Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-10-27

fAtNFi bhA VI AAANlit " tf''A Wv wa
,!rum Is Z ulc there is no hope In going
TO a specialist He viii have nothing
to work upon. The hearing, Ia that
ease. can never lie restored So Is ii
with the degcucratcs 1t is useless 10
cast pearls before the swine Back
into the 9Th they VIII 20 II Is useless
70 read the Ton Commandments TO
flock Of human wolves. only upon the
carcasscs OF sin viii they banquet All
that you can do Is a. leave them 10 gor-
nandizc al their corrupt and disgust
Ing feasts."
Not Hopeless Field.
Well my brother, whit you say mny
he true Ephraim may be welded to
his sins But when you 20 forth TO
SOW gospel seed and are tempted to
leave Ephrams land unsown. be very
sure that II l. really swamp land Per
hnps You may hc making a mistake
Perhaps you are hastily passing judg.
mcnt Of condemnation upon men whom
God has not yet given up as hopeless.
What | do Know is this. II you had
lived In ChrIsts place many Of the sin.
ncrs ana the outCasts with whom he
talked you would never have spoken
e. for fear OF defiliug your garments.
Many 81 tho thieves and robbers and
the lihcrtiucs md the moral lepers
whom he lifted UP out Of their sins you
would never have touched You would
have said 1t Is useless They are de-
generates They are Ephrnims welded
10 their sins Leave them alone" You
had better he careful when you refuse
10 scatter the gospel seed In the shrlycl.
ed heart ~ an outcast Even there
Christ VIII bless your seed Planting
Yes. he will bless you when you plead
with devil possessed Mary. or with
lihertlnc and murderer like David. or
with n hard hearted tax collector like
Iacchaeus. or with even an ndultercss
IKE the woman Of Samarla Your Cos
pei seed planting VIII never 60 astrny
no matter how unpromisIng the human
noli which you SOW. those seeds will
never bc lost Cast thy bread upon
the waters for thou shalt find II after
many days
Among the lowest and most dcpravcd
characters there Is Away. hope Of sal
vntlpu Il we 20 forth with faith In
Jesus Christ ana scatter the right seed
Has not christ saved many who, Ike
Paul. have been the chief OF siunersY
Cannot he then save others from their
Sins An impressive parable found
among the llndoOs Is the following
Many years ago u thief was captured
with stolen money 10 his hand and
sentenced "a die The NIGHT before his
execution he devised this novel plan
Tor rescue He called the jailcr into his
cell md said Go tell the king that II
| can come to him can tell him how
TO grow gold The Intelligence was
carried 10 the king. and h. said. Let
the culprit hc brought before me
When the thief entered the royal pres
cncc he produced Il piece of gold aud
said Your mujcSty. II this piece OF
gold De- planted in the soil IL will grow
into u tree, every branch of which will
DO laden with gold as an orchard with
fruit But this golden seed must be
planted hy a hand which has never
been stained hy dishonest act OF
course am II tibet and cannot plant
this seed My hand Is not clean, 80
pass Il 70 your mnjcsty" The king
looked NJ the gold moment. then he
said Il would plant II il could. but.
alas my hnnd - not clean, | VIII pass
II 70 my prime minister The prime
-. ole 10.
passed II 20 the governor OF the citadel
The governors hnnd was not clean,
ana h. passed il 70 the high priest
The high priests hand was not clean,
and he passed II on To another
An Ancient Legend.
Thus the golden seed went from
hand 10 hand Then the thief said.
Your majesty. ii no mans hand Is
clean. why should alone die Tor The
crime You are right" said the
king III you are TO die. then must
die also" Then the conscience strick
cn King parduned the culprlt because
he aud his officers We're all sinners
alike l. tho story u mere legend. u
fablcf think not We say certain
men are degcneratcS and beyond the
pale of gospel hope Are thcyf Are
our own hands morally clean? Have
we always been purci Have we never
sinnedt Are We not SHINING now Oh,
my Lord md my God. II thou canst
save us. the chief Of sinners canst
thou not save even the lowest and the
vilest with whom we come Tn contact
In our daily lifef Yes. even the low
est and the West the Lord Jesus can
save cast thy bread upon the wa
tiers. Tor thou shalt find it after many
days"
But the next unpromislng field foi
gospel seed planting 10 which my mind
turns naturally Is the bitter hearts Of
the persons who for years and years
have been Identified with Christian
work. whose lahors were unappreclnt
cd hy their contemporaries and who
have been east out, on, rather, frozen
out OF the churches with which they
We're identified Some OF these men
and women now are among the most
bitter OF all enemies Of the churches.