Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-08-04

dead" Now. ] Wouid Ike - e0nsifier
with SOU the reason shy thls suung
man fell asleep during the I'rearhine ~
Paul and why his ssuueleHcs Should
he a rcluke io al Christians sieelflmg
In our church Pcws.
IN the iirsi place. believe fhi this
sleeping Euiychu~ u type q that
large class Of Young men WIN inink u
- smart 10 act di-re~Isesifuliy aud Oh
aoxlously IN the beuse ~ Gosl When
these Young men atteud church they
always 20 under protest While IN he
church pew by their actions they Try
30 advertise the fact that they do not
want to BE- there When you go ~ 70
them and say. We'll. Mr. So.and -.
am glad to see you here. they say with
shrug "oh. yes. come 10 church
once In awhile You know. my moih-
or aud father and my sister aud sweet.
heart are members Of this church. aud
where they go | have 10 20 lsut. 70
tell the truth ! have not ~ much IN.
terest In these matters as used 10
have ! have Outgr0wn Sunday school
teachers aud that sort Of thing" When
the minister breaches little longer
than he might. these young men yawn
and twist AMI talk with their seat
mates until they put themselves out %
all touch with the service. aud the
preaching TO them becomes stupid be.
cause they do not listen 10 Il intelli.
gently. They become like Eutychus
of Troas. who under the preaching OF
Paul allowed his eyelids TO become
heavy and his head 10 nod until he
fell ont OF the window. upon the sill
of which he was sitting. aud struck
the ground. and he broke his neck.
You have seen this class OF men. They
are to be- found In every Sunday school
and every church service.
Irrcvcrcnce In Church.
This class Of irrevcrent young peO-
pie was well illustrated for me some
time ago. was attending the gradu.
ating exercises OF one of the greatest
educational institutions OF the west
sat IN the gallery and could distinctly
See all that took place. The huge build
Ing was literally thronged Main floor.
first gallery aud rostrum were packed.
The second gallery was also filled by
the immense audience A great orator
was delivering the address of the even
ing That audience. almost TO a per
son. hung upon the speakers words.
But no sooner did this great orator
commence to speak than three OF the
members OF the quartet which sang
that night began 10 whisper and 10
lnugh. They thought they were behind
a curtain and no one could see them.
They talked. and they seemed 10 say
10y their actions: "Oh. must we be
bored: 10 we have to sit through all
this? We are singers We care moth
ing for the fact that an orator. nation
ally famous. is delivering one Of his
greatest addresses tonight When will
the never ending flow OF words
cease" That was u stupid address to
those three singers. merely because In
their obnoxious egotiSm they supposed
they had outgrown II and could not be
benefited by IT,
| protest against the irreverence OF
these modern Eutychuscs IN the house
of God. protest against young men
and also young women. for some young
women are as bad as the irreverent
young men. coming into n church and
not giving the same respectful atten-
ton TO Gods ambassadors which they
would give to an ordinary guest in
their fathers parlor The house OF
God is not playground II is not
confectionery establishment where
young folks come TO munich candy. 1t
is not place for young people 10 whis-
per and 10 write notes. II Is place
10 worship. And. If our young people
do not come 10 church 10 worship. then
they had better stay away. You must
heed the fact that the sleeping auditor
Of my text was young man.
Two Birds With One stone.
But while Euiychus sits upon the
window sill OF the room in which Paul
was preaching | see him continually
CHANGING across the street. approach
him today and say: What is the mat
ter. Eutychus? Why are you looking
so much out OF the window? | should
think you would want to keep your
eyes all the time riveted upon Paul.
Why. he is the greatest preacher of all
the ages" II have heard that" an
swers Eutychus. THAT Is one of the
reasons am here. But | can't neglect
my business even for Paul Thus
| am trying 10 kill two birds with one
stone. am sitting here upon the
window ledge. so can hear Paul with
my ears. and nj the same time with
my eyes | can watch my store. just
across the street Thus you see II too
many customers gather about my
counter. why. | can just slip away and
attend 10 them" DO you wonder.
when Eutychus kept one eye upon his
counter AT the same time he was lis
tening 10 Paul. that the sermon Of
Paul became very stupid and as soon
as the shadows of night fell that Eu-
tychus' eyelIds grew heavy and that he
slipped out Of the window and broke
his neck?
But" says some one TO me. Il do