Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-05-09


all your life In the service OF your Eel.
low men. though You become n pauper
for their sake and go 10 the martyrs
stake, II you do not love your fellow
men. In Gods sight all your deeds OF
self sacrifice Will go for naught. Yes.
yes How superative does overtop SUI
perlntlve when Paul Is celebrating for
us the power and the necessity Of love.
Now LET us ask ourselves why love is
so essential In Gods sight and why
love should be the predominant pas
sion Of every human heart.
Now. what is love? Love" saws the
photographer. lis feeling of strong
attachment TO another II Is pre-emi-
ncnt kindness or devotion to another
II Is affection. II is tenderness II Is
the bond which binds mother 10 child
and husband to wife ana brother TO sis
ter and friend to friend" That Is the
definition which have abridged from
different dictionaries. That definition
means this: Love Is the strange pow
err bora I'm the human heart. which, like
long arm. roches out and draws an
other life into that heart and makes
the JOY and the happiness Of that other
life more important than the Joy and
the happiness of its own life." In 9th.
or words. love Is the power which
will make human tree graft upon IT,
self other human branches. and then
that original human tree shall live sim
ply for the purpose Of bearing luscious
fruit for the benefit OF some other hui
man life" In other words, true love
finds It's happiness in the benefits which
that human life can bring to other
lives rather than for the benefits of its
own selfish life.
The Grating Of Trees.
How do you graft one tree on an
other" | asked an Old California hor-
ticulturist We'll" he answered that
depends upon the tree you intend 70
graft. II | were going to graft lemon
tree upon an orange tree what"
interrupted. Are nearly all our lem.
on trees grated upon the orange treeT
Yes" lie answered, NEARLY all. II |
were going 10 graft lemon tree upon
an orange tree, would 90 ont TO my
orchard In sprlngtime and cut slender
branch of my lemon tree. From this
branch would cut the healthlest bud,
making the grating bud about three
quarters of an inch long Then would
cut the bark Of an orange tree about
two years old and gently press the
lemon bud into the bark Then | would
Theoretically seal the woods together
with wax Then. when the lemon bud
took root and got to growing fully. |
would cut of the orange tree just
above the lemon bud. so that all the
strength Of the trunk OF the orange tree
would be conserved To develop the lem
on branch and the lemon fruit as It
ought" All, yes said to myself while
my friend was talking; the orange
tree has It's branches cut OF so its
trunk can produce sustenance for the
lemon branches. And that is love. We
are the human tree and Will have the
branches of our own selfish desires
amputated In order that we may bear
fruit In the lives Of our fellow men.
That Is the whole definition OF love in
a nutshell.
Tell me. friend, Is your life life OF
love? Are you the human orange tree
with the lemon buds grated into your
bark? Have you had the selfish limbs
OF your own life cut of? Are you
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tree in the center OF the multitudinous
orchards Of the world with your own
name forgotten and obliterated that
the honor ana the glory of Christ may
shine in the lives OF your dear ones?
Are you driving your roots farther and
farther into the ground In order to
gather up the rich nourishment Of the
soil to noursh and feed hundreds of
buds which have been grated on your
foundations? II you are. then you
have the priceless characteristics which
God honors above all other virtues;
then you have love-purihed love, tri-
umphant love, divine love; then you
are like the Lord God Almighty him
self. for God Is love and love is God
Loves First Duty.
Now. IL the whole essence OF love is
to put the joys and the blessings and
the happiness of others above all self
ish happiness and joys and blessings,
what Is then in its crudcst form the
first duty OF love? First. never to
give another pain; never do anything
which will bring the tear TO the eye
or the culver TO the lip or the sob 10
the aching heart. II does not take
much 10 wound the sensibilities of an
other And, II your first duty OF life is
20 learn not TO hurt yourself, so the
first duty OF love should be never 10
hurt or TO wound the feelings Of an
other.
Now It was no easy matter 10 learn
how not 10 do yourself "A physical dam