Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1891-10-17

have the lends OF the earth been dis
c~orere3, and not until now have the
'utterEnost 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
ths world has been createi has the world
been known, measured of and geogra-
pnized. the lost. hidden and Unknown
tract has teen mapped out. and now the
work OF evangelza1ion viii be begun with
an earnestness and velocity as yet upim-
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 seq Christ marching on
through the centuries. Marching on March.
ing on
One by one governments will fall into line
and constitutions aud llteratures will adore
HIS name. More honored and worshiped is
be III this year Of 1891 than at any time
since the year one, and the day .hastens when
All nations will ioin one procession follow.
ny the LamD wnlther soever he goeths'
Marching on Marching on
This lear old world whose back as been
scourgea. whose eyes have been blinded.
whose heart has bean wruog. will yet rival
heaven. This planets torn robe of pain and
crime and denentia will come off and the
white AMI spoiless and glittering robe of
holiness aud 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 repented of his
last crime and our world that has
been a straggler among worlds, a lost
star, 2 wayward planet. a reDelllous globe. q
miscreant satellite, will hear the voice that
uttered childish plant in Bethlehem and
agoniZed PRAYER in Gethsemane and dying
egroan on Golgotha, and this voice cries.
&'CoTne,' our world will return from its wan
dering never again to stray. Marching on
Marching on,
Tuen this worlds JOY will Be 50 great that
other worlds besides heaven may be glad to
re ioice 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 60 on, and mightier and mightier
telescopes win be invented until | should
not wonder We will be able to exchange sig
mails with other planets. And as l
have no Goubt 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 icy Of ealtl's redemption all astronomy
| think Will take part, We signaling other
worlds and they in turn signaling their stel-
lar Eeig.bore. On, what Il day in heaven,
that VII lie when this march Of Christ is
finished. | know that on the cross Christ
said ut is finished. but He meant His sac
rlficlaI work was finished.
All earth and all heaven knows that evan
gelization is not finished, but there will come
ii dav III heaven most rapturous. 1t may be
after oar'wor!d, which is thought to have
about fifteen hundred million people
snail have on its decks twice its present pop
~llatlcn, namely three thousand million souls
| ard all redeemed, and it Will be
| after this world snail be SO damaged by
| confederation that no human foot can
tread its surface and no human being can
breathe It's air, but most Certainly the day
viii come when heaven will be finished
aud 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 emEassage returning from some
other world, and Christ may strike His
/ SCARED but healed hand i'll emphasis on the
arm of the emethystine throne and say III
substance, "All Ny rausoined ones are gath
cred, the work is done; l have finished My
march through the centuries
When in 1913, after the battle OF L.elpsic,
which decided the fate OF the Nineteenth
century. in some respects the most trelnend-
dous battle ever fought, the bridge down,
the river incarnadined, the street choke1
with the wounded, the fields for miles around
strewn with Il dead soldiery from whom
all traces of humanity had boon dashel
out, there met in the public square of
that city OF Leipsic the allied con-
uuerors and kings who had gained the vic
,ory-the king OF Prussia, tho emperor OF
Russia. the crown prince Of Sweden-fol-
lowed by the chiefs o. 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 scene memorable.
Greater and more thrilling will be the
spectacle when the world is all conquered
for the truth, and i'll front of the palace OF
heaven the kings and tonquerors 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 or
victory, the crown Of dominion, the crown
OF grace, the crown OF glory ('On his mead
were many crowns"