Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-09-22


the Outcssts Of the world Abraham
Lincoln signed the emancipation proc
lamatiOn for the American slave.
Booker T. Washington resolves 10 take
another step forward aud lcud his
negro cOnpatrois into the higher
realms Of domestic purity and me
.hancal. and agricultural usefulness
aud Christian citizenship. our Chris
tian mothers believed as Paul com.
mandcd the ancient disciples ia his
.'orinthinn cpiStlc, Let your women
keep silence In church for 1t Is not per-
United unto them To speak" but their
daughters will not he debarred from
service so they find work for "A
Frances L.. Willard and Frances
lIavcfgal and Susan Il. Anthony aud
n Maud Booth and for thousands upon
thousands Of noble women aud young
girls. who are pleading for Christ In
our mldwrck prayer meetings and who
are working Ia our rescue missions.
and who are the leaders of our social
settlements. our Christian EndeavOr
societies and our Epworth leagues.
Oh my dear friends. our Christian
fathers aud mothers did mighty work
for Christ In the times In which they
lived liut what greater gospel work
are You DOING What further mission
AIRY fields are you reaching Is the so
cial ouicast problem nearer being
solved than when your Christian anccs.
tors died: Are the black man aud tie
yellow man and the red man aud the
peasant and the saloon keeper nearer
To Christ than they were bali cen
fury ago: What new vines OF gospel
usefulness have you planted for christ
which are now bringing forth their
great clusters of ESlicol grapes Tor the
heavenly wine press: Are most OF
your rich fields rich in soils OF gospel
opportunities lying fallow and use
less
Too often Neglected.
Too often Wa have not only neglected
10 care for the vines which We have
inherited from our Christian ancestors
and planted only here and there a stray
vine in the broad. empty fields Of
gospel opportunities but our sins OF
omission do not end here After We
have neglected our gospel vineyards
we have been too Indifferent and lazy
to gather the clusters If grapes which
have grown upon our vines in spite
of our neglect We seem TO say 10
our heavenly Father: God. | care So
little for thcc ANA thy glory that
would not cVcn lift finger 10 do good
10 those who are by my side. Nay
will not speak even a word to bring
my children 10 thee or my husband to
thee or my father TO thee or my
friends 10 thee | will let my neglected
vines grow their grapes ana then drop
them to the ground There | Will let
them liz AMI rot and rot before I will
carry even one bunch of them To- the
gospel wine press How easy II j. 10
find this sinful Indifference 10 Christ
syuboliZed IN some uf the neglected
vineyards Of southern california.
Is not this fact true IN your life: You
know your little boy wants 10 become
christian Ills very face shows that
he has your gadly mothers conSreratrd
blood in his veins Yuu soc her looks
there more every day About three
weeks ago III came home from sunday
school and told YOU about his lessons
II | remember right. il vas about the
parable Of the householder who had
pf.. IL. fttattf..I
vineyard therein ami let IL out To tie
husbandmen Then he went on into a
far country But when the time NJ
grapes had come these huSbandmcn
stole the vineyard from its owner and
killed his messengers who came 10
collect the rent Then nj last they
Killed his only hcgottcn Son. who was
Jesus Christ
You viii recollcct how sweetly the
boy told you the story Then with
his deep blue eyes he looked up into
your face H. he said Papa, will YOU
let me join the church and give my
heart 10 Jesus" What did You tell
him? You quickly answered. Char.
ley, you are not old enough Wait a
few years and then YOU can" Then he
looked up at YOU again This time his
face looked more 10 you like your
sainted mothers tnau ever before. and
he said but, papa. you are old
enough Why do you not Join the
church and pray as llarry's father
prays:" Then hc said 10 YOU: Papa.
do you suppose when | get 10 De- a
great big man like you are won't
want To 90 to church amy more than
Won do Then viii want to leave
sunday school and stay home from
church every SUNDAY morning and read
the newspapers A. you do and let
mamma 20 to church alone Was It
the child alone pleading with You for
Christ Was Il your suiutcd mother
Tell me-. man. are You going Ia let
those ricl, clusters Of grapes ripen in
your gospel vineyard AMI not Ice pluck
ed: O mau. viii You not learn Ia
day the christ lesson Of the husband
man who planted the vineyard and let