Litchfield enquirer., 1853-02-24

aS0S anu SOuSEaItOuss' NWInI0 0atuu IelSu-
ed) now throws open a banquet for ten |
thousand millions, and utters the Almighty |
Fiat, Gomez ...,-,
At that voice, man starts from the in |
fancy of ages, a rapid adolescence succeeds. !
and ten thousand millions are soon upon
the ground, to take the predistined 'do-
minlon,' and fulfil the commission. BE
fruitful, and multiply and repIenish the
earth and subdue it,
Say not, the writer raves. The Eng
lish speaking portion af the race alone,
increasing as it has these hundred years
gone by. would suffice to Gil the world
with this enormous number, and vastly
more. 10 less than two hundred years.
Members of this little generation will doubts
less live to see members Of that great gen.
Grafton, and thus the childhood Of this race
will shake hands with its own manhood !.
How does the ground already quake un>
der the tread of the advancing horde
How like the distan, roar Of many oceans,
the sound of it's majestic voice. How aw-
fully sublime The throbbings of its mighty
heart, the DEGREES of its mighty will, the
dOings Of it's mighty hand. The figures of
that tremendous census will be written
in the worlds annals, ere time shall mea-
sure off again the years since Baxter
preached and Hanpden bled.
But what lessons age taught by these
great sha lows Of Gods decree!
LIST. True philanthropy will care for
the ages to come Eph. ii. z. Divine
mercy embraces the whole series of gen.
erations. No helping hand can be- EXTEND
ed to the past and dead. The great sum
of human existence lies mainly ia our
future. The voice OF Abel, sad but sanity,
speaks to every generation, from the first
crealedto the last born. The chief audi
tors of Paul and Bnnyan and Doddridge,
were the lagos to come A Luther. a
Wickliffe, Morrison, translated the Word
Of Life for an unborn Future. The ages
to come were tho grand field in which
the pilgrims soWed the precious wheat
sifted from three kingdoms To bless one
world, and that 60 small a ono as this ex>
isting generation, lie but small part Of
The church's high commission. Directly.
indeed, the church Of the present can only
bless the world Of the present. But she
10 to view this little generation az mainly
important as medium through which
light and salvation may be transmitted TO
other and greater generations Of two. five,
ten. thousand millions, and onward with
the march of Gods sublime docrees.-
And what magnificent encouragement 10
live Tor Christ in this impending expansion
Of human existence and affairs. The Lie
tie child, trained in obscurity for Christ,
shall become q thousand strong and shin.
ing christians. The church, planted and
nurtured 10 feebleness and sorrow shall
become q strong nation Of saints. The
college endowed with christian wealth and
consecrated to Christ, shall become ben>
efactor of ages, millions, nations. The
planting Of q mission, TRANSLATION Of the
Bible. the noblest or the humblest plan to
honor Chri.t and advance his kingdom,
shall multiply its fruits and expand its
benefits as ages roll, in blessed geometrical
progression. @
I'd. Now 10 the time to evangelize the
human race. The impending expansion
repeats this truth with tenfold emphasis.
Evangelizo this little generation Of enc
thousand millions to day, and With 1t you
evangelize its child Of two thousand mil
lions to morrow, and the whole stupendous
series. Bap,ize this infant with the wa
tors of salvation, and the infant grown to
gianthood, will be a giant angel, god!ike,
benignant. powerful for good. But failing
TO chri.tianize the present, how will the
worlds expansion augment the worlds
depravity. How will an unregenefate
race, clothed with tenfold strength and
resources, in the carly Future, hurl its
impious engines Titan-likc against the
throne Of God and the kingdom ofhis son.
Let the Church awake and put on her
strength for the present conquest of tho
world to Christ. Let her take for the bats
tie the sword of Gods mighty word, the
power OF the Holy Ghost, secured by pray
er and the power Of holy example and
christian love, and she will be inviDcible
and speedily triumphant. How urgent
especially the call to vitalixe with the sPi-
rit Of ChFist, the institutions, the civiliza>
ton, the life, the influence Of those few
great parent nations that seem prodesliaed
TO oversprcad the earth.
Sd. The transcendent glory Of Christ's
kingdom. The magni6cence Of earth and
skies shall not be remembered, nor come
into mind in comparison with the new
creation Of the Holy Ghost. Ten thousand,
Or twice ten thousand millions Of regoBer.
ate men ia high christian civilization. their
hearts beating ell in union with the hear.
Of Jesus, flowing together in christian
sympathy, working together in christian
enterprise, e1alting together in christian
joy and hope full Of immortality. What
Sabbath days will then pour their afiiu>
snce Of peace. and glory around the globe.
VIVA; new paradise will such race
create on every acre Of the habitable earth,
pushing the realms Of christian civiliza-
ton and comfort far into the SHOWS OF the
frigid North, and the sterile sands Of the
Soslh. How great and blessed the con-
trast between tho reigs Of Satan and the
reign Of Christ. How small the final min !.
ority Of ,he lost. Bring together the tri-
umphans generations Of the Future With
the struggling martyr generations of the
Past, before the Lamb enthrOned. and bow
iOfinite his satisfaction fOs the travail Of bis
soul. How will the roll Of ages enhance
the meaning and music Of Bethlehsm's
songs. How will ils exullant raPtures.
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