Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-28

Zealand will be his All the earth will
Oc his Do you realize that until now
It was impossible for the world to be
eoDvertedf Not until very recently has
the world been found The Bible talks
about the ends Of the earth" and the
'utterinOst parts of the world" as be
ing saved, but not until now have the
ends of the earth" been discovered,
and not until now have the "uttermost
parts of the world" been revealed.
The navigator did his work. the e1
plorer 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 geographical. the lost. hidden and
unknown tract has been mapped out
and now the work of eyangelization
will be begun with an earnestness and
velocity as yet unilnagined. The
steamships are ready. the lightning ex
press trains are ready the printing
presses are ready. the telegraph and
telephone are ready, millions of Chris
tians are ready and now see Chris
marching on through the centuries
Marching on, Marching oul
One by one governments will fall
INTO line and constitutions and litera
lures will adore his nalue More hon
ored and worshiped is be in this year
of 1891 than at any time since the yeaI
one, and the day hasteuS when all ma
tions will join one procession follow
ing the Lamb whithersuever he goeth
| Marching on, marching on
This dear old world whose back has
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 de
mentia 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
repented OF his last crime and our
world that has been a stra sgler among
worlds, lost star, wayward planet,
a rebellious globe, miscreant satel.
| lite, will hear the voice that uttered
childish plaint in Bethlehem and ago.
nized prayer in Gethsemane and dying
groan on Golgotha, and as this voice
cries Come" our world will return
from its wandering never again to
stray Marching on, marching onl
THR GLORIOUS FINALITY
Then this worlds joy will be so great
that other worlds besides heaven may
be glad to rejoice with as BY the aid
of powerful telescopes, year by year
becoming more powerful, mountains in
other stars have been discovered and
chasIns and volcanoes and canals and
the style of atmosphere, and this will
go on, and mightier and mightier tele
scopes will be invented until | should
not wonder if we will be able to ex
change 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 without tenants or oc-
cupants, in the final joy of earth's re
| demption 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 the march of Christ
is tinishedl | know that on the cross
Christ said ut is finished" but he
meant his sacriticial work was finished
All earth and all heaven knows that
evangelization is not finished, but there
will come day in heaven most raptur
Gus.
Ii may be after our world, which is
thought TO have about fifteen hundred
million people, shall have on its decks
twice its present population, namely,
three thousand million souls and all
redeemed, and il will be after this
world shall be SO damaged by confla-
grafton that no human foot can tread
its surface aud no human being can
breathe its air, but most certainly the |
day will come when heaven will be fin |
jShed and the last OF the twelve gates |
Of the eternal city shall have changed |
shut, never TO open except for the ad, |
mission OF some celestial elubaSSage re |
turning 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 sub |
stance IAN my ranSomed ones are
gathered The work is done | have |
finished my march through the cen
turieS
When in 1878. after the battle Of /
Leipsic, which decided the fate Of the |
Nineteenth century in some respects
the most tremendous battle ever fought, /
the bridge down. the river inoarna /
dined, the stn-ei cloked with the 1
wounded. the fields for uiles around /
strewu with dead s0ldiery from /
whom all traces Of humanity had been 1
dashed out thene met in the public 4
square Of thar city Of leipsie the allied /
eonquerors and kings who had gained 4
the vietory-the king u Prussia, the
emperor Of Russia. the crown prince Of /
Sweden-soll0wei by the chiefs Of 4
their arnies With drawn swords 4
these mon&rchs Saluted each other and 4
eheered for tie coGtineutal victory
they had together gained Hisloy
has made the scene melorGble
Greater and more thulnng Hill Dc tii-
spectacle when The world = an euu
quered for the truth ana ID frouf offis@
palace oa heaven tbs kiu-s and con
Qncrors of All the aIlisd poser u