Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-07-28

hundreds of thousands, of m les long. AMI at
the bottom of the chains basins on either side
hundred, Of thousands Of mics wide. ana
that then onnlfp ST ne alone could put tns
mountains ln'otna -ales AMI the bills into ths
balanee. But I9Iuy man has been equal to tie
Undertaking. AMI has set a little balance on
his ~geOInetry, and weighed word against
world. Iea, he has pulled out his measur
ing line. AMI announced that Hers hi IS
ttIrty SIX thou and mules in diameter. Saturn
sexentv-nIne thousand miles IN diam~tef
and Jupiter elghfy nine thousand mics II
dlameter. ard that the smallest pearl on thH
beach ri heaven IS immense beyond all IN
a-naton. 20 All they who have toslci FIR
Christ : II earth STALL RE up u a magnitude
Of prlFi!cs-. an a mtgnltu ie Of strength,
and a magnitude OF Dol ness. and a MAJ
nitule of on. and the weakest saint II
glor. he ONES greater than all that We can
nov Ifp1-lne ~ an archan-al.
Bret hren I doth ftnt vet appear what We
shall -. Wisdom that stall know every
thing. we1ltn thai stall possess everything.
strength that shall do everythlng; glory that
shall circunlscribe cvervthing. We shall
Mt be like n taper set in a sick mans win
do*. or a bundle IF sticks kind;ad N tn
bach II warm 4 shlvering crew: but you
must take the diameter and the circumfrr
enc Of the world if YOU will get any rtea
OF the greatness Of our estate when We shall
SHINE as the stars forever and ever.
Last y-ani comng 10 this point my mnt
almost freaks COW II U1lPF Tie tDflltl1D 4 f'tl
like the stars, all Christ an workers 81 III
shine in duration The same stars that look
down upon rs looked down upon the Cnal
dean shepherds. The meteor that saw fash
ing across the sky the other night. | wonder
ii 1t was not the same one that pointed down
II ~hare .lp,us hvln the Munger. End II.
having painte out his birthplace. it las ever
since been wandering through the heivens.
watching to see how the word would treat
hfn. " hen Adam awole III the garden IN
the cool OF the slay he saw coming out
through tine dusk Of the evening the same
wOrti- that greeted Us on our way to church
u night
III Independence Hall is an old cracked bell
that sounded the signature Of the Declara-
{ on of Iniependenee. You cannot ring 1t
now. hut thl> great chime OF silver bell that
strike in tho dome Of night ring out With as
sweet a tone as when God swung thcm at the
creation. Look up at night, and know that
the white lilies that bloom in all the hanging
gardens Of our King are century plants-not
blooming once in a hundred Years, but
throu III al The centuries.
TIE star at WHICH the mariner looks to
n ght,wa, the light by whoa the SHIPS Of
Iar>hish We're guided across the Medlterra-
n"tn an TIE Venetian fiotiila found its way
j int I.eIanto Their arinor is as bright to-
jni.ht IS Whnn. III ancient battle, the stars i'll
tiIeIr course, fought against Slsera. To the
ancitntS the stars were symbols of eternity.
Bat here the figure OF my text breakS
down-not in defe It, but in The ma ;esties Of
the judgment. The stars shall not shine tor
ever. The Bible saws they shall fall like
autumnal leaves. 1t i almost impossible for
a MAJ to take IN Il cour>er gong a mile III
three minutes. but Gol shall take in the
worlds, tlyinI Il hundred thousand miles an
hour, hv one pull of his little finger. As,
when the factory band slips at ni2htfall
from the main wheel, al the smaller wheels
,ia ken Their speed, and with slower and
slower motion trey turn until they
come to a full stop. 50 this great
machinery of the universe. wheel within
wheel. making revolution of appalling speed,
of present law AMI s!a:ken AMI stop. That
tains. The chariot in which they ride shall
halt so suddenly that the Kings shall bt
thrown out. Star after star shall be carried
ont to burial amid funeral torches and burn
ing worlds. CONSULTATIONS shall throw ashes
on their heads. aud all up and down the
highways of space there shall lie mourning
mournln-. mourning. because the worlds arr
dead. But the Christian workers shall
never quit their throneS-they shall reign
forever and ever. If. by some invasion
from bell, the attempt We're made to carry
them Off into captivity from heaven, thu
soul, thy have saved would rally fO
their defense. and all the angels of Goo
would strike with then sceptorS, and the r.
I deeme |, on white horses Of victory, wnul,
ri !e down the foe, and all the steep of tn,
skv would resound with the crash of tn
overwhe med cohorts tumtled eadlong on
of hna Nan