Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-05-25
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/ SERMONS
BY
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WHERE DO you LIvE7

drawls knowingly Why" "o-h. be-
cause" For the same reason ! know
you TO he from Maryland-very likely
the Eastern Sho''" Yet two men may
live in Philadelphia. say, on the same
street. the same house number. and n
continent may lie between them! For
what Is Philadelphia Chief city OF
the great Keystone State, situated on
the Delaware. third city In the Union.
rich In history OF Penn's proprietor
ship. afterward In Revolutionary fame.
now "city Of homes" and numberless
charities. With all city's many sides
man may not be part OF 1t. Once
men struck for their affairs and their
fires. but not even Don Quixote
would strike for comic Sunday news
paper and radiator. Once n mans
house was his castle; now it's his land
lord's-or the janltor's. To be part OF
community one ought TO feel sense OF
ownership and permanency. have
church nome. be on the voters list ana,
most of all. have caught an esprit de
corps or public spirit that makes him
talk of "my town. The village resi-
dent most nearly "dwells" In place.
zach In His Marrow Cell"
In n detective story the interest lies
In the search one man IL making for
some other man But there's deeper,
vastly subtler. more psychoiogicaiiy
Interesting chase. And that Is the
hunt of a man after himself. In the
"Autocrat of the Breakfast Table" q.
". Holmes proves each OF us to be at
least a half dozen different persons. IL
Is a fine metaphysical puzzle. where
do you dwell:" What sort OF n world
are you living in; Some-God heip
them!-llve in prison. Not confined In
gray walls, Swallowed by cat footed
wardens, frrtive of eye and pasty OF
complexion. They live. some or Them
In fine mansions. others In houses they
call homes. They mlngle in society
and are called esteemed by their Tel
low citizens. but they're prisoners OF
self. It's an awful thing TO see
canary that God constructed for Hight
on the bosom of the great sky now
condemned TO live It's forever In little
gilded cage But II is n worse trag'
edy to see n man Gagged. his soul thrust
into a little narrow cell by his own
self will. Schiller when dying said.
"Give me a great thought They can
not take such mental and soul space.
Each in his narrow CELL they are al.
ready buried.
How Fairs Your Horizon?
I've always had passion TO travel
and see people and things. II ] were
rich I'd pack my buds and travel.
travel. travel. But. like most business
men, ministers. editors and such folks,
I'm Intensely occupied in an all abb
sorbIng task ut home. SO often must
observe life through a microscope
when I'd much prefer a telescope.
try TO make my world rs big as pos
sible. Each must extend his own from
tier. 1t grows with his own subjective
proportions and objective vision Any
thing outside OF his knowledge is OBJ
viously no part OF his world. II Jer-
sey. Plymouth Rock and Berkshire are
geographical names only It Is evident
that the world OF cows. children and
pigs is closed 10 him The man who
would dwell In big world must
not only be thoroughly interested In
his own profession. but his Interest
must reach into education. science. art
religion. and So ON As he extends each
circle his own grows larger. Even his
sympathy makes his world larger. II
there Is massacre OF Jews in Kish-
iney or Armcnians In Turkey. famine
In China or India. horrid disaster on
the high sens or shocking mine acci-
dent and his heart Is touched ana
pocketbook opened his world is by so
much the larger lie who Is bound by
his own lodge. his church. his town.
his family and no vision further. lives
Ia n much smaller world than his
neighbor who sheds a tear for his far
thest neighbors woe
Your Souls House.
Beecher said man was a three
storied animal. basement where APP
petites and passions ruled. second
story where his mental and intellec-
tuai equipment was. third story
that might be rubbish garrett or q
tower. Forbes Robertson carried into
that third story back the possibilities
OF the Man OF Nazareth. Men out