Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-08-18

tie prophet Is not biiuulnE 10 All
iouds of the heavens when he men
lions the morning clouds. as did John
llisltn. scanning the whole heavens
covered with gold lie Is alluding to
one particular kind Of clouds.
Families OF Clouds.
The meteorological again says: THE
morning clouds are scientifically known
as the 'cumulus' clouds. Sometimes
they are popularity called the day
rlouds or the summer clouds They
are not the cirrus clouds. the white,
frathery masses VI condensed vapor
that can he seen far up in the heav-
ems four or five miles away from tue
earth ut times seeming 10 be higher
than the stars They are not the MIN
bus clouds or the clouds Of the
storm with darker forehe;& than the
black skin Of the royal representative
of queen Candace's palace. who once
lourneyed to Jerusalem. The nimbus
clouds often carry with them the I'M
shcathcd swords OF fire and speak In
the voice of many thunders. They are
not the stratus clouds. whose lower
layers sometimes form the fog banks
lining the scashores and covering the
fields which are sometimes called the
clouds of the night But they are
the clouds near 10 earth which are
produced only In fair weather.
Thus when bright. warm beauti-
ful spring morning IL about to dawn
and the owl and the nightingale have
gone to their nests when the aurora
has lifted itself above the horizon and
the suns rays begin To absorb the dews
and the moisture near to the earth's
surface. then the morning clouds ap-
pear. Then the meteorological can sec
them sporting amid the tops OF the lofty
mountains us sea gulls play hide and
seek with the crcsts of the waves"
All. meteorological. Is that your defini-
ton of the morning clouds? Then
know what Hosea means when he says.
Your goodness is rs a morning cloud.
He means You are only fair
weather christian You are only .
Christian when the sun Is up and every
a. ng Is bright But you are no Chris
Morning Cloud Christian.
lou say. 81 am not morning cloud
Christian" Well. II you are not then
what are you: Can God with all His
emnipotent power put his finger upon
one net OF your life where you were
willing Ia deliberately sacrifice your
own interests or your ease for him:
Have you given 90 him any OF your
money: Have you given to him any
of your time? When you saw his loved
ones uujustly treated. have you been
willing TO leap forward aud be sacrl-
feed for their sake? When young
Stephen Decatur entered the harbor OF
Tripoli ship was pointed out TO him
which lie was told WAS commanded by
the pirate who had murdered Decatur's
brother Followed by his men. Decatur
leaped aboard that boat and gave bat
tie 10 the giant commander. While he
was lighting the COMMANDER Of the
vessel he was flung upon the deck.
Then IA black skinned pirate seaman
was about TO bury his sword In him
when an unarned American sailor
dung himself between the would be
slayer and his beloved captain and took
the descending sword ON his own head.
Are you and ready TO sacrifice our
selves for God AZ that humble sailor
was ready 10 die for stephen Decatur?
Are we simply morning cloud Chris
tians unwilling 10 serve Jesus Christ
except in frr weather. when the sun
il bright ana when all things are com
ing our way?
But there il still another fact TO
which want to call your attention In
reference 10 the beauty OF my text
Johann Eichhorn, the great German
Bible commentator and critic. gives
unsiinted praise 10 the poetry imagery
of IIosea's writings. lie said: His
discourses are like garland woven of
a multiplicity Of flowers. Images are
woven upon images. comparison upon
comparison. metaphor strung upon met
aphor He plucks one flower and throws
il down that he may directly break OF
another. Like bee, he dies from one
flower bed To another that he may suck
his honey from the most varied pieces.
II Is "A natural sequence that his figures
sometimes form strings Of pearls" But
amid all lIosca's poetic pearls and gar
lands there is not one more beautiful
than this OF the morning cloud. Whyf
The morning cloud is the first real
heHuty that we see in the heavens after
the day has dawned
On an Indian Reservation.
was most powerfully impressed
with this figure last year when up In an
Inthan reservation. The evening clouds
and the morning clouds. in the language
of the meteorological, are one. II was
the evening of most beautiful day.
The members Of our party had broken
camp in the morning aud gone on
ahead stayed behind In the woods
Ia order 90 study and write. About
o'clock IN the afternoon | shouldered
my gun, threw my pack over my shoul-
der and started out TO overtake them.
walked on and ON toward the west.
The sun. high Ia the heavens. began
to drop lower and lower 10 the edge