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

which man now deals. II Is simply
different.
II Is sometimes said that God could
not suspend one Of his laws without
stopping the universe. but do we not
suspend or overcome the law Of gray
itation every day: Every time we
move a foot or lift a weight We tenn
porarily interfere with the operation
of the most universal of natural laws
aud yet the world is not disturbed.
Science has taught us so many
things that we are tempted to con
clude that we know everything. but
there Is really great unknown which
Is still uncxplorcd. and that which we
have learned ought to increase our
reverence rather than our cgoiism
Science has disclosed some of the ma
chinery of the universe. but science
has not vet revealed 10 uS the great
secret the secret of life. II Is 10 be
found IN every blade Of grass. 10 every
insect. IN every bird aud in every ami
NAL a, well as In man Six thousand
know no more about the secret Of life
than they knew in the Beginning. We
live, We plan. we have our hopes. our
fears. aud vet IN moment a change
may come over any one of us. and this
body will become u mass Of lfclcss
clay What is 1t that. having. We live
and. having not we are as the clodf
We know not. and yet the progress Of
the race and the civilization which
we now behold ARE the work Of men
and women who have not solved the
mystery Of their own lives
AMI our food must We understand
ii before we eat II; II we refused to
eat anything until we could under.
stand the mystery OF its growth we
would die Of starvation Hut mystery
does not bother rs IN the dining room
only in the church is il an obstacle
| was eating piece ~ watermelon
some months ago and was struck with
its beauty. | took some IL The seed
and dried them aud weighed them and
found that II would require some five
thousand seed TO weigh a pound And
then | applied mathematics 10 that
forty pound melon one Of these
seeds put into the ground when warmed
10y the sun ana moistcned by the rain
goes 10 work. II gathers from some
where two hundred thousand times It's
own weight and. forcing this raw ma.
tcrial through tiny stem. constructs
l.
with u coating of green inside OF the
green II puts layer 81 white. and
within the white a core Of red. ANA all
through the red ii ScatterS seeds. each
one capable OF continuing the work Of
reproduction Where did that little
seed get lis tremendous power Where
did II find its coloring matter? How
did Il collect It's fayorlng extract?
How did II build 4 watermclont I'm
Ill you can explain watermelon do
not be too sure that you can set limits
10 the power Of the Almighty or say Just
what hc would do or how he would do
II cannot explain the wa,crmclon
but eat it and enjoy H.
Power That Is Infinite and Divine.
Everything that grows tells ike
story ~ infinite power why should /
deny that divine hand fed multi.
tude with few loaves and fishes
when see hundreds of millions fed
every year by hand which converts
the seeds scattered over the held into
an abundant harvest: We know that
food can he multiplied in few
months time Shall we deny the pow.
cr Of the Creator 10 eliminate the Gle
mcut cf time when we have gone SO
far in eliminating the element Of
space?
But there is something even more
wonderful still, the mysterious change
that takes place In the human heart
when the man begins to hate the
things he loved and 10 love the things
he hated. the marvellous transformation
that takes place in the man who bc
fore the change would have sacrificed
the world for his own advancement.
hut who after the change would give
his life for q principle and esteem IL u
privilege 60 make sacrifice for his con.
victnns. What greater miracle than
this that converts selfish. self cen
tered human being into center from
which good influences flow ont in
every direction, And yet this miracle
has been wrought In the heart OF each
ono Of MS or may be wrought. ana we
have seen 1t wrought IN the hearts ~
those about us No living IN the midst
of mystery and miracles. Shall not
allow either to deprive me OF the hene
Ills ot the christian religion
Some Of those who question the mir
aclc also question the theory of atone
menl They assert that il does not ac
cord with their idea OF Justice for one
to die for others Let each one boar
his own Sins aud the puiiiShmcnts due
for them. they say. The doctrine OF
vicariouS suffering is not new one
II Is as old as the race. That one
should suffer for others is one Of the
most familiar of principles. auI We see
the principle illustrated every day IL
our lives.