Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-10-02

torches and lanterns and we hear the
cry of a mob # Nihli Is. They are
breaking i'm on the quietude of Gethse-
name with clubs-lise mob with
sticks chasing mad dog. 1t is herd
of Jerusalem ''roughs" led on by Judas
to arrest Christ and punish him for
being the loveliest and best being that
ever lived
AS in december, 1887, walked on
the way from Bethany. and at the foot
| of Mount Oivet, n half mile from the
! wall of Jerusalem, through the Garden
of Gethsemane, and under the eight
venerable olive trees now standing,
the neurological ancestors having
been witnesses of the olcurrences
spoken of the scene of horror and of
| crime came back 20 me, until ! shut
dered with tho historical reminis-
cencc.
Still following our Chieftain, l
| ascend the hlll viii h Gen Cord pa,
the great Eng, ish explorer and arbiter
first made clay model of. Ii is hlrI
elm bing for our Chi,f AIN, for he has
not on.y two heavy tlmbers to clrry
on his back, the upright n d horizontal
| pieces of the cross, Dut n Is su fer.ng
from exhaustion caused b. lack OF
food, mo ntAin chilis, desert heats,
whipping with eim-wood rods, and
years OF maltreatment.
Now we follow our Chieftain as they
carry his limp and lacerated form
amid the flowers and trees OF n gar,
| den, tle gladioluiei. tbs oteanisr,
| the lilies, the gctaniums, the man
| brakes, down five or six steps TO an
| aisle of granite where he sleeps. Bat
| only little while lie sleeps here, Tor
there is an earthquake IN all that
reg on, leaving the rocks TO this day IN
| their asiant and rupt ured state declara-
tive OF the fac that something eNtraor.
] binary there happened. And we see
| our Lhieitain arouse from his brief
slum Der and wrcstle down the rutIan
Ieath who would keep him impr, soned
| in that cavern ahd pat both necls on
toe monster, and coming forth with a
| cry that Will not cease to be echocI
! until on the great rcSurre ttlon day the
| door OF the IosC sepulchre slalt be ua
| hinged and flung changing into tho
| de-. is Of demolished cemeteries.
Now we follow our Ch.eftain to the
! shoulder of Mount Olivet, al d wi ,hout
win, ne rises, the uls iples clutchIng
| for his robes too late 10 reach them,
and a ross the great CULTS OF space with
| one bound he gains mat world VIII .ch
for thirty-thIee years had been CenlcI
| his compdnionship, and all heaven
! lifted "a shout OF welcome as he entered,
ana OF coronation as up the medIatorIal
| throne he mounted.
But still we follow OR Chieftain in
his ma ch through the centuries, for
! inyiSibly he still walks the earth, and
! by the eye OF faith we still follow
| hum. You can tell where he walks by
the churcAes, and hospitals, and re
formatory institutions, and houses of
mercy that spring up along the way.
l hear his tread in the SICK room,
and in the abodes of bereavement
lie marches on and the naiJns are
gathering around him. The ISLAM of
the sea are h airing his voice, The
continents are feeling his power.
America will be his. Europe will
be his. Asia will be hi. Africa
Will be his! Australia Will be his.
New Zealand will be his. All tie
earth Will b. his Do you
rea!i. C 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 1.-The
ems of the earth and the Tut. ermost
parJs of the world "a being saved,
but no. until now ha e the ends of
the earth been discovered ana not
until now have the 'uttermost parts of
thu world bel revealed Tie navi-
gat r d his WORK, the explorer d ii mis-
Wo.k. the scientist dad his work AMI
| low for the Fl. ST time since tie
! world mas been created has the world
been known, measured off, and ccog-
( rdphi. ed, the lost, hidden ana ut-
known tract has been mapped out and
now the worN of evangeli at on viii
be begun with carnestness ana ye :itv
as ye unimagIned. 1hc steamships
are ready; the ghtning express trains
are ready; the printing presses are
| ready, the telegraph and telephone
are ready millions of Christians are
ready ana now see Christ marching on
through the centuries Marching on
MARGIN & on.
One by one governments will fall
into line and eonst tutions and l.tera
| lures WI. adore his name. More hen.
cred AID worshiped is ne in this year
! OF 1881 than ut any time since TIE year
one, anu the DAY ha tens wen all
nations will DIN one pro ession 'fol
| loving the Lamb winters Oever h,
Soeth. arching on, marching on!
G.etter and more thrilling viii be
the spec,ac e when the ", rid is ali
conquered for the tru h and in front OF
the palace OF heaven the kings and
con Ceror5 of al the al led powers of
hristlan usyfu mess shall sa ute each
other, and recount the struggles 10y
which they gained the triumph, and
then hand er their sw ris TO him
who is the Chief o. the con1uerors,
crying: Thine oh, Christ is the Il ing.
dom; take the crown of victory; the
crown ofdomin on; the crown OF gracc
the crown OF glory" "tn ais head
we're many crowns"
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