Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-08-10
ASATURDAY
GFS NIGHT
! \ SERMONS
By
usA,.!Rl ACKNOWLEDGMENT
THE WORLDS GREATEST MAGNET.

greatest cemetery. To save my preach
or pennies and have sense OF lei
sure explored without a guide,
Twice most quit. No. ! must see
one or two more. told myself. What
drew me? oh. the place where lay
the bones Of Margaret Fuller. Charlotte
Cushman. Edwin Booth. Rufus Choate,
Motley. Longfcllow. Lowell. Claiming
and Phillips Brooks. At the last grave
I placed my wreath and sat down.
III confess IL seemed next TO Olivet
Dead or alive personality draws. Fer
sonality is power. Personality pulls.
The greater the man the greater the
pull. With earthly heroes II Is CEN
iripctal, with Christ centrifugal. Were
Iesus lying now in tomb IN the gar
len OF Joseph OF Arimathea the pull
would be centripetal-toward the earth.
But since he left the earth Il is cen
srifugal-away from the earth.
At chickamauga | saw one handsome
monument OF Maine granite. Next
il was simple native bowlder with
thrilling inscription. II there is to be
a method for Christ's execution why
not make the instrument all compel
ing! SO you and would have plan
ied H. Dramatic, Spectacular. Over.
whelmlng. God sets up a native bowl
ier-the Romans rude cross. How in
significant but II catches the eye OF
The weary world pilgrim.
The Lift Of the Magnet.
Particles Of iron In sandg Don't use
FOUR fingers-get a magnet. Lot Of old
nails In your tool chest? Try your
magnet. Small ones cling quick and
asst. They are the little children
christ speaks or The big nails are
lifted only by one end from ground.
Earth draws them back So worldly
nindedness. deceitfulness OF riches aud
ust of things hold us of older years
four knife touches magnet and then
'aises n pin magnetized by contact
Andrew first finds Christ and then
uns and brings Simon. That was per
ional visible touch Sometimes we are
irawn by faith. not by sight Put mag
let on one side this newspaper page
Ind n pin on other. The pin will fol-
ow the magnet Folks must be lifted
~ on the level You cannot lift Cen.
raj avenue of your town and neglect
.ast side or west end. Let your neigh.
,or feel the tug through you. have
church members who are nonconduc
tors. Christ cannot draw men through
them.
"lf / Be Lifted Up"
The drawing commenced after his
cruclfixion. While he lived We read
Of thousands being fed at one OF his
sermons. after his death we read OF
thousands being added 10 the church
after one sermon Archlmedes said,
GIVE me fulcrum 10 rest my lever
aud | will move the world" Calvary
Is the fulcrum and the cross is the lev
er 10 lift the world. Ny inhdel friend
taunts. We know of Archimedes. hui
who was Christi" Well. he had four
great biographers. Matthew. Mark.
Luke. John and host OF others since.
but In his day he was not known out
side OF Palestine. Romulos founded
the Roman empire. Cyrus the Persian.
Alexander the Graeco- Macedonian
They and their kingdoms have gone.
But here Is n kingdom remaining for
eighteen centuries. Something must
underlie II. \ castle that has stood
1900 years IS proof positive OF n foun.
dation IL foundation were laid like
Solomon's temple, without sound Of
hammer or axe. 50 much the greater
the splendor Alexander laid his foun-
dation with strokes that rang across
continent from Pillars Of Hercules 10
Indus Ten political candidates IN this
year OF grace 1912 have attracted more
attention IN q day than he did in the
three year. Of his public work And
his end was cross, Yes. that cross
Is still pulsent aud potent The most
tremendous force In the worlds his.
tory.
'Not TO Be Ministered To-"
His was kingdom He was the
king The ordinary king OF his time
needed 10 be minisiercd unto He
bought slaves that they might fan him
TO sleep: bring him his jcweled cup.
dance before him or die In the arena
for his sport Into such world came
the King OF kings. Not 20 be minis.
tered unto. but TO minister" II was
not slave. but rough wind that famed
his cheek; he drank from the noun
tain brook and would not use his mar
vicious power TO satisfy his hunger,
But he had compassion on the multi.
tude and fed them. those whom he
had given his life TO redeem he called
not servants but friends; he himself
entered the arena. not for sport. but
that all men might be lifted up. Ever
read Abbott's description Of Napoleon's
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