The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-15


not coming as conquerer, in the eyes of
was not coming as one that was gOrio IS in his
apparel, or travelling in the greatness OF his
strength He was man OF sOrrows, who gave
himself up and who bo wed bis head, who cried:-
''My God, my God, why hast Thou iorsaken me ~
It was said by the Prophet that Bozrah shall
become q desolation. IL has been overthroWn,
swept away as the enemies of the people of
God were swept away. How terrible is tle
destruction of he enemies of God! Egypt was
an enemy OF Palestine; AssyIia was an enemy of
Palestine; Phnn'cia was an enemy of Palestine.
All these countr1ei were destroyed while Pales-
tine remains until to-day.o
Now, my friends, Standing as we do In this
age of the world, think we have q right to
stand as the prophet stood. Let us look aud
see if we can beh Did Uhrst coming as the great
conqueror of the world. who is about TO subdue
a nation unto himself: for | believe we are
living on the very verge OF The later day. IL
seems as though God connected the great
triumphs OF His Kingdom and of Christ with i'm;
menSe earthly preparation. 1t was so in ancient
times. r. .a.
Lock at the world at the present day. When
were there ever such changesY Look at our
highways; look at the construction of our rail
roads; and ! sometimes can hear the voice
of the herald in the railroad going forward, and
the engineer levelling the mountains, filling up
the valleys, and making a direct way, and
smooth way, and a highway; 1t Is connecting
the ends of the earth together. It is literally
the fUlAlment of the prophecy, Prepare ye the
This is before the coming of the great day.
This prophecy is not only being fulfilled by
the railroads, but look at the steamers connect
ing continents together, between New York
and Liverpool, New York and Havre, Boston
and Alexandra, San Francisco and China and
japan. The design was no doubt to make tnIs
earth one great brotherhood, one great family.
We nave discovered every island, explored every
sea. Surely kno Wedge is being increased. Is
knowledge being increased? Look at the
schools the progress OF education, the erection
OF seTneharies the founding of colleges.
Look at the press no longer driven by hand
but by vast machinery turning out ITS millions
of pages every morning. Look at the number
of book-at the languages. Our language is 70 v
spoken in almost every city in the world. The
Bible has been translated into different Ian
guages and sent 10 the heather countries. MIS-
sionaries are being sent out TO have tae people
all in this way-thank God! many are being con-
verted, knowledge is being increased
There is not land to which we have not sent
some one to preach the Gospel. There is not
land which we are not trying to lift from the
darkness. Religious knowledge is being in
creased over the face of the earth, and all this
ls preparatory to the coming of Christ. Man
has never asserted his superiority, yet God made
man to rule over the earth; but he is beginning
TO assert his power, his prerogative to rule over
the earth
We take the lightning from the heavens, send
II across mountains, send it into the sea- to
bring nations together. When a man develops
a great thought, be can send that thought by
the lightning's flash to China, Japan, to the
Eastern countries TO the Western seas-every.
where. 1t is preparing the way of the Lord.
what is this great gathering up of precious
metals, this uncoverng the great treasures of
the deep? How strange that all these things
were left until this mighty age
1t Is said before the great day comes the sun
shall be darkened and the moon shall be turned
into blood, the stars shall fall from heaven,
the powers of the earth shall be shaken Now
the scripture literally by this means a mighty
Commotion among the Kingdoms of the earth,
LOOK at those who have called the enseves the
reigning powers OF the globe, com pared them.
selves to the sun and moon. In the indications
mere ssheTe was to be awonderful shaking among
the empires, aud wonderful changes and revo-
lutions, before the great and mighty day of the
Lord
Men must be placed in situation to receive
knowledge. They must be placed where all
barriers to knowledge have been removed
Look at the power claimed by the Roman
church thousand years ago. They claimed to
dissolve their allegiance, to absolye the English
Look at all the power assumed by this Church;
It is fast fading away. Christ is the conuueror.
lie ls coming to suhdue the world unto himself
The daV is coming and the conquest is near
Ihe Church is on her way to glory: for when
Chrlst comes he comes by His power in the
Church.
Our glorious oonqueror is coming. He is
gathering his forces, and they are coming from
the east and the vest. Come, We sons OF men,
gather upon the cross They are gathering in
europe, in Asia; they are gathering in America,
10 Africa; they are coming rom the islands OF
the sea. The old men are coming with their
counsel, and the young men with their strength;
the maidens with their beauty-all all are
coming, singing praises to Emmanuel
2 Even the little babes-tor of such IS the king
dom OF heaven-are gathering with a song of
glory on their lips, and the light of heaven
tiashing in their eyes. They are coming bearing
the standard--the cross And now will you be
with the conqucror, or will you stand alone?
Oh, ye men Of skepticism, il any are here,
can you read the signs of the times? Can you
look out among the nations, can you see
the great changes that have taken place. and
say the latter day is not near? Oh, young
men and women, make vow to be the Lords
Say, 81 will give myself to Christ" Say to him,
81 yield up everything.n ] hope that all who
are IN this assembly this morning may sit at
HIS right hand.