The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1891-10-09

which without blinking looked upon
the ruins of earthquakes which swol-
lowed Lisbon and Caracas, and hae
looked unblanched on the battle-felds
or Arbela, Blenheim, Megiddo and
Esdraelon, and all the scenes of car
mage that have ever scalded
and drenched the earth with human
gore-that sun could not look upon the
scene. The sun dropped over its face
a veil of cloud. 1t withdrew. It hid
itself 1t said to the midnight: 81
resign to thee this spectacle upon which
have no strength to gaze; thou ara
blind, oh, midnight and for that rea-
son / commit to thee this tragedy
Then the night-hawk and the bat few
by. and the jackal howled in the
ravines-
Now we follow our Chieftain as they
carry ITS limp and laceratcd form amid
the flowers and trees of garden, the
gladioluses, the oleanders, the lilies,
the geraniuMs, the maudrakes, down
FIVE or six steps to an aisle of granite,
where He sleeps. But only a little
while He sleeps there. for there is an
earthquake in all that region, leaving
the rocks to this day in their aslant
and ruptured state, declaratrve OF the
fact that something extraordinary there
happened. And we see our Chieftain
arouse from His brief slumber and
wrestle Gown the rrfian Death, who
would keep Him imprisoned in that cav
ern, and put both heels on the monster,
and coming forth with a cry that will
not cease to be echoed until on the
great resurrection day the door of the
last sepulcher shall be unhinged and
flung changing into the debris of de-
molished cemeteries.
Now we follow our Chieftain to the
/ shoulder of Mount Olivet, and without
wings He rises, the disciples clutching
| for His robes too late to reach them,
and across the great CULTS of space with
one bound He gains that world which
for thirty-three years had been denied
His companionship, and all Heaven lift
ed shout of welcome as He entered,
I and of coronation as up the mediatorial
throne He mounted. IL was the great
est day Heaven had ever seen. They
had Hlm back again from tears, from
wounds, from ills, from a world that
never appreciated Him to a world in
which He was the chief delight In all
the libretto of celestial music it was
hard to find an anthem enough conju-
bilant to celebrate the joy sanity SER
phic, archangelic, deific.
But still we follow our Chieftain ia
His march through the centuries, for in
visibly 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 aud reformatory
institutions, and houses of mercy that
spring up along the way. ] hear His
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 Hist Europe will be Hist Asia will
be Hist Africa will be HAL Australis
will be Hist New Zealand will be His
All the earth will be Hist Do you
realize that until now it was impossible
for the world to be converted? Not
until very recently has the world been
found. The Bible talks about the ends
of the earth" and the ''uttermost parts
of the world" as being saved, but not
until now have the ''uttermost parts
of the world" been revealed. The
navigator did his work, the explorer
did his work, the scientist did his
work, and now for the first time since
the world has been created has the
world been known, measured off and
geographical, the last hidden and un.
known tract has been mapped out, and
now the work of evangelization will be
begun with an earnestness and velocity
as yet unimagined. The steamships
are ready, the lightning express trains
are ready. the printing presses are
ready, the telegraph and telephone are
ready, millions of Christians are reedy,
and now see Christ marching on through
the centuries. Marching on! March.
ing onl
One by one governments will fall into
line and constitutions and literature
will adore His name. More honored and
worshiped is He in this year of 1891
than at any time since the year 1, and
the day hastens when all nations will
join one procession following the Lamb
whithersoever He goeth." Marching on.
marching onl
Then this worlds Joy will be so great
that other worlds beside Heaven may
be Elad to rejoice with us. BY the aid
of powerful telescopes, year by year
becoming more powerful, mountains in
other stars have been discovered, and
chasms and volcanoes and canals, and
the style of atmosphere, and this will
go on, and mightier and mightier tele-
i scopes will be invented until / should
not wonder il we will be able
to exchange signals with other
planets. And as / have no doubt
other worlds are inhabited, for God
would not have built such magnificent
world houses to have them stand with
out tenants or occupants IN the final
joy of earth's redemption, all astron-
omy, 1 think, will take part, we
signaling other worlds, and they in
turn signaling their stellar neighbors.
Oh, what q day in Heaven that will be
when this march of Christ is finished
/ know that on the cross Christ
said: 1T is finished" but He meant
| His sacrificial work was finished
All earth and all Heaven know that
evangelization is not finished, but there
will come a day in Heaven most rapturs
Gus. 1t may be after our world, which
is thought to have about fifteen hun
bred million people, shall have on its
decks twice its present population,
namely, three thousand million souls.
and all redeemed, and it will be after
| this world shall be SO damaged by
| confederation that no human foot can