Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1913-02-15
ASATURDAY
G1R NIGHT
! \ SERMONS
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THE TRAGEDY or NEGLECT.

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the ears OF every human soul ! wish Il
could be- 20 burned into the heart that
we could never forget IT, wish that
voices could repeat II TO our conscious
ness during the day and IN orr dreams
ut night. II Is n text showing the folly
md guilt of negleciing the salvation Of
God. II Is one Of the Bibles most search
ing questions. and the Bible doesn't at
tempt 10 answer II. Tint Is left 10 the
human soul. There are number of
such questions so self evident. that mo-
answer Is given. They are left 10 the
reason and conscience and will This
shall II profit a man II lie gain the
whole world and lose his own soulf'
Another III the righteous scarcely lie
saved where shall the sinner and un.
godly appear" That catches the man
who says, "Oh. any old kind Of life
will do" Stll another question asks.
"what shall be the end Of them that
obey not the gospel" The gospel i
not merely literal ure 10 be studied. dis
cussed and criticised. like the play OF
"Hamlet" and Browning's poems II
Is call. nm appeal Of God that mus,
be obeyed All these questions have
regard 10 the ultimate issue and out
come OF this life.
Running Past Signals.
The Pennsylvania railroad makes its
splendid record for safety, as do many
others. by It's surprise tests. For an
engineer to run by signals may mean
death to hundreds. Last year. In the
first six months. the railroad officials
made 10000 tests about 500 day.
The record showed 99.6 per cent per
feet. The remaining 4 per cent the
engineers passed few feet past the
signal The last six months showed
100 per cent efficiency Neglect OF
signals may mean horrid crash at mid
night, burst Of steam. blaze Of flame
agony aud death. In the same period
OF time 2.O4S In the United States wer,
killed or injured through the careless
handling OF medicines bottles left 10
reach of children. older folks going 10
medicine shelf In the dark carbolic
acid instead OF cough strip. corrosive
sublimate instead OF whisky aud So on
through long catalogue The ininnc
ton for grown folks is Turn on the
light, look at the label. smell the con
tents. For children: Put the cork IN
Immediately. put the hottie up high; a
fatal dose may be swallowed while You
turn to pick up the cork. Neglect
means penalty. Its the surgeons
knife or DEATH" warns the consulta
ton OF physicians. The gangrenons
appendix showed the patient how close
was his call Neglect Is the thief of
life-and OF the soul too.
Illustration, Not Argument.
Sin Is the darkest. deepest reality OF
human life. How can man he deliver
ed from t. | know OF no other way
thnn Gods plan OF salvation, DO not
neglect. On this winter night the
ground Is getting harder. Two reasons
the cold Is growing more intense. and
the sun is gradually sinking into the
western sky Don't let death find your
heart iccbound. To-day IL you hear
his voice harden not your hearts"
The unheeded warnings. the credulity
OF humanity. seem impossible. \ Il.
gantic vessel Is near the Ice fields The
wireless warns: the air and ocean grow
colder But who cares: It's name Is
Titanic Don't slacken speed or double
watches Ilark. Crash. Bang, What
was that: oh. we've just graZed the
side of an iceberg. But the lifeboats
are filled AMI launched. They will
come back. 60 on with the dancing
and gaming and dining. We are an
unconquerable steamer, the glory of
human brains and skill. The Titanic
Is unsinkabe. one thousand nine hun
dred years ago pompeli aud liercu
laneum nestle beside Ncsuvlus as II
towers toward the blue Italian sky
Tremors and warnings neglected, The
population go iostling and crowding to
see the gladiators IN the arena Of the
amphliheater When the sky IS black
and III with urid flames they turn to
nee Too late. What shall men do
70 be lost? just neglect, Need not he
vicious just neglect
When May We Escape?
1. must be done nov "All right. ]
will before the winter is over. No
now. The worlds astronomers have
lost one-slxteenih of a second. Hun
dreds OF thousands OF dollars are being
spent, special building erected and
apparatus Installed 10 find IT, In the
hourglass OF time one tiny grain OF
sand IL missing II II isn't found every
meridian and boundary line on earth
will have to he shifted. The tremen
dous importance Of mn instant Of time
Report now. ON the last day there
will be no escape. Men often escape
human courts. many thieves not ar
rested. many mur,lcrerS yet unhung
Men escape earths penalties some
times Today Is the wise mans day
Tomorrow Is the fools day. Not April
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