Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02

torches and lanterns and we hear the
cry of a mob If Nihilists. They are
breaking in on the quietude of Gethse-
name with clubs-like a mob with
sticks chasing a mad dog. 1t is herd
|sof 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, 1882, walked on
the way from Bethany. and at the foot
of Mount Olivet, "a half mile from the
wall of Jerusalem through the Garden
of Gethsemane, and under the eight
venera BILE olive trees now standing,
the neurological ancestors having
been witnesses of the occurrences
spoken of the scene of horror and of
crime came back 20 me, until l shud-
dered with the historical reminis-
cence.
Still following our Chieftain, /
ascend the hill which Gen. Gordon,
the great English explorer and arbiter
first made a clay model of. 1t is hard
elm bing for our Chief,aln, for he has
not only two heavy tim bers to carry
on his back, the upright and horizontal
pieces of the cross, Tut no is suffering
from exhaustion caused by lack OF
food, mo ntain chills, desert heats,
whipping with elm-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 a gar,
| den, the gladloluses tho oleandsrs
the lilies, the gecaniums, the man
brakes, down five or six steps TO an
aisle of granite where he sleeps. Bat
only little while he sleeps there, for
tAere Is an earthquake IN all that
reg ION, leaving the rocks to this day in
their aslant and ruptured state declara-
tive OF the fac that something extraor-
binary there happened. And we see
| our Lhieftain arouse from his brief
slumber and wrestle down the rufaan
Death who would keep HIM impr .soned
in that cavern ahd pat both heels on
the monster, and coming forth with a
cry that will not cease to be echoed
until ON the great resurrection day the
| door OF the lost sepulchre shall be IN
hinged and flung changing into the
deiS is of demolished cemeteries.
Now we follow our ChIefJain to the
shoulder of Mount Olivet, ard without
wings he rises, the disciples clutchIng
for his robes too late TO reach them,
and across the great CULTS of space with
for thirty-three years had been denied
| his companionship, and all heaven
| lifted n snout of welcome as he entered,
ana of coronation as up the mediatorial
throne he mounted.
But still we follow our Chieftain in
his mach through the centuries, for
inviGibly he still walks the earth, and
| by the eye OF faith we still follow
him. You can tell where he walks by
the churches, 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 nations are
! gathering around him. The islam s of
the sea are hearing his voice, Tho
continents are feeling his power.
| America will be his! Europe will
be his! Asia will be his! Africa
will be hist Australia will be his!
! New Zealand will be his. All the
earth Will be his! Do you
realize that until now il was impossible
! for the world to be converted Not
until very recently has the world been
| found. The Bible talks about 1.-THE
enus of the earth and the "uttermost
| parts of the world as being saved
but not until now haze the ends of
the earth been discovered and not
until now have the "uttermost parts of
the world been revealed. Tho navi-
! gator did his work, the explorer did mis-
work, the scientist did his work, and
now for the first time since tue
world has been created has the world
/ been known, measured off, and geog-
raphiz ed, the lost, hidden and un-
known tract has been mapped out and
now the work of evangeli at on will
be begun with earnestness ana We ocitv
as ye. unimaglned. The steamships
are ready; the Lightning express trains
are ready; the printing presses are
ready; the telegraph and telephone
are ready; millions of Christians are
ready anu now see Christ marching on
through the centuries. Marching on
: Marching on!
One by one governments will fall
into line and constitutions and lltera.
lures viii adore his name. More hen.
cred and worshiped is he in this year
of 1871 than at any time since the year
one, and the DAY ha tens when all
nations will Join one pro ession ''fol
lowing the Lamb whlthersoever he
/ goeth. Marching on, marching on!l
Greater and more thrilling will be
the spectac when the W, rid is ali
conquered for the truth and in front of
the palace OF heaven the kings and
conquerors of all the al led powers of
Christian usefulness shall sa ute each
: other, and recount the struggles by
which they gained the triumph and
then hand o er their swords TO him
who is the Chief OF the conquerors,
crying: Chine, OH Christ is The King
dom; take the crown of victory; the
crown of dominion; the crown OF grace
the crown OF glory" ''Ln ais head
were many crowns"
Justice! Oh. Justice!