other lines
Of work-oh. we can have wonderful
visions In reference 10 them. For
In the temperance cause and IN the
purity cause aud In the church cause.
We have been nightly discouraged
nj times. Sin seemed To I've intrcnchcd
In Gibraltar fortrcsses II seemed To
be able 10 mock us and laugh NJ US as
the enemies Of God were able g. laugh
at the blinded Samson. We kept say.
Ing 10 ourselves. Does It pay" But
as you grow older AMI look into the
past you find that progress has been
made. The tides of blessing each day.
each month. each year. are II little high.
ter than its predecessor. Then you
began 20 see what IL going 10 bc done
for Christ within the next two cen.
turtles. MY Lord and my God" you
cry. Il thank thee for this Pisgah vi.
sion. thank thee that ! am standing
upon Pisgahs heights today. thank
thee that can again descend into the
valleys and work little longer In thy
harvest fields for the contamination of
thy earthly glory"
No man ever Travelled through for
eign lands as Il disciple of Jesus Christ
without realizing how God is blessing
the work of his children in those lands
After the awful Boxer uprising In chi.
M some of the American people began
to doubt the efficacy of foreign mission
work. but the Christian men and wo.
men upon the field never doubted Il.
Minister Congcr. the late representa-.
tive Of the United States government 10
Pcking. gave this as his testimony nj
that time: For seven years past
have been intimately associated with
American missionaries in China. They
are veritablc heroes They are the fore
runners of civilization. II was they
who first planted the banner OF the
Prince OF Peace In every place where
now floats the flag Of commerce and
trade. The dim pathways which they
traced. sometimes marking them with
their likelihood. are rapidly becoming
the highways Of travel and trade. linc,l
with schoolhouses and railway stations.
During the memorable siege of peklng.
when the legation walls were being bat
tered down by cannon shot and mortar
bombs. II was the encouraging words
OF prayerful missionaries that gave us
constant courage and sustaining hope
There was but one man among us who
broke down helpless and despairing
and he was an avowed atheist. He
had no faith in God and consequently
no strength In himself" AS Minister
Conger saw the results of Christian
missionary work in China we. standing
upon our Pisgah heights. can see the
results Of Christian work everywhere
around us. Though certain days may
seem 10 he dark. yet as we look into
the far past we can see that. year by
year and decade 10y decade. the world
Is continuing 10 grow better through
Christian work Therefore the mighty
inspiration comes To us to have u part
In that work and have part in that
ultimate glorious triumph.
But there Is always one awful reali.
cation which comes to us when we
stand upon Pisgah's heights. and that
IL the realization that from an earthly
standpoint we can never overcome the
evil results of the past. Methinks
can see Moses MS he looks of upon
that land flowing with milk and honey.
He raises his eyes 10 God and says.
lord. wilt thou not let me pass over
with my people for little whllc?"
"Nay." says God; may. Dost thou not
remember down in Kadesh when thou
didst sin against me? Dost thou not re-
member when the people cried for wa
ter thou dlst make water gtish from
the rock of IIoreb and then take all the
credit unto thyself. saying. Hear now.
We rebels: must we fetch you water
out of this rock:' Thou didst not give
me the glory. Then I said unto thee
thou couldst not enter into the prom
ised land Because OF that sin thou
art excluded from the land that thou
art permitted TO see" Is II possible
that such n sentence may be pro
nounced against any Of us? Have we
always given God the honor that be-
longed 10 him? Are there sins In our
past that God has graciously forgiven.
but that are still against us In na.
lures book Of account? You may wish
that you had acted differently during
your early manhood or womanhood:
but. though you may change the fu-
ture. you can never change the past
Beware. q man. o woman. that you
do not neglect 10 honor God. DO not
lishonor him ~ Moses dlshonored him
down at Kadesh before Horeb's rock
Beware. II you have not yet surren
dcrcd your heart 10 Jesus Christ. lest
you let this moment pass without sur
rendering II unto his keeping. Pis-
gahs heights have their glorious VI