Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-06-30

Keen cnEe OF even Ine andrpeSt OF
,rlcfs Just rs We can forget the pains
Of the sickncsscS Of childhood, we can
forget about the mis,Tirricd hopes and
The faded visions Of our youth Now.
all ask Of the world is u fair. honest
show That the world seems unwill-
81 Ia give me. M matter how much
try 10 do right. the fault finders. the
misrcprcScntcrs. are always around.
Like Socrates who was compelled To
quaif the deadly hcmlock. am con
strained almost daily 10 drink of the
poisonous springs of contention and
SANDER Truly, like the pSnlmist. can
cry ont My tears have been my meat
day and night, while they (mcaning my
enemies say unto me. Where is thy
Cod Yes, my enemies doubt whether
God loves me. and ain myself almost
ready To be Skcpiical about the divine
protection and support"
Iscs az mn Enemy.
But. bitter though the attacks Of your
enemies may he. want YOU fully to
realize that an enemy has his good
uses for the development of man just
rs friend has his good uses An enc.
my Is u great restraining and develop
Ing influence ~ our lives He IS like q
moral brake. IBID you ever bend down
and examine the huge brakes of rail-
road engine: When we approach the
engine. inevitably We marvel ut the
mammoth boilers and the heavy driv.
Ing wheels We say This Is the way
the steam Is connected with that wheel.
This immense steel rod makes the
wheels work together" But. though
II Is important 10 have our human boil
crS. II is Just as important To have our
human brakes. The engineer must be
able Ia start the engine, but he must
nj bc able to stop il. Now. the one
mics Of man put him on his guard.
They keep him from running into need
| less dangers They, like the wild
beasts of the forests, make him keep
! his eyes open and his ears alert.
| Though enemies mix for us the bitter
waters Of Marnh. thank God that these
waters can pccomc sweet when we re-
allie that on account Of their bitter
ness We ARE able - do more valiant
service for our fellow men and for
Jesus Christ
But there are still other bitter Marah
waters which many of rs are com
PEELED 10 drink. ones financial lnabil-
ity To prov Idle for the wants of our
loved ones lou say: "rcrsnnally
could stand poverty. II does not affect
me much. My personal wants are very
few aud easily satisfied But II Is so
hard not 10 he able 20 give my dear
ones the necessities and Il few of the
Injuries" Then you look up NJ me
with sad smile as You say 'You
must not think that have always
lived rs we are living now. Like many
people of this city for whom the wheel
of fortune has turned. can say that
have seen better days" My brother
know il There was day IN your
life when You did not have 10 consider
whether 1t was host for you to ride In
street car hccausc Of the extrava-
gancc IN spending a five cent piece.
And that fact makes your condition
doubly hard
Like "a ThunderbnIt.
Then again. from talking with a
member of your family / have found
out that your financial catastrophe
came like tornado out of a clear sky.
II came ms quickly rs the late san
Francisco tragedy came To thousands
of families and left them pcunless
by the Golden Gate. only the night
before that awful earthquake young
student OF the Hopkins Art institute
was writing home This letter left the
city mt > o'clock a. m. or just thirteen
minutes before that great city was
wrecked This is what she said 1T
is a beautiful night The breeze from
the ocean is So pure AMI fresh, aud the
mir is heavy with perfume from tho
hosts of flowers HAT are blooming
The hcaveuS are full Of bright stars
God seems To hc every where. and the
whole earth seems glad"
But hardly was the ink dry upon the
paper and the letter sealed when the
horrible upmraval took place. the con
llitaENNlttll illifkt NhtNi NliAl titt lihflhiuH
Institute of Art like thousands of 9th
or buildings. was 4 mass Of charrcd
and kissing ruins. That Is the way
your fortune went. In a flash, with the
speed Of q bullet aye, with the yeloci-
Is of the whirlwlnd your money took
wings and flew away Now your sick
wife has to do the homework and your
two daughters are compelled 10 70 out
and earn their daily bread Bitter, bit
ter are the Marah waters Of financial
inability ont Of which you are com
pcllcd ta drink daily And yet. my
friends. ! de- not feel so sorry for you
rs You think | ought want 10 tell
you that there viii YET come n day
when you shall thank Cod on your
knees TINT you have had 10 drink from
this bitter spring Then the Marah
spring shall hccumc the living fountain
of sweet love.
The hr~t way for me Ia press home
the truth which | would convey Is TO
tell you the simple story of II family
In one of my eastern churches. They
were society people when | first knew