Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-03-03

utIf w lht country lou huOW lui1
farm will never amount to anything.
The soil is poor. The great ranchers
of the west. with their wonderful i'm
Elements, are able To raise their wheat
far cheaper than you aud by the trans
continental railroad lines undcrscll you
In the eastern markets. Why do you
not get out II here and 20 west or 10
10 one of our large cities and make a
name for yourself. rs your Uncle Hen
rs has donp;" The young man looks
| do not believe | could do IL. You
know. | was born here. and. though
cannot make much out of the farm, at
least | am assured of one fact can
make II living Better Il bird In the
hand than two In the bush Better
hold on 10 an assured little than TO
reach out after something and perhaps
fail entirely" What Is the matter
with your nephew He has Just as
much brain rs you. just as much
chance to make II great success as you
have made. There is just one trouble
he lacks faith faith In himself A
man without faith in himself has no
more chance 10 forge ahead and nc
complish anything for good than u
steam engine has To draw train with
out water in the boiler or than a fur
mace is able without fuel for the flames
TO feed upon 10 give forth heat
Now for the other side OF this ques-
ton: Here is Il boy born the son OF Il
barber Ills mother was woman Of
ungovcrnablc temper who passed the
last years of her life In an insane asy-
lun. Poverty uslcrcd him into life.
His boyhood days We're passed by an
unhappy iirSide. But one day. while
going along the London streets, he
looked into the windows Of an art store
and saw some beautiful pictures They
open 10 him new world. He says, II.
too am painter" But his genius was
not like that of Edwin Landsecr. who
at fourteen was able 10 win prize at
the academy 10y exhibiting there the
picture Of II majestic St Bernard dog.
But slowly. painfully, amid ridiculc.
with an empty purse and an empty
stomach. he had to struggle on ut his
canvas. Every outside influence fought
him back. Only the inward consciousness
that lie WAS Il painter kept him at his
task, Then what Boswell was to sam
ucl Johnson John Ruskin became TO
him Then l,uSkn. the matchless art
u Ists,,ItAi. -. "a
Then came success. William Turner
became the most honorcd colorist of
all the British empire II was the tri-
umph Of faith Would William Turner
ever have accomplished what he did,
with the whole world ignoring him for
years. had h. not been willing 10 starve
and suffer because he believed In him.
self
Faith In Oneself.
But | find that faith has broader
realm than even lis jurisdiction over
our physical bodies and our mental sue
ctsscS II * able to come 10 us and
say: Man, thou caust use thine own
fingers thou canst cut the curtain
which separates the present from the
future. hut thou canst also make men
work for thee. and without me thou
canSt do nothing as Il social organism"
20 faith" | cry what dost thou
mean? Art thou not simply a gospel
messenger? Art thou the queen OF
commerce. DoSt thou as an empress
swing thy sccptcr over the busy marts
of trade" And faith answers Thou
hast well said. am ruler over all the
civilized world Where commercial
man deals with man. or where man Is
mound builder or where man floats
a national flag. am faith. ruling. con.
quering faith"
Faith is everywhere practical In
mans relation 10 man. decide to take
trip from New York Ia California
enter the railroad office and purchase a
ticket pay down my money. | prac-
tically say by that act Here. MIR. Rail
road President. is hundred dollars.
| have faith in you that you will keep
your contract and take me TO my des-
tination." After | receive my monthly
NuEtS ldht NY HlhltfN " Allt bhuh
and say: Here. Mr.. Cashier. is my
money Put ii out nj interest. | have
faith In you will trust you with my
ALL" Instead of living the life of a her
nit and arming myself with pistol
aud gun and b>rricadng my home at
night. as the New England settlers did
during the time of the Indian upris-
ings IN 1890. associate myself with
my ncighhors into "A nation. We elect
a president, governor and a mayor.
We SAY Ia these officials: You guard
us. You protect us. We have faith In
you and your government" The busl-
ness world the domestic world. the
political worSl could not be run sue
cessfully day, an hour, a minute,
without faith. glorious and triumphant
faith
Now. my friends. as rational faith IL
such an essential for mans physical
and mental and social development. Is
II absurd for ms To assert that gospel
faith Is an essential for mans spiritual
existence: We have logically proved
that when a man lives for himself or
when a man walks with other men he
has "a u.ulE with tho aViInuaa az thu