Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-11-17

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their god ate H. Furthermore. they
would not believe their idol did not
eat this food until a northern con
queror lifted his battlcaX aud smote
the idol aud broke II aud pointed to
the rats scurrying out Of its ruins MS
they flee from sinking ship. Thus
when we say. God made man after
his own image" We mean. MAN was
created after the spirit OF Cod" We
are all ready tO grant that One little
drop Of water is like unto all the great
waters of the mighty deep. Thus. as
an inhnitesimal drop of water. man
was created like unto the infinite spirit
OF God Now. let MS study for II little
while In what sense man WAS created
In the image OF God.
The first godlike quality which over.
whelnls the students of csrhatology IL
the fact that man il an immortal he
ing. Though we may open the Bible
and write up the family records and
say my father was born Jan I. lSi2.
we have no right to say that he died
April II. 1909 We may speak of a
child as having been born into this
world on n certain hour of certain
day. hut. once born. that child will
never die. He may die 10 our sight
but he IL not really dead. hut Is trans
lated Ia another life. He will never
die. He will live on. as the monarchy
Of Il European throne lives on. No
sooner did Queen Victoria OF England
breathe her last than the Prince Of
Wales became king Aye. man shall
live on longer than that lie will live
on through the centuries and the mil
lcnniums and the ages. lie Will live
on until the consultations of the heav-
ems shall he snuffed out He will live
on until the very rocks under our feet
crumhle into dust with age and the
mountains above MS are incinerated
aud scattered 20 the four corners Of
space still man will live OH. He will
live forever and ever. He will never
die When God created man he made
him immortal, as he Is immortal
Wonderful Fact.
This immortality of man is the most
wonderful fact To me about man, for
when try to fully grasp what that
one word Immortality" means | feel
as though mighty mountain ranges
were towering one above another Into
endless space When try TO conceive
that man. with all his powers Of love
and hate, Joy and suffering. will live
on and on forever, then ! say. Now
realize why the salvation of man was
so important that Christ came here to
suffer and die 10 achieve IT, linmor-
tality. oh. what word. rs n bird IL
can ifs swiftcr than the light. yet It's
wings never tire Those wings will
continue to iiy on forever and ever.
The wandering Jew" that Eugene Sue
pictures was condemned on account Of
a past sin to live on until he outllveL
all his generation He lived on. sut-
fpring the agOnies of remorse. until he
begged God Ia let him die But man
does not live on as did the great char
actcr Of the French novelist II man
sins and Is condemned for his sins. he
must suffer mn eternal punishment lie
may plead with God to let him die. as
the wounded soldier sometimes pleads
with his comrades to shoot him to
end his agony. but man by his inherent
nature can never die Man is immortal.
Man will live on and on forever
To prove 10 You that man is immortal
we do not have To turn the leaves OF
the Bible alone We find that this In
finite truth Is Unborn in every human
heart We wander among the tombs
OF the ancient Greeks. and what do we
fndf A piece of coin placed In the
mouths of the dead To- pay their way
over the river StyX for the ferryman
of the river Of, Death was supposed IN
he paid like every other ferryman We
90 among the ancient Arabs. and what
do we find: The monrners about this
corpse are not saying. He is dead bur
"IIe Is alive" We pass 10 the inhahit-
ants OF the islands of the seas, and
to the Aztecs OF ancient Mexico. and 10
the old mound builders of America,
and everywhere we lind the universal
belief that the grave does not end all
Now. my friends. do YOU believe that
this universal bcIef or tue nutiihn ra'e
In the Immortality Of man IL a mere
superstitiont Listen 10 these words Of
Henry Ward Rcecher: would have
each one OF them burn itself into your
soul II never saw man who did not
believe In the immortality OF love when
following the body OF loved one 10
the grave have seen men under 9th
or circumstances that did not believe
In il. but never saw man who. when
he stood looking upon the form OF one
that he really loved stretched out for
burial. did not revolt from saying: II
has all come 10 that The hours Of
sweet companionship. the wondr0us IN.
terlacing Of cOngenial souls. the Joys.
the hopes. the trusts. tho nnntterable
warnings there they all lie No man
can stand and look in n coffin upon the
body Of fellow creature and remem-
her the flaming intelligence, the bios
soming love. the whole range OF divine
faculties. which so lately animated
that cold clay. and say, These have all
collapsed and gone No person can
witness She last sad ceremonials which