Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-10-09

have the lends OF the earth" been dis
| covered, and not until now have the
| 'uttermost parts of the 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 off and geogra-
! phized. the lost, hidden and unknown
tract has been mapped out. and now the
work of evsngelization will be begun with
an earnestness and velocity as yet unim-
/ imagined. The steamships are ready; the
! lightning express trains are ready; the print
ing presses are ready; the telegraph and
telephone are ready, millions OF Christians
are ready and now see Christ marching on
through the centuries. Marching onl March.
ing oni
Ono by one governments will fall into line
and constitutions and litsratures will adore
His name. More honored and worshiped is
He in this year of 1891 than at any time
since the year one and the day hastens when
all nations will Join one procession follow
ing the Lamb whittier soever He goeth."
Marching on Marching onl
This dear old world whose back as been
scourged whose eyes have been blinded,
whose heart has been wrung, will yet rival
heaven. This planets torn robe OF pain and
crime and dementia will come off and the
white and spotless and glittering robe of
uOllltfSS uuu HlllplucSa IN NJilp Oh- ANU
last wound will have stuug for the last time;
the last grief will have wiped its last tear;
the last criminal will have repented OF his
last crime and our world that has
been q straggler among worlds lost
star. a waywa d planet, rebellious globe a
mlscreant satellite, VIII hear the voice that
uttered childish plant in Bethlehem and
agonized prayer in Gethsemane and dying
groan on Golgotha and this voice cries,
Come" our world will return from its wan
dering never again to stray. Marching onl
Marching oni
Then this worlds joy will be 50 great that
other worlds besi~e heaven may be glad to
rejoice with us. L 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 Ot atm )sphere, and
this will go on and mightier and mightier
telescopes will be invented until | should
not wonder we will be aLle to exchange sig
mails with other planets. And as l
have no doubt other worlds are inhab-
tied, for Col would not have built
such magnificent world houses to have them
stand without tenants or occupants, In the
final Joy OF earth's REDEMPTION all astronomy
l think will take part, we signaling other
worlds and they In turn signaling their stel-
lar neighbors. Oh, what a day in heaven
that will be when this march Of Christ Is
finishedl know that on tho cross Christ
said: ut is finished" but He meant His sue
rifcial work was finished.
All earth and all heaven knows that evan
geizationi is not finished, but there will come
a day in heaven most rap.urous. 1t may be
after our world, which is thought to have
about fifteen hundred million people
shall have on its decks twice its present pop
ulaton, namely three thousand million souls
ard all redeemed, and it will be
after this world shall be 50 damaged by
conhagraton that no human foot can
tread its surface and no human being can
breathe It's air, but most certainly the day
will come when heaven will be finished
and the last of the twelve gates Of the eter-
nal city shall have changed shut never to
open except for the admission Of some
celestial embassag5 returning from some
other world, and Christ may strike His
SCARED but healed hand in emphasis on the
arm of the amethystine throne and say in
substance, "Al My rausome1 ones are gath
cred: the work Is done; have finished My
march through the centuries
When in 1918, after the battle OF Leipsic
which decided the fate of the Nineteenth
century in some respects the most tremend-
dous battle ever fought, the bridge down,
the river incarnadined, the street choked
with the wounded the fields for miles around
strewn with dead soldiery from whom
all traces of humanity hal been dashed
out, thero met in the public square of
that city of Leipsic tue allied con-
querors and kings who had gained the vio-
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. History has
made the scena memorable.
Greater and more thrilling will be the
spectacle when the world is 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 end recount the struggles
by which they gained the triumph, and then
hand over their swords to Him who is the
chief Of the conquerors, crying: Thine, oh,
Christ is the kingdom. Take the crown OF
victory, the crown of dominion, the crown
of grace, the crown Of glory "OI His head
were many crowns"