Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-07-21

naturally first accosted? Probably the
most conspicuous person In the street
IL was doubtless the rich merchant or
the military chiefiain. astride his war
charger. or II was the royal prince
driving ia his chariot. These men were
naturally the most conspicuous In that
crowded ihorOughfare. therefore they
were the first To whom | think the serv-
ant went and said: Come. The king
bids thee 10 come TO the marrls re OF
his son. Come. aud come now" But
many of these rich men. the intellec
tual leaders refused To come. Very
likely they were among those whom
the king had invited aud who may
have already refused the invitation
Some of all classes refused 10 come.
But there were many of the inteilec
tual world who did come. and thou
sands of the intellectual leaders OF the
world are coming today.
did you ever try To estimate how
many Of our great men are Christians?
Their numbers almost transcend hui
man belief. Just study them In a POI
litlcal or governmental sense. A few
years ago the editors Of the Christian
Herald sent forth letter to all the
governors of this country and. | be-
leve. To all the members OF the United
States congress and 10 the leaders both
OF the army and the navy. also TO the
Justices OF the supreme court the pres
ident Of the United States and his cab
met and Ia distinguished educators
and notable persons of both sexes.
The letter. which was addressed TO all
alike. read: Are you friend Of Chris
tIunlty! 10 you believe that Christian
ity Is the friend Of mankind? Does
your belief extend To the recognition OF
Supreme Being. to the divinity OF
Christ and 10 the surprising potency
of Christianity az IA civilizlng lntiu-
ence: The answers came back by
the scores and hundreds They showed
that from the president In the White
House down 10 the humble executive
OF the western territory nearly all the
governors. nearly all the senators and
congressman. nearly all the great lead
ers nf our army and navy. were either
out and ont members OF Christian
churches or respecters Of the same.
kept those replies In my scrapbOok.
could quote many OF them now II
had the time. However. from memory
| can say this that nearly all Of our
great leaders IN governmental life were
ready 10 confess that their only hope
-. t,I aulNuetnt the lf
Jesus Christ. And what Is true Of
statrcraft | believe will also be found
true of medicine aud OF every other de
pnrtment OF professional and business
life II the stutistician would only com
pile for us the records.
Intellectual Giants There.
10 not talk TO me about there being
no intellectual giants In the banquet
hall OF the Divine Bridegroom. Why
there you can see the intellectual lead
ers everywhere around You. Agassiz
once said that the greatest feast he
ever attended was when he visited the
great German naturalist. Oxen. Lo-
renz Oxen was rich In brain, but poor
in pocket Therefore he placed before
AgassiZ but two dishes OF pota-
toes boiled and one of potatoes roast
ed. But while the young naturalist
sat by the side OF the great scientist
Oxen unfolded for him his lnvestIga-
tons In natural philosophy. Never
before" wrote AgassiZ, were such po-
tatoes grown on this planet. for the
mind of :he man seemed TO enter into
what we ate socially together, and
devoured his Intellect while munching
his potatoes. | repeat i'll never ate
such IL dinner before or since" As
AgaSsiZ. the great naturalist. was
feastlng because he was sitting at the
table OF Oxen. so many Of the great
intellectual giants are feastlng be
cause they are sitting at the marriage
banquet Of Christ. They seem to
care not what they eat or what they
drink as long as Christ sits at the head
OF the table and they see him and hear
his words. When famous English
writer lay Ill few years ago the
nurse heard him talking She went 10
his bedside and heard him feebly muir
murlng the words Now | lay me
down TO sleep. pray the Lord my
soul to keep" Il beg your pardon"
said the nurse when she knew that he
was praying Il thought you wanted
something" Il do" family replied
Rudyard Kipling. II want my Heav
enly Father He can care for me
now" Yea. that Heavenly Father is
not the hope Of Rudyard Kipling alone
lie is the hope of thousands OF leaders
OF the world In almost every depart
ment of life. Am | wrong In asserting
that the intellectual man Is 10 Ice seen
among the guests at the Kings ban
quet which he gives for his Divine
Son!
But no sooner does the messenger of
the king give the invitation To the mer
chant prince and 10 the military chief
tain or 10 the member of the sanhedriI
than methlnks see him put his hanG
upon the shoulder OF the servant who
IL holding his masters horse and say
Wont you come 10 the kings mar
riage feasti The king bids me ask yoI
TO come also" "Ah. no." answers the