The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-10-08

WIN elh-WOOd rOds, and years of NAL.
treatment.
1t took our party in 1889 only fifteen
minutes to climb to the top of the hill
and reach that lime.ston rock in wonder
wall, which l rolled down from the opey
of Mount Calvary. But | think our
Cmettaln must have taken long time
Tor the ascent, iOr he had all earth and
heaven. and all hell on his back, as he
climbed fro base to summit, and there
endured what William Cowper. and john
Milton, and Charles Wesley, and
Isaac Watts and James MONTGOMERY.
ana all the other sacred poets have at.
tempted To put in verse; and Angelic.
and Raphael, and Titan, and Leonardo
ia Vmcl, and all the great Italian, aud
German, and Spanish, and French ar.
lists have attempted to paint; and Bos-
suet, and Masslllon, and George White
field, and Thomas Chalmers have at
tempted to preach. Something OF It's
overwhelming awfuluess YOU may est
mate from the fact that the sun which
shines in the heavens could not endure
1t; the sun which untlinchinyly looked
upon the deluye that;drowned the world
which without blinking looked upon
the RUNS OF earthquakes which swal.
lowed Lisbon and Caracas, and has
looked unbianched on the battle fields
OF Trbela, Blenheim, Mcgiddo, and
all the scenes Of carnage that have ever
scalded and drenched the earth with hu.
man Gore-that sun could not look upon
The scene. The sun dropped over its
lace veil Of cloud. It withdrew. It
hid itself. 1t said TO the midnight, IL
resign to thee this spectacle upon which
have no strength to gaze; thou art
blind. Oh. Midnight! and for tnat reason
commit to thee this Tragedy" Then
the niShtnawk and The bat flew bv. The
Jackal hoWled in the ravines.
Now we follow our Chiettain as they
carry his limp and lacerated furm amid
The mowers and trees of n garden, the
Sladlolust g, the Oleanders, the lilies, the
geranlms, the mandrakes, down tive or
Blk steps to an aisle OF granite where he
sleeps. But only a little while he sleeps
lnere, Tor there ls all earthquake in all
Thai region, leaving the rocks to this day
III their aslant and ruptured state dcclar-
atlve of the fact that something extraor.
dlnary thele happened. And we see our
Ch!eftaln arouse from his brief slumbcr
and wrestle down the rutlian Death who
would keep him imprisoned in that
cavern and put both heels on the mons
Ter, and coming forth with cry that
VIII not cease to be echoed until on the
great resurrection day the door of the
last sepulchrc shall be unhinged and
flung changing into the debris of demol-
lshed cemeteries.
Now We follow our Chieftain to .e
shoulder OF Mount Olivet, and wlthou t
wings 9 rises, the disciples clutching
Tor his robes too late TO reach them, and
across the great CULTS Of space with one
bound he gains that world which for
thlrt'-three years had been denied his
companionship, and all heaven lifted a
shout OF welcome as he entered, and of
coroatlon as up the mediatorial throne
ne mounted. 1t was the greatest day
heaveu had ever seen. They had him
Dack again from tears, from wounds,
from ills, from world that never appre-
clated him, 10 world in which he was
the chief delight. In all the libretto of
celestial music, it was hard to find an an
them enough conjubllant TO celebrate
the Joy sanity. seraphic, urch-angelic,
deilic.
But still we follow our Chcfllan in
his march through the centuries, for
lnvislbly he still walks the earth, and
by the eye of faith we still follow him,
You can tell where he walks by the
churches, and hospitals, and reiorma-
tory institutions. and houses of mercy
That spring up along the way. | hear
hls tread in the sick room, and in the
abodes OF bereavement. He marches on
and the nations are gathering around
him. The islands OF the sea are hearing
his voice. The continents are feeling
his power America will be his! Europe
will be his! Asia will be his! Africa
will be- his! Australia will be his! New
Zealand will be his! An the earth will
be his! Do you realize that until now
1t was impossible for the world t. be
converted? Not until very recently has
the world been found. The Bible talks
about 1.-THE ends of the earth" and the
'uttermost parts of the world" as be-
ing saved, but not until now h I'VE "the
ends OF the earth" been discovered. and
not until now have the "uClcrmost parts
OF the world" been revealed. The
navigator did his Wort. tue explorer d Il
his work, the scientist did his work, aud
has hccu created has the world been
known, measured OIL, and geographical,
the last hidden, and unknown tract has
been mapped out and now the work OF
cvangellzaLion will be begun with an
earnestness and velocity as yet un-
imagined. The steamships are ready;
the lightning express trains are ready;
the printlng-press arc ready; the tole-
graph!and telephone are ready, millions
OF Christians arc ready and now see
Chllst marching on thrt ugh tho CEN
turies. Marching Oh! Marching ont!
One by one governments will fall into
line and constitutions aud llteratures will
adore his name. More honorcd and wor-
shipped is he in this year of 1891 than at
any time since the year one, aud the day
hastens when all nan0ns will ion OF @
procession following the Lamb WHITTIER
soevcr he goeth." Marching on, march-
inv ont!
This dear Old world whose back has
been scourged, whose eyes have been
whose heart has been wrung,
will yet rival heaven. This planets
torn robe of pam and crime and demen.