Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1913-11-29
dASATURDAY
@aaS NIGHT
4 SERMONS
BY
IL REvaMuELW .PuRNEll
UNDER SEALED ORDERS.

Inere WAS u hurry NJ League island
navy yard. Fifteen battleships were
lying grim. silent. terrible. at the con.
crete whnrfs. Suddenly the telephone
from Washington began to buzz. ON.
GERS came flying out Of administration
building Marines and jackies we're
quickly IN their assigned vessels The
admiral's pcnnant on the flagship fut-
tered expcctantly. In a few houfs the
three fortunate lighting ships selected
We're provisioncd. fully equipped and
on their way toward Delaware break
water. Bound where? Not soul on
board knew. though the Mexican situa-
ton was tense. In the admirars inner
pocket WAS an unopened envelope
bearing n seal of an eagle and thirteen
stars. This would be supplemented
by wireless ont NJ sea. Sealed orders.
That was Abrams commission. to 20
out. not knowing whittier. only that a
supreme. superior will was working
out great plan. Ever feel that tug
toward large. rs yet unknown. things?
II would pay to notice this subliminal
self more. We believe in lower con
seriousness. the animal in us. and keep
fighting IL more or less Why not q
higher self the supraman In us. the
voice Of the infinite? ! watched the
migratory birds In the fall at Ocean
City following the coastline south.
ward Who teaches them the I'M
known way to the SUMMER cline? In
stinct? And what is that? The call
within them? Abram. the pathfinder.
felt something Juggling at his heart
Blindly he leaves Ur OF Chaldee to
face desert and thirst. Bcdouin and
beast OF the wild desert Only an in
visible city in his minds eye.
The Distant Sky Line.
He went ont Fine expansiveness
TO that phrase. 1t pushes out our
horizon to touring peaks and distant
sky line John Wesley went out from
the established church. Martin Luther
from the mother church. the pilgrims
from their fatherland He goes far
thest who doesn't know where he is go-
ing The vaulted heavens used to de-
clare the glory of God; now they are
astronomical Each star Is charted
and named The earth was Gods
footstool. II is now mapped ont geo.
graphically. both poles are found. no
lands unknown. Man used to he the
temple of the Holy Spirit. but one of
the recent psychological textbooks says
not The soul has been pursued along
and has been cornered in the brain
centcrS. When the biologist and the
psychologist got there Ii was like the
explorers NJ the north polc-thcre
wasn't any Modern novels are real
istic too That Is the reason they
die. SCOTS novels made every man
possible king. The Bible also says.
Now are we the sons OF God The
difference between romance and
novel is. the former gives more scope
for Imagination and idcalization. en-
larges the frontier. Columbus sets
sail on M unknown sea. An undis-
covered continent Is on his sky line.
The worldlywisc laughed and gulfawed
They always do They always will
We live IN two worlds-one In which
we can see. hear ana touch: the other
Invisible. inaudible intangible. Homes
are not made 10y bricks and stone. but
by faith. hope aud love. Love in
cottage beats hate in palace Not H.
braries aud laboratories make school.
but the spirit of the faculty. Plato's
school was In n grove ut Athens The
invisible makes nations. not armies
and navics. not factories. railroads and
banks
II is that same invisible quality that
makes commercial prosperity pos
sible. II Is built on credit. Credit Is
our faith In the honesty OF others. and
honesty l. Invisible II has neither
form color nor sound We live in a
world OF invisible personalities. bound
together by invisible bonds. We do
not even see each other-only bodies.
What makes an athlete: Bone. muscle.
sinew: No: spirit. The orchestra does
not make music. only conveys II. aS II
telephone wire conveys messages. \
library Is not literature. only ~ series
OF symbols. Even the Bible as a book
is only an instrument. vehicle. In
2+2=i the figures are only symbols.
The invisible Is the real.
The Unseen Pilot.
The dreams the thing. Action fol.
lows after. To be faithful to the dream
marks greatness. Abrams journey
looks easy now The lulperator might
curl it, Zip 1T the feat OF the Santa Ma.
RIA The latter was going II knew not
whittier When the transalpine chill.
dren started under the call of the wan.
derluSt southeast from Holland. south.
west from the Danuhe. they met aud
swept over Italy. Cloths ana Nandals:
Nes. but they gave their new fresh
blood Ia Rome Some went back to
England. Germany and Scandinavia
affI. A. -.