Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-09-28


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tAirty three years hsd besa denied nss eo.4
pss.lcslsAip. and 81 keeyea tfts- &shoas
q welcome a. he catered. 80 4 coroEa-
ton as up the nediatoriai tarore be
usaassa- Is wa tie greatest day ksAssa
hxa ever seea. Tier lad hin back again
fresn tears, fron wounds. from liza. from .
weird that Fever appreciated aim u :
wcrld ia whlea he was the ehief delight
Ia ali the sitrstto Of celestial musie Il -vas
hard TO q "a al anthem enough eonlaeiiaut
10 ca iebrzfs tie JOY sanity, ssEapA>c. area
angelic. Ceii'e.
Bat stil we follow cur Chiafssin IA biz
march through The centuries, for tnsissbiy
be skill valks the earth. AMI By the eye "
faith We slsll fellow ham You eaR tell
wAsEe he walks hy the churches. asd Los-
pslsls. snd rs.fotnlatory Institutions. and
houses Of mercy that spring up along the
way. hear his tread IN ths sick room
and la the stotles OF bereavement Ho
marches on and the nations are gathering
around him The Islands q the sea airs
hearing his voice. The continents are feel
lag his power. America wiz Toe hist Eu-
rope viii be Aisi Asia will be hist Africa
will be hist Australia will DC Lisi New
Zealand wiz he bis All the earth viii be
his DO ron realize that until now 1. 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 "utter,nost parts Of ths
world a. being saved. but not until now
have the ENDS OF the earth" been dis
covered. and not until now have the
"u,termost parts Of thu world" been re-
vealed. 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 OF and geogre-
phixed. the Loaf. hidden and unknown
tract has been mapped out. and now the
work Of CHARACTERIZATION will be begun with
an earnestness aud velocity rs yet unim-
agined. The steamships are ready; the
lightning express trains age ready; the
printing presses are ready; the telegraph
and telephone are ready, millions of Chris
tians are ready and now see Christ march
ing on through the centuries Marching
onl Marching on.
One by enc governments will fall into
line and constitutions and literaturss will
ado'e his name. More honorod and wor-
SHIPPED is he in this year OF 1891 than at
amy time since the year one, and the day
hastens when all nations will join one
procession following the Lamb WHITTIER
soeyer he goeth." Marching onl March
ing on!
This dear old world whose back has been
scourgcd, whose eyes have been blinded,
whose heart has been wrung. win yet rival
heaven. This planets torn robe OF pain
and crimc and dementia will come of and
the white and spotless and glittering robe
of holiness and happiness will come on.
The last wound will have stung for the
last time; the last grief will have wiped its
last tear; the last criminal will have re-
pented OF his last crime and our world that
has been straggler among worlds. a lost
star, a Maynard planet, rebellious globe.
q miscreaat satellite. win hear the voice
that uttered childish plant in Bethlehem
and agonizcd prayer In Gethsemane and
dying groan Oh Golgotha, and as this voice
cries. Come" our world will return from
its wandering never again to stray. March
ing oai Marching on!
TEX GRAND CONSERVATION.
Then this worlds JOY will be so great
that other worlds besides heaven may be
glad 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 vol
canoes and canals, and the style Of atmos-
phere, and this will go on, and mightier
and mishtier telescopes will he invented
until ! should not wonder IL we will be
able to exchange signals with other planets.
Aud as have no doubt other worlds are
inhabited, for God would not have built
such magnificent world houses 70 have
them stand withou: tenants or occupants,
in the final Joy of earth's redemption
all astronomy | think will take part, we
signaling other worlds and they in turn
signaling their stellar neiGhbors Oh,
what day in heaven that will be when
this march OF Christ Is finishedl | know
that on the cross Christ said. ut is fin
ished," but he meant his sacrifcial work
was finished.
All earth and all heaven knows that
evangelization is not finished, but there
will come y day in heaven most rapturous.
1t maybe after our world, which is thought
to have about fifteen hundred million peo-
pie, shall have on its decks twice its pres
ent population, namely three thousand
million souls aud all redeemed, and it will
be after this world shall be SO damaged by
conhagratioa that no human foot can
tread its surface and no human being can
breathe its air. bat most certainly the day
will come when heaven will be finished
and tie la2t of the twelve gates Of the eter-
nal city shall have changed shut, never to
open except for the admission of some
celestial embassage returning from some
other world, and Christ may strike his
SCARED but healed hand in emphasis on
The arm OF the ame,hystiue throne and say
ia substance. "All my ransomed ones are
gathered. the work is done; have finished
my march through the centuries"
When Ia 1919. after the battle Of ieipsic.
which decided the fate OF the Nineteenth
century. in some respects the most ire
meudous battle ever fought. the bridge
down. the river incarnadincd. the street
choked with the wounded. the fields for
miles around strewn with dead soldiery
from whom all traces of humanity had
hsen dashed out, there met in the public
square Of that city OF Leipsie the allied con-
auerors and kings who bad gained the VIC
tory-the king OF Prussia. the emperor Of
Russia. the crown prince Of Sweden--fol-
lowed by the chiefs Of their armies. With
drawn swords these monarch saluted each
other and cheered for the continental vic
tory they had together gained. Hiseosy
has made the scene memorable.
Greater and more tarillsDg will be tho
spectacle when the world IL all conquered
for the truth, and in front Of the palace OF
heaven the kings and conquerors OF all the
allied powers of Christian usefulness shall
salute each other and recount the strug-
rles by which they gained the triumph.
end then hand over their swords to him
who is the chief OF the conquerors. crying:
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