The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-09-13

and the substitution OF diplomatic skill
for the glittering edge Of keen steel Is
a sign unmistakabls that 1.-The day is at
hand"
THE WORLD Is SMALL NOW.
find another ray Of the dawn in
the compression of the worlds dis
tances. What slow, snail like, al
most impossible thing would have
been the worlds rectification with
fourteen hundred millions Of popula-
ton and no facile means OF conmuni-
cation; but now, through telegraphy
for the eye and telephone intimacy
for the ear, and through steamboating
and railroading the twenty-five thou
sand miles of the worlds circumfer-
ence are shriveling up into insig-
nificant brevity Hong Kong is near
err to New York than a few years ago
New Haven was; Bombay, Moscow,
Madras, Melbourne within speaking
distance. Purchase a telegraphic chart
and by the blue lines see the tele-
graphs of the land, and by the red
lines the cables under the ocean. You
see what opportunity this is going to
give for the final movements Of Chris.
tianity. A fortress may be months or
years in building, but after it is con-
structed it may do all its work in
twenty minutes. Christianity has
been planting its batteries for nine
teen centuries, and may go on in the
work through other centuries; but
when those batteries are thoroughly
planted, those fortresses are fully
built. they may all do their work in
twenty four hours. The world some
times derides the church for slowness
of movement. Is science any quicker2
Did it not take science five thousand
six hundred and fifty-two years
to find out so simple a thing as
the circulation of the human blood9
With the earth and the sky full of
electricity, science took five thousand
eight hundred years before it even
guessed that there was any practical
use that might be made of this subtle
and mighty element. When good
men take possession of all these scien-
tiflc forces, and all these agencies of
invention, ! do not know that the re-
demption of the world will be more
than the work Of half day. Do we
not read the queens speech at the
proroguing of parliament the day be-
fore in London9 If that be so, is it
anything marvellous to believe that in
twenty-four hours a divine communi-
cation can reach the whole earthl
Suppose Christ should descend on the
nations-many expect that Christ will
come among the nations personally
suppose that tomorrow morning the
Son Of God from a lowering cloud
should descend upon these cities.
Would not that fact be known all the
world over in twenty-four hours7
Suppose he should present his Gospel
in a few words saying: Il am the Son
Of God; l came to pardon all your
sins and to heal all your sorrow; to
prove that l am a supernatural being,
I have just descended from the clouds;
do you believe me, and do you believe
me nows" Why, all the telegraph
stations Of the earth would be crowded
as none of them were ever crowded
just after shipwreck. tell you 4ll
these things to show you it is 1Rt
among the impossibilities or even tia
improb liabilities that Christ will coz
quer the whole earth, and do it in
stanter. when the time comes. There
are foretokenings in the air. Something
great is going to happen. I do not
think that Jupiter is going to run us
down or that the axle of the world is
going to break; but mean something
great for the worlds blessing and not
for the worlds damage is going to
happen. I think the world has had it
hard enough. Enough, the London
plaques. Enough, the Asiatic chol-
eras. Enough, the wars. Enough,
the shipwrecks. Enough, the conha-
grations. l think our world could
stand right we'll procession of pros
perities and triumphs. Better be on
the lookout. Better have your obser-
vatories open toward the heavens, and
the lenses of your most powerful tele-
scopes well polished. Better have all
y your heydeR jars ready for some new new
ter have new fonts of type in your
printing offices to set up some astound-
ing good news Better have some new
banner that has never been carried,
ready for sudden professions Better
have the bells in your church towers
well hung, and rope within reach.
that you may ring out the marriage Of
the Kings Son. Cleanse all your court
houses, for the Judge of all the earth
may appear Let all your legislative
halls be gilded, for the great Law
giver may be about to come. Drive
off the thrones of despotism all the oc-
cupants, for the King Of heaven and
earth may be about to reign The
darkness Of the night is blooming and
whitening into the lilies of morning
cloud, and the lilies reddening into
the roses of stronger day-fit garlands,
whether white or red, for him on
whose head are many crowns. 1.-The
day is at handv'
WHAT WILL BE THE FINAL IsSUE2
One more ray of the dawn I see in
facts chronological and mathematical.
Come now, do not let us do another
stroke of work until we have settled
one matter. What is going to be the
final issue of this great contest be-
tween sin and righteousness Which
is going to prove himself the stronger,
God or Diabolus9 Is this world going
to be all garden or all desert7 Now let |