Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1913-01-11
AASATURDAY
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: 4 SERMONS
BY
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THE HALL OF FAME AND THE HALL
or SHAME.

A tigers theory Of morals is TO get
his hunger satisfied. Some there are
who declare humans are as easily graf
flied. hut who ever knew II human
being to stay on that levelf lie either
goes up or down from that. What q
distance between the top OF our hui.
mainly and the bottom! It's many a
furiong between the hall Of shame and
the hall Of fame.
On University heights overlooking
the Harlem river Is the Hall OF Fame
part OF the New York university. Hell.
en- Gould gave $2Jo.000 for its cree.
tion--a Westminster abbey. minus i'm.
mortal dust. TO preserve the memory
OF great American men and women.
The Inscription snys. "Who by wealth
Of thought or else by mighty deed
they served mankind" An open colon
made 800 feet long. crescent shaped.
sweeps round the west side OF the II.
brary. $50 bronze panels 10 contain
name. date OF birth and death, brief
selection from writing Of each. They
are statesmen. soldiers. jurists, scien.
lists. philanthropists. authors. teach
ers-heroes all. Four women among
the number. Fifty names are now In
scribcd. Every Ave years FIVE more will
he added until the year 1000. How did
they catch that elusive thing called
fame? The inscription quoted tells II:
They served mankind"
At police headquarters Is the hall OF
shame-the rogies' gallery; finger tip
impressions. profile and full face photo
and criminal record. Eighteen thou.
sand names are here In this hall of
shame. II Is easier 10 achieve shame
than fame. Such young faces-the
majority from eighteen 10 twenty
three. The fruit OF sin ripens early!
The Mystery Of Iniquity.
A city, like universe. holds heaven
and hell. on the avenue" wealth re-
clines In automobiles cushioned with
luxury on the east side. burdened,
Impoverished men curse and struggle
and fight. There some are born In
crime. some achieve crime. others have
crime thrust upon them. A turn OF u
corner brings you from one 10 the 9th
er. Alas, that such narrow-wide
gulf divides human souls. From this
brothcl front distant church bells may
he heard, but God H. IN heaven and
there's policeman near the church
door, Great Is the mystery OF iniqulty
Whence comes the worlds evil: lisa
XIV. Z, says: II form the light and ere.
ate darkness make peace and ere
ate evil. am Jehovah that docth MI
these things" Does that shock us
Well. there seems 10 be a distinction
between evil and sin. II Is sin when
one chooses evil rather than good
There seems 10 be some unexplainahle
way IN which God can make use of
evil Evil Is the opposite term Of good.
You cannot think OF light without sug-
costing darkness. concave without con
vex. life without death. The Almighty
sets before us light and darkness. life
nnd death. good and evil. and tells US
90 choose. The choice Of sin leaves
tnint of body, defect of mind. moral
lunacy. delirium Of crime.
The Mystery OF Goodness.
over against this mystery of inlqnity,
which turns our generosity into prodi.
gality, our search for truth into intol-
crance. our enthusiasm into wearing
cap and bells of fool, our genius into
insanity. our religion into fanaiicism,
stands the mystery Of goodness Sin
and evil do not always triumph. 81
every brother would lie a Cain, every
ruler mn Ahah. every judge a PLATE.
every priest Caaphas. every friend At
Judas. While the effects Of sin are
thrust before us every morning IN giar.
Ing headlines there are II million NOR,
eases of love. peace brotherhood. Oh
every side are homes orphanaEo-s. asy
lums, refugees. charities unnumhered
Let national disaster take place
Every hand Is open. The hero pension
shooting meteor Earth's skies are ful
Of faithful stars. There's strange
diffusive. porvasive power 10 godliness
that makes Il e, out into the highway
and hedges 10 tell of THE power OF God
unto salvation" Never a demon plies
n soul with temptation from beneath
but good angel battles with counter
motive from above. What the storm !.
20 the oak evil Is 10 man.
Call OF the Wild"--"White Fang"
Let the rigid righteous be charitable
with the flexible sinner. Nothing Is
so unjust ns inilexible injustice. Whe
'Hn tell whore HIS own breaking point
IN temptation may be? Five hundred
pounds VIII not break hemlock log
hut loo Will. one thousand pound,
will not break pine log. hut 1000 will
Two thousand pounds Will not breal,
an oak log. hut 10000 will Ten thou
sand pounds will not break an elm log
but 2o.OoO will. Here's one who can
not he tempted by lust, but he can
by pride: another cannot by greed. hut
he can by appetite In Jack London's
call Of the Wild" the gently reared
house dog stolen for the klondikc trail
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