Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-10-21

by nv side; | must have this intcrpre-
ter of dreams here TO warn me against
any dangers which are ahead. He
must keep me from doing wrong again"
But. no. That was not the chief but
ler's way After the different court Of
ficals had congratulated him he hunt
ed up his gold chalices and looked ut
their sides. There he sees his own
smiling face Then he said: AHA,
am safe. am safe. No danger nowl
I am safe forever Then In his sup
posed safety he forgot the warning
signals OF the past. Perhaps he fell
into the same evil ways which he once
followed. which evil ways may ulti-
inatcly have caused his execution. like
the bakers. His decomposing hesh
may have been eaten by the hyenas
and the vultures who banquet of the
dead bodies Of all Egyptian criminals.
My brother. can II be that we are for
getting our past misfortuncsf Have
we forgotten the awful results OF our
past sins; DO we forget the patience
and the pardon and the love Of God
which once rescued us. us the butler
was par,loned from death by his royal
master!
ForEetfui Of Past.
The misfortunes OF the past can be
reproduced IN our lives II we go on re-
producing the evils which once caused
our downfall. The forgetfulness Of the
butler may he compared TO the dyspep-
ties forgetfulness OF his physical ago
MES Nature takes him In hand and
flays him with scorpions. BY eating
what lie ought not TO eat some night
he nearly dies. lie IL careful one day.
one week. perhaps one month. Then
the past suiferings are forgotten. The
| cravings of II gormand are satisfied.
Another night Of horror or perhaps
even death IL the result. The buffers
| forgetfulness IL like that Of the drunk
ard. Dclirium tremens has gripped
him lie imagines serpents are crawl
| ing over his bed. Demons. with eyes
Of burning Goals of fire. are glaring at
| him Wild beasts. with their angry
roar and their glittering white teeth
and their lolling red tongues and their
sharp claws working convulsively. are
springing upon him. But In few
weeks he feels 80 well and strong that
he forgcts his past terrors. Another
glass Of fiery liquid turns his brain into
u ma,lhouse. The butler is like you and
me II we forget the past evils which
we brought upon ourselves through our
past sins. - God. teach us never 10
take our eyes off the awful precipices
| Of temptation over which we have tum
bled again and again into the yawning
chasms Of despair unless II be TO raise
them IN gratitude to the face OF our
Saviour. who. though exalted to the
right hand Of God. remembers us still.
Let us never forget our rescue and our
dellvercr as the butler forgot Joseph.
| But | must hasten ON. | brand this
butler Of my text with one Of the black
est marks ever placed on mans
brow II is as black ms the mark upon
| the forehead of Cain. who killed his
brother Abel. lie is not only blind TO
his own interests, but he Is AN migrate.
lie has turned his back upon the one
friend who was true 10 him In his time
of difficulty. He IL like miner ! was
reading about who discovered rich
vein Of gold ore He went aud showed
II 10 friend that they might be
sharers together IN the wealth Then
this supposed friend slew the miner
that he might possess all the gold him
self This butler was not only per-
jurcr. he was an Migrate as well.
That Good sister.
Is the ingratitude of the chief butler
to Joseph duplicated. q man. In your
| life: You are n successful lawyer.
| Your income may be ten or twenty
| thousand dollars a year. You are one
, of the most honored men In the com
munity. How did you get start In
| life! oh you answer with pride. II
started myself When ! came TO this
| city | did not have friend here. !
worked my own way through college.
I was poor farmers boy. am self
made man" Are you? oh. you miser-
able booster! You are contemplate
butler Of Pharaoh's court. You have
| forgotten your Joseph You are no
more Of self made man than ! am.
Away back on your fathers farm you
had an older sister She was the pack
horse II the family. She wanted TO
get nm education and go 20 college but
she could not. She did. however. edu-
cate herself enough to become a coun-
| try schoolteacher But what she could
not do herself she set her heart on
your doing You We're her only broth
err When you We're little fellow run
ming barcfooted about your fathers
farm. caring more for fishing and play
ing baseball with the boys than for
work she would call you In and say:
Now. Samuel you must come and get
your lessons Remember. some day you
are going TO college you must study
hard You are TO be great. rich law.
yer for sister to be- proud Of.
You finished your course at the coun-
try school Your father said you must
go To work ON the farm. NO. father"
said she samuel must 20 TO college"
But cannot afford H." Well" she
said. II can do extra work after the
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